Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) announced that six Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® in North Carolina are receiving national banner recognition for their efforts to provide inclusive … [Read more...] about North Carolina schools to receive national recognition from Special Olympics for achievements with inclusion
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Smithfield-Selma High School students named as Special Olympics U.S. Youth Ambassadors
Jose Duran and JohnAnthony Fajardo of Smithfield-Selma High School in will represent Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) as members of the newest Special Olympics U.S. Youth Ambassadors cohort. The … [Read more...] about Smithfield-Selma High School students named as Special Olympics U.S. Youth Ambassadors
Hendersonville Elementary School to receive national recognition from Special Olympics for achievements with inclusion
Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) has announced that Hendersonville Elementary School of Hendersonville, North Carolina, a Special Olympics Unified Champion School®, is receiving national banner … [Read more...] about Hendersonville Elementary School to receive national recognition from Special Olympics for achievements with inclusion
Cooler Together
With support from advocacy organizations across the world, including Special Olympics, the Spread the Word: Inclusion campaign addresses the urgent need to diminish exclusion and the discrimination of … [Read more...] about Cooler Together
Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill Unified basketball teams face off in Special Olympics North Carolina Unified Rivalry Basketball Game Feb. 3
Date/Times: Friday, Feb. 3 7:30 p.m.: Opening Ceremony 8 p.m.: Unified Rivalry Basketball Game Location: Brodie Recreation Center 20 Brodie Gym Drive Durham, NC Special Olympics North … [Read more...] about Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill Unified basketball teams face off in Special Olympics North Carolina Unified Rivalry Basketball Game Feb. 3
Reaching for the Summit of Inclusion
A group of seven educators and youth leaders represented Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) at the first-ever Unified Champion City Schools® Summit in Detroit, Michigan, August 4-6. In addition to … [Read more...] about Reaching for the Summit of Inclusion
Idlewild for Inclusion
On Wednesday, April 6, Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) hosted a national banner presentation for Idlewild Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their efforts to provide inclusive … [Read more...] about Idlewild for Inclusion
It Starts With Inclusion
During Inclusion Week at Beverly Woods Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina, students with and without intellectual disabilities walk hand in hand, parading through the school, in what is … [Read more...] about It Starts With Inclusion
Smithfield-Selma High School Celebrates National Banner Recognition
More than 500 schools across North Carolina are currently participating in Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® programming. A Special Olympics Unified Champion School has an inclusive school … [Read more...] about Smithfield-Selma High School Celebrates National Banner Recognition
Feel Better Button
“I would be home alone in my apartment and my roommate would come home and hear me jumping around and screaming, having the time of my life. He was like, ‘Oh, that’s just Josh again doing his Special … [Read more...] about Feel Better Button
