Chico High students train for mini Special Olympics at Chico State | News

Chico High students train for mini Special Olympics at Chico State | News

Dozens of special education Chico High students teamed up with students from Chico State to train for the mini Special Olympics next month.



CHICO, Calif. – Chico High special education students teamed up with Chico State students for a blended physical education class on Wednesday to train for their mini Special Olympics next month.

Dozens of Chico High students paired up with Chico State Kinesiology majors during an Outdoor Education class to climb a rock wall. 







Chico State & Chico High students

Rock wall at Chico State



“It was great,” Physical Education Teaching major Jamie Engel said. “We’ve spent the last couple of weeks going over how to belay and climb safely so it was great to have a class come in and be able to take what we’ve learned and use it today. And it was a great group of students from Chico High and I think they got

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MPS special needs students’ prom at Washington High School ‘so fun’

MPS special needs students’ prom at Washington High School ‘so fun’

At Milwaukee’s Washington High School on Friday night, the true prom experience was available to everyone.

A dance was dedicated to MPS students with special needs and disabilities – making a night that could be difficult a lot of fun.

“It’s just a way for our kids to shine and not have to worry about kids judging them,” said Heidi Cumbajin, Washington High School transition coordinator/special education teacher.

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When students with special needs can feel left in the dark, at prom, they traded red tape for a red carpet.

“They’re kind of excluded from the prom and things,” said Cumbajin. “Here at Washington we call it ‘The

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