Unified Track Team Making Big Strides At Monomoy High
HARWICH – Getting every kid on a team into a game is one thing, but at Monomoy Regional High School ensuring that kids have a team to be part of is a mission Special Education Teacher Shana Grogan took to heart, resulting in the creation this year of the new unified track team.
Grogan, the Students Having Opportunities for Recreation and Employment (SHORE) teacher, said that plans were in the works last year to form a team, but couldn’t be completed in time for the spring season. This year, after extensive meetings with Special Olympics of Massachusetts, Monomoy administrators and athletic director Karen Guillemette, everything was ready to go. But first it was time to train.
“Unified track is perfect for my kiddos and general education kids that want to participate in a team sport and also help out kids with intellectual disabilities,” said Shana Grogan. “We pair our neurotypical kids with our intellectually disabled kids and it just forms a bond and a partnership.”
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