Special Olympics Maine is excited to announce it will host its Unified Champion Schools #ChooseToInclude Youth Summit on Friday November 30^th from 9am-2pm at The Point Community Center in South Portland and your school is invited!

The #ChooseToIncludeYouth Summit is designed for students with and without disabilities to come together to learn how Unified Champion Schools can positively change their entire school climate. This event will provide professional development opportunities to students and liaison in Unified Sport, Inclusive Youth Leadership and Whole School Engagement as well as networking and sharing best practices with other schools across the state.

We would encourage your school to help us, help you build the future “Game Changers” in your school. We encourage you to recruit at least 1 Pair (student with and without disabilities) and a school liaison (faculty member who oversees Unified Champion schools) to attend this “Game Changing” event! We hope that you will #ChooseToInclude and join us on November 30^th!

There is no cost to this event and lunch will be provided. All participating schools will also receive a free Spread the Word to End the Word Campaign kit to help promote the R-word Campaign. Special Olympics Maine is also offering funding to schools to support their Youth Summit team, which would cover allowable expenses associated with this event (ie transportation, hotel arrangements for those schools traveling from a distance etc).

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Schools traveling from a distance will have the option of reserving hotel accommodations (double occupancy) for Thursday November 29^th at the Sable Oaks Marriot in South Portland. Any School requesting hotel accommodation will be required to have proper faculty supervision and adhere to Special Olympics Maine’s Athlete Housing Policy. Please note that there are no Summit activities planned and there is a pool at Sable Oaks Marriott.