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Pattison's Academy

Pattison's Academy and Summer Camp is developing in 4 phases.  Currently we are in phase three of this development plan.

The School-Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education

The school will offer exceptional team-based, academics and pediatric therapy and rehabilitation for children with multiple and severe disabilities in grades spanning from Kindergarten to 8th.  The students will participate in community based instruction, field trips, and outside therapy services that are not typically offered in the area's public schools or in traditional medical facilities.  No facility in the tri-county area offers the type of all-inclusive, parent friendly and potential-maximizing services (educationally and medically) that Pattison's Academy will offer.

The Summer Camp

We operated a 4 week summer camp in 2006 and served 14 children.  In 2009, we expanded our program to operate for 5 weeks served 44 children.  Pattison's Academy Summer Camp provides therapy, enrichment and FUN for the children and a nice break for the care givers of these children.  For 2009, we had over 60 applications and served 44 children over the course of 5 weeks.  If you are interested in sending your child to our summer program, please complete an application on-line or download application now.  We are assessing areas for growth (age range, disabilities, locations, duration) so please complete an application to ensure that you are on our mailing lst and so we may assess the greatest areas of need.  We cannot serve your child if we don't know he or she is out there.

Phase One - Complete!

The goals for phase one are listed below. 

• Incorporate Pattison's Academy as a non-profit in the State of South Carolina  (Complete)
• Obtain Employer Identification Number (Complete)
• Establish draft of by-laws (Complete)
• Gain 501 (c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service (Complete)
• Build a board of directors (Complete)
• Establish billing system for insurance and Medicaid (Complete)
• Create/project budgets (Complete)

Phase Two - Complete!

Phase two focused primarily on establishing a summer program.  This program was implemented to  build awareness in the community about our project, help to establish a physician referral base, and provide therapeutic and enrichment programs for children with multiple disabilities ranging in age from 2 to 12 years. (Complete)

Also in phase two we focused on fundraising and grant writing, testing the market feasibility for tuition rates at the Academy and establishing protocols for feedings, medications, and transportation to and from field trips.

During phase two, we will also began fundraising for the first two years' operations budgets for the Academy. 

Phase Three - In Progress!

During phase three, we are looking for a permanent facility for Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Education. We are also investigating building a therapy practice, starting an equipment loan program, opening a preschool, and exploring more after school opportunities.

We have hired a full time Executive Director who will be responsible for getting our school program operational and fundraising. 

Phase Four

In the fourth phase, the goal is to expand the permanent facility's capacity to serve 30 - 40 children by hiring more therapists and teachers and grow our funding base.