Circle up Nov 1

THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT... Let's do work Ladies!

Game info:

Location: Menlo Atherton High School: 555 Middlefield Rd  Atherton, CA 94027

Date: SUNDAY, November 3

Arrival time: 6:45 Am

Kick Off time: 8am

Attire: Liners ON, low cut socks, high pony tails or buns WITH bow (or red item), Black or White shoes [[cheer shoes preferred but NOT competition shoes]], skirts on OUTSIDE of sweats. Game tops on. Black SV sweats (Failure to meet any dress attire will receive demerits)

Importance of Practice:

Being that competition is within 3 practices, failure to attend practice, tardiness, or have to leave early may effect competition routine. It is my job to have these girls performance ready and they need to be there in order to do so. This is stated in the contract that girls are required to attend practice the week of competition. No excuses just results. 

The girls MUST qualify to continue their season. 7 teams in our division is no joke. These girls are more than capable of doing it and I truly believe they can go through to nationals, but it is going to continue to take work.

3 PRACTICES TO GO? ARE YOU READY?!

 

Practice Schedule November

As this season gets closer and closer to November 9th, I want to stress the importance of commitment. It is only when we all come together and we are all fighting for a common goal that success will happen. This season the motto is No Excuses and Only Results. Continue to keep the girls focuses and the eye on the prize and they will see what will come from hard work and dedication. 

November Practices: (Tentative)

Practice Monday, Wednesday, Friday at Fair Oaks. EXCEPTIONS: NOV 1 [[TODAY]] AND NOV 8. These 2 practices will be held at Ortega. 

I have looked over the permits that I have for the buildings and I have composed a tentative schedule for November. There are 3 main factors that will affect this practice schedule. 

1. November 9th competition: We must place in order to compete for Regionals and Nationals. 

2. Boys Football: If our boys continue to do well on the field, we will continue to be at all the games that do not conflict with cheer.

3. Park Buildings: I checked to make sure that we currently have the buildings. This of course can be subject to change and the reservations might not be set in stone yet. As for now, we do have a reservation for all the days listed on our practice schedule.

Please feel free to reach out to me if there is any questions or concerns. E-mail, Voicemail, or Texting are all acceptable means of communication. 

Update info: Game/Comp

Game this weekend:

Date: This Sunday, November 3rd
Location: Menlo Atherton and we will be VS East bay East. [[Same field as Jamboree]]
Time: 8am arrival time will be 6:45am I'm sorry it is early, but at least we'll be done early!
Play off Round 1


Competition Information:

Date: Saturday, November 9th
Arrival time: Check in time is 7:30, arrival time will be 6:45am. [[late to check out means we may be bumped out of our time slot]]
Performance Time: Competition starts at 9am, We are number 25.
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center
Entry Fee: $17 for ages 16 and up, $6 for kids 4-15
Parents will be required to sit in the front section and cheerleaders & badged staff members will be sitting in the back. 
Hair, dress, and all the fine details will come closer.

We will be number 6 out of 7 teams in our division. We will be number 25 for the morning session out of 52 teams. The afternoon session is scheduled to start at 1:20. Girls WILL BE REQUIRED to stay for the rest of our teams. Midgets will perform 6 for afternoon session and Mitey Mites will be 35. I do understand that this is a long competition, but it is important that we show support for all our teams. This competition will be the last for the mitey mites as well as it will determine if we go to Regionals. I am not asking for girls to stay for award ceremony for the afternoon, but I do expect girls to stay for the performance.
I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE FOR VOLUNTEERS IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. We need 4 as a league.  I CAN PASS YOUR NAME TO BARBARA SO THAT SHE CAN PUT YOU DOWN. 

10.28

Don't practice until you get it right... Practice until you can't get it wrong. 

5 practices until we hit the big blue floor! Are you ready!?

Practice Wednesday @ Washington Park

Friday Theme practice: NEON DAY [[Come in any neon colors! Green, pink, yellow, bright blue, etc]]

I have e-mailed the football coach to find out info if/when the game will be this weekend. As soon as I know, you'll know.

As far as a Halloween party, unfortunately this year it crept up on me and since the league has not organized anything, there will not be a halloween thing. Fortunately it falls on Thursday [[Day off!]] so enjoy it with friends and family!

To ensure that you read the blog and are meeting me halfway to stay up to date on information, please have your daughter come up to me at the next practice and have them tell me the code word. The code word is: Banana cake. This is just for me to get an idea of if this communication method is going to work. I will be hitting the end of my semester at school and it has been a very intense work load. It takes up time and energy for me to put these together, no matter how much information they have. If they are effective, I am more than willing to keep them updated. It is fine to share this information with another parent, I just encourage usage of the blog.

Circle up 10/9/13

DANCE PARTY

DATE: OCTOBER, FRIDAY 11, 2013

TIME: 6-8:15PM

LOCATION: Las Palmas Park, Sunnyvale

*Please Bring a Can to donate. Not Necessary, but highly encouraged!

PARENT MEETING: 

DATE: OCTOBER, FRIDAY 11, 2013

TIME: 6:15-7:15PM

LOCATION: Las Palmas Park, Sunnyvale

**THIS IS MANDATORY . I WILL BE USING ATTENDANCE TO DETERMINE WHO IS SERIOUS ABOUT PROCEEDING FORWARD TO NATIONALS. YOU MUST SPEAK WITH ME OR E-MAIL IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND

FOOTBALL GAME THIS WEEKEND: Sunnyvale Rockets VS Santa Clara Thundercats

DATE: Sunday, October 13, 2013

Time: 10:45AM (Arrival time is 8:45am)

Location: See E-mail

APPEARANCE AT GAME:

Girls are expected to wear: 

• Skirts
• Game Tops
• Sports Bra BLACK OR RED ONLY
• White or Black shoes
• Low Cut Socks
• Hair in high Pony Tail or Bun 
• Game Bow
• Warm ups - in Bag
• Body Liner- in Bag

Parent Meeting/Dance

Great Practice Ladies! Keep it up!

Please see Previous post about Meeting and Dance info.
This Friday, Las Palmas Park


**I want to note that I checked the Pop Warner website and it still has regionals listed as Santa Clara Convention Center. That means not in Vegas. Plans of course could have changed, but I think they may have been discussing Vegas Nationals option. This will be discussed at the parent meeting Friday.

Competition dates to Remind everyone (If there is any conflict for ANY of these days, please let me know. We will be discussing this further at the meeting)

Conference: Saturday, November 9, 2013 Plan for all day.
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center
**Qualifies for future competitions.

Regionals: Friday, November 29, 2013. Plan for all day. This is the day after Thanksgiving
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center

Nationals: December 9th-12th. (2nd week of December)
Location: Disney World, Florida.

PROUD OF YOU

GIRLS WE DID IT!

1ST PLACE INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Hard work pays off ladies! Proof is in the title! 7 teams and we took home the trophy!

This does not mean it is over. The battles have just begun :) 

Continue to bring that positive energy to practices and be ready to work hard!

As we've discussed at practices, we always can get BETTER! We now know we are 100% capable of winning so we need to keep firing. 

As promised and mentioned, your coaches have big plans for you!

Practices are MANDATORY. If we continue to get the full support of our girls AND our parents, we will be unstoppable. The sky really is the limit. 

PRACTICES THIS WEEK:

MONDAY- FAIR OAKS

WEDNESDAY-FAIR OAKS

FRIDAY- MENTAL HEALTH DAY

SUNNYVALE POP WARNER DANCE:

When: Friday, October 11th

Where: Las Palmas Park, Rec Building [[address will be sent out, if you do not receive it remind me]]

Time: 6-8:30

Price: Free for league participants [[cheerleaders and football players!]]

Since this dance is during the time of our regularly scheduled practice, I highly encourage girls to go and bond with their teammates and league family. All my parents and cheerleaders know how big I am on practice, and I am allowing this to be a "mental health" day for the girls to enjoy off of practice. They have been working very hard at practice and it is a nice treat for their night off. 

There will be more details later this week. If questions, please ask and I will do my best to answer

If there are any other topics that I was suppose to discuss and I haven't gotten to, please let me know. Have a great night off and see you all tomorrow [[Monday night]] at Fair Oaks Park. 

PARENT MEETING:

In lure of the dance/practice, we will have our parent meeting on Friday, October 11th @ 6:30 at Las Palmas Park in Sunnyvale [[see email for address]]

I do want this to be a MANDATORY PARENT MEETING. This should run roughly 1 hour to an 1 and 1/2. I value time and it will get directly to the points. I apologize for those parents whose daughter's will not be attending the dance, but this meeting will show me who is serious about attending nationals/regionals. This meeting will also carry with the commitment towards the team as we are moving forward. Competition season gets stressful, and it can get stressful fast. I have numerous years and countless competition experiences and I will do my best to keep us on our toes and moving smooth, just as invitationals went. The best way for us to be in sync is through the communication amongst the team. If for some reason you are unable to attend the meeting and cannot have someone stand in your place, please let me know immediately. I will be doing a roll call because I need to know each girl's stances on the team. 

**I do have an agenda that I will be conducting at this meeting and it is not a meeting for open discussion topics. 

Circle up 9.30

COMPETITION IS UPON US!

• Nails MUST BE CUT! FAILURE TO CUT NAILS WILL RESULT IN BURPIES

• BE FULLY RESTED. 

• COME DRESSED IN FULL UNIFORM WITH BLACK WARM UPS ON

• Hair may be down. If you know how to do a poof you may come with a poof up; For girls with braids please do a poof with high pony tail

• Competition shoes on and CLEAN

• White low cut socks that are NO SHOW

• Sports bras only black or red and preferably no show

• Bring White Shirt that was worn for last game. This is incase we chose to change to keep from uniforms getting dirty

• Bobby Pins

• Hair Spray, gel is optional

• BRUSH- everyone must bring their own brush

• Water Bottle

• Small Snack for down time in case snack provided is not enough. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE THE SNACK BAR AT THIS EVENT. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. 

We will be competing this Saturday, October 5, 2013

Location: Shoreline Amphitheatre: 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy  Mountain View, CA 94043

Arrival time: 6:15 [[DO NOT BE LATE]]

Appearance: 

IN YOUR BAG

PRACTICE WEDNESDAY AT WASHINGTON PARK: ADDRESS WILL BE PROVIDED IN EMAIL

PRACTICE FRIDAY AT ORTEGA PARK

*We will NOT be releasing early from practice. Please make sure as soon as they get home to get rest!

BECAUSE THERE IS COMPETITION ON SATURDAY, WE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE GAME THIS WEEKEND. GOOD LUCK BOYS! WE'LL BE CHEERING FOR YOU FROM AFAR! 

LADIES! YOUR COACHING STAFF HAS COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN YOU FOR THIS WEEKEND! LET'S ROCK THESE LAST FEW PRACTICES SO WE CAN HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK SATURDAY!

GO ROCKETS- JR. PEE WEE!

Post Game

GREAT JOB ROCKET JR PEE WEE BOYS!

PRACTICE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK GIRLS:

MONDAY-FAIR OAKS

WEDNESDAY-WASHINGTON

FRIDAY- ORTEGA

6-8:15

COMPETITION ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH @ SHORELINE, MOUNTAIN VIEW

MORE DETAILS TO COME AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THEM

PLAN FOR AN EARLY MORNING SATURDAY

*Skirts and Competition Shoes MUST be clean

ALL PRACTICES MANDATORY IN ORDER TO PERFORM AT COMPETITION

*Unless previous arrangements PRIOR to today Saturday, September 28th, 2013 have been made

Circle Up 9.27

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE! And girls! when you practice, make sure you are practicing it sharp and not short cutting your moves. Practice Makes Perfect, ONLY if practice IS perfect! Don't practice bad habits! 7 day count down begins tonight! We take the mat in 3 practices! Let's Get It!

SUNNYVALE ROCKETS-JR. PEE WEE VS.BERKELEY BEARS

LOCATION:Oakland Tech High School [[SEE EMAIL]]

KICK OFF TIME: 9AM 

GIRLS NEED TO BE THERE BY 7:30AM SHARP

Girls need to wear:

• WHITE SHIRTS
• Skirts with spankies/briefs underneith
• White/Black shoes (preferable what was worn at certification/first game)
• Hair in High Pony Tails or Buns
• Low Cut White Socks
• Please come WITH Black new Warm ups on

THERE WILL BE A SNACK SHACK FOR SPECTATORS

 Parents are highly encouraged to Wear Black, Red, White, Silver to Support!

FUNDRAISER OPPORTUNITY

Raffle Tickets Available! Ticket sales give girls a 50% return! GREAT WAY TO EARN MONEY for Nationals! It really is important to start gathering funds sooner than later!

PRIZES INCLUDE: APPLE IPAD, SAMSUNG TABLET, 49ER TICKETS + $100, RAIDER TICKETS + $100, WII, 32" TV, KINDLE FIRE, XBOX, PS3, VISA GIFT CARD, BEST BUY GIFT CARD, COSTCO GIFT CARD

Circle Up 9.25

DO WHAT YOU LOVE. LOVE WHAT YOU DO

Game Time This week MAY CHANGE to early game with arrival at 7:00am. The game is in OAKLAND. Refer to game schedule that was handed out. Friday's posting will include confirmation of game time as well as address for the game.

Game Attire: Uniforms are still being worked on. Please bring all usual uniform game attire (skirt, hair up, black or white shoes, etc) and in substitution of game tops wear a white shirt. A shirt that was worn for certification is perfect. This means white SV certification shirts are acceptable for this attire.

Practice was productive and Friday's will be even more productive. Please practice your counts at home as there are a lot of changes occurring this week. Next week will be a lot of reviewing. PRACTICES ARE MANDATORY. Failure to attend a practice the week of competition may result in sitting out. This is in fairness to the entire team.

Lateness: Please do remember that phone calls are highly appreciative and they do give girls a little cushion on being a little late, but it does not remove the fact that the girls are late. An example of a valid excuse would be parent's unable to get off late or commute issues. Part of this helps in teaching the girls the importance of being on time later in life.

VOLUNTEERS for competition: The league is reaching out to get 4 volunteers from 11am-6pm at the competition. This is something that I will refer you out so you can help out. This will count for volunteer hours for those of you in need of something to volunteer for. Please let me know so I can pass you to the connections.

VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR TEAM FOR COMPETITION: I am reaching out for anyone who would like to help in arranging competition goodies. If you are interesting in helping out, or coordinating food for the girls for competition day please start the conversations with Terri. I LOVED what was done for our girls last competition and I love the parent support.

Circle up 9.23

IF YOU WAIT FOR PERFECT CONDITIONS, YOU'LL NEVER GET ANYTHING DONE...

Great practice today Rocket Jrs! We were able to get a ton done! If we continue this strong, the routine will be complete by end of practice Friday! It is in our reach! Keep practicing and keep up the good work!

Circle up was very light today. 

MAIN THING IS PRACTICE CHANGE: THIS WEEK WE WILL BE PRACTICING WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. NO THURSDAY PRACTICE. 

Both practices will be at Ortega. This is due to building availability. 

Competition will be October 5th, thus we will not be going to the scheduled football game. 

BUYOUTS, I have most of them, but I need all of them. I will be checking Wednesday and girls will be sitting out, unless other arrangements have been discussed with me. 

Circle Up Sept 20

PRACTICE SCHEDULE NEXT 2 WEEKS:

MONDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY
FAIR OAKS, ORTEGA, ORTEGA
COMPETITION IS 2 WEEKS AWAY. PRACTICES ARE ALL MANDATORY
*For more details see earlier posts.

BRING GAME TOPS TO GAME TOMORROW. YOU WILL BE TURNING THEM IN SO THEY CAN GET EMBROIDERED WITH THE ROCKET'S NAME ON THEM. THIS MEANS BRING AN EXTRA SHIRT TO CHANGE INTO. 
IT MAY RAIN SO MAKE SURE YOU BRING ROCKET WARM UPS TO WEAR FOR POOR WEATHER. 

TEXT MESSAGE CHAIN: 
I mentioned at practice about the possibility of a text message chain. This would mainly be a one way communication where I would send out a mass text message to those who want to be involved. I would ask that no one responds to these group messages as then it would be a mass response. If you need further clarification on the no response request feel free to ask. These texts would be used when there are reminders or important updates. An example  of a text chain would be used if there's a practice change location or competition time updates. I will decide to do this based off of response that I receive interest wise.

**Game tomorrow reminder! I do want to let everyone know that I will not be present at the game. The rest of our coaching staff will be present and I do respect that things will move smoothly. Keep in mind that we are a team all together, cheerleaders, parents, coaches alike, and we all work together to make this team successful!

SUNNYVALE ROCKETS-JR. PEE WEE VS.REDWOOD CITY 49ERS

DATE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2013

LOCATION: KING'S ACADEMY

KICK OFF TIME: NOON (12PM)

GIRLS NEED TO BE THERE BY 10am SHARP

Girls need to wear:

• Game Tops
• Skirts with spankies/briefs underneith
• White/Black shoes (preferable what was worn at certification/first game)
• Hair in High Pony Tails or Buns WITH GAME BOW. NOT COMPETITION BOWS
• Low Cut White Socks
• Bring Bag WITH Black new Warm ups

PARKING IS FREE AT THIS GAME)

THERE WILL BE A SNACK SHACK FOR SPECTATORS

 Parents are highly encouraged to Wear Black, Red, White, Silver to Support

Updates! :)

Yesterday I had a board meeting to attend and was not at the circle up so I'm going to go over a couple of VERY IMPORTANT things first, and then some not so important things.

SATURDAY I NEED GAME TOPS AFTER THE GAME. This means, if you are not attending the game (I believe I have only heard from one parent about this) then I will NEED your game top prior to the game. We are embroidering them to use for our competition uniforms. I will discuss uniforms a bit further in detail at a parent meeting, but for now I just need cooperation with collecting all game tops. THOSE GAME TOPS NOT COLLECTED WILL NOT BE EMBROIDERED. 
COMPETITION IS OCTOBER 5TH AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE A SHORT TURN AROUND. I am a very heavy believer about fixing problems rather than dwelling over them so at this time we are working to get the uniforms comp ready with what we have. I also request those who have body liners from last year to please try them on, make sure they fit, and let me know.

PRACTICES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEK (I am going to try to put together a calendar so it's nicely laid out, I have just had my hands tied with school, work, and everything else cheer has been bringing. I promise I am working hard to keep things running smoothly) Schedule starting from this Friday.

Friday, September 20th LOCATION ORTEGA PARK 6-815
HOME GAME SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST ARRIVE AT 10AM KICK OFF NOON
Monday, September 23rd LOCATION FAIR OAKS PARK 6-815
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH ORTEGA PARK 6-815
Friday, September 27th, ORTEGA park 6-815
GAME SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH IN BERKLEY, ARRIVAL 10, GAME NOON
Monday, October 30th, FAIR OAKS park 6-815
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND ORTEGA PARK 6-815
Friday, October 3rd, Ortega Park 6-815
COMPETITION OCTOBER 5TH AT SHORELINE. PLAN FOR AN EARLY MORNING

**please note the changes for the next two weeks are Monday, Thursday, and Friday.
I also want to note that we are fortunate enough practicing indoor or to at least have the indoor facility available to us for all practices. I know this may seem like an inconvenience, but many Pop Warner organizations actually do not get set locations and are still practicing outside for this cold weather.
**Also note that Invitational Competition is Quickly upon us. The week of September 30th is MANDATORY To compete unless you have previously discussed with me.
**I advise using your phone to take a picture of the practice schedule above so you know where the practices are on each date. I would LOVE to keep it simply at one location, but I think alternating is a great way for us to take advantage of the features both parks have to offer as well as the building availability does play a significant role in where we will be.

Side note!

BUY OUT AND FUNDRAISER: Thank you parents who have completed either the fundraiser or the buy out. We are still waiting on a few, and I have talked with some parents. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reach out to me early so that I will work with you. As it gets later in the season, circumstances become not so understandable. MAKE THAT CONVERSATION HAPPEN so that we are aware immediately.

COMPETITION TEAMS: After Jamboree, the list of what teams in our division has been sent out. Of the 19 jamboree teams, we have 7 in our division. I am confident that our girls are going to perform successful amongst these teams, but it will definitely keep us on our toes. It is important that we keep the girls focused and practicing at home. They have been doing a great job of this, so keep up the good work.

PARENT MEETING: The meeting that I have been talking about will tentatively be scheduled for October 9th. I am still trying to figure out what time I want it to be, I will do my best to make it convenient for the parents. The Wednesday following competition. It will be conducted by me as I have some things to discuss moving forward with the season. Nationals will approach us very quickly and I want to make sure that parents are aware of everything. It is also very important to me to have a midpoint check point. I feel we have been doing a great job this season as a whole Jr. Pee Wee team.

Keep up the great work everyone!

A note from my Training and Development Course

Practice Makes Perfect If Practice is Perfect

CONGRATS Lady Rockets Jr. Pee Wee! 

Today you guys went out there and did amazing. Your Rocket's staff is very proud of you! 

Thank you to all the parents for helping make today a very smooth completion to our long weekend! I could not express my gratitude for everyone's hard work.

Monday: Practice is confirmed to be at FAIR OAKS PARK.  We will be practicing INDOORS, but I still require all girls bring sweats. They do not necessarily have to be your SV sweats, but I do recommend those. 

Practice Schedule for the Remainder of the Week

Monday: Fair Oaks

Wednesday: Fair Oaks

FRIDAY: ORTEGA PARK

*Note Friday's practice location please. 

As I mentioned earlier, girls performed very well this weekend. I appreciate having all the girls prepared and with snacks. We still have plenty to work on. Practices are still and always will be mandatory. We do not want to start slipping now! We have our work cut out for us and the girls are officially ready to move int PHASE 2!! This means in the next upcoming weeks they will be learning the rest of their routine. GIRLS NOT PRESENT WITHOUT EXCUSED ABSENCES WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED A SPOT UNTIL THEY ARE AT PRACTICE. Please note I am saying NOT EXCUSED practices. If your child is going to miss practice, and it is for a legitimate reason there spot will be safe. I do this in fairness to those girls who are always present and for those parents who do contact me well in advance.

BUYOUTS: BUY OUTS ARE PAST DUE. PLEASE BRING A CHECK OR CASH TO THE FIELD ON MONDAY. GIRLS WHO ARE NOT UP TO DATE ON BALANCES WILL BE SITTING OUT. Again, this is in fairness. It is not part of mine nor any one on my staff to track people down, but we will if we have to. If you are unsure about your buyout or any other balances PLEASE bring it up to us so we can get things handled properly. 

PARENT MEETING: Please plan for a parent meeting next week. Stay posted for a date. 

Game this week: Another home game (YAY!) 

Meeting time: 10AM

Kick off time: Noon

Same requirements as always for girls. Scroll Prior Posts if Unsure. I will be reviewing with girls after practices. 

DO NOT wear competition shoes to games. Wrong shoes will result in demerits and push ups. 

COUNTDOWN UNTIL NEXT COMPETITION: 3 weeks