While watching the gravity races on Sammamish’s plateau last year, Michael Engen looked over and realized that his son, David, wasn’t watching the races. He was watching the Issaquah High School ...

The Sparkle team is designed to be as an advocate for classmates to create inclusive cheer opportunities and support peers while encouraging independence and dignity. Featuring 20 to 30 members ...

KENT, Wash. - At Kentridge High School, the Sparkle Effect cheer squad is fine tuning its routines. The team consists of 22 students: 16 mentors and 6 students with disabilities. They perform at games ...

The Sparkle Effect, a program that began in the Quad-Cities and has gone nationwide, has received a major monetary award that will allow it to reach the next level, Sarah Cronk, one of its co-founders ...

Torrey Pines High School cheerleader Juliette Dicken is the kind of teenager you can really root for. The big-hearted sophomore is responsible for starting “The Sparkle Effect” at her school this year ...