BUS TIME FOR SAT 4:20PM

No Jade, Lara, or Larissa- but Catherine is back so we're good to go tomorrow

Bus time is 4:20PM Saturday

Secret Santa & BB Pep Rallies

1. Please come to the Art Room ASAP to draw your name for Secret Santa. NO MORE THAN $10/gift
   
2. Please bring in your Cheer Stocking ASAP if you can find it, let Coach know if you need a new one (yes Cheyann & Nick, I already know you need new ones).
   
3. Please let me know if you CAN'T make it to this Saturday's game. I know Larissa is visiting her aunt that day. If we have 3 (including Jenn) great, but I won't make only one person cheer alone (although Rena would).
   
4. Please come pick up your 2014-15 Cheer Tee Shirt ($18)

Here are the dates Mr.Gee has give us for Basketball Pep Rallies:

• Jan. 16th 
• Feb 6th
• and then if we have home play-off games.

Sorry about the spam.

Sorry if my Facebook account has been sending you links about dirt pills. It’s not me, I think i’ve been hacked. I’ll try to change my settings &/or passwords as soon as I can. Meanwhile, please delete them & accept my apologies. Especially cheerleaders.

Cheer This Week/Next Week

• FRI 12/5- HOME GAME- (Nick Ahart- come Mascot for us!)
• Wear Uniforms to School
• PEP RALLY!!! (anybody got a plan?)
• TUES 12/9- @CAM in Anita, BUS TIME 3:40PM!!!
• FRI 12/12- Boys only vs. Coon Rapids HOME (yes, come to & cheer for JV at 6pm, Nick, you too- its a home game)
• SAT 12/13- @West Harrison, BUS TIME 4:20PM

HEY! REMEMBER THESE??!

Liberty is the only person who's come to pick her's up. I know $18.50 is a lot, but it'll be a lot for me to get stuck with if none of you ever pay for your. I have them in a box in my Art room. We've had them for months. Please come get yours. If you can't afford it, ask your parents or grandparents to get it for you for Christmas- or at least loan you the money. PLEASE!!!

FINALLY- If you still have one and can find it, bring your Cheer Stocking to school so we can hang them up between now and Christmas. That way I'll only have to make a new one for Cheyann.

The Few... The Proud...

Yep, Tomorrow: Bus Time 4:15PM

• First game is tomorrow-  G/B Var @ Elk Horn
• Bus Time is 4:15PM- I suggest you get to the North Hallway by the gym by or before 4:10PM to make sure you don't miss it.
• It's a Tuesday away game, so just dress up, you don't have to wear your uniform to school alday, but you will on Friday.
• Just in case it wasn't on your radar (I spaced it off, actually) #bemoreorganized #communicatebetterthanCoach #doashesaysnotashedoes

Basketball Schedule

Sorry I haven't done a great job of communicating in this off season. Hopefully you've been able to use the "off-season" time to focus on lots of other things. Below is this year's basketball schedule. Wish I'd gotten it to you sooner. We just finalize the newsletter before Thanksgiving break.

Please let me know as soon as you can which games you may not be able to attend. Please let your parents and employers know when you have games so they can adjust your schedules. This schedule is also on the school Website and the conference calendar Website.

Since two of you are playing basketball, one of you is on Drill, and many of you have jobs- it may be rough to get together for practices during basketball (nothing new from any given year). We found that it isn't easy to meet with me during DEAR since I have a MS class. So its important that we all communicate as much as we can, here on the blog, in the facebook group, by phone, text & email. Please please please feel free to contact me, see me before/after school, go ahead and interrupt my class (so long as you're cheerleaders). 

In order to get along, to be informed, and to all feel equal, we all need to communicate as much as we can with EVERYONE. I will try to do better, hopefully without clogging up your news-streams or making you feel like I'm some kind of creeper. But please, communicate with your squadmates clearly & frequently too. No different levels of classified information- if there's a game or prize for a pep-rally, just share it with ALL members, even if that seems inconvenient or unecissary. We need to be a team. If/since we don't have regular practices to help build that unity, we can't let a lack of communication or miscommunication cause disunity. Talk to each other.

Reminders (new for Cheyann):

• We attend all home varsity games & G/B Var. away games (generally if one gender is away alone, the other gender is at home and we couldn't attend both)
• Yes, we should cheer at the JV game before the home Var. game
• We ride the team bus to away games (I'll try to make sure you know times), we sit toward the front, we're the last one's off, no fraternizing with boys.
• Pep Rallies for Friday home games
• While ya ought to be proud enough to wear it every game- I get that 1) that's a heckuvalotta games and 2) it gets dang cold in Iowa in the Winter- SO, our expectation is that you wear your uniform every Friday. Why not dress-up on other game days, just like the basketball players?

DAY DATE LEVEL OPPONENT LOCATION

• Thursday, Nov 20, 2014 G Varsity Audubon Jamboree Audubon
• Friday, Nov 21, 2014 G/B Var Pride Scrimmage Dunlap
• Monday, Nov 24, 2014 G JV/Var Maple Valley-Antho Oto Mapleton High School
• Tuesday, Dec 2, 2014 G/B Var Elk Horn Kimballton Elk Horn-Kimballton High
• Friday, Dec 5, 2014 G/B Var Ar-We-Va Boyer Valley High School
• Tuesday, Dec 9, 2014 G/B Var CAM CAM High School
• Friday, Dec 12, 2014 G/B Var Coon Rapids Bayard Boyer Valley High School
• Saturday, Dec 13, 2014 G/B Var West Harrison West Harrison High School
• Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014 G/B Var Glidden-Ralston Boyer Valley High School
• Friday, Dec 19, 2014 G/B Var Adair-Casey Adair-Casey
• Friday, Jan 2, 2015 B JV/Var Maple Valley-Antho Oto Boyer Valley High School
• Tuesday, Jan 6, 2015 G/B Var Woodbine Boyer Valley High School
• Friday, Jan 9, 2015 G/B Var Paton Churdan Paton-Churdan High School
• Saturday, Jan 10, 2015 G/B Var Charter Oak Ute Boyer Valley High School
• Tuesday, Jan 13, 2015 G/B Var Elk Horn Kimballton Boyer Valley High School
• Thursday, Jan 15, 2015 G/B Var Ar-We-Va Ar-We-Va Community School
• Friday, Jan 16, 2015 G/B Var CAM Boyer Valley High School
• Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015 G/B Var Coon Rapids Bayard Coon Rapids Bayard
• Friday, Jan 23, 2015 G/B Var West Harrison Boyer Valley High School
• Saturday, Jan 24, 2015 G/B Var Glidden-Ralston Glidden-Ralston High School
• Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015 G/B Var Adair-Casey Boyer Valley High School
• Thursday, Jan 29, 2015 G JV/Var Whiting Boyer Valley High School
• Tuesday, Feb 3, 2015 G/B Var Woodbine Woodbine High School
• Friday, Feb 6, 2015 G/B Var Paton Churdan Boyer Valley High School
• Monday, Feb 9, 2015 G/B Var Charter Oak Ute Charter Oak-Ute High School
• Thursday, Feb 12, 2015 B JV/Var Whiting Boyer Valley High School

Living in the 'House of Pain,' & Lovin' it!

I want to make clear that I am insanely proud of and grateful both to and for this squad. You are great at what we do. You encourage and inspire the crowd to encourage and inspire the team. THAT'S what cheerleading is all about, Charlie Brown.

You've ALL show plenty of leadership this season; initiative, creativity, intendedness, flexibility, poise, cooperation, etc. From the games we added to run-thrus, to the Puppy Clinic, to the decorating Jennifer had planned for this last game, stunting, and crowd-encouragement, especially breaking off from the student section to rally fans in the far reaches of the stands. That's what teamwork is all about, Charlie Brown.

Do I worry about some of your choices? Boys, the fact that leggings and compression shorts are NOT real pants, drama, social media, talking smack outside of school with kids from other towns? Rebelling on stupid things like piercings and ponytails (not to mention what you call me sometimes)? Sure. But I wouldn't trade ya for the world. It's been an awesome ride (don't say anything about the ride to the West Harrison game- anybody would've got lost on THAT detour!). This season is what memories are made of, and THAT is what Fall Friday nights in high school are all about, Charlie Brown!

I for one can't wait to see what this Basketball season is gonna be like. Keep that Bulldog spirit up, Ladies (and Nick). LOUD&PROUD!

Pictures Finally Came In

So I finally got pictures printed from this year- some of you complained that I still had last yeat's pictures up. Hey Lib, maybe my cupboards could give you ideas for yearbook layouts!

Quick Note

1. VAN TIME- from the Art Room tonight for the Woodbine game 6:00PM
2. PEP RALLY WED. 10/29- In the past, our last principal prefered to wait to see if we advanced to the second round. This year we WILL have a rally before the first game. Just a short one, 2PM (wed is a 2:15 early out).
3. Read, Review, Remember, & Follow State Rules, which I shared with you last week. You will not be able to cheer on Wednesday if you're violating any of those guidelines. Sorry.

Ted Mallory shared a Flickr album with you

Finally got around to uploading a bunch of these. Enjoy.

Cheerleading album by Ted Mallory on Flickr.

Just follow this link to see this album:
https://flickr.com/photos/18964583@N00/sets/72157625920770516

Sent from my iPad

Things to know for Playoffs

See http://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014_Football_PostSeason_Manual.pdf for more dates and football playoff rules.

See http://www.iowacheercoaches.org/spirit_rules.htm for more/commplete listing of Spirit (Cheer, Drill & Mascot rules).

• No run-thrus (tunnels or human gauntlets, like last game) are permitted. Sorry ):
• Eight cheerleaders (all in uniform) will be admitted free to football playoff games, but any number may cheer. They just need to pay their own admission.

Violation of following rules may result in canceling the school's insurance covering cheerleaders:

• NFHS Spirit Rule 2-3-2: “Fingernails, including artificial nails, must be kept short, near the end of the fingers.” ICCA/IHSAA addition: “All nails, including artificial nails, must be cut to a length so that the nail is not visible when the cheerleader holds up her/his hands from the palm side. This is what is considered safe.”
• NFHS Spirit Rule 2-3-3: “Hair must be worn in a manner that is appropriate for the activity involved. Hair devices and accessories must be secure.” ICCA/IHSAA addition: “All cheerleaders’ hair must be pulled away from the face and off the shoulders: i.e. ponytail. This would be for both stunting and non-stunting squads. Ribbons may not have large or hard objects (including sequins of any size) sewed or glued onto ribbons. Metal barrettes that are small and flat are legal – banana clips and large floppy bows with streamers are not legal. It is not legal to tuck hair behind the ears – hair needs to be SECURED away from the face – this includes bangs falling into the eyes. “Bumpit” hair inserts are not legal.”See http://www.iowacheercoaches.org/Spirit_rules_hair.htm for further clarification on hair rules.
• NFHS Spirit Rule 2-3-7: “Glitter that does not readily adhere on the hair, face, body, uniform or costume is illegal. Glitter may be used on signs, props, or backdrops only if laminated or sealed.” ICCA/IHSAA addition: “No spray on/roll on glitter. Glitter in eye shadow should be minimal.”
• 2-1-7 Participants are not permitted to have gum or candy in their mouths while cheering.
• 2-3-1 Wearing any jewelry is prohibited AT ALL TIMES (including practices) except religious or medical medals which shall be taped to the body under the apparel. Items should not be draped around the neck even if they are taped to the body. All silicon bracelets, hair ties, belly button rings, spacers, tongue studs, upper ear cartilage rings, safety pins, corsages, friendship bracelets, spirit pins, etc. are considered jewelry and must be removed. Jewelry cannot be taped over; and fishing line, etc. cannot be put through the pierced holes. Wrestling cheerleaders may not have pins on their uniforms, pillows, or on the floor near them. Coaches also need to remove jewelry when participating.
• 2-7-2 Basket tosses, elevator tosses and similar multi-base tosses are permitted only on grass (real or artificial), a mat, or a rubberized track. Tosses are not permitted on gym floors.