Accreditation
Annunciation Catholic School is fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA) and is in full compliance and good standing.
Annunciation Catholic School was first accredited in 2018 by the Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA). We are coming to the end of the six-year cycle and have begun the process that will lead to re-accreditation for another six years. Highly effective schools are always in a process of gathering data, analyzing results, planning, and implementing improvement. The WCEA accreditation process supports and guides this practice.
During the 2023-2024 school year, Annunciation will involve all shareholders – faculty, staff, parents, students, and parishioners – in this process using a specific protocol outlined by the WCEA. November 6-8, 2024, a Visiting Committee from WCEA will review our Self Study document, including our Educational Improvement Plan, and will determine our accreditation status for the next six years.
Please follow this link to the Accreditation Timeline.
About WCEA
The mission of WCEA is to promote quality Catholic education for students in our member elementary and secondary schools through an accrediting process that assures the primacy of faith formation and educational excellence.
The specific purpose of WCEA is to coordinate the accreditation process by assisting schools in their self-evaluative programs, to establish general standards for excellence in Catholic schools, to grant WCEA Accreditation, and to cooperate formally with regional accrediting organizations as determined by the WCEA Board of Directors. Currently WCEA co-accredits schools with ACS-WASC and AdvancED.
WCEA was originally formed in California under the auspices of the Bishops of the Catholic Arch/Dioceses of California. Although the membership now includes Catholic Arch/Dioceses in nine other states and Guam, the Bishops of the Catholic Arch/Dioceses of California retain reserved powers as the Members of the Corporation and appoint one of their member Bishops to serve as the WCEA President.