CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS FALL 2019 Coaches: Meghan Lester - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS FALL 2019

Coaches: Meghan Lester meghan.lester@lakotaonline.com Casey Farmer farmercb@mail.uc.edu

When Does it Begin?

• Week of May 6th – May 7th 4:00 – 5:30 PM at Ridge

and May 8th 3:00-4:00 for 8th grade and 4-5:30 for 7th grade

• Cheer clinics:

– Monday: Girls will learn a cheer, chant, dance, and jumps. Videos will be made available. – Tuesday: Tryout cheer, jumps, and tumbling (not required) + Practice – Wednesday: Tryout chant and dance. 15 minute increments of 3 and can leave afterwards

• Attendance is MANDATORY
• Girls are to wear athletic shorts, t-shirt, socks, gym shoes, have their

hair pulled back, and minimal jewelry. If possible, bring student i.d. or school photo

• Squads will be posted on the website after 3:00 on Friday afternoon.

Paperwork

• In order to participate in tryouts, you must:
• 1. Register your child on Final Forms:

https://lakota.finalforms.com/

(make sure you choose Girls 2019 Fall Cheer Tryouts as the sport)

• 2. Turn in a complete Physical Form to

the Ridge office.

• Without doing these two things,

your daughter may NOT participate in tryouts.

Behavior/Qualities of a Ridge Cheerleader

• Cheerleaders are expected to be good

ambassadors for Ridge Junior School

• We feel strongly that cheerleaders should

represent the school in a positive manner both academically and socially.

• Failure to do so will result in being

benched or dismissed from the squad

Time Commitment

• Attendance is mandatory to games AND

all practices

• If there is a situation where your daughter

must be absent, we need a note or email in advance although she may still have to sit for a quarter or more

• Please schedule doctor appointments

around cheer practice if possible

Summer Practices

• Mandatory

– Vacations will be excused as long as we have advanced notice of your absence.

• Beginning June 19th, practices will be on

Wednesdays from 4:00-6:00 P.M. at Ridge.

• In August, we added a few Monday

practices to prepare as we get closer to games.

Season Practices

• Practices will be once a week on Mondays once

the school year begins.

• Practices will be from 2:15 – 3:30, but may end

earlier as the season continues.

• If needed, we will add more practices before the

games begins.

• Girls need to practice at home using the

Instagram links we provide them. If they are not up to par, they may sit at the games until chants are memorized.

Grades/Eligibility

• Low grades are not tolerated
• Eligibility:

– Every week the athletic department will run the eligibility for the week. – Per Lakota, students have to be passing FIVE classes in order to cheer that week. – Coaches are able to bench girls with one F at their discretion.

Games

• Games are Thursdays
• 7th grade: 4:30
• 8th grade: 5:45ish
• Home games are played here at Ridge
• Girls will go home after school for home

games and return for the games

• For away games, girls will stay after

school and ride a bus to the games but WILL NOT have transportation back.

Food for Away Games

• For away games when girls stay after

school, we will be looking for a parent volunteer to create a Signup Genius.

• This parent will arrange pre-game meals

for the girls to eat from 2:15 – 3:00 prior to the bus picking them up.

Fees/Cost

• Fees to participate are $150.
• You can pay online on EZ Pay or

checks/cash/money orders should be made out to Lakota Ridge Junior School and on the memo line have cheerleading

• Make sure you write your DAUGHTER’S last

name on it if your last name is different from the name on the check.

• Your daughter will NOT receive a uniform until

fees are paid.

Fees/Cost

• Extra costs:
• These are ESTIMATES

– Cheer shoes, bodysuit, poms, and spanks bought through a vendor: $100

• These need to be paid when we place the order

this summer. The order will not ship until ALL girls have paid.

– Ribbon: $6

Questions?

• Did we miss anything? (probably, yes!)
• We look forward to a GREAT football

season!

• Good Luck! ☺