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Welcome

Unified Bocce Informational Meeting

​Introductions

• This year's Coaching Team

  Mrs. Frey, Ms. Yohe, Ms. Gray

• Officials, Line Judges, Announcer

• Returning Team Members

​What is a “Unified” Sport?

Unified Bocce is a Special Olympics program that combines Special Olympics-eligible students with and without intellectual disabilities on the same sports teams made up of equal numbers.

The goal of Unified Bocce is to promote unity and diversity, and to increase acceptance of people with all abilities. Unified Sports student athletes are treated the same as other interscholastic sports teams at their school.

Unified Sports student athletes are treated the same as other interscholastic sports teams at their school. For example, they may earn varsity letters, participate in pep rallies, and be included in post-season awards ceremonies. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding.

Current Unified Sports in the area: Indoor Bocce, Track & Field and Soccer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ucRWrJUb0

https://specialolympicspa.org/sports/unified-sports

​Important Things to Know

Last year, we had 2 Teams

Committment to practices and games, SOPA rules state we can't substitute

Practices will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4 pm. usually in gym, sometimes will be in the cafeteria

Games will start in December and end in early February

Game times start at 3:30 pm. and usually run till about 5-5:30 pm.

Playoffs will begin in February with the State Championships in Hershey usually in March

​I’m interested! What’s next?

​You will need to complete the PIAA Sports Forms https://www.wssd.k12.pa.us/Downloads/24-25%20CCHS%20Physcial%20Packet2.pdf?v=-8


Winter Physicals will be in early November here at CC for $25.00

You will need to complete the Special Olympics PA Waiver Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSwqfK6qitjsbD54FObsuKn-EjXhYW4VoZg58BvOCEuGMOng/viewform


Do you have a ride home after practices and games?
Let us know if you don’t.

Deadline for Forms November 11th, you can not practice without them

Our 1st practice with be Thursday, November 14th

​But, wait! Still not sure? Here’s an opportunity to join us….

​CD East High School is organizing a first-ever “Fall Festival of Bocce” for
Saturday, November 9th from 9 am.-2 pm.

There will be 4 games going at once with several high school bocce teams attending. It will be a day of fun and bragging rights, an unofficial start to the season. This will be a great way to see your skills, learn the game, meet new people and decide if you want to be part of the official
team and/or just help in other ways.

You will not need to have any official paperwork, just a parent/guardian permission slip completed to attend.

Transportation will be provided. Any other details will be shared once we know.

Anyone Interested? Sign-up list on table