North Shore Senior High SchoolCheerleading

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

18-29th– 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, 2011You 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 3:00-4:30 (Varsity)

March 7th-9th 4:30-5:30 (Sub-varsity)

TRYOUTS• Thursday, March 10th 3:30 Varsity tryout

Sub-Varsity to follow

Tryout Procedure forMascots and Cheerleaders

Physical Tryout Score

Grade Point Average

Teacher Evaluation Avg.

Discipline Record

100 pts

50 pts

30 pts

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 90Judge 2 80Judge 3 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) 21 pts 2 (English) 23 pts 3 (Science) 20 pts 4 (History) 19 pts

5 (Elective) 17 pts 100/5 = 20 pts

Discipline Record

• 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 88GRADE AVERAGE 45TEACHER EVALUATIONS 20DISCIPLINE RECORD 20TOTAL SCORE 173

What to Wear

Clinic• Comfortable athletic clothing • Tennis/cheer shoes

Tryout Day• 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

off-campus 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.

3. 8th Graders: Write your school on the outside of the folder as well.

4. Fill out the following forms completely.

• Permission Form• GPISD Extra-Curricular Activities Form

5. Put these COMPLETED FORMS inside the folder.

INSTRUCTIONS

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.