March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.

Here at this wonderful school, the mission: Provide specialized education and unwavering support to all students by fostering independence and preserving dignity.

I had the incredible honor of witnessing their mission at work when I attended their recent Miller Bowl.

Check it out.

♪♪ [cheers and applause] The Miller Bowl is an exciting adapted football game.

In this year's championship game, the Tiny Tornadoes versus They See Us Rollin'.

(Elysia Byrd) So we had a pitching machine.

And our students, again, they have physical limitations, so they can't necessarily throw.

But what they can do with assistance sometimes is grab something.

So you see them grabbing the pitching machine, and it launches the ball.

And on the bullseye, we have the different football terms, touchdown, safety, you know, interception, all of those things.

So they are participating in the way that they can in a football game.

-Cheering them on from the sidelines, fellow students, teachers, and staff members.

-It definitely takes a special person to work at a school like ours.

We have to be caring and empathetic and passionate about the students that we service and that we work with every day.

But it makes us so happy coming to work every day.

We're probably the happiest school in Clark County.

-And the happiest school in the district had a fun surprise during halftime, introducing its new mascot, Wam.

-We will call him Wam!

Welcome, Wam.

-Also invited to the big game, some VIPs, aka proud parents.

-They might be tiny, but they sure are mighty!

(Tarissa Lacey) This is Lucia.

She is six years old.

She's in 1st grade here at Miller, and she has an anoxic brain injury that she had at two years old.

And she is happy as can be and the light of our life.

-Lucia, part of team Tiny Tornadoes.

-Touchdown!

[cheers and applause] -It's incredible what the school does and an amazing opportunity that she gets to participate, just as anybody else, as neurotypical kids, and the way that they really coordinate everything.

And you can tell that the staff gets involved as much and brings out the joy in our kids.

And so that's what's really awesome, is that she comes to school and has an amazing day and smiles all day and laughs and enjoys herself.

-In the end, sweet Lucia and her awesome teammates, crowned the champs.

-The winning team, Team 407, the Tiny Tornadoes!

-More than a game, this annual tradition, 15 years strong, reminds us what it means to be a part of a loving and inclusive community.

-Ability looks different.

Belonging doesn't.

Just because our students have different abilities doesn't mean that they don't belong.

And that's what we do here, we bring the community inside to them because they don't get the opportunity a lot of times to go out into the community.

So we bring activities like this, performances, anything that we can do to get them involved in their community, even if it has to be at school.

And that's important to us, to make them feel like they still belong in a community.

-Wow!

-What a beautiful experience.

This really is such a special place, and I cannot wait to introduce you to the school's principal.

That is coming up later in our show.