Congratulations to Union Academy‘s 2023-24 Varsity Cheer Team! The team at the Monroe, North Carolina, charter school recently celebrated winning the Commissioner’s Trophy from the NCHSAA (North Carolina High School Athletic Association). Presented in partnership with Truist, the NCHSAA trophy is awarded to high school sports teams that do outstanding community service work. Winning school teams receive a $1,000 stipend.
In a press release announcing the award, UA noted:
Union Academy’s Varsity Cheerleading Team was awarded the NCHSAA Commissioner’s Trophy for Community Service at the 2023-24 Awards Celebration held in Greensboro on June 12. The team created a service project called “Cardinals Helping Cardinals” that sponsors a mini food pantry on campus that provides emergency food supplies for students and their families that face food insecurities. The program helps provide 8-10 backpacks of food each week to the school’s counseling department which are then distributed to those in need. Cheerleaders contribute to the pantry, accept donations, and pack the bags each week. Additionally, the team volunteers with the Community Shelter of Union County, InReach, and Operation Christmas Child and contributes to the Stocking Project through Alliance for Children and to Turning Point.
This is the second time UA’s Varsity Cheer Team has won the NCHSAA Commissioner’s Trophy for Community Service (2018-19).
Union Academy’s 2023-24 Varsity Cheer Team. Photo credit: Union Academy.
Read more about the award in The Enquirer Journal.
And in other UA good news, the school’s Senior A Team placed first in the state in the 4-H Poultry Judging contest.
A press release from UA noted:
Union Academy sent two Senior Teams and one Junior Team to the North Carolina 4-H State Poultry Judging Championships. The Senior A Team placed 1st in the state and received an invitation to compete for a National Championship in November to be held in Kentucky (Lindsay Van Art, Aubrey Mekus, Blake Carter, and Bella Mitchell). The Senior B Team placed 2nd in the State (Sofia Manriquez, Elizabeth Williams, and Levi Carter). The Junior Team placed 2nd in the State (Lacie Alexander, Colton Alexander, Bradley Carter).
Union Academy’s state champion Senior A Team. Photo credit: Union Academy.
Read more in Union County Weekly and The Enquirer Journal.
Congratulations to all of these award-winning Union Academy students!
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