We made it! The Accreditation Visit was the final component of our dual accreditation process with the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). After four days of comprehensive meetings with various members of our community, the visiting committee concluded the process with a report presented to Staff, the Board and Parent Council on Thursday.

HOPE was commended for cultivating a distinctively Christ-centered environment and demonstrating a strong commitment to high-quality teaching and learning.  Additionally, the school leadership team was highlighted for intentionally cultivating a culture of openness, collaboration and growth. HOPE also received accolades for developing, maintaining and systematically reviewing its policies and procedures.

The visiting team also gave HOPE some action items to be working on to improve our commitment to quality, Christ-centered education. These are curriculum mapping, measuring success through student outcomes, expanding our service-learning connection, a more developed spiritual growth framework and the implementation of a regular feedback mechanism that supports systematic decision-making.

The visiting team recommended that HOPE should be reaccredited for six more years, pending further review and the final decision is made by the ACSI International Commission on Accreditation and the validation and acknowledgement of WASC’s Commission on Accreditation.