Show of unity

Posted 4/17/19

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Show of unity

COMING TOGETHER: The Cranston East and West unified basketball teams recently played at East in front of a packed house. Pictured are East players Ethan Mulholland, Dimitrios Pacheco, Dylan Needham and Austin Faria-Meade celebrating after scoring a basket.

(Photos by Alex Sponseller)

Cranston West’s Nancy Houde takes the ball up the court against East.

(Photos by Alex Sponseller)

Posted Wednesday, April 17, 2019 12:13 pm

Celebrating the educational community’s spirit of inclusion, students from Cranston East and Cranston West recently took part in a unified basketball game at East. Students from the basketball and volleyball teams received varsity letters, and Cranston East’s JROTC provided a unified color guard. In the end, East topped West by a score of 30-26. Emily Sanita led the East squad with 17 points, while Ryan Blake was West’s leading scorer with 16 points. Trista Watson, a life skills educator at Cranston East, noted that the school is working to become a Special Olympics Unified Champion School. West was one of the few schools in Rhode Island to receive the award.