The Nora School Accreditation & Recertification Process 2025
The Nora School was first accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges in 1994, when it was then called the Washington Ethical High School, and located in the Washington Ethical Society building, on 16th Street in Washington DC.
The Nora School has been re-accredited several times since then, with the most recent coming in 2019.
We are now undergoing this process for full re-accreditation in the spring of 2026. Here are some highlights of that process:
03/08/2024 - First all-staff in-service to discuss MSA
08/2024 to 04/2025 - Surveys sent to various constituents
04/17/2024 - Self-study committees formed, meet for first time
02/11/2025 - Self Studies Completed
03/05/2025 - Technical Review approved by MSA
05/01/2025 - First Draft of Report and Action Plan issued for review by Board and Staff
TBD - Final Draft of complete report made available to visiting committee
11/09/2025 to 11/12/2025 - Visiting Committee Arrives for Site Visit
11/12/2025 - Site visit ends with initial report
TBD - Final report issued with Recommendation to MSA’s Accreditation Committee
TBD - Re-accreditation Issued
2028 - Mid-term report
2031 - Begin process for 2033 re-accreditation