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SPORTS! Unified Basketball Special Olympics

U NIFIED B ASKETBALL  Unified Basketball helps promote social interaction, and physical activity.  It teaches leadership and teamwork.  Unified Basketball teams are made up of “Unified Student Athletes” and “Unified Student Partners”

T HERE IS NO “I” IN TEAM  The team is made up of 3 “Unified Student Athletes” and 2 “Unified Student Partners”  The “Unified Student Partners” are part of the team to facilitate the play and to support “sport specific” skills. But ….  Partners can not score more than 25% of the points.  Can not play defense against a Unified athlete  Can not steel the ball or set screens against the opposing unified athlete.

T HE G OAL IS ….  For all students to participate and contribute to the game.  For all students to learn from each other.  For all students to have meaningful involvement.

F UN F ACTS  Cony hosted the first Unified Basketball game in the state of Maine in 2015. It was coached by Paul Vashon!  Cony has 7 games set up for this year. First game is scheduled for February 25 th .  There are now over sixty teams in the State of Maine.

TEAM CONY

S PECIAL O LYMPICS “The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year- round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community .” (specialolympics.org/about/our - mission)

C ONY  Participates in Spring Special Olympics hosted at RSU #2  Focus is on Track and Field  Cony has participated in Special Olympics for 25 years.  There is an “ALL School” send off for the students and coaches the day of Special Olympics!  ASD supports all students and this send off is very powerful! Come join us in celebrating our students.

A LL S CHOOL S END O FF

OUR OLYMPIANS! A ND STUDENT PARTNERS

P HOTOS OF O LYMPIAN ’ S AND TEAM MEMBERS WERE SHARED THROUGH C ONY M IDDLE S CHOOL AND H IGH S CHOOL F ACEBOOK PAGE .