ac•cred•it
  1: to give official authorization to or approval of: a: to provide with credentials; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with
  a standard c: to recognize (an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to higher
  or more specialized institutions : to consider or recognize as outstanding
           
 

Logos International School hopes to be accredited by two organizations: ACSI (Assocation of Christian Schools
International) and WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges). For more information on these
organizations please visit their websites linked below.

ACSI: http://www.acsi.org/
WASC: http://www.wascweb.org/
         
 
Accreditation is the public affirmation that a school has attained recognized educational and institutional
standards and is committed to a process of continuous and systematic improvement beyond those standards.
The goal of accreditation is improved education for the children who attend our schools.
Becoming accredited by WASC provides benefits to Logos in the following ways:

• Certification to the public that the school is a trustworthy institution of learning
• Validates the integrity of a school’s program and student transcripts
• Fosters improvement of the school’s programs and operations to support student learning
• Assures a school community that the school’s purposes are appropriate and being accomplished
through a viable educational program
• A way to manage change through regular assessment, planning, implementing, monitoring and reassessment
• Assists a school/district in establishing its priority areas for improvement as a result of the perpetual accreditation cycle that includes
o School self-assessment of the current educational program for students
o Insight and perspective from the visiting committee
o Regular school staff assessment of progress through the intervening years between full self-studies.

(adapted from http://www.acswasc.org/about_why.htm)
   
Logos International School will be visited by ACSI and WASC for our final evaluation in May of 2009, D.V.
The organizations will evaluate whether we have met certain standards and will look at our progress since
their last visit. Logos is currently working on meeting the rigorous requirements of both programs.