Affiliation Key

Here is a list of some of the accrediting, affiliation, and association bodies that schools list in our Regional Guide to Private Schools.

AAIE — Association for the Advancement of International Education, www.aaie.org ACSI — Association of Christian Schools International, www.acsi.org AEFE — Agence pour l’Enseignement Français à l’Etranger, www.aefe.fr AISAP — Association of Independent School Admission Professionsals, www.aisap.org AMI — American Montessori Internationale, www.montessori-ami.org AMS — American Montessori Society, www.amshq.org Ashoka Changemaker School — Ashoka, www.ashoka.org AWSNA — Association of Waldorf Schools of North America, www.whywaldorfworks.org BAMA — Bay Area Montessori Association, www.bayareamontessoriassociation.com CAIS — California Association of Independent Schools, www.caisca.org CASE — Council for Advancement and Support of Education, www.case.org CIS — Communities in Schools, www.communitiesinschools.org Cognia — Cognia Performance Standards, www.cognia.org CPSTEME — Carnegie Science Seal of Excellence for STEM, www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/ CQEL — California Quality Early Learning, www.caqualityearlylearning.org ELEA — Evangelical Lutheran Education Association, www.elcaschools.org Green Ribbon School — US Department of Education, www2.eg.gov IB, IBO — International Baccalaureate, www.ibo.org IB-PYP— International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, www.ibo.org IMC — The International Montessori Council, www.montessori.org ISBOA — California Independent Schools Business Officer Association, www.isboa.org ISSFBA — Independent Schools of the San Francisco Bay Area, www.issfba.org NAEYC — National Association for the Education of Young Children, www.naeyc.org NAIS — National Association of Independent Schools, www.nais.org NAREA — North American Reggio Emilia Alliance, www.reggioalliance.org NCAA Approved — National College Athletic Association, www.ncaa.org NCEA — National Catholic Educational Association, www.ncea.org NCPSA — National Council for Private School Accreditation, www.ncpsa.org NIPSA — National Independent Private Schools Association, www.nipsa.org NLSA — National Lutheran School Accreditation, www.luthed.org NPC — National Paideia Center, www.paideia.org PACE — Professional Association for Childhood Education, www.pacenet.org PASCH — Schulen: Partner der Zukunft, www.pash-net.de PEN — Progressive Education Network, www.progressiveeducationnetwork.org POCIS — People of Color in Independent Schools of Northern California, www.nocapocis.org SBSA — Small Boarding Schools Association, www.sbsaonline.org SSATB — Enrollment Management Association, www.admission.org TABS — The Association of Boarding Schools, www.tabs.org WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges, www.wascweb.org WBSA — Western Boarding Schools Association, www.westernboardingschools.org WCEA — Western Catholic Education Association, www.westwcea.org

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