Congratulations to the following members offered a position at the conclusion of fall tryouts:
(in order of tryout #)
Payton R.
Taylor S.
Victoria S.
Kimi C.
Hailie R.
Kelly M.
Nicole R.
Jesci G.
Caela G.
Payton M.
Izzie T.
Marylan A.
Nicole O.
Here is part of the info packet you will receive on Friday
CTHS ATHLETE REGISTRATION:
Please fill out the athletic
registration ASAP. If you have a copy of your physical, please include that for
our athletic office. If you have already turned your copy in for tryouts and
you need a copy, please let me know ASAP. The deadline for this registration is
ASAP. I cannot let you practice
Here is a quick link to CTHS Athletic page for the registration
information.
CHEERS TO KNOW
PRACTICE ALL OF THESE CHEERS, on
the YouTube link. You need to know ALL of them!
REQUIRED STUDY HALL
All team members on the 9/10 team are
required to attend one (at minimum) study hall in the library from 3:00-3:30 PER
WEEK. If your grades are not at an eligible status, you are required to attend
three study hall sessions PER WEEK. The options are the following:
Monday: 3-3:30
Tuesday: 3-3:30
Friday: 3-3:30
This is a time to seek help in certain subjects, talk to a teacher (pass with
teacher signature required), complete or start homework.
You are welcome to attend more than one session if you grades are in good
standing.
Sign in and Sign out is required each time you attend. The days you attend, you
are permitted to arrive at practice at 3:45pm to ensure you are studying for
the full 30 minutes, then change for practice at 3:30pm.
Here is a sample schedule:
2:44pm: Class is out. Go to locker, get a snack, use the restroom, etc.
3:00pm-3:30pm: in the library studying.
Make sure you sign in. See a teacher not in the library. Have them sign
indicating you met with them.
3:30-3:45pm: change and use restroom for
practice
3:45-5:00: at practice, ready to work,
etc.
Please ask if you have questions regarding your required commitment.
TUMBLING AT UNITED ELITE, Friday’s at
5:30-6:30
ALL NEW MEMBERS WILL BEGIN AT UE ON
FRIDAY 8.21.15
9950 E Easter Ave, Centennial, CO 80112
CT has tumbling/gymnastics lessons every
Friday at United Elite. Please go to their website and register your athlete
(create new account). This lets them be authorized coaches for your student and
has you acknowledge liability in their facility. http://cheerelite.net/united-elite/.
Note: all payment to UE is done through CTHS Bookkeeping office. No monies are
paid from you to them unless your athlete does additional private lessons.
ATTENDANCE RULES REMINDER
The following rules will start to
be enforced starting August 3rd!
See full details in CTHS Cheer handbook on our website:
Attendance
Expectations:
Athletes are expected to be
on time to all scheduled practices and events. On time means you are 5 minutes
early. If for some reason you are going to be late, the athlete (not the
parent!) must inform the coach by phone-NOT TEXT. Late members will contribute
to the team by providing extra athlete team conditioning.
We absolutely CANNOT have a
successful practice without everyone present. In cheerleading, there is NO
bench. You are always a starter- when you are absent, you not only hurt
yourself, but your stunt group, people in formation, and you will miss timing
changes that the team worked to improve.
1. Athletes are expected to
attend ALL practices from start to finish through the fall and winter season.
2. Athletes are expected to
attend ALL scheduled games from start to finish throughout the fall and winter
season.
3. Athletes are expected to
attend ALL competitive meets from start to finish throughout the fall and
winter season. – JV/9th athletes are expected to attend Varsity State; Varsity
and parents will work the JV Statemeet held at CTHS.
4. Athletes are expected to
attend ALL fundraising events unless the event takes place during the spring
season or if the athlete is in a spring sport. (track, soccer, etc.)
5. Athletes should plan to attend
a tumbling class or an open gym at least once per week on their OWN TIME
OUTSIDE OF REGULAR PRACTICES. We tumble once a week for maintenance, and twice
per week for progression. Athletes are expected to get progressively more
difficult tumbling skills through the course of their cheering experience. Many
of our team tumbling classes are not designed to give you the one-on-one
attention you may need to get those progressive skills.
6. Attendance at events and
practice during final exams and school breaks fall under these expectations.
Please refer to the academic
expectations section of the tryout handbook.
** Bottom line: IT IS NOT
OKAY TO NOT PARTICIPATE.**
Unfortunately, an excused
absence and an unexcused absence translate into the same outcome- the athlete
is not in attendance and the team suffers. Absences will be excused based on
the following emergencies:
1. Extreme illness (fever
above 99, flu, or immediate/currently ongoing stomach/intestinal emergencies.)
2. Religious obligations- please
inform Coach as soon as you know when these obligations arise. We will NOT
penalize at all for religious holiday obligations so long as we get enough lead
time to plan for the absence.
3. Family emergencies-
please have a parent contact coach.
4. Wedding, funerals or
once-in-a-lifetime events that have reasonable time frames.
5. Athletes may arrive up to
20 minutes late if they have an academic obligation, but only if accompanied by
a note from the teacher and only if the coach is notified in advance.
Unexcused absences are
for all other reasons, including but not limited to: No call no show to
practices- even for an "excused" reason, driver’s license, birthdays,
studying for finals or tests, can’t find a ride, hair appointments, doctor's appointments
not related to return-to-play clearance following an injury (schedule these
AROUND practices), work, all-star obligations, concerts, oversleeping, not
being aware of practice, etc.
If an athlete receives an
excused absence, he or she is responsible for learning material taught during
the practice missed and gathering all information missed. He or she will NOT be
eligible for and quarter performances for the following game/performance
planned during the absence. He or she will still remain a member in good
standing on the team. Any athlete with excessive excused absences may be
suspended from spirit events beyond those listed above. Athletes with chronic
excused absences may be dismissed from a team or the competition team. Any
athlete with one unexcused absence will be suspended from all parts of games
(these will count as no-dress events), for a seven day period. The second
unexcused absence will result in a 14 day (no dress) suspension. The third
unexcused absence will result in immediate dismissal from the team. For
competition purposes, in fairness to the members in a good standing, any
athlete who misses a practice "excused" or unexcused" in the
SEVEN PRACTICE DAYS prior to competition, will be ineligible to compete for
that event. If an athlete's grades appear at risk to fall ineligible (ex:
multiple D's or an F accompanied with a borderline F), coaches reserve the
right to pull the athlete to secure the stability of the competition team.
SCHEDULE
A typical week schedule is as follows:
Monday: Study Hall & Practice OR occasional
freshmen B Football games afterschool at CT
Tuesday: Study Hall & Practice
Wednesday: Off (Study Hall Optional)
Thursday: Off (Study Hall Optional)
Friday: Tumbling at UE
Saturday: Occasional Freshmen A Football
games in the morning at CT
FINANCIALS
You will be able to look over the financial
commitment and agreement completing with the items and sized needed. This order
needs to be submitted ASAP in order for all items to be returned in time for
homecoming (September 11th is Varsity homecoming game, all teams
perform at half time). First payment
is Due AUGUST 24, 2015. This amount will be based on family financials.
This means if you can afford full payment, half, $100, or $50… pay what you can
when you can. If payments are necessary, please note that your entire balance is due January 5, 2016. Please note that some items on the
required list can be found at Walmart, target, sporting good stores at other
prices (briefs, soffe brand shorts, cheer shoes). I encourage you to look at
all the items. Most prices are discounted to you as we order in bulk through
our providers. I encourage and ask for open communication.
| Required items/services |
*=
9/10 re-usable item **= Cheer
Program re-usbale item for all teams |
| ITEM |
COST |
QUANTITY |
SIZE |
TOTAL |
|
|
| Practice t-shirts (4 total) |
$40.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rally Uniform (skirt** and top*) |
$45.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cheer Shoes** |
$50.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Tumbling (August-October) |
$165.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Poms (set)* |
$15.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Team Fees |
$90.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Inclement Weather Gear |
$10.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Game Bow (new design)* |
$10.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pink Bow (Breast Cancer)** |
$8.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Plain White Bow** |
$8.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Warm ups** |
$140.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| White Rally Bodyliner** |
$15.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total for Section 1: |
|
|
|
$596.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Items
that are required but may not
need to order if already have: |
|
|
|
| ITEM |
COST |
QUANTITY |
SIZE |
TOTAL |
|
|
| Briefs: Navy** |
$15.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Briefs: Burgundy** |
$15.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Burgundy Soffe Short** |
$6.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Navy Soffe Short** |
$6.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Black Soffe Short** |
$6.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Gray (Heather) Soffe Short** |
$6.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| White Soffe Short** |
$6.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cheer Backpack (optional)** |
$45.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Zip-Up Rain Poncho** |
$10.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total for section 2: |
|
|
|
$115.00 |
|
|
| Shipping and handling for all items |
|
|
|
$10.00 |
|
|
| Total For Both Sections if order all items: |
|
|
$721.00 |
|
|
| ACTUAL Total for both sections |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Please note that all items with an sterics (*) are items that
will continue with your athlete if they choose to continue with the program
next year. They MUST tryout
again next season and be offered a position on a team. Therefore, if items with an * are purchased
this year, they may use them again next, thus saving you money. |
| *=
9/10 re-usable item **= Cheer
Program re-usbale item for all teams |
|
|
|
Performances and Appearances
We will be at every freshmen A and B
games that at “home” at CTHS. We will perform at the Varsity homecoming half
time with a spirit program performance (spirit includes all levels of poms and
cheer teams). Our season ends at the end of October, but program inclusiveness
is important to us, so all 9/10 members are encouraged to attend JV and Varsity
league, Regional, and State competitions. If it is necessary, we may ask some
of the 9/10 athletes to work the JV state competition as CTHS is hosting again this
year. They are encouraged to be spirit bus participants through the Activities
office. Based off of the cohesiveness of the team, we may put together a
routine to perform as an exhibition at the JV state competition. I know
Eaglecrest will be exhibiting their Freshmen team. I think we can accomplish this
goal once we are able to move on from the homecoming performance.
Please do not hesitate to contact me as
this is a lot of information. We also have a team mom who is an addition
resource and a great ambassador for our team.
Congratulations on becoming one of our
newest family members.
--Mary Jo Brown (Coach MJ)
720.886.2050 (CTHS work number, I am in
the main office)
720.2027976 (Cheer cell phone)
--Team Mom:
Kristen Dempsey
303.641.6259
