Accredidation
In July of 2001, Williamsburg Christian Academy became fully accredited by ACSI, the Association of Christian Schools International. ACSI is a ministry with the goal of being an "enabler" for the evangelical Christian community of pre-schools, elementary and secondary schools, and post-secondary schools. ACSI works to accomplish its mission by providing information, services, and products needed by more than 4,800 member schools in 95 countries. The combined student enrollment of these member schools now exceeds 1 million students.
Even today our Christian school educators maintain the long-standing tradition of placing the Bible at the center of our schools as the standard by which we educate and train the next generation. Noah Webster said it well: "Education is useless without the Bible." Those are strong words in today's educational environment. America's twenty-sixth president, Theodore Roosevelt, would have wholeheartedly agreed with that idea. He said, "To educate a child in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
Academic strength coupled with a biblical worldview in education is not only a solid tradition of America's past but is the key to America's future. Christian schools are good not only for North America but for every other continent in the world.
ACSI began in 1978 as the result of a union of several Christian school associations throughout the United States and Canada. ACSI is organized as a nonprofit religious education association. It functions as a practitioner organization with locally elected district representatives and board of directors.As an association, ACSI provides assistance through national and regional directors and service coordinators. These educational leaders help schools fulfill their aspirations and responsibilities. However, every member school or college retains its individual distinctive and operating independence.
ACSI's international headquarters is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ten U.S. regional offices serve member schools located in every state. ACSI also has an office in Washington, D.C., which deals with legislative and regulatory matters. Canada is served by two regional offices. Several offices are located overseas. Europe is served from Budapest, Hungary; the former Soviet Union from Kiev, Ukraine; Latin America and the Caribbean from Guatemala City, Guatemala; and Asia and the Pacific Rim from Manila, Philippines.ACSI provides a strong program of support services for a school membership that is growing at a steady rate. Member schools are free to choose from a large "menu" of programs and services.
Association of Christian Schools International Headquarters
731 Chapel Hills Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80920
(719) 528-6906