The Crestwood High School unified track team recently hosted a tri-meet with teams from Dallas and Wyoming Valley West high schools.
The meet was the team’s second of the year. The team previously participated in a tri-meet with Wyoming Valley West High School with Wilkes-Barre Area.
The track events include the 100-meter dash, the 400, the 800, 4 by 100 and 4 by 400 relays. Field events include shot put, running long jump, mini javelin.
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Interscholastic Unified Sports is a fully inclusive co-ed high school sports program which facilitates social inclusion by bringing together a proportional number of students with and without intellectual disabilities on teams for training and competition. Students with and without intellectual disabilities come together as a structured inclusive group to determine ways to improve their school’s environment for everyone.
Purposes of the club are to give students with intellectual disabilities a voice in their school along with their peers without disabilities, help students develop leadership skills and conduct youth-led activities which promote acceptance, respect and community throughout the school.
By providing opportunities for students both with all types of disabilities and without disabilities to participate in sports meaningfully and by engaging other students in the school community, Interscholastic Unified Sports helps promote inclusion, acceptance, and respect.
The Special Olympics Interscholastic Unified Sports program is supported by the PIAA and the Bureau of Special Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education.
