Project Unify is based on the foundation of diversity, different individuals valuing each other regardless of skin, intellect, talent, or years. This helped provide a great way for teachers to get involved with the students, parents to engage, and the student body to join together and become more of a whole, while showing support for their peers, impacting them greatly. Our community has grown to look forward to this event every year. This year's Project Unify will be held on March 2, 2018.
The varsity players use the buddy system, pairing with the special ed athletes, getting more involved and helping out. In honor of the event, many special guests are invited, including the parents, the superintendent, and the Board of Education. While everyone gets excited for game day, the star athletes put in 2-3 days of practice before the big game to prepare and are provided with lunch after the big action packed game along with the special guests. While the big game helps the special ed students feel involved, it also brings the student body together as one, allowing them to show support for one another creating a unified school.
This year’s Project Unify leaders are Emma Burkholder and Rachel Collins and since the last Project Unify they have been putting on fundraisers. This past August the girls put together a fashion show with loud music, lots of dresses and models, they auctioned off the dresses to their peers for this years Homecoming. Also, they held a spaghetti dinner with the Madison community to raise the rest of the money for this years event. This past week the girls have been selling T-shirts for eight dollars, and tickets for fifty cents. All of the funds they raised this year and past years went as a donation towards the Special Olympics. The fees needed to make shirts and purchase awards that are given at the end of the event.
Rachel and Emma want to encourage everyone to come out this Friday to help support and bring our community together. “Project Unify is an awesome event, Rachel and I have been working at making this the best year yet. We would like to see all of our classmates and our Madison community there for support, can't wait to see everyone there!”
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