Welcome to our website. Pendergrass Fairwold School serves medically fragile and severely mentally and physically disabled students from ages 3-21 who require a structured educational environment which will help them maximize physical mobility, self help skills and life skills and consequently facilitate their adjustment to community living. We also provide services for students ages 18 to 21 that require significant supportive programming to transition from school to work or from school to independent living. All students receive educational and related services according to their Individual Education Plan (IEP) and are monitored for progress according to the guidelines of their individual IEP.

 

In our continued effort to improve the quality of instruction, teachers have participated in staff development to assist them in aligning instruction with state standards. Throughout this year teachers have worked with peers and district consultants on lesson planning, modifying instruction, and the alignment of instruction with state standards. This year we were selected by the City of Columbia to participate in their Arbor Day Celebration. New trees have been placed around the schools perimeter to beautify the school and community. As an extension of our Arbor Day experiences, we applied for a grant based on our plans to create a garden that benefits the community, a garden that is a collaborative effort and one that incorporates sustainable practices. We were awarded the grant for the 2011-2012 school term. Our hopes are to utilize the garden to assist teachers in implementing state science standards. We are also currently working on using an area identified as marshland to create an outside science laboratory. In the future we hope to use this area, as well as the greenhouse, to assist students in gaining vocational skills that they will be able to transfer to real life work experiences.
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