Accreditation Site Visit

Next week on Wednesday and Thursday there will be an external review team visiting St. Paul’s. The team will be composed of highly qualified observers from similar schools in the Northwest. This visit is just one piece of St. Paul’s accreditation renewal process.

In preparation for this visit the staff wrote an executive summary about our school. We have also completed a self-evaluation, and gathered evidence to support our ratings. Also, thanks to students, parents, staff members, and board members we collected and compiled data of our stakeholders’ feedback about the school.

The accreditation process and all the pieces involved is a form of quality assurance for our school. Although this can be a lengthy process, we value the feedback that comes from accreditation. Having an external source validate your program, provide recommendations, and commendations, helps us mold ourselves into the best school possible.

Evidence for visiting team

Spanish

America has become one of the largest Spanish-speaking populations in the world. This data makes Spanish a very important language for citizens of the 21st century. Our world is becoming smaller in terms of diversity and community.


We start our Spanish language program in LEPS (our pre-school) and carry instruction throughout a student’s time at St. Paul’s.


Acquiring a second language is a great tool for preparing our students for their future success, and will serve them well in social interactions, travel and even employment prospects.


Knowing any second language is helpful, but Spanish is the native tongue of almost 400 million people and is spoken in 20 countries. It's also learned and spoken at St. Paul's Academy.