H-H Cheerleader Proves 'Every Hatter Matters'

Hatboro-Horsham High School senior Kelsey McGuire established a cheerleading squad for special needs students as her graduation project.

A Hatboro-Horsham High School senior took academic and social inclusion to the next level with her graduation project, Every Hatter Truly Matters. For her project, Kelsey McGuire created a cheerleading squad for special needs students at the school. Her inspiration stemmed from a cheerleading competition her freshman year held at Villanova University where there was a special needs team competing. “They were blind and deaf,” Kelsey said. “And I just thought that was so cool that they could get them to be involved.” She is also involved in Hatters Inc., a Hatboro-Horsham group that gives special needs and regular students the chance to meet and do activities together.  “That was the first club that I ever joined,” she said. “The one girl …

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