On Thursday, December 5, Falcon Cove held their very first Special

Olympics. The Special Olympics was an event where students who

have special needs play different basketball activities in the gymnasium. The

games varied from shooting, dribbling to passing.

Many teachers around the school helped out with this event and some

students, specifically cheerleaders and peer counselors, went to cheer on the

kids.

Coach Jones, who helped with the event, thought special

olympics was a great event for special needs kids. “If I had to describe the event

in one word it would be awesome.” he said.

Valentina Solorzano, an eighth grader from sixth period peer counseling,

loved participating at this event and cheering on the kids. “My favorite part was

definitely the huge smiles all the kids had on their faces whenever they scored

and cheering them on was really fun.” she says.

Ms.Harvey, the peer counseling teacher, loved helping out with the event.

“It was a really fun experience and I would absolutely do it again next year.” she

said.

Another person who helped was Ms. Annis, a special needs teacher at

Falcon Cove, who had lots of fun with her kids at the event . “Their favorite

activity by far was the shooting. They really liked that one.” she mentioned.