The Unified Bocce Regional Championship was held at Souderton last week and included six schools. Photos provided courtesy of Souderton Area High School.
Students with and without intellectual disabilities participated in a Unified Bocce Regional Championship at Souderton Area high School on Feb. 27.
The championship featured competition between six high school teams that are part of Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s Unified Champion Schools program. Archbishop Carroll, the winning team, will advance to the state championship held at the Giant Center in Hershey prior to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Boys and Girls state basketball championships March 20-21.
The following Montgomery and Bucks County schools were represented:
- Souderton Area High School (two teams)
- North Penn High School (two teams)
- Archbishop Carroll High School (one team)
- Harriton High School (one team)
- Upper Merion High School (one team)
- Central Bucks East (two teams)
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Unified Champion Schools program is aimed at promoting social inclusion through intentionally planned and implemented activities affecting systems-wide change. With sports as the foundation, Unified Champion Schools follow a three-component model: Interscholastic Unified Sports, Youth leadership and Advocacy and Whole School Engagement. Interscholastic Unified Sports is a fully inclusive co-ed high school sports program that brings together a proportional number of students with and without disabilities on teams for training and competition. Whereas youth leadership, advocacy and whole school engagement promote school climates where students with disabilities feel welcome and are routinely included in and feel a part of all activities, opportunities and functions.
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