Unified Champion Schools
Empowering schools to create a community where students with and without disabilities feel welcome, included and accepted.
Interscholastic Unified Sports
Interscholastic Unified Sports (IUS) brings students with and without disabilities together for meaningful sports participation, engaging the wider school community to build inclusion, acceptance, and respect. Supported by PIAA and the PA Department of Education, Special Olympics Pennsylvania partners with 500+ schools to offer Bocce, Track & Field, and Soccer—striving toward every high school offering at least two Unified Sports.
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Youth Leadership & Advocacy
Student leaders drive year-round advocacy, awareness and club activities, that elevates student voices and creates welcoming school communities.
- Youth Summits: Local youth leaders develop skills and co‑plan Whole School Engagements and club activities.
- Unified Ambassadors (PA): Statewide youth leaders who educate, motivate, and activate peers to champion respect and inclusion.
- U.S. Youth Ambassadors: National Unified pairs who advocate, share stories, and model inclusive leadership across the country.
Whole School Engagement
Whole School Engagement activities positively impact school climate by including all students, teachers, staff, administrators. An inclusive school climate that fosters understanding and respect for all can influence how students think and act within and beyond the school. School-wide opportunities focused on social inclusion raise awareness and create an educational environment where respect and acceptance are the norm and all students feel included and engaged.
Empower Your School. Change the World.
More than 370 schools throughout 54 counties Pennsylvania have become Unified Champion Schools! We’re so proud of their commitment to INCLUSION!
Pennsylvania Unified National Banner Schools
Interscholastic Unified Sports (IUS) brings students with and without disabilities together for meaningful sports participation, engaging the wider school community to build inclusion, acceptance, and respect. Supported by PIAA and the PA Department of Education, Special Olympics Pennsylvania partners with 500+ schools to offer Bocce, Track & Field, and Soccer—striving toward every high school offering at least two Unified Sports.
- Abraham Lincoln High School
- Armstrong Jr/Sr High School
- Baldwin High School
- Butler Area Senior High School
- CCA Baldi Middle School
- Central Valley High School
- Central York High School
- Dallastown Area Senior High School
- Daniel Boone Area High School
- Downingtown East High School
- East Stroudsburg High School South
- Fox Chapel Area High School
- Franklin Regional Senior High School
- General McLane High School
- George Washington High School
- Haverford High School
- Hazleton Area High School
- Hempfield Area Senior High School
- Indian Lane Elementary School
- Mount Pleasant Area High School
- North Penn High School
- Norwin High School
- Perkiomen Valley High School
- Pennridge High School
