Kennedy Middle School eighth graders Dean Bauchiero and Stephen Murray, left, received the CIAC Mike Savage Exemplary Unified Teammate award at the 13th Annual Michaels Unified Sports Cup Awards.
For three years, Stephen has been involved with Unified Sports program at Kennedy, and Dean was a founding member of the Derynoski Elementary School team 12 years ago.
The Unified Sports program combines individuals with disabilities (athletes) and individuals without disabilities (partners) to form Unified sports teams.
Kennedy has been involved in the program for eight years.