Special Olympics

Highland Park ISD - Special Olympics Information

Eligibility:  Students ages 6-22 that have intellectual disabilities and/or “functional limitations in both general learning and adaptive skills.”  “Developmental disability is the term most often used to describe persons with both limitations.” (2006 SO Texas SIG)

Our Highland Park ISD Special Olympics season runs throughout the entire school year. We participate in multiple sports offering numerous levels of adaptions for all abilities. Below you can find sports we currently participate in and typically what time of the year our seaon starts and ends! During each season, we have after-school practices as well as school day competitions.

• Bowling - Individual and ramp (September to beginning of November) 
• Basketball - Individual skills and team play (end of November to end of February/ early March)
• Track and Field - Individual events and relay team (end of March/ early April to end of April)
• Soccer - Team play (April to May)

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