Special Olympics Team Lauded for Great Season

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — New Rochelle Board of Education honored the New Rochelle Special Olympics team for a great season. The team was a proclamation Tuesday, Jan. 8 during a board of education meeting.

Part of the district for 20 years, the team competes in soccer, basketball, floor hockey, volleyball and track and field. It participated in the Special Olympics Fall Festival Soccer Tournament in Beacon in October and placed second in its division. In December, the team played a mini-tournament against Mount Vernon and White Plains teams at Isaac E. Young Middle School, and the athletes were uplifted by the NRHS Varsity Boys Soccer team and others who came out to cheer for them.

"Everyone was rooting for the team," said Mary Monzon, whose son William is on the team. "They were holding up the signs that said 'Go New Ro!' They were waving and high-fiving the players. It was nice to see the support and the camaraderie."

The proclamation was presented to the team in Whitney M. Young Jr. Auditorium of New Rochelle High School. It praised the students for their "effort, sportsmanship and teamwork," which make them "outstanding representatives of our School District."

Board of Education President Jeffrey Hastie and Interim Superintendent Magda Parvey also provided each student on the team with an individual commendation during the meeting.

In November, the team received a commendation from the New Rochelle City Council.

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Photo caption: The Special Olympic team members holding their commendations in the Whitney M. Young Jr. Auditorium of New Rochelle High School. Photo credit: City School District of New Rochelle.