Our Mission

Our mission is to assist children and their families with the necessary skills to realize their potential and achieve success through educational, nursing and therapeutic services.

About Apparo

We believe that children should be afforded every opportunity possible to enhance the quality of their lives.

They deserve and should receive every resource available to ensure their success in play, school, and home life. If children with disabilities are to thrive in these areas, it is crucial that needed services and supplies are provided.

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Simple life tasks such as walking, eating, speaking, and dressing — which we all take for granted — are some of the most challenging hurdles these children have to overcome. Apparo wants these children to succeed and we plan to be here to make sure they do.

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Quality Rated Child Care

At Apparo Academy, we believe in...

Depending on Faith

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7

Encouraging Others

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Showing Compassion

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering. Colossians 3:12

Pursuing Excellence

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. Colossians 3:23

Building Christlike Character

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 2 Corinthians 8:21

Sharing Forgiveness

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32

Meet Our Staff & Board

Executive Staff

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones, PhD

Founder & Executive Director
Board

Maria Boose

Director of Operations
Executive Staff

Kaitlyn West, MEd

Principal
Executive Staff

Carol Collica

Director of Therapy Services · Physical Therapist
Executive Staff

Kelly Edwards Powell

Director of Nursing
Nursing

Katie Smith

Director of Admissions
Executive Staff

Leslie Wise

Director of Billing & Finance
Executive Staff

Administrative & Support Staff

Diondra Blocker

Diondra Blocker

Development Assistant
Administrative Staff

Beverly Cumberlander

Intake and Scheduling Coordinator
Administrative Staff

Portia Jackson

Assistant Principal
Administrative Staff
Kim Hazlewood

Kim Hazlewood

Compliance and Authorization Specialist
Administrative Staff

Tiffany Saunders

Billing Specialist
Administrative Staff

Board of Directors — Officers

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones, PhD

Founder & Executive Director
Board

Bob Wills

Board Chair
Board
Will Godwin

Will Godwin

Vice Chairman
Board
Ellis McCutcheon

H. Ellis McCutcheon

Treasurer
Board

John Stewart, MD

Immediate Past Chair
Board

Board of Directors — Members

Christine Anderson, NP

Board Member
Board

Kasey Bryan

Board Member
Board

Kaci Johnson

Board Member
Board

Keith Johnson

Board Member
Board

Sally Lightsey

Board Member
Board

Lee Malchow

Parent Member
Board
Douglas Nesbit, MD

Douglas H. Nesbit, M.D.

Board Member
Board

Bayla Pipkin

Board Member
Board

Elizabeth Tyger

Parent Member
Board