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Updates on Nardin Academy's Accreditation Process

Nardin Academy is proud to announce that we have been officially granted re-accreditation from the Middle States Accreditation Board after our spring 2022 visit. This accreditation will last seven years and serves as a guidepost for the Academy to work together through goals focused on the sustainment and betterment of our institution. Likewise, in coordination with this Academy-wide accreditation, our Montessori school was recommended for accreditation after their spring 2022 visit. The American Montessori Society (AMS) board is due to ratify these recommendations later this month. We anticipate another 7 year accreditation from AMS.

What Is Middle States?

What is Middle States?

The Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, building on the rich history of the Middle States Association, aspire to improve the quality of education in the United States and around the world by assisting schools to achieve excellence through the process of accreditation, by affirming to the public a member school’s trustworthiness and commitment to continuous improvement, by providing the network and resources for the promotion of proven practices.

We believe that:

Education is important to the quality of life in our global society.
All children deserve access to a quality education.
All schools can achieve excellence in both teaching and learning through innovation.
The process of self assessment, external validation, and accountability is essential to school improvement.
Achieving excellence through accreditation promotes a commitment to a shared vision of continuous improvement, diverse stakeholder support, and sustained effort over an extended period of time.
Accreditation is a collaborative partnership grounded in professionally recognized and accepted research-based standards.

What Is The American Montessori Society

Accreditation by the American Montessori Society is an affirmation that a school is implementing best practices in Montessori education, as well as in areas of health and safety, finance, and administration. It affirms that a school represents the gold standard of Montessori education.

Not all schools that are members of AMS are accredited.
The decision to undergo AMS accreditation is voluntary.
Currently, 204 of our 16,000 member schools (approximately 15%) are AMS-accredited. 187 are private schools. 17 are public schools.
Accredited schools are validated by independent teams of evaluators as meeting rigorous standards of excellence developed by AMS.
The accreditation process typically takes 18 months to 2 years.
Every private school that is accredited by AMS gains automatic recognition by the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA), a national organization that serves as a review panel for the standards and review procedures of private-school accrediting agencies.

Contact Info

Tom Whalen, twhalen@nardin.org
High School Campus Minister

A private, independent, Catholic school in Buffalo, NY, with coed Montessori, Lower and Middle Schools and a college preparatory High School for young women.