Accreditation

NAD ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS

All Lake Union Adventist schools are accredited by the Adventist Accrediting Association and one or more independent accrediting agencies. The Standards for Accreditation of Seventh-day Adventist Schools are the basis for continuous school improvement evaluation and accreditation of all educational institutions in the North American Division. Conference offices of education as well as the Lake Union Office of Education facilitate a robust and comprehensive accrediting processes to maintain high standards of excellence in its schools. The accrediting agencies are as follows:

ACCREDITATION DOCUMENTS

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LUC Focus Visit Accreditation Form

Standards for Accreditation of Seventh-day Adventist Schools

LUC Mid-Cycle School Accreditation Report Form

LUC Preschool Mid-Cycle Accreditation Form

AAA
The Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) is the denominational accrediting authority for all educational institutions operated in the name of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The AAA provides a process by which the educational community holds an institution accountable for its own objectives. It assures the church and constituency that an accredited Adventist educational institution offers programs of quality to the youth of the church, and provides professional personnel who meet both church and national/provincial standards. This process ensures a basis for reciprocity among Adventist schools.

MSA-CESS

The Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association (MSA-CESS) is an independent entity which provides accreditation for non-degree granting public and faith-based institutions. MSA-CESS provides services for over 2,500 early childhood through post-secondary education institutions in fifty states, and over one hundred countries.

NCPSA
National Council for Private School Accreditation seeks to promote and support independent and autonomous accrediting associations such as the Adventist Accrediting Agency, (AAA) which serves early childhood programs through secondary schools carrying out quality educational programs.