St. William School is an accredited school through the Middle States Council for Elementary Schools (MSCES). In   April 2006 the school received re-accreditation.  The re-accreditation process begins again in 2011; the school will host another Middle States visit in 2012.

What is an accredited school?

An Accredited school:

• Is devoted to its mission
• Knows itself
• Keeps its promises
• Accepts an objective peer evaluation
• Is recognized internationally
• Plans for the future
• Actively participates in the responsibilities of the profession

Accreditation is not required by any state or federal law for most MSCES members; instead, MSCES accredited schools are making a voluntary commitment to an on-going school improvement process designed to assure the public of the quality of a school’s offerings. Accreditation is a peer-review process in which members of the educational community, who understand what makes a good school good, lend their experience and expertise to validate a school’s vision of itself. Each school that is accredited has met the four components of accreditation:

• a self-study procedure, in which an educational entity develops self-knowledge, through the lens of the entity’s philosophy/mission/beliefs;
• an evaluation procedure, in which peers objectively confirm the findings of the self-study
• a planning process, whether integral to or subsequent to the self-study process, in which the entity concretely plans for its ongoing improvement;
• and a Standards review, verified through procedures such as the self-study, evaluation and/or the Commission reading process.

Through these components a school community signals its commitment to becoming a better school and the public is assured of the quality of educational offering by the school.