Beaumont Hosts Hundreds Of Special Olympic Athletes [PHOTOS]

BEAUMONT, CA — Hundreds of students headed out to Beaumont High School on Friday to take part in the 2018 Special Olympics games for the Spring season. Students with special needs from the Beaumont, Banning, San Jacinto and Yucaipa-Calimesa unified school districts partnered with Special Olympics Southern California to bring the event to town for the second year in a row.

“We are always looking to include our special education students into the culture of our school, especially with our extracurricular activities,” said Christina Pierce, Principal at Beaumont High School.

Friday's activities included several track and field events, including standing long jump, tennis ball throw, and 50M wheelchair race.

"Special Olympics Southern California is an incredible organization, and after finding out schools have partnered with them to host their own Special Olympics events, I knew we needed to join forces and bring this program to our area school communities," Pierce said.

Students from the following schools took part Friday:

Banning Unified School District:

• Nicolet Middle School
• Banning High School

Beaumont Unified School District:

• San Gorgonio Middle School
• Beaumont High School

San Jacinto Unified School District:

• North Mountain Middle School
• Monte Vista Middle School
• San Jacinto High School

Yucaipa-Calimesa Unified School District:

• Mesa View Middle School
• Park View Middle School
• Yucaipa High School

— Images courtesy: Beaumont Unified School District