By Julie Anderson The fourth time apparently won’t be the charm for Julia Sullivan, the disabled Aurora, Neb., girl who has sought to become a cheerleader. Tryouts were held Thursday to select next year’s cheerleading squads at Aurora High School.
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Disabled teen doesn’t make cheerleading squad – Omaha World-Herald
By Julie Anderson The fourth time apparently won’t be the charm for Julia Sullivan, the disabled Aurora, Neb., girl who has sought to become a cheerleader. Tryouts were held Thursday to select next year’s cheerleading squads at Aurora High School.
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Cheer and jump for this camp – Omaha World-Herald
When Jones joined her school’s cheer squad as a freshman in Johnson, Neb., she never thought cheering would become something she would remain passionate about to this day. Now, as the captain of Peru State College’s Bobcat cheer squad, she gets to help …
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Aurora girl gets chance to cheer – Omaha World-Herald
But Julia hadn’t made the cheerleading squad. The varsity cheerleaders Fox coaches some 800 miles away at Portland High School in Portland, Mich., decided to honor Julia’s spirit. They invited her to cheer with them at homecoming. …
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Leveling field for limbless teen – Omaha World-Herald
“To us, this wasn’t simply about cheerleading,” Schneider said. “It was about how we’re going to handle” such cases in the future. In June, Mike and Carolyn Sullivan and Schneider told the board that Julia should have been given those accommodations …
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Omaha World-Heard: Hopeful without legs fight for a spot on cheerleading squad – Houston Chronicle (blog)
Last month, she and her parents, Mike and Carolyn Sullivan, asked the Aurora school board to correct what they see as “scoring errors” in her tryout evaluations this spring, saying she was given no accommodation for her disability. …
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Cheerleading case stirs up dispute – Omaha World-Herald
She has friends on the cheerleading squad. “I just think it would be fun,” the 16-year-old said. So she’s practiced. Her older sister, a former cheerleader, helped her figure out ways she could cheer from her wheelchair. Julia, who’ll be a junior at …
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Students smitten with inspiring guest – Omaha World-Herald
She’s tried out for cheerleading twice and hasn’t made the squad yet, but is not about to be done trying. “I just don’t want to give up because it will be something fun to do.” Asking if there were any questions, dozens and dozens of hands immediately …
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Bands Welcome Huskers To Navy Ship – KETV Omaha
The Husker marching band and members of the cheerleading squad, along with the Huskies’ marching band, performed on the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan docked …
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