ENTERED 5/31
I added a page for your varsity spirit fashions bill that shows details of the bill. It is at the bottom of the website. You still need to pay this online through the link I already provided. 

Here is a request for help for Patton's Dinner Theater Production. I would rather have volunteers than assign a group to this because some people in the groups have not been showing up for their community service and this reflects negatively on MHS Cheer as a whole. Please let me know if you want to help. If you are assigned by group to any community service, please show up or find a replacement.

This is the email I received: Patton Middle School is in need of some volunteer help June 9^th from 5-9pm  at their Dinner Theater production. If I could solicit some help from the Cheerleaders that would be wonderful. I understand it is graduation and many will be at Grad parties.  Even 5 would help.The task would be: help set up/serve dinner/clean up.

Cookie Dough update - For those who showed up to open gym, the group average was 17 boxes sold per person. The total number sold to this date is 295 boxes (that I know of). Kudos to Madi for being in first place so far. She has sold enough to pay for camp and get a good start on her Nationals bill!! 

Those who did attend and made our first weekly outside run did an awesome job!! Those who did not attend open gym and missed the run----well, don't worry - this activity will not go away so you will get the opportunity to run.   By competition season, you will be thankful for the conditioning opportunities and will have an easier time of making it through a two and one half minute routine without worrying about getting fatigued or injured as easily. If you put in the time and effort, the hard work will be worth it.

Remember to call or text your team leaders on Monday with your total sold so that team leaders can then report to me by 8:00 pm. Those who sell at least 25 by that date get the glitter head band (or bag for the guys).

Varsity - Monday June 4th, 11th and 18th we have practice to prepare for our stunt choreography on June 19th. Please check the calendar for these dates and times. It is important you be there or your stunt group will not be able to participate. I want to be able to use our time wisely at the stunt choreography and if we do not practice before then we will waste a lot of time (and team money) on the 19th. Spring sports are finished and fall sports have not officially begun so you all should be able to attend practices on the listed Mondays. Your willing participation is necessary for the success of the planned stunt clinic. Also, please look at the summer dates on the calendar so that you will not miss something. Camp dates and August practices have been on the calendar for a long time.

Both JV and Varsity team members need to be thinking about your short and long term goals for the team and for you as an inidividual. We will be spending some time at camp discussing this.

Remember, if you miss practices in August you need to let me know ahead of time if possible. Some of you have already contacted me about family vacations in August. I do know about Link Crew dates in August and those involved will have excused absence from practice with no consequences as this is an annual school related absence. You will need to arrange to learn the missed game material on your own. If not missing for Link Crew, you will sit out all or part of the first game of the season depending on how much practice is missed. I will be posting the game dates soon. Our first away game for Varsity is at Hermiston High School. At this time, I am not sure we will be given a bus to travel there or not.

ENTERED 5/29
Remember to bring the small envelope (you received with your cookie dough order forms) to practice on Wednesday with the money you have collected so far.

Varsity - if the whole team shows up to practice, we will work on your stunt groups for part of practice. We will also have conditioning for both JV and Varsity. I know this practice is optional, but if you truly have no other obligations it would be nice for you to put in some time with your team.

ENTERED 5/25
Here is all the info you need to make online payments toward your order with Varsity Spirit Fashion!

Go to: http://payment.varsity.com 
Enter your Customer #51087900
Enter your Order #37600438
Payment Due Date: June 30, 2012

Just follow the instructions online - the system is secure and very easy to use!



ENTERED 5/22
Still waiting to hear what you want written on your cheer bags (girls).

Individual  bills have been updated with the latest payments (as of the 5/16/12 report I received from the bookkeeper).  Remember, the whole balance is due by June 30 for camp, warm ups, coaches certification (classes and certifications for five coaches), shorts and t shirts. If you would like to wait until after the pop can drive and cookie dough sales before making your third payment, that will be OK (so that you dont overpay on your bill) -  but plan to have it paid by June 30.
Remember that costs for shoes, poms, uniforms and bags will be paid directly to Varsity Spirit Fashions and it will also be due by June 30. The Varsity Spirit Fashions order will not be processed until all have paid. As soon as that invoice is ready I will instruct you on how to access it.

It is very important to attend the meeting tomorrow for the cookie dough sales information. If you are unable to attend (for those of you still involved in spring sports state playoffs), please send a parent or someone to represent you. Varsity team members - if you end up raising more than your bill for camp expenses, the extra will go toward your Nationals balance.

I also need to hear back from those who happen to need the size of used uniform pieces I have available. Please let me know if you want the used piece. I am waiting to hear from you so I can finalize the Varisty Spirit Fashions order. This is important.


ENTERED 5/21
A few items:

Adisyn and Ariel - a couple of the girls have used skirts that are your size. If either of you want to buy a used skirt for less than a new skirt costs, let me know soon. Your savings will be about 30%.

New JV - It is very possible that cheer shoes will get wet/dirty during football season. The returning JV have last years shoes to wear during football season so just be aware that you may need to buy a second pair of shoes after football season is over to cheer basketball and compete in. Maybe we will get lucky and have wonderful weather the whole season :)

Jordan S - I have one pair of size 8 shoes that have never been worn that I can sell at a discount for football season. Let me know if you want to buy them. Also - I have the cost of the used uniform for you, text me. Once you pay for it, I can give it to you.

All girls - let me know which you prefer to be printed on your bag....MHS Cheer or MHS Cheerleader. It will be whatever the majority wants. Text me what you prefer.

Once the Varsity Fashions order is complete, you will be able to access your Varsity bill online and pay online. This is totally different than the bill for camp and camp clothes listed on the cheer website.

I have not updated the bills on the cheer site lately but will try to do that as soon as I am able. In the meantime, please remember to keep making your payments. I have to finish paying for camp very, very soon!

Varsity - remember you need to pay an additional $100 per month toward your Nationals bill.


ENTERED 5/15
Remember tomorrow is the fitting appointment for anyone who needs a uniform or replacement piece for a uniform. If you have a uniform piece to sell used, please bring it. The fitting appointment will be in room 211 at MHS at 4:30. Please do not be late. The boys will need to be sized first and then they can leave. Girls need to wear a swim suit or sports bra and cheer briefs, or something you will be comfortable changing in since you all try on samples to be sized for a uniform. It works more quickly to stay together in the room to try on the pieces rather than try the pieces on seperately in a rest room while others have to wait.

If you do not need anything from Varsity Spirit Fashions (skirt, shell, sleeves, briefs), you do not need to attend the fitting. I will not order anything for anyone who does not show up since you need to be sized. Pieces are custom made and can not be returned if sized wrong.

For payment, you will be able to log on to the Varsity Fashions website and pay online. NO UNIFORMS WILL BE ORDERED UNTIL ALL UNIFORMS ARE PAID FOR, SO IF EVERYONE PAYS FOR THEIR UNIFORM EXCEPT ONE PERSON, NONE WILL BE ORDERED. CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS WILL NOT BE CHARGED UNTIL THE ORDER ACTUALLY GOES IN. THERE WILL BE A DEADLINE OF JUNE 30 FOR PAYMENT. It takes 8 weeks for uniforms to be made and delivered so I can't go past the June 30 date.

If you need a new uniform and are interested in buying a used skirt or top for less cost, let me know. There might be one or two pieces available. There is usually not a whole used uniform available - just pieces.

You will also receive your flyers and map for the can drive.

There are a few JV cheerleaders I have never seen at an open gym and have not contacted me since try outs. I need to know that you are still interested in being on the team. If you do not show up for uniform fitting or contact me about a conflict for tomorrow, I am going to assume you do not want to cheer - so please contact me and let me know one way or the other if you have not been in contact with me since tryouts.

If you know of a new team member that is maybe not getting my newsflash messages, please talk to her about this.

There will be no open gym tomorrow.

Thank you to all who helped on Saturday at the cancer walk!!!

ENTERED 5/10
Here is the list of who is going to Portland Saturday morning to cheer on the walkers at the cancer walk.
Sam F
Hailey S
Hope
Samantha M
Emma
Morgan
Kaylee
KaLynn
Gina

Samantha's mom is driving but she can only take 6 cheerleaders. I need a driver for the other three cheerleaders. You will need to leave MHS at 6:15 a.m. The entry below on May 8 has the details of where to go. I may be unable to make the trip. The girls need to wear their shorts and any cheer shirt along with their warm ups over the top of that. It should be nice on Saturday but may start out a little chilly. They will get a t-shirt to wear when they get there.

ENTERED 5/9

Remember that Groups 2 and 3 work at Wascher tonight from 7-8 pm.

Group 2
Gina, KaLynn, Kamrie, Dominique, McKenna

Group 3
Carissa, Madi, Mikayla, Nikita, Kessia

ENTERED 5/8
Below is the information for the cancer walk. You will get a t-shirt when you get there to wear that morning. So far I have theses people signed up to support the walkers. 
Sam F
Hailey S
Hope
Samantha M
Emma
Morgan

Samantha's mom is driving and we may need one more driver. We should meet at MHS at 6:15 a.m. 

On behalf of the American Cancer Society, thank you again for volunteering for the upcoming Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Saturday, May 12th at the Portland International Raceway.

 Below is information for the day of the event.

 Location: Portland International Raceway

1940 N. Victory Blvd.
Portland, OR 97217

 Time to arrive: Check in at the Volunteer Tent by 7:30amto get your t-shirt and instructions as to where to go. You will be helping with Cheering the walkers on during the event.

 Parking: Parking is free for volunteers, so please be sure to tell the parking attendant that you are a volunteer and they'll direct you to the volunteer parking area and you won't be charged for parking.

 Max: The Max line does go to PIR, please contact Tri-Met for information. Please dress weather appropriate as you will be outdoors - wear or bring sunscreen!. Also, since you are signed up for "cheering the walkers", feel free to bring some poms or something that will assist you in cheering on the participants as they pass by. No bull-horns or horn blowers, please!

 Thank you and please, contact Gretchen Groves @ 503.349.9326 with any questions. Otherwise, we'll see you on the 12th!

Remind me at practice on Wednesday to hand out camp forms and bill reminders to those who did not attend the fundraising meeting. Also please check the calendar often for changes.

We will be doing a can drive on June 2, handing out flyers the week prior to that. I need to know who will participate in the can drive so that we know how many flyers to prepare. - please respond.  It seems that some can not respond directly to this message and some can not. If I dont answer your text, it means I did not get your response. My phone to text to is 503-560-4751.  or email me at tbrandt@msd.k12.or.us

The more that attend open gym, the better. I have begun the process of putting stunt groups together.

ENTERED 5/3
Varsity practice 6:30-7:45 tonite, Columbus Carnival-groups 1 & 8, find replacement if you can't attend. Call me if no replacement can be found. Communication is important.

ENTERED 4/30
FUNDRAISER - In the next couple of weeks, cheerleaders will received flyers to pass out  for the upcoming can drive. Each cheerleader will also receive a map of homes near the neighborhood where they live. All you need to do is put the flyers at the doors of those home (you can tape the, slide them between the door and the screen door, under the welcome mat, etc. Cheerleaders do NOT knock on doors to hand them out. The flyer will let those residents know that we will be picking up cans for the can drive on June 2nd and that they can leave the cans/bottles in bags close to the curb in front of their home. Since this pick up date is right after the three-day weekend, we should get plenty of donations.

On June 2nd, we all meet at the Adams Building, right behind the McMinnville School District Office, to begin collecting. We would appreciate the help of any parents with a truck or a way to haul cans/bottles to drive the kids around to collect. The funds will be divided up between the cheerleaders helping and will be credited to their cheer bills.

What we need right now is a response to find out how many are participating / not participating. Please respond.

IMPORTANT: - one third of your estimated cheer bill is due today, April 30. The bills were handed out at the meeting Thursday and also are posted on the billing page. You need to enter the student ID number to access.


American Cancer Society - Breat Cancer Walk - Here is a list of cheerleaders who expressed interested in going to this walk and cheering on the walkers/runners as we discussed at last weeks parent meeting. Sam F, Hailey, Hope, Samantha M, Emma. It would be really great to have more involvement than this. It takes place at PIR in Portland from 7:30 am to 11:00 am on May 12. Parents are needed to carpool. Again - I need a response for this community service.

Only one cheerleader signed up for the crop walk which is here in McMinnville.


ENTERED 4/27
Stunt clinic for varsity at Style Shock has been scheduled for June 19 from 9:00 to noon. We will leave MHS at 8 am. I will need parents to carpool. This is to work on the stunts that Brian wants to put into our state routine. The remainder of the choreography will be done on a Sunday in September.

ENTERED 4/23
Estimated costs have been entered under the Individual Accounts page. Use your school ID to check. Let me know if you see any error. I entered all of this amid many interruptions today so I want to make sure it makes sense to you. You will see that I put in ESTIMATED amounts for shoes, shirts, shorts, etc. As the invoices come in, I will adjust the amounts as needed. By the end of May I should have those invoices.

Cheerleaders - when you come on Thursday for the meeting, please bring your warm ups so that new team members can try them on to see what size to order. I would like to get that process started.

I still need sizes from 14 cheerleaders for shirts and shorts. The longer we wait, the closer it gets to camp time and I want to make sure we have everything we need for camp. The shoes are especially important to get ordered.

Remember, you will order your uniform directly from Varsity Spirit Fashions at the fitting meeting.

Please remember to check the calendar for your community service assignments this week. Lots of school carnivals to attend. We may volunteer in Portland at the "Annual Breast Cancer Walk, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer".  There is also the Crop Walk which is local and the Portland Rock n Roll Half Marathon - a Rose Festival event. We will discuss this on Thursday at the meeting.

ENTERED 4/23
7:00 parent/cheerleader meeting on Thursday and I still need sizes from 15 cheerleaders.

ENTERED 4/18
I need all cheerleaders shoes sizes and t-shirt sizes. I need girls shorts size for Soffe Brand shorts.  I added links to the sizing charts on the "Links" page of this web site.

ENTERED 4/16
Please work to get your grades up to "C" or better. Any failed classes at term end results in study tables for the fall.

ENTERED 4/13
Group 3 and 4 work at Sue Buel carnival tonight. See calendar for details.

ENTERED 4/11
Open Gym has been canceled today. Neither Karin nor I can be there. Sorry. Spread the word.

ENTERED 4/10
Wascher Carnival has been added as community service. In order to get the group numbers back in order, I changed some groups around in May and June. Please note the changes.

ENTERED 4/10
Some cheerleaders seem to be confused about camp. A lot happens at camp - it is a very important beginning to our season. Stunt groups are formed, safety technique is learned. JV will learn tons of new material that they will actually teach to varsity in August. The stunting instruction that varstiy gets from Thunder Elite is key to how the team performs for the rest of the year. Camp is mandatory. Opportunities for team bonding activities happen at camp in a way that can't be duplicated the rest of the year. The first fundraiser of the season has been scheduled to help you offset the cost of camp. Over the last few years, the cookie dough fundraiser has been extremely successful. We will begin this on May 23rd and we will have a parent meeting prior to that date. Some of the kids have paid their entire camp fee plus more with this fundraiser.

Those not attending camp are not guaranteed a spot in competition.
 
Attendance at practices and games throughout the year is no different. It is extremely important that each cheerleader understand the expectation of attendance in order to be a successful team, and be dedicated to attending everything.

ENTERED 4/9
Remember to check calendar for groups working at various functions. The next one is Wed. Please note that I changed a couple around.

ENTERED 4/8
Helping at Tigard - schedule:
Mon - Dominique, Breana, Madi, Gina, KaLynn
Tue - Dominique, Breana, Samantha, Gina, KaLynn
Thur - Megan, Samantha, Madi, Gina, KaLynn
Fri - Megan, Samantha, Madi, Gina, KaLynn

Here are the costs I have so far for cheer:

VARSITY
Camp $425 (houses, Thunder Elite fee, transportation, food)
Shoes $78
Coaches Ed Fees $25 (certification and classes for 5 people)
Poms $32
Practice Shirts $36
Practice Shorts $20
Any uniform pieces you need will be paid directly to Varsity Fashions.

JV
Camp $330 (dorms, UCA fee, food)
Shoes $45
Poms $32
Warm Ups (new cheerleaders) $70
Coaches Ed Fees $25
Practice Shorts $20
Practice Shirts $36
Uniforms appx $350 (New cheerleaders will pay for uniform through Varsity Fashions
and returning cheerleaders will pay Varsity Fashions for any new pieces you need)

BOYS - we will get together and decide what you want to do for uniforms.

ENTERED 4/6
I have already paid the entire fee for the houses at Sunriver for Varsity camp and am getting ready to pay Thunder Elite's invoice as well. I  will be sending of the registration fee to UCA for the JV camp next week. The payments to UCA and Thunder Elite are non-refundable. For this reason, I need to know if anyone on the roster plans to quit the team, and I need this information right away. If I register you for camp and you quit the team, you will be required to pay this fee. It is very important that you make your payments on time as I have these expenses to pay by certain deadlines.

VARSITY - IMPORTANT>>>>>I need the following people to contact me about helping out with the cheer tryouts at Tigard High School. Kristin, their coach, asked us to help - which is an honor. Samantha McCormick, Dominique, KaLynn, Gina, Madi, Maya, Hannah, Kalee - I do not need all of you, I just need one stunt group and need to find out who is available. For instance, I know Madi can do all days except Tuesday so I need someone to base for her on Tuesday. I also will need someone to help transport. (Karin??, Sandy??, Janelle??, Traci??)  Megan and Breana - if you are not working on any of these day, you can come and base/back for anyone not available. I know that you both work, though.

The times will be as follows:

Monday Apr 9 leave MHS at 4:00 and return at 8:30
Tuesday Apr 10  leave MHS at 4:30 and return at 8:30
Thursday Apr 12 leave MHS at 4:30 and return at 8:30
Friday Apr 13 leave MHS at 3:45 and return afther Tigard tryouts are over

Payments - I have added a page called 2012-12 INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS. If I received a copy of your receipt(s) it has been recorded on this page. Go check it out.

ENTERED 4/5
Camp reservations have been made and paid for already so please pay your camp deposit. I will let you know when all the costs for you are figured and this will be available on the 2012-13 Individual Accounts page. Your payment history will be recorded there as well. When you make a payment, Mrs. Kinion will give you a duplicate receipt for me. Please take that receipt to one of the secretaries in the student center (by the old commons) and they will put in in my mailbox there.

ENTERED 4/4
Cheer is helping set up for the crab feed on Sat, Apr 7 from 11:00 to appx 1:00. Please respond to this text so I can give Mrs. Lipke a list of who will be volunteering. You will need to report to the community center at 11:00.

ENTERED 4/1
Remember to pay your camp deposit of $100 to the MHS Bookkeeper tomorrow. You can not make your payments to me - Mrs. Kinion needs to give you a receipt.
Keep watching the calendar for upcoming meetings about fundraisers. Those will be posted soon.