JJ Pearce High School is proud to announce the 2008 Mustang Stampede an outstanding country western dance team. The Stampede’s school sponsors are Family and Consumer Science teacher Caroline Vanderslice and JJ Pearce High School Science teacher and coach Steven Anthony.

Each Mustang Stampede member is an exceptional high school student. In order to be a member of Mustang Stampede, students must have a specific grade point average and obtain excellent recommendations from their teachers. Stampeders are selected after a dance and stunt audition before a panel of experts with ballroom dancing, cheerleading and drill team expertise. The team consists of 16 couples, all juniors and seniors at JJ Pearce High School. They practice daily and perform at many events each year while also being involved in varsity sports, theater, choir, school musicals, honor societies, school clubs and volunteering for their community and churches.