As a private school, we are Accredited through a national organization called the Western Catholic Educational Association ( WCEA).  The process of becoming accredited and maintaining our Accreditation status is a very detailed and thorough process that is on a 3 - 6 year cycle , depending on the certification achieved. We were last accredited in 2011 and received a 6 year certification, which is the highest award you can receive. In the fall of 2017, we will once again be visited by an Accreditation team. Therefore, during next school year, 2016-17, we will be going through our self-study year. This is a very important time for our school and it gives us an important opportunity to examine all elements of our school, look for ways to improve as well as validate all those areas where we are excelling. This process will begin this Spring. We have formed our Accreditation leadership team within our school and the work has begun!

 

Our first important component that we need to do is a school-wide survey. We will be surveying our families, staff and students with a survey that is provided to us by the WCEA. I would like to ask that each family take a few moments out of their day to participate in a survey and answer the questions thoughtfully. As you may recall, we do an in-house survey every year to help us find ways to improve. This survey is a little different in that the results are shared with a broader group, including the Accreditation team visiting from other schools in and out of our Archdiocese.

 

We are asking that you please complete the survey as soon as possible, with a deadline of May 20. Once the survey closes, we will be analyzing the results as a Leadership team and these responses will help drive our self-study process  next school year . Then, in the 2017-18 school year, our visiting Accreditation team will again analyze the results as part of the Accreditation process. 

 

The link to the survey will be sent to each family via Survey Monkey. Please watch your email inbox for the survey in the next few hours.  Please note, only one survey per household will be sent.

 

Thank you for your time and dedication to our school. I am very hopeful that we can obtain as close to 100% participation as possible!