JOHN SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPECIAL SEND-OFF: With eager anticipation, John Small Elementary School students lined the halls with personalized posters, signs and banners in hand, awaiting the school’s Special Olympic All Stars. As Amy Craft’s class made its way through the crowd and boarded the bus, they were all smiles as the entire school cheered and whistled. A special send-off was in order to show support for their annual day of field day activities to be held at Washington High School. Special Olympics provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for exceptional children and adults in North Carolina. They certainly left campus in style. Students also wore Project UNIFY T-shirts to support the program created by Special Olympics to help build an inclusive environment among youth with and without intellectual disabilities, as well as empower them to become youth leaders and speak up for change in their community.