Unified basketball game promotes inclusion and connection at Ferris High School | News [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. — Fans and players gathered together for the Unified basketball game between Ferris and Lewis and Clark Thursday afternoon.

Both basketball teams are made up of students with and without disabilities and are part of the larger Unified program that can be found in many high schools across the region.

The program hopes to form connections between students who may ordinarily pass each other in the halls.

Cali Jones is a junior at Ferris and the current Unified Club president. Her sister Katya Jones is a senior and also plays on the team.

“I think my favorite part about Unified is probably just getting to spend time with people in a place where there’s no judgement and everybody just wants to be there and have fun,” Cali said.

Jones first joined Unified as a freshman to get to know students in her sister Katya’s classes.

“I am so …