It didn’t matter that soft-spoken eighth-grader Kaylan Madouse had never considered cheerleading until the announcement about a new team came over the school intercom. When Aiden Omega showed up for ...

Traweek Middle School in Covina hadn’t had a Pep Squad for two decades until one determined student and a newly hired teacher worked to change that. Lily Morales, an eighth grader, set her sights on ...