Kahok Special Olympics Athletes and their CHS Unified Partners recently competed with other local school districts at Unified Field Day in Edwardsville.
What is a Unified Partner? They are teammates without intellectual disabilities who play side-by-side with Special Olympics athletes. It’s all about breaking down barriers, competing as equals and building lasting friendships through sports.
Collinsville High School is recognized as a Unified Champion School for their efforts to foster an inclusive environment.
Special Olympics and Unified Partner athlete groups attending this year:
Kole Hopkins & Maxim Schlecht with Peyton Morris
Maddie Blakeburn & Hailee Lowry with Abby Morris
Shawn Poindexter with Sydney Brown
Maliyah Pfiel with Kylie Noonan
Unified Teams: Promoting Social Inclusion Through Sport
Special Olympics is dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences. Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding.
In Unified Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability. That makes practices more fun and games more challenging and exciting for all. Having sport in common is just one more way that preconceptions and false ideas are swept away.
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