Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® builds on Special Olympics’ values, principles and practices to shape a generation that welcomes everyone.

With sports as the foundation, the three-component strategy offers a unique combination of effective activities that equip educators and young people with tools to create sports, classrooms, and school climates of acceptance. This is accomplished by implementing activities in the following areas:

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Unified Sports

Unified Sports provides individuals — with and without intellectual disabilities — the opportunity to train and compete as a team. Unified Sports promotes acceptance and inclusion in schools.

Inclusive Youth Leadership

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools brings youth with and without intellectual disabilities together through education, sports, and youth leadership to provide them with the opportunities to be advocates for acceptance, respect, and inclusion for ALL in their school communities.

 

Whole School Engagement

Unified Champion Schools must engage the entire school community. An inclusive school climate that fosters understanding and respect for all can influence how students think and act, both within and beyond the school.

ELEMENTARY
Belmont Elementary                                –        Tishomingo County School District       –          Area 11   
Bogue Chitto School                                –        Choctaw Tribal Schools       –       Area 18
Brandon Elementary                                –        Rankin County School District       –       Area 8
Conehatta Elementary                             –        Choctaw Tribal School       –       Area 18
Joyner Elementary                                    –        Tupelo Public School District         –        Area 11
Kemper County Lower Elementary        –        Kemper County School District        –       Area 5
Kemper County Upper Elementary        –        Kemper County School District       –       Area 5
Lawndale Elementary                              –        Tupelo Public School District     –  Area 11
Madison Crossing Elementary                –        Madison County School District       –       Area 8
McLaurin Elementary                               –        Natchez-Adams School District       –       Area 7
Morgantown Elementary                         –        Natchez-Adams School District       –       Area 7
Pearl River Elementary                            –        Choctaw Tribal Schools       –       Area 18
Pontotoc Elementary                                –       Pontotoc School District     –  Area 11
Red Water Elementary                            –        Choctaw Tribal Schools       –       Area 18
Smilow Collegiate                                    –        Republic Charter Schools       –       Area 14
Standing Pine Elementary                       –       Choctaw Tribal Schools       –       Area 18
Thames Elementary                                 –        Hattiesburg Public School District       –       Area 1
Tishomingo Elementary                          –        Tishomingo County School District       –       Area 11
Thomas Street Elementary                      –       Tupelo Public School District   –     Area 11
Tucker Elementary School                      –       Choctaw Tribal Schools       –       Area 18
West Bolivar Elementary                         –       West Bolivar Consolidated School District       –       Area 9
West Elementary – Natchez                    –       Adams School District       –       Area 7

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Belmont Middle School                         –         Tishomingo County School District       –          Area 11
Blackburn Middle School                      –         Jackson Public School District       –          Area 14
Brandon Middle School                         –         Rankin County School District.       –          Area 8
Chastain Middle School                         –         Jackson Public School District       –          Area 14
Choctaw Central Middle                        –         Choctaw Tribal Schools       –          Area 18
Germantown Middle School                 –         Madison County School District       –          Area 8
Iuka Middle School                                –         Tishomingo County School District –    Area 11
Kirksey Middle School                           –         Jackson Public School District   –   Area 14
Mantachie Junior High                           –         Itawamba County Schools       –          Area 11
Marshall Middle School                         –         Holmes County Consolidated School District – Area 15
Midtown Public Charter Schools          –         Midtown Public Charter Schools       –          Area 14
N.R. Burger                                              –          Hattiesburg School District       –          Area 1
Natchez Middle School                         –          Natchez-Adams School District       –          Area 7
Olde Towne Middle School                   –          Madison County School District       –          Area 8
O. M. McNair Middle School                  –          Mississippi Achievement School District –   Area 9
Peeples/Whitten Middle School         –           Jackson Public School District –  Area 14
Shannon Middle School                        –           Lee County School District       –          Area 11
Stone Middle School                              –          Stone County School District    – Area 3
Smilow Prep                                            –          Republic Charter Schools       –          Area 14
Tupelo Middle School                            –          Tupelo Public School District  –  Area 11
Vancleave Middle School                      –            Jackson County School District   –   Area 12
Whitten Middle School                          –          Jackson Public School District       –          Area 14

HIGH SCHOOLS

Amanda Elzy High School                    –           Greenwood Leflore County School District       –    Area 15
Belmont High School                            –           Tishomingo County School District       –          Area 11
Callaway High School                           –           Jackson Public School District       –          Area 14
Choctaw Central High School              –          Choctaw Tribal Schools       –          Area 18
Enterprise High School                         –           Enterprise School District       –          Area 5
Florence High School                            –           Rankin County School District       –          Area 8
Forest High School                                 –           Forest Municipal School District   –           Area 18
Greenwood High School                       –            Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District – Area 15
Grenada Lafayette High School           –            Grenada School District                 –           Area 4
Holmes County Central High School   –            Holmes County School District     –           Area 15
Humphreys County High School          –            Mississippi Achievement School District – Area 9
Itawamba Ag High School                     –            Itawamba School District               –           Area 11
Itawamba Attendance Center               –            Itawamba School District               –           Area 11
Jim Hill High School                               –           Jackson Public School District       –          Area 14
Kemper County High School                 –           Kemper County School District      –          Area 5
Magee High School                                –           Simpson County School District       –          Area 2
Mantachie High School                          –           Itawamba County School District       –          Area 11
McEvans/Shaw High School                 –           West Bolivar Consolidated School District – Area 9
Mooreville High School                          –           Lee County School District       –          Area 11
Murrah High School                                –           Jackson Public School District       –          Area 14
Natchez High School                              –           Natchez-Adams School District       –          Area 7
Noxapater Attendance Center              –           Winston-Louisville Municipal School District-Area 18
Oxford High School                                –            Oxford School District  –  Area 4
Pass Christian High School                    –           Pass Christian – Area 3
Pearl High School                                   –           Pearl Public School District       –          Area 8
Philadelphia High School                      –            Philadelphia Public School District       –          Area 18
Pontotoc High School                            –            Pontotoc City School District        –          Area 11
Provine High School                               –            Jackson Public School District  – Area 14
Reimagine Prep Charter School           –            Republic Charter Schools       –          Area 14
Richland High School                             –            Rankin County School District       –          Area 8
Saltillo High School                                –            Lee County School District       –          Area 11
Shannon High School                             –            Lee County School District       –          Area 11
South Pontotoc High School                 –            Pontotoc City School District        –          Area 11
Tishomingo County High School          –            Tishomingo County School District       –          Area 11
Vancleave High School                          –            Jackson County School District   –   Area 12
West Bolivar High School                      –            West Bolivar Consolidated School District – Area 9
Wingfield High School                           –            Jackson Public School District       –          Area 14
Yazoo City High School                          –            Mississippi Achievement School District  – Area 10

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS

Cleveland B&G Club                             –             Cleveland, MS         –          Area 9
Columbus B&G Club                             –             Columbus, MS         –          Area 6
Greenwood B&G Club                           –             Greenwood, MS      –          Area 15
Grenada B&G Club                                –             Grenada, MS            –          Area 4
Hazelhurst B&G Club                            –             Hazelhurst, MS        –          Area 14
Holmes County B&G Club                    –             Lexington, MS         –          Area 15
Itta Bena B&G Club                               –             Itta Bena, MS           –          Area 15
Clarksdale B&G Club                            –             Clarksdale, MS        –          Area 9
Lexington B&G Club                             –              Lexington, MS         –          Area 15
Starkville B&G Club                              –              Starkville, MS          –           Area 6
Walker Unit B&G Club                           –             Jackson, MS            –           Area 14
West Point B&G Club                            –              West Point, MS        –           Area 6
Yazoo B&G Club                                     –               Yazoo, MS               –        Area 10

HEADSTART CENTERS

Billy J McCain Head Start Center        –             Mount Bayou, MS
Bolivar County Head Start Center       –             Cleveland, MS
Cedars Head Start Center                    –             Vicksburg, MS
Cleveland #1 Head Start Center         –             Cleveland, MS
Cleveland #2 Head Start Center         –             Cleveland, MS
Cleveland #3 Head Start Center         –             Cleveland, MS                
Drew Early Head Start Center              –             Drew, MS    
Drew Head Start Center                        –             Drew, MS
Greenwood Head Start Center            –             Greenwood, MS
Indianola Head Start Center                –              Indianola, MS
Rosedale Head Start Center                –              Rosedale, MS
Shaw Head Start Center                       –              Shaw, MS
Sunflower Head Start Center               –              Sunflower, MS
Vicksburg Kings Head Start Center      –               Vicksburg, MS

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