Louisville City FC Set to Face Off Against Union Omaha at Lynn Family Stadium After weeks of practice, the Louisville City FC Unified team that was introduced in May will play its first match on Saturday, Aug. 29. The SOKY-Louisville City collaboration will host Union Omaha at 11 am at Lynn Family Stadium – home …
Special Olympics Kentucky, Louisville City FC and the LouCity & Racing Foundation are combining to start the region’s first Unified soccer team, expanding each entity’s commitment to inclusion and community impact. The announcement was made at a signing ceremony on May 16 at the Lynn Family Sports Vision and Training Center. Members of the team …
Teams from four Louisville middle schools met on March 15 to take part in Special Olympics Kentucky’s Second Annual Unified Robotics Competition. Teams of students from Anchorage School, Kammerer Middle School, Stuart Academy and Westport Middle School met at UofL’s Founders Union for a day of Lego Robot battle with Westport and Stuart Academy each …
More Than 150 Students Met to Build Stronger Communities and Increase Inclusion at Their Schools March saw Special Olympics Kentucky, through its Unified Champion Schools Program, hold a pair of Unified Youth Summits. Three of our UCS National Banner Award recipients – Eastern High School, Ryle High School and East Carter High School – took …
Six-Week Delay Doesn’t Dampen Spirits as Pioneering School Celebrates Success Thanks to the one major snow storm of the winter hitting Northern Kentucky on their original date, the students and staff at Union’s Ryle High School had to wait an extra six weeks before finally celebration their Unified Champion Schools National Banner Award on March …
Highest Unified Champion Schools Award Presented at Schoolwide Assembly The entirety of Louisville’s Eastern High School turned out for a celebration in the school gym on Friday, Feb. 2. But it wasn’t for a basketball or volleyball game, or for a football pre-game pep rally. The assembly was to unveil the school’s Unified Champion Schools …
Award is the Highest Honor Granted to Unified Champion Schools Participants When Special Olympics and partner ESPN announced this year’s crop of Unified Champion Schools National Banner honorees, THREE Kentucky schools were included among those recognized with the top honor in the Unified Champion Schools program. Two schools were honored for the first time while …
In July Special Olympics Kentucky had the pleasure of working with Dreams with Wings to demonstrate Unified Robotics to both their Dreams in Motion and Achieving Dreams summer camps. The collaboration was made possible through a grant SOKY received from the Kentucky Department of Education Office of Special Education and Early Learning to promote knowledge …
It’s time to get your gears turning! Introduced this year as a new non-traditional activity for our Unified Champions Schools, Unified Robotics has been a new way to introduce students into the field of STEM while also building life skills such as leadership, teamwork and critical thinking. On February 17, four middle schools from Jefferson …
Teams Participated in Unified Bocce and Basketball Events Although many schools still experienced challenges organizing activities this spring, April presented an opportunity to try a couple new unified events. A Unified Bocce competition was held for middle schools and our normal high school unified basketball season became a fun skills day followed by a 4v4 …