Ablaze Academy

What is Accreditation?

What does Accreditation mean to me?

Accreditation comes from the Latin word credito--meaning to trust. Since the late 1800's. American schools and colleges have had their trustworthiness and quality validated through accreditation. Accrediting commissions maintain a common protocol, ensure standards, and conduct evaluations of schools. Schools voluntarily live up to those standards and open their schools for evaluation. This process is validated through external review by trained and experienced peer review teams.

Demand for accreditation is now worldwide. It sets those schools deserving recognition apart from others.

Accreditation helps schools and colleges trust in the education of other accredited schools and helps parents, students, and the public believe in these institutions. The standards guide policies for awarding credit, granting diplomas, and other educational procedures. Parents who homeschool through and accredited center like Ablaze* demonstrate they maintain high standards in their childs learning.

Our Accreditations

Our school is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, The Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation, and The Georgia Accrediting Commison.

Our Souther Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation is what allows us to transfer our credits to any school in the United States of America. SACS as it has come to be called is the southern states version of the nothern states NACS. Most regions have a similiar agency to accredit their own schools. All regions accreditations interchange with other regions so there is no need to worry where you are in the United States our accreditation will be accepted by public schools in your area if you decide to transfer your child, or if they choose to attend college after graduation.

We are also currently accredited by The Commison on International and Trans- Regional Accreditation. This accrediation allows our credits to not only transfer to schools in the United States of America, but also to over 100 foreign counties. For more information on what schools and what countries currently hold this accreditation please see the CITA Shools website for an up to date list and more information.

Increased performance. Accreditation focuses a school on improving learning for all students. Accreditation is a proven method for improving student performance.

Transfer of credits. In addition to raising student achievement, accreditation eases the transition of students as they move. The regional nature of accreditation allows a receiving school in the same or another state to assess the quality of a sending school and accept the incoming student's credits and academic record. This ease of transfer applies across the nation through reciprocal agreements between the regional accrediting agencies.

Access to programs and scholarships. Accreditation can also benefit students as they participate in specific sports programs, apply for federal grants or scholarships, or pursue admission to colleges, technical schools, or military programs that require students to come from accredited schools. Students who graduate from our school, and meet all other HOPE requirements, are eligible for the HOPE Scholarship as entering freshmen rather than retroactively. Homeschool students who do not work through an accredited center may only receive the HOPE Scholarship retroactively for their freshman year of college if they earn a 3.00 cumulative grade point average after attempting 30 semester or 45 quarter hours of college credit and meet all other HOPE eligibility requirements.