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(Excerpted from the MHSA Activity News, May 2006 issue with permission of
the MHSA)
SPIRIT NEWS
At their April Board Meeting, the Montana High School Association (MHSA)
Executive Board approved the following regulation regarding spirit (cheer)
squads: MHSA member schools’ spirit squads (cheer squads) are allowed to perform
stunts ONLY if the spirit coach has completed and is current with the AACCA
Safety Certification Program. This affects squads beginning with the 2006-07
school year.
Spirit coaches are now, because of this change, no longer required to
complete the MHSA Coaches Education Program which had been mandatory prior to
the 2006-07 school year. The Board felt that the AACCA Safety Certification was
more sport specific than the MHSA Coaches’ Education Program and would,
therefore, benefit spirit coaches more effectively. This course is being offered
at the MCA Clinic in Great Falls, and further information relative to other
certification dates and sites will be coming to member schools in May.
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