Olentangy Schools Special Olympics

The Mission of Special Olympics

The mission of Olentangy Schools Special Olympics (OSSO) is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.

GET INVOLVED

Become an ATHLETE

For an athlete to be eligible for the Olentangy Schools Special Olympics program, the following requirements must be met:

• The athlete is identified as having limitations in both general learning and adaptive skills
• The athlete must be eight (8) years of age or older
• The athlete is currently enrolled in Olentangy Schools or a graduate alumnus of Olentangy Schools
• New athletes or any athlete who has not competed for three years or longer must complete an Athlete Intake Form. This form can be completed by the athlete, a family member, or a provider.
• An Athlete Medical Form is required for all athletes competing with our program for the first time or every three years. This form must be completed and signed by a medical professional to be accepted.
• The Annual Athlete Renewal Form is a new form that is required yearly for all returning athletes. It can be completed by the athlete, a family member, or a provider.

All documents should be scanned as a PDF and emailed to specialolympics@olsd.us.

Please do not send pictures of the pages, as they are not always clear and may be missing parts of the document. If you need technical support, please email our Local Coordinator, Fran Gardner, at specialolympics@olsd.us.

If you are interested in joining us as an ATHLETE or are interested in joining our list to receive information from Olentangy Schools Special Olympics, please fill out this athlete interest form.

Become a VOLUNTEER

• Thank you for interest in becoming a volunteer with Olentangy Schools Special Olympics.  We have opportunities to help as both a volunteer at specific events, as well as coaching various sports.
• If you are interested in joining us as a VOLUNTEER, please fill out this volunteer interest form.
• If you are interested in joining us as a PEER/STUDENT VOLUNTEER, please complete this student volunteer interest form.

CONTACT US

Fran Gardner
Local Coordinator, Olentangy Schools Special Olympics
Olentangy Administrative Offices
7840 Graphics Way
Lewis Center, OH 43035
specialolympics@olsd.us