About the PRIDE Academy
The PRIDE (Pierpont Rapid Intellectual Disabilities Education) Academy provides life skills to adults with intellectual disabilities.
Student Requirements:
- Potential students must be self-mobile. They must be able to communicate their needs appropriately. They must be able to take care of personal hygiene and medical needs independently during the school day.
- The PRIDE Academy is a 1+1 program in which students can attend one year for life skills and return for a second year for additional vocational skills if deemed necessary.
- Classes are Monday-Thursday, from September-May. Students attend classes 2 days per week from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- The PRIDE Academy is located at Pierpont’s Gaston Caperton Center in Clarksburg, WV.
PRIDE Summer Camp Opportunities
Limited Enrollment – Apply Now!
COST: $180 per student/per camp
CONTACT US
Michelle Graham
Instructor
- 304-625-1844
- mgraham3@pierpont.edu
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Caperton Center
501 W Main St. Clarksburg, WV
Nancy Lipps
Instructor
- 304-695-3608
- Nlipps@pierpont.edu
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Caperton Center
501 W Main St. Clarksburg, WV
Camp Schedule
Date: June 10-11: Summer Camp: Creative Writing
Location: Caperton Center (501 W. Main St. Clarksburg)
Date: June 24-25: Summer Camp: Art
Location: Caperton Center (501 W. Main St. Clarksburg)
Date: July 1-2: Summer Camp: Nature
Location: Caperton Center (501 W. Main St. Clarksburg)
Date: July 15-16: Summer Camp: Cooking
Location: Middletown Commons Culinary Lab 119
Date: July 29-30: Theater/Music
Location: Caperton Center Room 148 (501 W. Main St. Clarksburg)
While students learn to navigate their surroundings in a safe and effective manner, they establish our place as valued members of their community.
Students focus on appropriate ways to express themselves and communicate their needs while enhancing problem solving skills and socialization.
Overcoming Challenges
Pierpont’s PRIDE Academy meets students where they are and encourages them to become the most autonomous version of themselves. Our hands-on approach gives students the opportunity to focus on their goals while encouraging students of all abilities to succeed!
