The Sparkle Squad includes seven special needs girls from Case, Park and Horlick high schools. They practice on Wednesdays with Larsen, Lynam and a few other cheerleaders, and they’ve so far performed at one Case boys’ varsity basketball game, …
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Cheerleading for all: Squad allows special needs people to participate – Journal Times
Behrendt is one of eight special needs individuals on Union Grove’s Inspire cheer team, which pairs helper cheerleaders with developmentally disabled people for a rare type of competition squad. The special needs people practice and compete with the …
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Gurnee teen shouts out to special rec cheerleaders – Lake County News Sun
Gurnee resident Taylor Noonan asked for money so that she could spend it on new cheerleading uniforms for the Rockettes Cheer Team, a special-needs cheerleading team at the Warren Special Recreation Association. Taylor is a junior at Carmel Catholic …
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PHOTOS: Watchung Hills Teams Celebrate Seniors at Special Night – Patch.com
Friday night’s football game included special recognitions for seniors on the football team, as well as the cheerleading squad and in the marching band. Before the game, senior players on the team were escorted onto the field with their parents, while the band …
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Paw Prints Special Needs Cheer Squad Levels Playing Field – Patch.com
Since she was young, Jo Anne Jagodzinski watched her little sister struggle. Jaci, now 14, can’t talk. She’s not potty trained. And she copes with epilepsy and autism. This summer, Jo Anne, a senior at Plant High and co-captain of the cheer team, came up with …
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Kristen Helmer during her cheering with LSU football game. / Special to Bella – Pensacola News Journal
I knew of him on campus: Captain of the golf team, president of Inter-Fraternity Council, a Torchbearer … I’ve now been married to him 44 years. Another special memory was when our basketball head coach, Ray Mears, asked all the cheerleaders to come to …
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Special needs students included in cheer program – 6abc.com
These “special” cheerleaders have been fully embraced by the other girls. “When they come into the gym for practice, they just brighten our mood,” said cheerleader squad captain Amelia Sisko. “They come in with smiles.” No one loves cheering more than …
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Storytellers Session: Extra special cheerleading squad – WNDU-TV
Now in its fourth year, this program wasn’t started by a teacher or parent — but by the students themselves, who then created a non profit called The Sparkle Effect to help other schools start their own squads. And they HAVE.. these are Sparkle cheerleaders …
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Loftis cheerleaders welcome special needs students – WRCB-TV
(WRCB)- There are some new faces this year on the Loftis Middle School cheerleading squad. The award-winning team has welcomed five special needs students, adding a little extra cheer to everyone’s lives. Since 1995, Loftis has been home of the …
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Texas Flip Factory introduces cheer team for children with special needs – Your Houston News
Alexis Kelly, left, gets a high-five from cheerleading coach Heather Traweek during practice at Texas Flip Factory in Humble on Sept. 17, 2012. Alexis, who has Down Syndrome, is the first member of a new cheerleading squad for kids with special needs.
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