Education majors Amie Kneeler Roetz and Cortney Hanson go the extra mile by taking on leadership roles as captains of the dance team.
These confident women know how to rock their performances on the dance floor and in the classroom.
Both women took on the challenge this year of balancing school work and being the dance team captains. They spend hours making up choreography and they are also in charge of planning where they perform.
Whether it is performing at a basketball game for Cabrini or dancing on the baseball field for Cabrini night at the Phillies, Hanson and Roetz know how to give it their all.
Along with putting in long hours of homework and dance, these two girls have to get field experience every week.
“It definitely gets tough when it comes to having field and then having a game right when I get back some days,” Cortney Hanson, junior education major, said.
Being an education major, it is a requirement to have full-day field experience one day a week in a local school. During field experience, these students get the whole hands-on experience of being a teacher and observing the classroom.
“I make sure that all my work is done a week in advance and on the day of the performance I have all my clothes ready to go the night before,” Hanson said.
Besides their industrious work, both Hanson and Roetz put on a smile and dance their hearts out.
“I mostly do my homework after dance team practice or really late at night, which is probably why I always look exhausted, but I always keep a smile on my face,” Amie Kneeler Roetz, education major, said.
After working hard in class all day, Roetz and Hanson go right to practicing hard to enhance their dancing to show off at basketball games.
“Teaching and dance are the two things that I enjoy very much,’’ Roetz said. “I love student teaching, working with the children and dancing makes me happy.”
“Getting a chance to do a great technical performance at the games and seeing the audiences reactions when we do well keeps me going,” Hanson said.
Whether its in the front of the classroom or performing for an audience of fans, Roetz and Hanson are always making a stand-out impression. From the classroom reading stories to the dance studio warming up their team, these girls have made goals to be leaders for the rest of their lives.
The dance team hopes to perform at soccer and lacrosse games in the near future.
