Hello, cheer families!
What a week!
I don't know about you but I am still over the moon for this team and all of the work they've done this season to perform so well at State. I can't wait to go over score sheets with the team. We owe a HUGE part of our score to the support of the crowd, too! So loud!
And now, on to the next big thing: Nationals!
This is a HUGE fundraising week for us, and there is a lot of important information below - a lot of it is for the cheers to read since we start Hollygrams on Monday and didn't quite get a lot of time to talk about what we need to do to sell them, and since we have a little break this week, we won't all be together all at once again for sure until Wednesday night for the party, and I don't want to talk shop at a celebration.
Parent's Night Out: This Friday. I sent an email to the whole CT Staff about it, and I'll put flyers in staff mailboxes on Monday, as well. It's up on the Marquee at the school entrance, too, for anyone who drives by. Everyone plan to attend - this one is going to have a bigger turn out, I think. At around 8:30, we will go set mats in the main gym for JV invite for Saturday.
JV State: Please, parents, if you haven't signed up for a slot on sign up genius, please do so! There are still a few slots open, and we need all the help we can get. The cut from concessions goes to the girls for Nationals, but we need parents to work some of the other spaces that are geared more toward adults - particularly concessions and spectator management. Here is the link to sign up again in case you don't want to dig through email to find it: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0945aaab23a64-jvinvite
Remember, parents you only have to sign up for one two-hour space. Cheers will work the full day running score sheets, helping with concessions, moving teams from warm up to on-deck to performance area, etc. Mia is working on putting girls in to work spaces this week. Cheers arrive on Saturday at the school at 7:30 - we should be done by around 3:30 or 4 so long as the comp runs on schedule.
HollyGrams: LOTS OF INFO, CHEERS PLEASE READ!
HollyGram sales start this week. We are ready to go with bells and holly message tags. For your lunch, report to the sales table. If you are off on A day during 3rd, work any lunch you would like, we have plenty of even coverage but plan to be there during the transition periods to make sure no one messes with the table. If you are off B day during 3rd, work the second lunch shift - there are only two people there to manage, so we need everyone off on B day to work the second shift, plus the transitions between the lunches so the table isn't unattended.
**I know there is a pretty big gap between first and second lunch - you don't have to sit during the whole time but someone bring me the money and the holly papers after first lunch. If you work second lunch, pick up the money and holly papers from me in room 128 on your way to the lunch table.
Here is how this will work:
FIRST: One cheer come to my classroom (I teach 3rd both days, unfortunately) to pick up the change box.
1. Kids approach the table, pay a dollar per holly gram.
2. Cheers collect money/make change. Give the student the hollygram to fill out.
3. Students MUST include the First AND LAST name of the person they are sending to AND grade level along with their message. They put their message on the BACK of the hollygram.
4. Cheers, record who is receiving the hollygram (first and last name by grade level) on the master sheet.
5. Cheers, double check to make sure the message is nice and appropriate. We will not pass out mean hollygrams - even if they are a "joke" because we can't tell the difference, so we have to assume it's meant to be mean.
6. Collect the hollygram and put it in ABC order by last name according to grade - this will make passing them out so much easier. At the end of your lunch, make sure someone who is off sits with the table during passing period to watch all our stuff. I will be there during third lunch to help out, so I can take the money at the end.
7. We will tie bells on the hollygrams and do a final sort/master list on Friday during Parent's Night Out.
8. We will post the sign for hollygrams on Monday outside the cafeteria windows and then we will work tuesday and wednesday (if needed) to deliver them during lunches.
Cheers - it is extremely important that we make sure this goes well. This could be a huge fundraiser for us and if we don't do everything right, we won't be allowed to do it again. Please make sure you are on your best behavior and be very careful when handling and exchanging money, reading messages, and such. Do not give out hollygrams for free. I think it would be a really nice gesture if you have a unified partner to give a hollygram to your unified partner.
We start this on MONDAY!
Wednesday is our holiday party! 6-8:30pm at Savie's. Parents, come join in the festivities as well! You drew for a secret santa on Thursday Night - bring a $15 gift for your person. Please don't go over on it. Savie/returners, if you want to do white elephant ornaments, please organize!
Basketball starts this week! If your group is scheduled to cheer, arrive for the games at 6:15. We will gradually push this back as we get more comfortable cheering basketball games. Since we didn't go over basketball chants, we gotta do that in warm ups. If you lost your schedule or you need an electronic copy, click here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1mNIjJGLeqkeVhqdnZMMzZCaU0/view?usp=sharing
This week upcoming:
MONDAY-FRIDAY: Hollygrams during your lunch.
Monday, Dec 8: UE 3:30-4:30 (you can miss once this week if you'd like as a break but please let me know which day you are going to miss if you do want a break)
Tue, Dec 9: GAME Groups 1, 2, 3. Arrive at 6:15pm. Do not be late! Savie has the uniform schedule. December cheer payments due.
Wed, Dec 10: UE 3:30-4:30 (if you miss monday, you need to come this day, and vice versa)
Wed, Dec 10: HOLIDAY PARTY/TEAM BONDING/STATE CELEBRATION AT SAVIE'S! 6 - 8:30pm
Thur, Dec 11: NO PRACTICE, NO GAMES! A day off!
Fri, Dec 12: Parent's Night Out #2 in lower lecture center from 5-9pm. Arrive no later than 5:30pm. Remember pizza for team = fewer profits for team, so eat beforehand if you can.
Sat, Dec 13: JV STATE! Parents and Cheers plan for a long day! Parents, if you haven't signed up for a slot, please do!
