Spring Branch ISD February 2023

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has successfully integrated inclusion into every aspect of their campus,” said Special Olympics Texas East Region Associate Executive Director AJ Edenzon. “With this honor, they continue to inspire surrounding schools and districts to build their involvement and engagement with Unified Champion Schools.” Unified Champion Schools® use a unique approach that incorporates Special Olympics Unified Spor ts® (where students with and without disabilities train and compete as teammates), Inclusive Youth Leadership, and Whole School Engagement activities that empower youth to be agents of change in their communities. Students with and without intellectual disabilities work together alongside educators school and community. The Special Olympics Texas UCS program is celebrating over 15 years and is active on hundreds of campuses. “I was inspired to make and administrators to positively impact their

School is one of five Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools recognized nationally by ESPN. Spring Woods has been a Unified Champion School for four years and competes in 12 Unified Spor ts including, Unified Football , Cross Country, Track and Field, Volleyball , Basketball , Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Robotics, Ar t , Dance and Cheer. The program star ted in 2019 and has grown into the school ’s most valued initiative. “We are proud of how Spring Woods High School

a National Banner School and received ESPN Top 5 School recognition. “It is so exciting that the Unified Spor ts movement is getting more recognition in our area,” said SWHS principal Jennifer Collier. “ There are so many valuable components to having Unified Programs on campus, and I feel ex tremely honored and excited that SWHS is able to showcase the impact that Unified Spor ts can have on a child, the campus and the community.” Spring Woods High

SPRING WOODS HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEGUN TO RECEIVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR ITS PERSISTENT COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION WITHIN THE REALM OF THE SCHOOL’S ATHLETIC AND ARTS PROGRAMS. Most notably, SWHS has been honored as a Special Olympics National Banner Unified Champion School , which is achieved by demonstrating its pledge to include students of all abilities in the campus community, whether it be through spor ts or other activities. With that , the Tigers were recently named