**LVSD CHEERLEADING IS BACK**
LVSD 2026 2027 CHEER SEASON
Does you child love to shout, dance, jump around, play games, or compete with others? Or maybe you child is shy and has a hard time making friends. If yes, then LVSD Knights Cheerleading is the sports program for them. As Knights with Pop Warner, we encourage and maintain a family team atmosphere, safety, and positive work ethic both on and off the field and competition floor.
WHAT TO EXPECT
LVSD is a fully circle Cheerleading Organization. What we mean by this is that we are not only a competition squad, but we encourage and assist in the positive development of our youth, build strong relationships, teach all manor of level 1 cheer techniques, require no previous experience, along with cheering on our young football players every Saturday during the months of August through November. However, PARENTS, We need you help! In order to make this a fun, memorable and successful cheer season Parent involvement is critical. Just as our cheerleaders need have no experience to join our teams Parents need have no experience as well to volunteer as a coach or assistant coach.
Cheerleading is a sport just like any other and with enrollment in our league that requires a level of commitment just like any other sport as well. Sportsmanship, school grades, attendance, and safety are our main focuses. We strive for a winning season every year and with that requires a full commitment from both you as parents and your cheerleaders. What we mean by this is the effort to be at every practice no matter the situation, every game, every performance, and EVERY FUNDRAISER.
CHEER COSTS AND FEES
Registration fees for the coming 2026 Football Season are $600 and include the following:
Performance Music and Entrance Fee for Mt. Baldy Cheer Competition in October 2026.
1 Cheerleading Uniform including, Shoes and Socks. 1 set of Pompoms and a Gameday bow.
Spirit-pack gear Includes; 1 LVSD Cheer shirt. 1 practice short and 1 LVSD Cheer Totebag.
Additional OPTIONAL practice gear, warm-up gear and Cheer Backpack will offered at a later date.
Any and all competitions following after our Pop Warner Wescon competitions are optional and will be communicated to all parents at a later date. Required commitment, practice dates, times and locations, Registration fee's and any other costs will also be communicated to all families prior to any commitment given or asked for regarding further competitions outside of the Wescon umbrella.
**Participation at the competition squad level is not required to be a cheerleader with LVSD but is HIGHLY recommended.**
**ALL CHEERLEADERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR LEAGUE COMPETITION.**
PRACTICES and Workouts
****MANDATORY PRACTICES BEGIN MONDAY July 27th, 2026****
July 27th 2026 to August 14th 2026 practices will be held 4 days a week, from 6 pm - 8 pm at Bonita High, unless otherwise communicated by your Head coach or Cheer Coordinator. Cheerleaders must be reach 20 hours of conditioning and be present at practices to participate in any stunting and or tumbling due in part to practicing safe stunting and tumbling techniques.
As of August 17th, 2026 until November 20th 2026, practices will be reduced to 2 - 4 days a week. These practices will be anywhere from 1.5 - 3 hours long depending on the age of your child and or the team that they are on. Typically these practice days and times will go back to Tuesday's and Thursdays from 6 pm - 8:30 pm or Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Cheerleaders must be present at practices to participate in any stunting and or tumbling due in part to practicing safe stunting and tumbling techniques.
For those wanting to take your cheerleaders to the next level and participate in the Nationals Competition Teams practices will continue on from November 20th 2026 until begining of February 2027. These practice days, times, and locations will be communicated to you by your Head coach on a weekly basis due in part to weather restraints and indoor practice area availability.
**Practice days and times are subject to change depending on weather and practice area space.**
WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR CHILD MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTANED EVERY AND ALL PRACTICES. WE ASK THAT YOU COMMUNICATE THESE DATES ASAP TO YOUR HEAD COACH.
GAMES AND EVENTS
We are a full circle Cheerleading origination, meaning, not only do we compete at both the Local and National level, but we also try to be as involved as possible with the La Verne San Dimas community. Various events throughout the year call for a little bit more CHEER, and that's where we come in.
FOOTBALL GAMES are Every Saturday, typically starting the end of August until mid November. Every week we travel to CHEER on our leagues amazing football players and perform our various routines and cheers for the masses. These games are held at various times and locations throughout the Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
**Please be sure to communicate to our Cheer Coordinator and or head coach if you have both cheer and football children enrolled in the league and would like your child to cheer for their sibling.**
COMPETITIONS AND FUNDRAISING
At LVSD, WE LOVE TO COMPETE!!! As Knights we encourage and promote a safe and competitive environment. However, attending various competitions at both the local, and National level does require a lot of commitment and fundraising. Attendance is crucial to a successful cheer comp season. Routines, formations, and stunts cannot be taught and or practiced if even 1 team member is missing from practice. Our Cheer coaches and staff are willing to volunteer and put a lot of time, energy, and effort in creating and teaching award-winning competition routines, the least that we can do for them as parents is to have our children at every requested practice fundraiser and event. We do understand that this may not be possible for all, simply keeping a clear line of communication with your HEAD coach is how to ensure that your child is not affected by attendance situations.