Transcript North Shore High School Cheerleading

North Shore Senior High School
Cheerleading
Sponsors
Jason Nybakken – Varsity Sponsor
Erika Agrait – Junior Varsity Sponsor
Brandi Couch – Freshman Sponsor
Squad Structure
Varsity
–18 members (Juniors and Seniors)
Junior Varsity
–12 members (Sophomores only)
Freshman Squad
–12 members (Freshmen only)
Mission
1. Support school athletic teams.
2. Boost school spirit.
3. Develop good positive crowd
involvement.
4. Maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating
healthy and maintaining physical
fitness.
Expectations
1. Hard work and dedication to improve as an
individual and as a team.
2. Display impeccable behavior during games,
practices, and all school functions.
3. Show commitment to the squad by arriving to
all games, practices and school functions on
time and staying for the duration of each event.
4. Exhibit teamwork by cooperating with squad
members and solving disputes peacefully.
Estimated Expenses
• Cheerleading expenses are estimated at
$690.
• Mascot expenses are estimated at
$335.
• Cheer/Mascot camp fees of $310 are
due by our first team meeting (March
31st for Freshmen, April 4th for JV and
Varsity).
Estimated Expenses
• The remaining fees will be divided into
payments made on May 1st and June 1st, with
the final payment due before July 29th.
Failure to pay Cheerleading fees in a timely
manner may result in dismissal from the
squad. We are not permitted to purchase
clothing, etc. unless there is a positive
balance in the student activity account.
Time Commitment
• Practices
– After school in April and May
– Conditioning/Development June
– Camp/Send-off practices July 1829th
– During school year – Conditioning
practices after school (2-3
days/week)
Mascot Time
Commitment
• Practices and Camp
– Conditioning practices
– Some cheerleading practices in
summer and after school.
– Camp: Tuesday-Friday, August 2-5,
2011
Time Commitment
• Camp
– Tuesday-Friday, August 2-5, 2011
You must attend camp to be on the squad.
• Games/Events for cheerleaders/mascots
– All football, basketball and select
volleyball games, pep rallies, cheer
fundraisers, and other events as
scheduled.
Important Dates
• Uniform/Camp clothes fitting (all squads)
– Tuesday, April 12th starting at 3pm.
• Booster Club Meetings (JV and Varsity)
– 1st Monday of each Month at 6:30pm at North
Shore Senior High
– All parents are expected to attend Booster Club
meetings.
Time Commitment
• Jobs, other sports and school activities
cannot interfere with practices or games.
• Chronic absences from practices or games,
even if excused, will result in dismissal
from the team as per the demerit discipline
plan.
Booster Club
• The Varsity and Junior Varsity squads will
continue to have a booster club to assist
with raising funds for banquet, senior
scholarships and other expenses.
• The Freshmen squad will raise money for
an end of year celebration through a school
fundraiser. There will be no booster club
for Freshmen squad.
Tryouts Timeline
CLINIC
• Mon-Wed
March 7th-9th
3:00-4:30 (Varsity)
4:30-5:30 (Sub-varsity)
TRYOUTS
• Thursday, March 10th 3:30 Varsity tryout
Sub-Varsity to follow
Tryout Procedure for
Mascots and Cheerleaders
Physical Tryout Score
100 pts
Grade Point Average
50 pts
Teacher Evaluation Avg.
30 pts
Discipline Record
20 pts
Total Score Possible
200 pts
Mascot Physical Tryouts
What you will be judged on:
–Prepared skit
–2 improvised performances
chosen by the judges.
Being Mascot is a serious commitment.
Be sure that you are willing to make
that commitment before trying out.
Tryout Score
Judge 1
Judge 2
Judge 3
90
80
95
265/3 = 88.3
Tryout Score = 88
Grades
• First semester of the 2010-2011 school year.
• Five-point curve for Pre-AP/AP/Advanced classes.
For example: A student with a GPA of 88 would receive a
score of 45 points.
GPA
Score
GPA
Score
90-100
50 pts
75-79
35 pts
85-89
45 pts
70-74
30 pts
80-84
40 pts
below 70
0 pts
Teacher Evaluations
• Five of your current teachers (3 must teach core subjects)
• Teachers must turn in forms through interoffice mail or
email.
Example:
Teacher 1 (Math)
2 (English)
3 (Science)
4 (History)
5 (Elective)
21 pts
23 pts
20 pts
19 pts
17 pts
100/5 = 20 pts
Discipline Record
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Candidates with a clean discipline record (no d-halls, ISS or
suspension) will receive 20 points.
The following deductions will be applied based on a
candidate’s discipline record for the 2010-2011 year
(through Friday, February 27th):
D-hall
2 points per incident
ISS/TTO
5 points per incident
Suspension
10 points per incident
Citation/CFS
20 points per incident
Total Composite Score
• TOTAL COMPOSITE SCORE – The scores will be
added together to create the Total Composite Score.
• For example (using scores from previous pages)
TRYOUT SCORE
GRADE AVERAGE
TEACHER EVALUATIONS
DISCIPLINE RECORD
TOTAL SCORE
88
45
20
20
173
What to Wear
Clinic
• Comfortable athletic clothing
• Tennis/cheer shoes
Tryout Day
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Hair pulled back in a ponytail.
Plain white t-shirt (no logos, no writing)
Shorts (any color)
Tennis/cheer shoes
NO jewelry (earrings, tongue rings, nose rings,
or any other kind of rings)
• No tattoos showing.
Tryout Night
• Parents are not permitted to be in the
dressing room during tryouts and
must wait in the cafeteria.
• Results will not be released until the
end of the day Friday via envelope to
each candidate.
• Candidates must open envelopes offcampus and are not permitted to
return to discuss results.
Physical Form/Emergency
Card
• All candidates must have a valid
physical on the day of clinic and
tryouts to participate.
• If you have a valid physical on file
(examined after March 10, 2010) with
the school, indicate this on the
cheerleader permission form.
Developmental
Cheerleading Clinic
Saturday, March 5th
Time/Location: 9-12pm/ 5 Star Cheer Gym
• $20 early registration / $25 day of
(includes snacks, t-shirt, etc.)
• More information coming soon.
Note: This clinic does not teach the dance
or cheer for tryouts.
INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Write the NAME and GRADE of the candidate on
the TAB OF THE FOLDER.
2.
On the outside of the folder, write the NAMES
(First and Last) of the 5 teachers (3 CORE
SUBJECTS, 2 Electives) you will be submitting
evaluations to.
8th Graders: Write your school on the outside of
the folder as well.
3.
INSTRUCTIONS
4. Fill out the following forms
completely.
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Permission Form
GPISD Extra-Curricular Activities Form
5. Put these COMPLETED FORMS inside
the folder.
INSTRUCTIONS
6. New physical forms will be
available soon from your athletic
trainer. You must have a valid
physical on file BEFORE tryout
clinic.
DO NOT HAND IN INCOMPLETE FORMS.
YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE
PROCESSED.