Unified Basketball Information

Unified Basketball

By Aaron Joncas, Athletic Director

 Dear Students and Parents:

We are excited to announce our continued participation in Unified Sports with the introduction of our Unified Basketball program this Fall. Unified Sports is a Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) partnership with Special Olympics. 

As stated on their website, “Special Olympics is dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences. Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding. 

In Unified Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability. That makes practices more fun and games more challenging and exciting for all.  Having sport in common is just one more way that preconceptions and false ideas are swept away.” 

Please watch this short video to learn more about Unified Sports

Please click on the link below to register for Unified Basketball:

Family ID for Unified Basketball

  

UNIFIED BASKETBALL DETAILS

• Unified Basketball practice begins on September 21st. The season lasts 6-8 weeks.

• Practices are held two times per week from 2:45pm to 3:45pm at CCHS, typically on Tuesdays and Fridays 

• The team is Co-Ed and will be coached by Joseph Flynn, an educator in CCHS’s Pathways Program and Beth Murphy, a Health and Fitness Teacher at Thoreau Elementary.

• Composition of the team is a 50/50 ratio of students with and without intellectual developmental disabilities. 

• The team will play 4-6 games vs. local schools and participate in one Jamboree event. Game days will vary but will be on weekday afternoons both at CCHS and nearby schools. 

• Students are not paired; they are teammates who mentor and coach each other as they train and compete together 

• All students’ performances are important and valued 

• A user fee of  $150 is required for registration/participation. As always, financial assistance is available. Please contact Aaron Joncas, CCHS Athletic Director, at ajoncas@concordcarlisle.org for more information.