Unified Champion Schools

The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® Program

Unified Champion Schools promotes social inclusion by bringing together young people with and without ID on sports teams (Special Olympics Unified Sports®), through inclusive student clubs, together in school or community-wide initiatives, and by fostering youth leadership.  At its core, this strategy is about unifying all students – with and without disabilities – using sports as a catalyst for social inclusion and attitude and behavioral change.   Learn more about this global initiative and subscribe to the Generation Unified YouTube Channel.

Contact us if you would like to get your school involved with Special Olympics Florida and become a Unified Champion School. 



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Special Olympics Florida has a unique partnership with the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA). High schools in our Unified Champion Schools®  program compete in bowling, flag football, basketball, tennis and track and are recognized as a Varsity athlete at their school. Students with and without intellectual disabilities are provided the opportunity to represent their schools at an elite level by competing at the FHSAA State Championships in their own Unified Division. These sports experiences are valuable and will forever be remembered by all our students competing. We are very grateful to continue offering these wonderful sports, leadership, friendship, and team-building moments.



Unified Champion Schools in Action

Watch our short videos on the power of inclusion featuring Fort Myers High School and Duval County Public Schools



Unified Champion Schools Playbooks

UCS - Elementary Playbook

This Elementary School Playbook is packed with information and ready-to-use resources designed to help elementary school communities increase social inclusion and implement the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® strategy.

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UCS Middle School Playbook

This Middle Level Playbook is packed with information and ready-to-use resources designed to help middle school communities increase social inclusion and implement the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® strategy.

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UCS - High School Playbook

This High School Playbook is packed with information and ready-to-use resources designed to help high school communities increase social inclusion and implement the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® strategy.

Download the High School Playbook


UCS Starter Guide

The Special Olympics College Club Starter Guide was developed to help college students create and establish an official student organization on campus. This resource serves a specific component of the whole Special Olympics College experience. It should be used with other Special Olympics College resources to meet the complete needs of the club.




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Making an impact in their communities!

Here are our Unified Champion Schools for the 2025-2026 school year. 

County
School Name
Alachua Duval Early Learning Academy
Alachua Littlewood Elementary School
Alachua Meadowbrook Elementary School
Alachua Myra Terwilliger Elementary
Alachua University of Florida
Baker Baker County Middle School
Brevard Astronaut High School
Brevard Audubon Elementary
Brevard Bethany Christian School
Brevard Heritage High School
Brevard James Madison Middle
Brevard Palm Bay Elementary
Brevard Parkhurst Academy
Brevard Ralph Williams Elementary
Brevard Rockledge High School
Broward Apollo Middle School
Broward Bennett Elementary
Broward Boulevard Heights Elementary
Broward Broward College
Broward Coconut Creek High School
Broward Croissant Park Elementary School
Broward Crystal Lake Middle
Broward Cypress Elementary
Broward Everglades Elementary
Broward Forest Hills Elementary School
Broward Hollywood Park Elementary
Broward Horizon Elementary
Broward J. P. Taravella High School
Broward Lakeside Elementary
Broward Lakeside Elementary School
Broward Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary School
Broward Manatee Bay Elementary
Broward Maplewood Elementary
Broward Margate Elementary
Broward Margate Middle School
Broward Meadowbrook Elementary
Broward Miramar High School
Broward Morrow Elementary School
Broward Nob Hill Elementary
Broward Oakridge Elementary School
Broward Park Ridge Elementary
Broward Park Ridge Elementary
Broward Park Springs Elementary
Broward Pembroke Pines Elementary School
Broward Ramblewood Middle school
Broward Rickards Middle
Broward Sanders Park elementary
Broward Sawgrass Elementary
Broward St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Broward Sunset Lakes Elementary
Broward Walter C Young Middle
Broward Westwood Heights Elementary
Broward William Dandy Middle School
Clay Clay High School
Clay Clay Hill Elementary School
Clay Middleburg High School
Clay Ridgeview Elementary School
Clay Spring Park Elementary School
Collier Community School of Naples
Collier Cypress Palm Middle School
Collier Golden Gate High School
Collier Golden Terrace Elementary
Collier Gulf Coast High School
Collier Immokalee High School
Collier Lely High School
Collier Naples Park Elementary
Collier Palmetto Ridge High School
Collier Pelican Marsh Elementary
Collier Pinecrest Elementary
Collier St. John Neumann High School
DeSoto DeSoto High
DeSoto DeSoto Middle School
DeSoto Memorial Elementary
DeSoto Nocatee Elementary
DeSoto West Elementary School
Duval Atlantic Coast High School
Duval Biltmore Elementary
Duval Biscayne Elementary
Duval Chaffee Trail Elementary
Duval Crown Point Elementary
Duval Englewood High School
Duval Enterprise Learning Academy
Duval Garden City Elementary
Duval Greenfield Elementary
Duval Greenland Pines Elementary
Duval IDEA Bassett
Duval IDEA Compass
Duval IDEA River Bluff
Duval Jacksonville Heights Elementary
Duval Jean Ribault Middle School
Duval John E Ford Pre K-8th Montessori
Duval Joseph Stilwell Military Academy Of Leadership
Duval Kernan Trail Elementary
Duval Lake Shore Middle School
Duval Landmark Middle School
Duval Loretto Elementary
Duval Love Grove Elementary School
Duval Mandarin Middle School
Duval Merrill Road Elementary
Duval Morning Star School
Duval Mount Herman Exceptional Student Center
Duval North Florida School of Special Education
Duval Oak Hill Academy
Duval Palm Avenue School
Duval Providence School
Duval Sallye B Mathis Elementary
Duval University of North Florida
Duval Westside High School
Duval Westview K-8
Escambia Beulah Elementary
Escambia Brentwood Elementary School
Escambia Ensley Elementary
Escambia Escambia High School
Escambia Ferry Pass Elementary
Escambia Ferry Pass Middle School
Escambia J.M. Tate High School
Escambia Kingsfield Elementary
Escambia Lincoln Park Elementary
Escambia Longleaf Elementary
Escambia Montclair Elementary School
Escambia Oakcrest Elementary
Escambia Pine Forest High
Escambia Pine Forest High
Escambia Ransom Middle School
Escambia Reinhardt Holm Elementary School
Escambia Washington High
Escambia Washington High
Escambia West Pensacola Elementary
Escambia Workman Middle
Escambia Workman Middle
Flagler Indian Trails Middle School
Franklin Franklin County School
Gilchrist Bell High School
Gilchrist Trenton High School
Glades West Glades School
Hamilton Hamilton County Elementary School
Hamilton Hamilton County High School School
Hendry Central Elementary School
Hendry Clewiston Early Learning Center
Hendry Clewiston Early Learning Center (Westside Elem.)
Hendry Clewiston High School
Hendry Clewiston Middle School
Hendry Eastside Elementary
Hendry LaBelle Elementary School
Hendry Labelle High School
Hendry Labelle Middle School
Hendry Westside Elementary School
Hernando Central High School
Hernando Challenger School
Hernando DS Parrot Middle School
Hernando Fox Chapel Middle School
Hernando Grace Education Academy, Inc
Hernando Hernando High School
Hernando Moton Elementary
Hernando Pine Grove Elementary School
Hernando Suncoast Elementary
Hernando Weeki Wachee High School
Hernando West Hernando Middle School
Hernando Westside Elementary
Hernando Winding Waters School
Hillsborough Achievers Day School
Hillsborough Alafia Elementary School
Hillsborough Alexander Elementary School
Hillsborough Brandon High School
Hillsborough Burney Elementary
Hillsborough Burns Middle School
Hillsborough Caminiti Exceptional Center
Hillsborough Citrus Park Elementary
Hillsborough Claywell Elementary
Hillsborough Davidsen Middle School
Hillsborough Durant High School
Hillsborough E.L. Bing Elementary
Hillsborough Eisenhower Exceptional Center
Hillsborough Eisenhower Middle School
Hillsborough Evolve School of Learning
Hillsborough Forest Hills Elementary
Hillsborough Freedom High School
Hillsborough Gaither High School
Hillsborough Grady Elementary School
Hillsborough Heritage Elementary
Hillsborough Hillsborough High School
Hillsborough Jefferson High School
Hillsborough Jule F Sumner High School
Hillsborough Kingswood Elementary
Hillsborough LaVoy Exceptional Center
Hillsborough Leto High School
Hillsborough Lopez Elementary
Hillsborough Lopez Exceptional Center
Hillsborough Lowry Elementary School
Hillsborough Lutz School
Hillsborough Mann Middle School
Hillsborough Marshall Middle Magnet IB World School
Hillsborough Mort Elementary
Hillsborough Newsome High School
Hillsborough Pierce Middle School
Hillsborough Plant City High School
Hillsborough Plant High School
Hillsborough Potter Elementary School
Hillsborough Riverview High School
Hillsborough Rodgers Middle School
Hillsborough Sessums Elementary
Hillsborough Sickles High School
Hillsborough South University
Hillsborough Spoto High School
Hillsborough Summerfield Crossings Elementary
Hillsborough Summerfield Elementary
Hillsborough Symmes Elementary
Hillsborough Turner Bartels School
Hillsborough University of Tampa
Hillsborough Walker Middle Magnet
Hillsborough York Innovation Academy
Holmes Bonifay K8
Indian River Dodgertown Elementary School
Indian River Early Learning programs at Vero Beach Elementary
Indian River Rosewood Magnet
Indian River Vero Beach Elementary
Indian River Vero Beach High School
Indian River Wabasso School
Lake Aurelia M. Cole Academy
Lake Cecil E. Gray Middle School
Lake East Ridge High School
Lake East Ridge Middle School
Lake Eustis High School
Lake Eustis Middle School
Lake Groveland Elementary School
Lake Lake Minneola High School
Lake Lake Pointe Academy
Lake Leesburg High School
Lake Mount Dora High School
Lake Mount Dora Middle School
Lake Oak Park Middle
Lake Pine Ridge Elementary
Lake Rimes ELLC
Lake Sawgrass Bay Elementary
Lake Tavares Elementary School
Lake Tavares High School
Lake Tavares Middle School
Lake The Key to Learning with Dr. Nyman
Lake The Villages Elementary of Lady Lake
Lake Triangle elementary school
Lake Umatilla Elementary
Lake Umatilla High School
Lake Umatilla Middle School
Lee Bonita Springs High School
Lee Bonita Springs Middle School Center for the Arts
Lee Buckingham Exceptional Student Center
Lee Caloosa Elementary
Lee Caloosa Middle School
Lee Cape Coral High School
Lee Challenger Middle School
Lee Cypress Lake High School
Lee Cypress Lake Middle School
Lee Diplomat Elementary
Lee Diplomat Middle School
Lee Estero High School
Lee Fort Myers High School
Lee Fort Myers Middle School
Lee G Weaver Hipps Elementary
Lee Gulf Elementary School
Lee Harns Marsh Middle School
Lee Island Coast High School
Lee Lehigh Acres Middle School
Lee Lehigh Elementary School
Lee Lehigh Senior High School
Lee Lemuel Teal Middle School
Lee Lexington Middle School
Lee Lexington Middle School
Lee Mariner High School
Lee Mariner Middle School
Lee North Fort Myers High School
Lee Oak Hammock Middle School
Lee Orange River Elementary School
Lee Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School
Lee Pinewoods Elementary
Lee Rayma C Page Elementary
Lee Riverdale High School
Lee South Fort Myers High School
Lee Spring Creek Elementary
Lee Sunshine Elementary
Lee Three Oaks Middle School
Lee Thrive Academy
Lee Tortuga Preserve Elementary
Lee Trafalgar Middle School
Lee Tropic Isles Elementary
Lee Varsity Lakes Middle School
Lee Veterans Park Academy for the Arts
Lee Villas Elementary
Leon Apalachee Elementary
Leon Astoria Park Elementary School
Leon Augusta Raa Middle School
Leon Bond Elementary School
Leon Buck Lake Elementary
Leon Canopy Oaks Elementary School
Leon Community Christian School
Leon Deerlake Middle School
Leon Elizabeth Cobb Middle School
Leon Florida State University
Leon Fort Braden School
Leon Gilchrist Elementary
Leon Gretchen Everhart School
Leon Griffin Middle School
Leon Hawks Rise Elementary School
Leon J. Michael Conley Elementary
Leon Kate Sullivan Elementary
Leon Killearn Lakes Elementary School
Leon Lawton Chiles High School
Leon Leon County Schools Transition Program - Adult and Community Education
Leon Leon High School
Leon Lincoln High School
Leon Montford Middle School
Leon R. Frank Nims Middle School
Leon Raa Middle School
Leon Rickards High School
Leon Riley Elementary School
Leon Roberts Elementary
Leon Sabal Palm Elementary School
Leon Swift Creek Middle School
Leon The Achieve Academy
Manatee Dr. Mona Jain Middle School
Marion Belleview middle School
Marion Howard Middle School
Marion Romeo Elementary
Marion West Port High School
Martin Bessey Creek Elementary
Martin Hidden Oaks Middle School
Martin Jensen Beach Elementary
Martin Murray Middle School
Martin Pinewood Elementary School
Martin Seawind Elementary
Martin Warfield Elementary School
Martin Willoughby Learning Center
Miami-Dade American Senior High School
Miami-Dade Arcola Lake Elementary
Miami-Dade Aventura Waterways K-8
Miami-Dade Avocado Elementary
Miami-Dade Barry University (partnership with Robert Renick)
Miami-Dade Beyond Expectations Academy
Miami-Dade Biscayne Beach Elementary
Miami-Dade Blue Lakes Elementary
Miami-Dade Blue Lakes Middle
Miami-Dade Booker T Washington Sr
Miami-Dade Broadmoor Elementary
Miami-Dade Brucie Ball Educational Center
Miami-Dade Bunche Park Elementary Schools
Miami-Dade Citrus Grove K8 Center
Miami-Dade Comstock Elementary School
Miami-Dade Coral Gables Senior High
Miami-Dade Cutler Bay Middle
Miami-Dade David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center
Miami-Dade Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary
Miami-Dade Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary School
Miami-Dade Earlington Heights Elementary
Miami-Dade Easterseals Liberty Square Childcare Center
Miami-Dade Eugenia B. Thomas K-8 center
Miami-Dade Felix Varela Sr. High
Miami-Dade G. Holmes Braddock Senior High
Miami-Dade Golden Glades Elementary School
Miami-Dade Great Heights Academy
Miami-Dade Gulfstream Elementary School
Miami-Dade Hialeah Gardens Elementary
Miami-Dade Hialeah Senior High School
Miami-Dade Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School
Miami-Dade Homestead Middle School
Miami-Dade Homestead Senior
Miami-Dade Howard D. McMillan Middle School
Miami-Dade International Studies Preparatory Academy
Miami-Dade Jane S. Roberts
Miami-Dade Joe Hall Elementary
Miami-Dade Jose de Diego Middle School
Miami-Dade Kelsey L. Pharr Elementary School
Miami-Dade Lawton Chiles Middle School
Miami-Dade Le Jardin Community Center, Inc. #1
Miami-Dade Le Jardin Community Center, Inc. #2
Miami-Dade Le Jardin Community Center, Inc. #5A
Miami-Dade Leisure City K-8
Miami-Dade Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy
Miami-Dade Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8
Miami-Dade Miami Palmetto Senior High
Miami-Dade Miami Southridge Senior High
Miami-Dade Miami Springs Senior High
Miami-Dade Neva King Cooper Educational Center
Miami-Dade North Miami Senior High School
Miami-Dade Norwood Elementary School
Miami-Dade Oliver Hoover Elementary
Miami-Dade Our Pride Academy
Miami-Dade Palm Lakes Elementary
Miami-Dade Prekindergarten Instruction in the Diagnostic Environment
Miami-Dade Redland Elementary School
Miami-Dade Redland Middle
Miami-Dade Redondo Elementary School
Miami-Dade Robert Renick Educational Center
Miami-Dade Rockway Middle school
Miami-Dade Ruth Owens Kruse Educational Center
Miami-Dade South Dade Middle School
Miami-Dade South Dade Senior High School
Miami-Dade The Marian Center
Miami-Dade University of Miami
Miami-Dade University of Miami Debbie Institute
Miami-Dade Virginia A. Boone Highland Oaks Elementary School
Miami-Dade West Hialeah Gardens Elementary School
Miami-Dade Westland Hialeah Senior High School
Monroe Coral Shores High School
Monroe Gerald Adams Elementary
Monroe Horace O'Bryant School
Monroe Key Largo School
Monroe Key West High School
Monroe Marathon Middle High School
Monroe Poinciana Elementary School
Monroe Stanley Seitlik Elementary School
Monroe Sugarloaf School
Monroe The College of the Florida Keys
Monroe Treasure Village Montessori
Nassau Callahan Elementary School
Nassau Wildlight Elementary School
Okaloosa Lewis School
Orange Atwater Bay Elementary School
Orange Bay Meadows Elementary School
Orange Bishop Moore Catholic High School
Orange Camelot Elementary
Orange Conway Elementary School
Orange Conway Middle School
Orange East Lake Elementary
Orange East River High School
Orange Freedom High School (Orlando)
Orange Hamlin Middle School
Orange Horizon high
Orange Innovation High school
Orange Lake Gem Elementary
Orange Morning Star Catholic School
Orange Palm Lake Elementary
Orange Rosemont Elementary
Orange Sand Lake Elementary
Orange Thornbrooke Elementary
Orange UCP of Central Florida BCA Campus
Orange UCP of Central Florida BECA Campus
Orange UCP of Central Florida Downtown Campus
Orange UCP of Central Florida Pine Hills
Orange UCP of Central Florida TLA Campus
Orange UCP of Central Florida West Orange campus
Orange Union Park Middle School
Orange University of Central Florida
Orange West Orange High
Osceola Celebration School K8
Osceola Cross Prairie K-8
Osceola Cypress Elementary school
Osceola Harmony Community School
Osceola Hickory Tree Elementary
Osceola Knights Point K-8
Osceola Narcoossee Middle
Osceola Poinciana High School
Osceola St. Cloud Elementary
Osceola St. Cloud High School
Osceola UCP of Central Florida Osceola Campus
Palm Beach Allamanda Elementary School
Palm Beach Benoist Farms Elementary
Palm Beach Citrus Cove
Palm Beach Connections Education Center
Palm Beach Dr. Joaquin Garci High School
Palm Beach Gove Elementary
Palm Beach Howell L. Watkins Middle School
Palm Beach Indian Ridge School
Palm Beach Lake Worth Middle School
Palm Beach Palm Beach Central High School
Palm Beach Palm Beach Day Academy
Palm Beach Palm Beach Gardens High School
Palm Beach Park Vista
Palm Beach The Learning Center
Palm Beach West Boynton Middle School
Palm Beach Whispering Pines Elementary
Pasco Connerton Elementary
Pasco Cotee River Elementary School
Pasco Cypress Creek High
Pasco Cypress Creek Middle School
Pasco Deer Park Elementary
Pasco Double Branch Elementary
Pasco Dr John Long Middle School
Pasco Fivay High School
Pasco Gulf High School
Pasco Hudson High School
Pasco Hudson Primary Academy
Pasco JW Mitchell High School
Pasco Odessa Elementary School
Pasco Pine View Elementary School
Pasco Skybrooke School
Pasco Starkey Ranch School
Pasco Wendell Krinn Technical High School
Pasco Wiregrass Elementary
Pinellas Anona Elementary School
Pinellas Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary School
Pinellas Calvin A. Hunsinger School
Pinellas Campbell Park Elementary School
Pinellas Curlew Creek Elementary School
Pinellas Disston Academy
Pinellas Forest Lakes Elementary
Pinellas Lift Academy
Pinellas Mangrove Bay Middle School
Pinellas McMullen Booth Elementary
Pinellas Meadowlawn Middle School
Pinellas New Heights Elementary School
Pinellas Northeast High School
Pinellas Oakhurst Elementary School
Pinellas Osceola Fundamental high school
Pinellas Paul B Stephens School
Pinellas Pinellas Park High School
Pinellas Plumb Elementary School
Pinellas Seminole Elementary School
Polk Chain of Lakes Elementary School
Polk Combee Academy of Design and Engineering
Polk Kathleen Middle
Polk Lakeland Highlands Middle School
Polk Language & Literacy Academy For Learning
Polk McLaughlin Academy of Excellence
Polk Purcell Elementary School
Putnam Mellon Learning Center
Santa Rosa East Bay K-8
Santa Rosa Navarre High School
Santa Rosa West Navarre Intermediate
Sarasota Brentwood Elementary School
Sarasota Brooksid