Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Carter Students & the Special Olympics Summer Games



Come Friday June 1, nine students at Carter High School and three members of the staff will head to Raleigh to participate in the Special Olympics Summer Games.

That night, students will get a taste of the college experience by staying in dorms at N.C. State University, eating in the cafeteria and going to a dance. On Saturday morning June 2, they will head over to Ravenscroft School to compete in the 50- and 100-meter runs and the softball throw.

Each year, heading to the state games is a thoroughly satisfying experience for the students, said Pat Jolin, the teacher who oversees the trip. “They just absolutely love it.”

Student Patrick Shields agreed. “You have fun.”

Shields said he is looking forward to going back for seconds at the cafeteria on Friday and participating in the games with his fellow students on Saturday. “It’s about teamwork,” he said. “I like them to work for the gold medals.”

Does he predict that they will be coming home with lots of medals? “Yep!” he said.

Cynthia Wright, an interpreter at Carter, and Ernest Hough, a teacher assistant at Carter, will join Jolin and the students on the trip.

The nine students planning to go are:
Patrick Shields
Shirita Tart
Kenyon Starling
Jharamee Pratt
Dezhaun Brown
Cierra “C.C.” King
Robert Gray
Stefon Lynch
Seth Pennington

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