CVU Earns National Banner School Recognition

CVU has been recognized as an official Special Olympics National Banner Unified Champion School! They received the following information last week.

On behalf of Special Olympics International, we are honored to share the exciting news that Champlain Valley Union High School has been declared an official Special Olympics National Banner Unified Champion School! The CVU community has demonstrated unyielding determination and fortitude in the pursuit of our collective goal to truly create a ‘Unified Generation’ of young people who embrace differences and lead social change. Together with your remarkable students, you are redefining the future as you make your community more inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities, and in doing so, are making the world a more accepting place for all.

• CVU is part of the “Class of 2020 National Banner Unified Champion Schools” and joins 150 others receiving the honor this year. Learn more about this incredible honor here. 

• To achieve this honor CVU met 10 National Standards of Excellence in the areas of inclusion, advocacy and respect through their excellence in Unified Sports, Inclusive Youth Leadership and Whole-School Engagement.

• CVU joins BFA St. Albans and Rutland High School as the third Unified Champion School in Vermont to receive this honor for their exemplary work in the areas of inclusion, advocacy and respect.

CVU will receive a banner to proudly hang in the gym and we will work together with Special Olympics to determine a way to celebrate this amazing achievement.