Dear Prince Family, This week, we completed the final chapter in a yearlong journey seeking reaccreditation. At Prince, we go above and beyond most schools by seeking accreditation from not only one but two separate agencies: The Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). SAIS accreditation is the highest standard for academic rigor sought by top college preparatory schools in the Southeast, and ACSI mandates our teachers achieve and maintain certification to present material from a biblical worldview. Maintaining dual accreditation requires more from our faculty and staff, but this practice directly supports our mission statement of providing excellence in academics while presenting material through a biblical lens (at Prince, we would have it no other way). Please read on to hear from Dean Williams about the details from our most recent dual reaccreditation process.

Col Seth Hathaway, Ed.D. Head of School

Dear Prince Family, Yesterday, we concluded the dual SAIS/ACSI reaccreditation process that involved our entire Prince community. In the months preceding the arrival of the seven-member accreditation team, we provided hundreds of documents and completed a full financial audit. This week, the joint SAIS/ACSI team engaged in two primary tasks. The first was the review of our Standards and Indicators, which evaluates specific details of our school's daily operations, including the teaching and learning expectations of faculty and students. The second component was the review of a thirty-two-page scholarly report we created called a "Self-Study." The data for the Self-Study was taken from hundreds of SAIS and ACSI surveys we deployed to the school board, parents, students, alumni, teachers, and staff members, plus data we recorded from discussions in eleven focus groups. Analyzing our Standards and Indicators along with the Self-Study, the reaccreditation team reported on our strengths (commendations) and areas for improvement (recommendations). Altogether, we received six commendations and three recommendations! One commendation included our ability to remain debt free following the recent completion of a major capital campaign. The team could see the amazing work done at Prince Avenue Christian School and unanimously recommended our reaccreditation to both SAIS and ACSI. Thank you to every family that makes Prince such a fantastic place! Jennifer Williams, Ed.S. Dean of Academics