Tia Graham
Final faculty 12 months, Woodhaven-Brownstpersonal Faculty District introduced its partnership with the Unified Champion Faculties program.
Unified Sports activities is a nationwide group that gives college students with particular wants alternatives to take part at school sports activities.
In January, the district started a basketball program, and later added bowling. Sports activities groups consist of scholars with disabilities and their companions who’re college students with disabilities.
“It is simply nearly as good for our athletes as it’s for our companions,” stated Alicia Flynn, assistant athletic director. “It is a program for our athletes, nevertheless it’s additionally designed to make our companions profitable, really feel profitable, and acknowledge one another’s variations.”
The WBSD not too long ago performed a sport in opposition to the Woodhaven Police Division. The group got here out and confirmed its assist, says Flynn.
This month, WBSD launched the Unified Sports activities program with a bocce ball. A brand new courtroom has been arrange at Patrick Henry Excessive Faculty to accommodate the newly shaped crew.
“We wish this program to develop not solely in our district, however in our group and surrounding communities,” says Flynn.
Picture: Alicia Flynn / Woodhaven-Brownstown Faculty District
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