Coginchaug Regional High School

Unified Sports is an inclusive sports program open to all Coginchaug learners.  Unified Sports® is a registered program of Special Olympics that combines athletes with and without intellectual disability (or other developmental delays) on sports teams for training and competition. All Unified Sports® teammates are of similar age and teams are placed in competitive divisions based on their skill abilities, and range from developmental to recreation al to competitive.  

 

In 1992, as part of an effort to reach school-aged athletes, Connecticut Special Olympics formed a partnership with the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference to bring Unified Sports® to Connecticut’s schools. The CIAC/Special Olympics Unified Sports® Program operates throughout the school year and closely follows the school calendar. Unified Sports® events are organized each sport season for middle and high school students.  Many such opportunities include activities such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, bowling, track and field just to name a few.  In addition, RSD13 members of Unified Sports will work across all disciplines and in culminating events for elementary and young athlete participants in RSD13.

 

The cooperative and innovative partnership between CIAC and Special Olympics Connecticut has had and will continue to have a dramatic impact on the number of school age children who have the opportunity to participate in organized team sports through their school.

 

For more information on Unified Sports, please reach out directly to Rob Bajoros at rbajoros@rsd13.org, for more information on your child's prospective participation in Unifieid Sports.