School Profile
North Clackamas Christian Scho
School Overview
North Clackamas Christian School partners with Christian parents in providing our students with a biblically-based education that pursues excellence in spiritual, academic, artistic, and athletic programs, training them to serve Christ daily.
School History
SCHOOL HISTORY
In January of 1973, North Clackamas Christian School was still a dream in the hearts of a few parents. They felt God directing them to establish a school where they could send their children; a school where teachers would reinforce the Christian training provided in the home and the church. They also wanted a school with a strong academic program.
Planning meetings began in February, 1973. Many other parents shared the same concerns, although some doubted that they could accomplish the goal of launching a Christian school. Nevertheless, they made plans to begin in September, 1973, with grades K-12. This was not to be a denominational school. Staff members were to base all teaching on the Bible, which is God’s Word. It was to be a school staffed by dedicated Christian people who would set forth the discipline needed for a sound educational program. It was to be a school in which the students, parent/guardians, faculty, and staff would invest their time, skills, and money.
In June, 1973, land was purchased and ground was broken. Volunteer workers soon completed a six-room building which housed 93 students and six teachers that first year. Although it was a difficult year of learning and adjusting, teachers and students fondly remember it.
In 1995 the school board determined that NCCS needed to become accredited and began the accreditation process through the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). In 1997 NCCS also began the accreditation process of the Northwest Accreditation Commission. The NWAC is the secular accrediting body for schools in the Northwest region of the United States and its accreditation is recognized by schools, colleges, and universities throughout the nation. During the course of pursuing accreditation, ACSI and NWAC entered into a third-party accreditation agreement (basically a reciprocity agreement). Therefore, NCCS became accredited by both ACSI and NWAC.
Accreditation means that the NCCS high school diploma is recognized by colleges and universities as being equal to a high school diploma from any other accredited high school. Accreditation is a continuing process of refining and improving the school on all levels. The most recent accreditation site visit took place April 15-18, 2012. The results of this accreditation site visit were that the Accreditation Commission of ACSI reviewed the accreditation site team’s report and granted NCCS accreditation for the maximum term available, five years.