CHEERLEADING

Adams County Christian School

Anchored in Excellence

Cheerleading

1. All students trying out for cheerleader must be currently attending ACCS or have met with advisor’s approval and be registered for the upcoming school year prior to tryouts.

2. All candidates must meet all Extra-Curricular Scholastic Requirements as outlined in this handbook.

3. Each girl trying out for cheerleader will be required to attend the week long camp prior to tryouts.

4. The squad will consist of a maximum of (16) sixteen girls. Two (2) will be chosen from each grade, with the remaining selections being made at large. If there are only 2 candidates from each class,

They must meet the normal break of the judges score or 75% of the total points. If this is not achieved, then there will be only one representative.

5. The judges will determine the cutoff of the newly selected squad by the natural break in the tryout score.

6. Any candidate who has been an ACCS cheerleader every year since the 7th grade will automatically be selected to the high school squad her 12th grade year. They will still be required to participate in

tryouts for the determination of captain.

7. Captain is determined by the 9th grader (junior high) and the 12th grader (high school) with the highest score and must have been an ACCS cheerleader the previous year.

8. Cheerleaders are to give the months of May and June to cheerleading. Vacations and other activities should be scheduled for July. Each cheerleader is required to attend summer camp and all

practices in preparation for camp.

9. Each cheerleader is required to cheer at all home and away football games and at all home basketball games.

10. A cheerleader is expected to purchase various items, pay camp fees, work at fund raisers, and practice after school.

11. Cheerleader’s parents may be expected to transport when necessary.