What does it mean to be WASC Accredited?
	WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) awards five types of accreditations. 6 year, no review 6 year, with review 3 year 2 year 1 year The type of accreditation a school is awarded determines when another review is needed.  A six year, no review is the highest award granted.   St. Nicholas School’s Accreditation History   Accreditation Date Award 1984 – 1985 6 year, no review 1989 – 1990 6 year, no review 1994 – 1995 6 year, no review 2000 – 2001 6 year, no review 2006 – 2007 6 year, no review   WASC Mission The purpose of the Commission is to foster excellence in elementary, secondary, adult, and postsecondary education by encouraging school improvement through a process of continuing evaluation and to recognize, by accreditation, schools that meet an acceptable level of quality in accordance with established criteria.   Philosophy The WASC Commission believes that the goals of any school should be to provide for successful student learning.  Programs encompassing both the cognitive and affective components of learning should foster human growth and development and enable students to become responsible, productive members of the school community and our democratic society.  Each school should develop a school purpose to reflect its beliefs.  For ongoing program development, each school should engage in objective and subjective internal and external evaluations to assess in achieving its purpose.   Terms of Accreditation The WASC Commission shall grant a term of accreditation that shows a strong correlation to existing student achievement results and growth and current programmatic and operational actions based on the WASC criteria and accreditation term factors as noted in the content of the visiting committee report and the term recommendation of the visiting committee.   For more information on WASC and the commissions’ basic concepts of accreditation process, visit www.acswasc.org