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.

Download the Middle Level Playbook


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 2024-2025 school year.

School Name County
Littlewood Elementary School Alachua
Myra Terwilliger Elementary Alachua
University of Florida Alachua
Baker County High School Baker
Baker County Middle School Baker
Legacy Elementary School Baker
Westside Elementary Baker
Astronaut High School Brevard
James Madison Middle School Brevard
Palm Bay Elementary Brevard
Parkhurst Academy Brevard
Ralph Williams Elementary Brevard
Viera High School Brevard
Bennett Elementary Broward
Boulevard Heights Elementary Broward
Broward College Broward
Charles W. Flanagan High Broward
Driftwood Elementary School Broward
Everglades Elementary Broward
Hollywood Park Elementary School Broward
Horizon Elementary Broward
J. P. Taravella High School Broward
Lakeside Elementary Broward
Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary Broward
Manatee Bay Elementary Broward
Margate Elementary Broward
McArthur High School Broward
Medaowbrook Elementary Broward
Miramar High School Broward
Morrow Elementary School Broward
Nob Hill Elementary Broward
Oakridge Elementary Broward
Park Ridge Elementary Broward
Park Springs Elementary Broward
Pembroke Pines Elementary School Broward
Ramblewood Middle Broward
Sawgrass Elementary Broward
South Plantation High School Broward
St Thomas Aquinas High School Broward
Sunset Lakes Elementary Broward
Walter C Young Middle Broward
West Broward High School Broward
William Dandy Middle School Broward
Crest Citrus
Clay High School Clay
Clay Hill Elementary School Clay
Community School of Naples Collier
Golden Gate High School Collier
Gulf Coast High School Collier
Immokalee High School Collier
Lely High School Collier
Palmetto Ridge High School Collier
Memorial Elementary School DeSoto
Nocatee Elementary School DeSoto
West Elementary School DeSoto
Abess Park Elementary Duval
Atlantic Coast High School Duval
Biltmore Elementary Duval
Crown Point Elementary School Duval
Edward Waters University Duval
Englewood High School Duval
Enterprise Learning Academy Duval
Greenland Pines Elementary Duval
Highlands Elementary Duval
Jean Ribault Middle Duval
Joseph Stilwell Middle School Duval
Kernan Trail Elementary Duval
Lake Shore Middle School Duval
Landmark Middle School Duval
Loretto Elementary Duval
Love Grove Elementary Duval
Mandarin Middle School Duval
Merrill Road Elementary Duval
Mount Herman Exceptional Student Center Duval
Neptune Beach Elementary Duval
North Florida School of Special Education Duval
Oak Hill Academy Duval
Palm Avenue School Duval
Providence School of Jacksonville Duval
Escambia High School Escambia
Ferry Pass Middle School Escambia
J.M. Tate High School Escambia
Jim C. Bailey Middle School Escambia
Longleaf Elementary Escambia
Pensacola High School Escambia
Pine Forest High Escambia
Ransom Middle School Escambia
Washington High Escambia
Workman Middle Escambia
Indian Trails Middle School Flagler
Matanzas High School Flagler
Franklin County Schools Franklin
Bell High School Gilchrist
Trenton High School Gilchrist
Hamilton County Elementary School Hamilton
Hamilton County High School Hamilton
Central Elementary School Hendry
Clewiston Early Learning Center Hendry
Clewiston High School Hendry
Clewiston Middle School Hendry
Eastside Elementary Hendry
LaBelle High School Hendry
LaBelle Middle School Hendry
Upthegrove Elementary School Hendry
Westside Elementary School Hendry
Central High School Hernando
Dolores S Parrott Middle School Hernando
Eastside Elementary School Hernando
Explorer K-8 Hernando
Hernando High School Hernando
J.D. Floyd Elementary Hernando
Weeki Wachee High School Hernando
West Hernando Middle School Hernando
Winding Waters K8 Hernando
Achievers Day School Hillsborough
Alafia Elementary School Hillsborough
Brandon High School Hillsborough
Burney Elementary Hillsborough
Caminiti Exceptional Center Hillsborough
Chamberlain High School
Hillsborough
Citrus Park Elementary Hillsborough
Davidsen Middle School Hillsborough
Dorothy C York Innovation Academy Hillsborough
Durant High School Hillsborough
Eisenhower Exceptional Center Hillsborough
Forest hills elementary Hillsborough
Freedom High School Hillsborough
Gaither High School Hillsborough
Grady Elementary Hillsborough
Heritage Elementary Hillsborough
Ippolito Elementary Hillsborough
Jennings MIddle School Hillsborough
Jule F Sumner High School Hillsborough
Lavoy Exceptional Center Hillsborough
Leto High School Hillsborough
Limona Elementary School Hillsborough
Lutz K-8 Hillsborough
Madison Middle school Hillsborough
Mann Middle School Hillsborough
Marshall Middle Magnet IB Hillsborough
Miles Elementary Hillsborough
Mort Elementary Hillsborough
Palm River Elementary Hillsborough
Pepin Riverview Hillsborough
Pierce Middle School Hillsborough
Plant City High School Hillsborough
Plant High School Hillsborough
Potter Elementary Hillsborough
Riverview High School Hillsborough
Rodgers Middle Magnet School Hillsborough
Sessums Elementary Hillsborough
South University - Tampa Hillsborough
Summerfield Crossings Elementary Hillsborough
Summerfield Elementary Hillsborough
The University of Tampa Hillsborough
Turkey Creek Middle School Hillsborough
University of South Florida Hillsborough
Walker Middle Magnet Hillsborough
Williams Middle Magnet School Hillsborough
York PK-8 Hillsborough
Vero Beach High School Indian River
Wabasso School Indian River
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 Acdemy Lake
Lake Success Academy Lake
Leesburg High School Lake
Mount Dora High School Lake
Mount Dora Middle Lake
Oak Park Middle Lake
Rimes Early Learning Center 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
Triangle Elementary School Lake
Umatilla Elementary School Lake
Umatilla Middle School Lake
Bonita High School Lee
Buckingham Exceptional Student Center Lee
Caloosa Elementary Lee
Caloosa Middle School Lee
Cape Coral High School Lee
Challenger Middle Lee
Cypress Lake high School Lee
Cypress Lake Middle School Lee
Diplomat Elementary Lee
Diplomat Middle School Lee
Dunbar High School Lee
Estero High School Lee
Florida Gulf Coast University Lee
Fort Myers High School Lee
Fort Myers Middle Lee
G Weaver Hipps Elementary Lee
Gateway High School
Lee
Gulf Elementary School Lee
Harns Marsh Middle School Lee
Ida S. Baker High School Lee
Island Coast High Lee
Lehigh Acres Middle School Lee
Lehigh Elementary Lee
Lehigh Senior High School Lee
Lemuel Teal Middle School Lee
Lexington Middle School Lee
Mariner High School Lee
Mariner Middle School Lee
North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts Lee
North Fort Myers High School Lee
Oak Hammock Middle School Lee
Orange River Elementary Lee
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School Lee
Pinewoods Elementary Lee
Riverdale High School Lee
South Fort Myers High School Lee
Spring Creek Elementary Lee
Three Oaks Middle School Lee
Trafalgar Middle School Lee
Tropic Isles Elementary Lee
Varisty Lakes Middle School Lee
Veteran's Park Academy for the Arts Lee
Villas Elementary Lee
Amos P Godby High School Leon
Astoria Park Elementary School Leon
Bond Elementary Leon
Buck Lake Elementary Leon
Deerlake Middle School Leon
Elizabeth Cobb Middle School Leon
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Leon
Florida State University Leon
Gretchen Everhart School Leon
Griffin Middle School Leon
Hawks Rise Elementary School Leon
J. Michael Conley Elementary School Leon
John G. Riley Elementary School Leon
Kate Sullivan Elementary School Leon
Lawton Chiles High School Leon
LCS Transition Program Leon
Leon High School Leon
Lincoln High School Leon
Oak Ridge Elementary School Leon
R. Frank Nims Middle School Leon
Raa Middle School Leon
Rickards High School Leon
Roberts Elementary School Leon
Sabal Palm Elementary School Leon
Swift Creek Middle School Leon
The Achieve Academy Leon
William J Montford Middle School Leon
Barbara A. Harvey Elementary Manatee
Bayshore Elementary School Manatee
Blackburn Elementary School Manatee
Easterseals Academy Manatee
Manatee High School Manatee
Samoset Elementary Manatee
Belleview Middle School Marion
Fessenden Elementary Marion
Howard Middle School Marion
Vanguard High School Marion
West Port High School Marion
Willoughby Learning Center Martin
Arcola Lake Elementary Miami-Dade
Avocado Elementary School Miami-Dade
Barry University Miami-Dade
Bent Tree Elementary Miami-Dade
Brucie Ball Educational Center Miami-Dade
Carrier P Meek/Westview K-8 Center Miami-Dade
Citrus Grove K-8 Center Miami-Dade
Comstock Elementary School Miami-Dade
Coral Gables Sr High Miami-Dade
Country Club middle school Miami-Dade
David Lawrence Jr. K-8 center Miami-Dade
Dr. Carlos J Finlay Miami-Dade
Dr. E. L. Whigham Elementary Miami-Dade
Easterseals Liberty Square Childcare Center Miami-Dade
Eugenia B. Thomas K-8 Center Miami-Dade
Felix Varela Senior High School Miami-Dade
G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School Miami-Dade
Golden Glades Elementary School Miami-Dade
Great Heights Academy Miami-Dade
Hialeah Gardens Elementary Miami-Dade
Hialeah Senior High School Miami-Dade
Homestead Senior High Miami-Dade
Jane S. Roberts K8 Center Miami-Dade
Joe Hall Elementary Miami-Dade
Jose de Diego Middle School Miami-Dade
Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy Miami-Dade
Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8 Miami-Dade
Miami Central High Miami-Dade
Miami Dade College Homestead Campus Miami-Dade
Miami Palmetto Senior High Miami-Dade
Miami Southridge Senior High Miami-Dade
Miami Springs Senior High Miami-Dade
Miami-Coral Park Senior High School Miami-Dade
Neva King Cooper Educational Center Miami-Dade
North Miami Senior High School Miami-Dade
Oliver Hoover Elementary School Miami-Dade
Palm Lakes Elementary Miami-Dade
Ponce De Leon Middle Miami-Dade
Prekindergarten Instruction in the Diagnostic Environment (PRIDE) Miami-Dade
Redland Elementary School Miami-Dade
Redland Middle Miami-Dade
Robert Renick Educational Center Miami-Dade
Rockway Middle School Miami-Dade
South Dade High School Miami-Dade
South Dade Middle School Miami-Dade
Southwest Miami Senior High School Miami-Dade
The Marian Center Miami-Dade
The WOW Center Miami-Dade
Thomas Jefferson/Biscayne Gardens K-8 Academy Miami-Dade
University of Miami Miami-Dade
West Hialeah Gardens Elementary School Miami-Dade
Coral Shores High School Monroe
Gerald Adams Elementary Monroe
Horace O'Bryant School Monroe
Key Largo School Monroe
Key West High School Monroe
Marathon High School Monroe
Poinciana Elementary School Monroe
Stanley Switlik Elementary School Monroe
The College of the Florida Keys Monroe
Treasure Village Montessori Monroe
Hilliard Elementary School Nassau
Wildlight Elementary School Nassau
Addie R. Lewis School Okaloosa
Atwater Bay Elementary School Orange
Bay Meadows Elementary Orange
Bishop Moore Catholic High School Orange
Camelot Elementary School Orange
East Lake Elementary School Orange
East River High School Orange
Freedom High School Orange
Gotha Middle School Orange
Hamlin Middle School Orange
Horizon High School Orange
Lodestone Academy Orange
Morning Star Catholic School Orange
Palm Lake Elementary Orange
Sunset Park Elementary Orange
Thornebrooke 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 campus 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
Water Spring Elementary School Orange
West Orange Orange
Bellalago Charter Academy Osceola
Celebration K8 School Osceola
Cypress Elementary School Osceola
Denn John Middle School Osceola
Harmony Community School Osceola
Harmony Middle School Osceola
Hickory Tree Elementary Osceola
Michigan Avenue Elementary School Osceola
Narcoossee Middle School Osceola
Neptune Middle School Osceola
Saint Cloud Elementary Osceola
Saint Cloud Middle School Osceola
St. Cloud High School Osceola
UCP of Central Florida - Osceola campus Osceola
Allamanda Elementary School Palm Beach
Benoist Farms Elementary Palm Beach
Boca Raton Community Middle School Palm Beach
Citrus Cove Elementary Palm Beach
Connections Education Center Palm Beach
Dr. Joaquin Garcia High School Palm Beach
Eagles Landing Middle School Palm Beach
Emerald Cove Palm Beach
Forest Hill High Palm Beach
Gove Elementary Palm Beach
Howell L. Watkins Middle School Palm Beach
Lake Worth Middle School Palm Beach
Orchard View Elementary Palm Beach
Palm Beach Central High School Palm Beach
Palm Beach Gardens High School Palm Beach
Royal Palm Beach High School
Palm Beach
Royal Palm Beach Elementary Palm Beach
Seminole Trails Elementary Palm Beach
West Boynton Middle School Palm Beach
Whispering Pines elementary Palm Beach
Bexley Elementary School Pasco
Bishop, McLaughlin Catholic High School Pasco
Connerton Elementary School Pasco
Cotee River Elementary School Pasco
Cypress Creek High Pasco
Cypress Creek Middle School Pasco
Double Branch Elementary Pasco
Dr. John Long Middle School Pasco
Gulf High School Pasco
Gulf Middle School Pasco
Hope Ranch Learning Academy Pasco
Hope Ranch Learning Academy East Road Campus Pasco
Hudson High School Pasco
Hudson Primary Academy Pasco
JW Mitchell High School Pasco
Odessa Elementary School Pasco
Starkey Ranch Pasco
Wendell Krinn Technical High School Pasco
Wesley Chapel high Pasco
Wiregrass Elementary Pasco
Anona Elementary School Pinellas
Calvin Hunsinger School Pinellas
Campbell Park Elementary School Pinellas
Forest Lakes Elementary Pinellas
Lake St. George Elementary School Pinellas
LiFT Academy Pinellas
Meadowlawn Middle School Pinellas
Nina Harris ESE Center Pinellas
Oakhurst Elementary School Pinellas
Ridgecrest Elementary School Pinellas
Sawgrass Lake Elementary Pinellas
Seminole Elementary School Pinellas
Combee Academy of Design and Engineering Polk
Lakeland Highlands Middle School Polk
Language & Literacy Academy For Learning Polk
McLaughlin Academy of Excellence Polk
Purcell Elementary School Polk
Spook Hill Elementary School Polk
Mellon Learning Center Putnam
Navarre High School Santa Rosa
West Navarre Intermediate School Santa Rosa
Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School Sarasota
Easterseals Academy Sarasota
Glenallen Elementary Sarasota
Oak Park School Sarasota
Carillon Elementary Seminole
Casselberry Elementary School Seminole
Forest City Elementary Seminole
Jackson Heights Middle School Seminole
Lake Brantley High School Seminole
Lake Mary Elementary School Seminole
Lake Mary High School
Seminole
Lyman High School Seminole
Oviedo High School Seminole
Pine Crest Elementary Seminole
Rock Lake Middle School Seminole
Sabal Point Elementary School Seminole
South Seminole Academy Seminole
Sterling Park Elementary Seminole
UCP of Central Florida - Seminole Campus Seminole
Creekside High School St. Johns
Crookshank Elementary School St. Johns
Osceola Elementary School St. Johns
Palm Valley Child Development Center St. Johns
Patriot Oaks Academy St. Johns
South Woods Elementary School St. Johns
Valley Ridge Academy St. Johns
Wards Creek Elementary St. Johns
Fort Pierce Central High School St. Lucie
Lincoln Park Academy St. Lucie
Port Saint Lucie High School St. Lucie
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies St. Lucie
St. Lucie Elementary St. Lucie
St. Lucie West Centennial High School
St. Lucie
Treasure Coast High School St. Lucie
White City Elementary St. Lucie
Wildwood Middle High School Sumter
Lake Butler Elementary School Union
DeLand High School
Volusia
Hinson Middle School Volusia
New Smyrna Beach High School Volusia
New Smyrna Beach Middle School Volusia
Pine Ridge High School Volusia
Seabreeze High School
Volusia
Spruce Creek Elementary Volusia
Spruce Creek High School Volusia
University High School Volusia
Riversprings Middle School Wakulla
Wakulla High School Wakulla
Wakulla Middle School Wakulla

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