UNIFIED 10th Year

As the Chino Valley Unified School District’s Unified Sports Program enters its 10th year, Coach Jenda Ballard is both thankful for the accomplishments her program has achieved and excited for the future of the program.

“I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already!” Ballard exclaimed. “We’ve seen so many great things with this program, from international travel, some of our partners moving from students to pursuing careers in Special Education, and some of our athletes moving on to college. This has really been a joy to experience.”

The Unified Sports Program, a division of the international Special Olympics connects Special Olympic athletes with

“Partners” who then mentor and participate in events with the athletes, not only on campus but also in multi-school and even multi-country competitions.

The CVUSD Unified Sports Program has traveled to Canada in 2019, as well as events all around the U.S.A., including their most recent trip this past summer to Orlando, FL. to participate in the Special Olympics “Shine As One USA Games Orlando 2022” competition.