What a HUGE start of the week it has been! The hype of the Broncos playoff game is in the air, the BCS game, premiere of the new Bachelor, Justin Bieber was in town, and I started back to school for the new year! Ok, maybe the last one isn’t as exciting for the rest of you, but it is for me.
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Heather and this is my third season as a DBC. When I’m not cheering on our beloved Broncos to the Super Bowl, I am in the classroom cheering on my students. I am a special education teacher in Denver and I’m convinced that I have the two best jobs in town.
When I became a teacher, I had hopes that I would make a difference in my students’ lives, not realizing what a difference they would be making in mine. My students are my biggest fans! They think what I do as a cheerleader is so cool, and let’s be honest, it is really cool! They wish me good luck on the weekends and get so excited Monday mornings to talk football and Broncos with me. They shout down the hallway (even when they’re not supposed to) “Go Broncos!” or “We saw you on TV!” I get pictures, cards, handmade Broncos gifts, etc. In fact, one of my favorite gifts that I’ve received is a sketched Broncos head by one of my 5th grade students.
I absolutely love my job as a Broncos Cheerleader, but knowing how much my students love it gives it a whole new meaning for me. See, I work at a low-income, low-performing school where some of our student’s stories would bring tears to your eyes. Sometimes all my students need is a hug and something hopeful to talk about, like the Broncos! My students are incredible and have touched my heart in so many ways. I just hope that I have inspired them to one day go after their dreams just like I went after mine.
I absolutely love what I do, both on and off the field, and cannot wait to take my passion for kids to Hawaii during Pro Bowl week, to represent the Broncos, and put on cheer clinics for kids all over the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. What an amazing opportunity! Didn’t I say I have the two best jobs!?
Thank you Broncos fans for your continued support and tuning in to our weekly blog! Saturday can’t come soon enough! GO BRONCOS!!
Heather
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B-R-O-N-C-O-S BRONCOS BRONCOS BRONCOS!!!
Heather, your work as a teacher is so awesome! It’s so great that you value it as much (maybe more?) as you do your higher profile cheerleading job. I love the Broncos as much as anyone else, but I’m going out on a limb and am gonna say that your teaching is more valuable to Denver than their playing. I think some time they should cheer on your teaching as heartily as you cheer for them!
GOOOOOO BRONCOS!! GOOOOOOOOOO TEACHERS!!!!!!
Heather, like all the DBC’s you are awesome you impact our world in great ways both on and off the field .
and needless to say you work for the BEST football team.
It is refreshing to here a teacher with such love for her students, what you do for them will follow them for them for the rest of their life’s thank you. and of course with out saying your support for the Broncos the players and the DBC,s are one team.keep up all the wonderful work you do
How awesome for you and the children you share the experience with! Thank you and may God bless you for what you do in the lives of each of these children. Go Broncos!!!