Tasked with getting her school's marching band to the Rose Parade, Sophie tries to persuade her small town's only claim to fame, country singer Megan Pleasant, to return to town and help her raise the funds.

"Charlie is the laid-back captain of the basketball team. Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. Their unlikely friendship nearly bites the dust when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and they retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms-- but not both. Bad sportsmanship?...

A group of students at Clearwater Crossing High organize a fund-raising carnival for a classmate with leukemia but they are very different personalities and they do not get along very well.