Greenbrier Special Olympics: January 2015

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Reminder: Team basketball plays THIS Friday @ Harding University! Please wish these teams luck! They have been practicing VERY hard!! We have about 20 athletes participating! They need to wear black/blue athletic shorts, Spo tshirt (they will have a jersey) and tennis shoes.
FYI... Team Basketball includes athletes who are in GMS-GHS & are 11+ older.
Elementary athletes and athletes NOT participating in TEAM b-ball will be playing in the Civitan basketball tourney on March 19th! More info to come in February.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Gearing up for Basketball

Our first Team Basketball event will be next Friday, Jan. 30th 2015! We will be traveling to Harding University in Searcy, AR! Many athletes began practicing last week and are off to a GREAT start! We are looking into getting new uniforms for our athletes. More information to come on the uniforms!! Can't wait for this basketball season! GO PANTHERS!

About GSpO

Greenbrier Special Olympics involves anyone from the ages of 8-20 years old with any type of intellectual disability to become included in a sports team, learning rules and regulations, feeling included in our school & community. These sports include: bowling, basketball, aquatics(swim), volleyball, as well as track & field. Greenbrier also has many UNIFIED teams as well. What is a UNIFIED team? Unified teams allow athletes with and without disabilities to partner together to learn skills, build each other up and focus on INCLUSION. Greenbrier offers the following Unified sports: basketball, softball, flag football, bocce ball, bowling, and volleyball. Greenbrier High School and Wooster Elementary are Unified Champion Schools, recognized by Special Olympics Arkansas.