a cheerleaders hope to inspire others.

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APRIL 2015
VOL 2 ISSUE 12
“Success is from the
heart!”
The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
A Cheerleaders hope to inspire others.
Cheerleading is not an easy sport and for some cheerleading skills come easier than others. But for Cheer Extreme Sanford and Western Harnett
High School varsity cheerleader, Kaleigh Flaker, 16, certain cheerleading skills are especially difficult because she was born without her right
hand. Kaleigh was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS) on February 1, 1999 to Robert and Yvonne Flaker of Sanford, NC. Her parents
never wanted to treat Kaleigh different from their son, so when Kaleigh was four, Yvonne enrolled her in her first gymnastic class. This gymnastic
class sparked Kaleigh’s love for tumbling. “I never truly realized how different I was from other kids in my neighborhood, so I never had the
mindset that I couldn’t do anything.” Kaleigh and her friends would stay in the yard for hours just doing cartwheels and splits. “It seemed like
every cartwheel I attempted I always fell on my bottom because I would put my nub down as if I had two hands, because that’s what my friends
were doing and I thought I could too.” After many failed attempts at doing a cartwheel like her friends, Kaleigh had an outrageous thought of
trying a one handed cartwheel. Kaleigh started off small by placing her hand on the ground and hopping to the other side. As Kaleigh would do
this, Yvonne would encourage her. Kaleigh practiced this cartwheel day in and day out and finally she achieved something she never thought
would be possible, a one handed cartwheel, with straight legs.
At age seven, Kaleigh felt her cartwheels had improved and she wanted to try recreational cheerleading. With the support and love from her family,
friends and coaches within 2 years of hard work at recreational cheerleading Kaleigh attended her first Cheerleading competition, Canam
Cheerleading Nationals in Myrtle Beach. Kaleigh loved this competition and the experience of competing on a big stage with lights and cameras
that she decided to further her cheerleading career.
In seventh grade she made her middle school cheer team and pursued All-Star Cheerleading. Still only with her one handed cartwheel, Kaleigh
started to focus on her tumbling more and by the end eighth grade Kaleigh accomplished her back tuck. Currently a sophomore at Western Harnett
High school, Kaleigh is a varsity cheerleader and has just entered her 4th year in All Star Cheerleading at Cheer Extreme Sanford.
A lifetime goal of Kaleigh is “to inspire others into accomplishing something bigger than they have ever imagined”. This goal is about to become a
reality in July of 2015. Kaleigh was selected to become a Junior Coach with NubAbility Athletics Foundation in DaQuoin, Illinois. NubAbility
Athletics Foundation is a one-of-a-kind non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids with limb loss get off the bench and into the game. Their
team of high school, collegiate and professional athletes teaches the youth to not only play, but to play the best with less – and win. The NubAbility
coaching staff is made up of volunteer athletes willing to share their experiences, skills, stories and faith with the next generation of athletes. In
2014, the third year of their All-Sport Summer Camp, more than 70 limb-different youth from 24 states descended upon Southern Illinois to learn
from a roster of more than 30 accomplished coaches. Through three days of camp, these youth, ranging in age from 4 to 18, learned everything
from the basics of their respective sports to workouts and drills to help them continually improve. Throughout the four days of camp each summer,
limb-different athletes complete drills and skill-building exercises preparing them to get out of the stands, off the bench and into the game.
Campers have the opportunity to participate in sessions for multiple sports, whether or not they have previous experience. This is an opportunity
for a youth to try something new in a safe environment. “I am so enthusiastic about this opportunity to share my strengths and to help other
children like me.”
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REMINDER:
If you are NOT returning to Cheer Extreme
Sanford for the 2015 – 2016 competition
season, A 30 day notice is required to exit the
program and to cancel your bank draft.
Please email [email protected]
NO LATER than April 1, 2015, if you will
NOT be returning to avoid May 1, 2015 tuition
bank draft.
We will NOT be increasing tuition and any family
that pays the entire year tuition no later than
May 1, 2015 will receive 10% discount.
- Spring Break Cheer Camps -
Do you have friends interested in Cheer
Extreme Sanford?
Bring a friend to tumbling for FREE!
Thursday, April 16, 2015 &
Monday April, 20, 2015.
* For the 2015-2016 season*
Only available to existing families:
Any NEW cheerleader you refer to Cheer Extreme
Sanford, that registers by May 1, 2015 and complete 3
months of training, the referring family will receive
$130.00 credit towards their competition fee account.
We have had families pay their whole competition fees
with the Refer a Friend program.
Start Referring Now!
Come to Cheer Extreme Sanford and
work on those skills that you would
like to show off at Team Placements.
(Jumps, Stunts, Tumbling or
Technique)
Lee County Spring Break
$125.00
Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday
3/31/15
4/1/15
4/2/15
Times: 10:00a – 2:00p
Harnett County Spring Break
$125.00
Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday
4/7/15
4/8/15
4/9/15
Times: 10:00a – 2:00p
To register email Kim Hales @
[email protected]
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Lisa on April 6 and
Anita on April 12.
Congratulations to the NEW
Southern Lee
Varsity Cheerleaders
Congratulations to
Adealia
on
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his promotion in the USAF.
Johanna Jordan
Logan Hearn
Shayla Downy
Thank you for your service.
Congratulations Kirby!
Way to go, Morgan!
Good News!
The Mazurowski Family
got orders to stay at Fort
Bragg. After a long year,
we are so exicted for
them to be a family.
She received MVP for the year at
LCHS for JV Cheerleading
Kirby will be attending Meredith
College in the fall. She received the
Teaching Fellow scholarship as well as
the Honors College scholarship.
Sleepover Fun
Please email Nicole Bowker @ [email protected] with information for the newsletter.
(It’s hard to put together a newsletter, without news!)
Look at me, I got Skills!
Look at the NEW skills that were thrown in the gym this month. Way to go!
Kaleb Gilbert – RO-Whip-Whip-BHS-BHS-Layout
Jewel Dunlap – R/O Tuck
Hannah McNeill – Standing Tuck
Ta’Leigha Beaver – Standing Tuck
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April 11-12, 2015 – “The One” Cheer and Dance Finals, Virginia Beach, VA (Courage, Obsession, Supremes & Cru5h)
April 18-19, 2015 - American Championship, Myrtle Beach, SC
April 16, 2015 – Bring a Friend Day
April 20, 2015 – Bring a Friend Day
April 21, 2015 – Cheer Extreme Sanford - Tryouts
April 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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Cheer Competition:
Orlando, FL
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TEAM PRACTICE:
Lee County
Spring Break
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
Good Friday
4
5:00-6:45 - Inspire
7:00 – 8:45 – Supremes
TEAM PRACTICE:
TEAM PRACTICE:
5:00 – 6:45 – Cru5h
7:00 – 8:45 – Vengeance
5:00 – 6:45 – Courage
7:00 – 8:45 – Obsession
Lee County
Spring Break
Lee County
Spring Break
Lee County
Spring Break
Lee County
Spring Break
CAMP – 10:00 -2:00 CAMP – 10:00 -2:00 CAMP – 10:00 -2:00
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8
9
10
5
Easter
GYM CLOSED
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TEAM PRACTICE:
5:00 – 6:45 – Courage
7:00 – 8:45 – Obsession
Harnett County
Spring Break
13
TEAM PRACTICE:
12
5:00 – 6:45 – Courage
Cheer Competition
Virginia Beach
7:00 – 8:45 – Obsession
(Courage, Obsession,
Supremes & Cru5h
TEAM PRACTICE:
TEAM PRACTICE:
TEAM PRACTICE:
5:00-6:45 - Inspire
7:00 – 8:45 – Supremes
5:00 – 6:45 – Cru5h
7:00 – 8:45 – Vengeance
5:00 – 6:45 – Courage
Harnett County
Spring Break
Harnett County
Spring Break
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Cheer Competition
Virginia Beach
(Courage, Obsession,
Supremes & Cru5h
TUMBLING:
7:00 – 8:00 – Tumble 1&2
8:00 – 9:00 –Tumble 3,4/5
Harnett County
Harnett County
Spring Break
CAMP – 10:00 -2:00 CAMP – 10:00 -2:00 CAMP – 10:00 -2:00 Spring Break
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16
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TEAM PRACTICE:
TUMBLING:
15
5:00-6:45 - Inspire
7:00 – 8:45 – Supremes
TEAM PRACTICE:
5:00 – 6:45 – Cru5h
7:00 – 8:45 -Vengeance
Ages 5 -11: 5:30 -7:00
Ages 12 -14: 7:00 -8:00
Ages 15+: 8:00 – 9:00
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Cheer Competition
Myrtle Beach
BRING A FRIEND
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Cheer Competition
Myrtle Beach
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TUMBLING:
Ages 5 -11: 5:30 -7:00
Ages 12 -14: 7:00 -8:00
Ages 15+: 8:00 – 9:00
BRING A FRIEND
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Team
Placements
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Ages 5-8: 5:15p – 6:00p
Ages 9 -11: 6:00p -7:00p
Ages 12 – 14: 7:00p – 8:00p
Ages 15+: 8:00p – 9:00p
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It’s My Birthday
4/1 – Elise Johnson
4/2 – Marissa Stephenson
4/4- Adison Pace
4/6 – Lisa Pace
4/11 – Hannah McNeill
4/12 – Anita Hearn
4/15 – Mea Allen
4/22 – Grace Shover
4/26 – Sabrina Rodriguez –Ortiz
Please remember to be at practice and at least 1-hour of tumbling a week.
(Practice is MANDATORY, unless prior approval is given)