Catholic School Accreditation

​

… a process for determining the quality of a school’s overall Catholic Identity and educational program.

The Catholic school examines itself in order to understand what is working well for the total school community and
what it needs to do better to meet the learning needs of the students and to ensure long-term viability and vitality. 

 

The Seven Key Self-Study Outcomes

All assessment protocols for Catholic schools are designed to result in the following outcomes:

 

• Mission & Catholic Identity

• Shareholder Involvement & collaboration

• Foundational Documents

• Learning Program

• Operational Vitality

• Educational Improvement Plan

• Accountability System​

 

MOST IMPORTANTLY: It provides SMS with a framework that we will need to 

*learn what we are good at

*learn what we need to improve

*provide the best environment for our students to be successful