Welcome to
The Potter’s Academy
Preparing students with unique abilities to be independent, active community members through spiritual formation, academic education, life skills and civic engagement.
Our Vision
The vision of The Potter’s Academy is to prepare students with unique abilities to be independent, active community members through spiritual formation, academic education, life skills and civic engagement.
Our Mission
The mission of The Potter’s Academy is to engage and grow students with unique abilities spiritually by engaging with the Bible daily in a clear and meaningful way; academically by tailoring the learning process to each student’s abilities; and civically through service-learning and life/career preparatory experiences.
Our Tenets
In addition to academics, The Potter’s Academy is committed to...
Spiritual Formation
Students at The Potter’s Academy engage with the Bible daily via morning devotions and a dedicated Bible class. Students are invited to take an active role in the Spiritual health of the school by participating in devotional conversation, daily praise and worship, inquiry-based learning, and serving the community as the hands and feet of Jesus.
Life & Career Skills
Students at The Potter’s Academy receive explicit daily instruction in skills necessary to live independently. From time management to budgeting, personal hygiene to interviewing for a job, our students will learn and practice the daily life and career skills that many take for granted.
Civic Engagement
Students at The Potter’s Academy participate in ongoing community service and service-learning projects to foster civic engagement and responsibility while practicing the skills they are learning at school. Students learn valuable life and career skills, as well as self-advocacy strategies to ensure lifelong success.
Our Students
We are dedicated to serving students with unique abilities, providing a safe environment where they can learn, grow, and develop the critical skills needed to be independent.
Autism
Down Syndrome
Intellectual Disabilities
...and more!
Our Story
After 18 years as an educator, Founder Ashley Platé was troubled by a recurring struggle for families of teens with unique abilities such as Autism, Down Syndrome, and Intellectual Disabilities. They seemed to bounce from school to school, unable to find a place where they could truly be themselves while still receiving an excellent education, not to mention the critical life and job skills they need to be successful and independent.
So, in 2024, Mrs. Platé answered God’s call to open
The Potter’s Academy, a school as unique as the students we serve. Centered on the truth that we are all clay in the Potter’s hands - created on purpose, for a purpose -
The Potter’s Academy is committed to providing a solid Biblical foundation, student-centered education, and intentional life and career preparation for students who might otherwise be overlooked and undervalued.
2. Individualized
Academics
Students learn, practice, and
demonstrate mastery via
individualized learning plans, to reach their unique goals.
1. Start with
Jesus
We begin each day with praise
& worship, devotion, and Bible
study, helping each student
develop a relationship with Christ.
5. Life Skills
Students finish the day by
learning life skills to gain
confidence and live independently.
3. Food &
Fellowship
More than just a lunch break,
students refuel their bodies, hearts
and minds with meaningful fellowship.
4. Career Skills
Students learn and practice the
skills they will need to acquire,
maintain, and enjoy employment.
A Day in the Life
Now Enrolling Grades 8-12
Space is extremely limited for the 2024-25 school year!
We believe...
...in the Holy Scriptures as originally given by God, divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy; and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
...in one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
...in our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His mediatorial work, and His Personal return in power and glory.
...in the Salvation of lost and sinful man through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith apart from works, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
...in the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ.
...in the Unity of the Spirit of all true believers, the Church, the Body of Christ.
...in the Resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, they that are lost unto eternal separation from God.
Uniform Orders
Our uniform t-shirts are tagless, cool and comfortable.
Click the links below to order your preferred size and quantity!