The camp is open to "budding cheerleaders," girls and boys, in grades Pre-K through 5. No experience is necessary. Members of the Dublin Scioto cheerleading squad will teach cheers, chants and dances.

Lawrence Herkimer, a pioneer in American cheerleading, started the National Cheerleaders Association in Dallas in 1948, which was ultimately acquired by Varsity Spirit in 2004.

Drums and chants rumbled the gym as students showed off their class pride at the first rally of the year today in the Peery ...