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 31 st for Freshmen, April 4 th for JV and Varsity).

Estimated Expenses The remaining fees will be divided into payments made on May 1 st and June 1 st, with the final payment due before July 29 th. 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, 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 12 th starting at 3pm. Booster Club Meetings (JV and Varsity) –1 st 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 7 th -9 th 4:30-5:30 (Sub-varsity) TRYOUTS Thursday, March 10 th 3:30 Varsity tryout Sub-Varsity to follow

Tryout Procedure for Mascots and Cheerleaders Physical Tryout Score Grade Point Average Teacher Evaluation Avg. Discipline Record 100 pts 50 pts 30 pts 20 pts Total Score Possible200 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 190 Judge 280 Judge /3 = 88.3 Tryout Score = 88

Grades First semester of the 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. GPAScoreGPAScore pts pts pts pts ptsbelow 700 pts

Teacher Evaluations Five of your current teachers (3 must teach core subjects) Teachers must turn in forms through interoffice mail or . 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 year (through Friday, February 27 th ): D-hall2 points per incident ISS/TTO5 points per incident Suspension10 points per incident Citation/CFS20 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 SCORE88 GRADE AVERAGE45 TEACHER EVALUATIONS20 DISCIPLINE RECORD20 TOTAL 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. 3.8 th 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

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.