Being Awesome; One Day at a Time.
"I scream. You scream. We all scream for the Big Red team!" Coach & her kindergartners cheering on a classmate. Most people probably remember screaming for ice cream, but our Union High School cheerleading team incorporated our own version of the 1920's ditty into the cheer that helped us reach the top ten at the State Finals about 70 years after the song was written. Investing our energy into creating and performing something together, and experiencing a positive outcome as a result of our shared work, generated an unmatched sense of satisfaction for our team. Making decisions that played off of each others' strengths, reflecting on what was working and what needed to be revised, gave us all a sense of ownership and pride. We were focused on each other and what we could each do to continuously improve as a team. Cheryl Hutchings, the coach who lead our team more than two decades ago, is pictured here cheering on one of her kindergarten students at Stone...