Unified Champion Schools: Fostering Youth Leaders

LONG BEACH – Through Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools, Special Olympics Southern California creates partnerships with schools and districts to help foster positive school climates for individuals with intellectual disabilities. During the 2017-18 school year, partnerships included 22 elementary schools, 20 middle schools, 50 high schools, three school districts and three universities. The goal of Unified Champion Schools is to promote the acceptance and […]

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Six Southern California Athletes Chosen for 2019 World Games

Updated July 29, 2018 LONG BEACH, Calif. (June 20, 2018) – Six athletes from Special Olympics Southern California have been chosen to participate in the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in March of 2019. Representing Southern California at the World Games will be Megan Bingham (La Crescenta, Calif.),

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#SundaySpotlight: Top Moments From USA Games

A week like the one Special Olympics Southern California athletes, Unified partners, coaches and staff experienced at the 2018 USA Games in Seattle creates a lifetime of memories. In fact, it\’s difficult to narrow down the defining moments in a simple list but let\’s give it a shot. The Action and Intensity Special Olympics is

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USA Games Spotlight: Jonathan Pierce

By Naomi Cahill and Tracy McDannald FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — In the time leading up to the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, one swimmer had officials buzzing. No way, the qualifying times couldn\’t possibly be right. Jonathan Pierce seems to have that \”wow\” effect — whether it\’s his talent in the water or penchant for

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2018 USA Games: July 5 Round-up

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — As the competitions enter its final days, the intensity is palpable and Special Olympics Southern California seems to just get stronger. Swimming Five Team SOSC swimmers competed in separate divisions of the 50-meter freestyle, and one shattered a personal-best time Thursday at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. Nicolette Jones and

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USA Games Spotlight: Nicholas Laguna

SEATTLE, Wash. — The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games represent quite the full-circle turnaround for 18-year-old Nicholas Kagasoff Laguna. It\’s also an emotional moment of joy for his fathers, Denny Kagasoff and Lawrence Laguna. The child who initially wanted nothing to do with the water has blossomed into a competitive swimmer for Special Olympics Southern California.

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