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Construction of a new home for Wilsonville-based Victory Academy is on track for the building to open to students this fall, but the nonprofit is still seeking about $1 million in donations to complete the $5.5 million project.

鈥淲e’re in this final push,鈥� said Tricia Hasbrook, director and co-founder of Victory Academy 鈥� a private school for children with autism.

School officials are seeking monetary contributions, but also in-kind donations of construction labor, building materials and furnishings 鈥� acoustical treatments as well as cafeteria and classroom furniture 鈥� for an 18,000-square-foot school building. It will include nine classrooms, a teaching kitchen, a large multipurpose room, administrative space, and speech, art and music therapy rooms.

Victory Academy has already benefited from significant in-kind donations from the project team, Hasbrook said. It designed and is now constructing a school building catered specifically to autistic children. The new building, on a 4-acre former horse farm near Wilsonville, will be able to accommodate up to 100 students, allowing Victory Academy to grow from a K-8 school to a K-12 one.

Project architect Opsis Architecture, landscape architect Walker Macy, general contractor Lorentz Bruun Construction, civil construction company MEI Group and engineering firm X3 Development have each donated a portion of their services. Miller Paint donated all exterior paint, The Marble Center contributed kitchen countertops, Fairdale and Countryside nurseries donated plants and Interface offered discounted carpet.

Parties interested in donating to the project can do so at , or by calling 503-427-2063.