GGHS WASC
In 2024, GGHS was granted a 6-year term of Accreditation!
After the WASC visit in February, the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), granted Garden Grove High School a 6 year accreditation.
What is WASC
WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) is the accrediting body that confirms that our program here at GGHS meets the requirements for Colleges and Universities in the US. Without accreditation, colleges and universities will not accept our transcripts and our students will not be eligible for post-secondary scholarships or acceptance to colleges or universities.
The WASC process is a 6-year cycle, and includes a Self-Study Report, a four-day visit by a team from WASC, and usually some kind of a progress report/visit during the 6 years. This is a campus wide, year-and-a-half long project and the more school-wide involvement our process has, the greater our chances of a six-year term recommendation. Our mid-cycle visit will be during the 2026-27 school year.
The self-study is not to be a top down process, and most of the leadership team and all the focus group leaders are teachers not administrators. All members of the staff must participate in the WASC process, but you can also volunteer and provide more help, and the more help we have the easier and better the process will be. If you have questions contact Andrea Figueroa at [email protected].
Self Study Outcomes:
- Involvement and collaboration
- Clarification and measurement of Student Learning Outcomes and academic standards
- Data analysis program assessment and its impact on student learning
- Long-range action plan aligned to school’s areas of need
What the Visiting Committee will look at:
- Involvement and collaboration
- School’s purpose and mission
- Assessment and data analysis
- Progress of students in standards and SLO's
- Action Plan alignment to school needs
- School’s capacity to carry out Action Plan
- Use of prior accreditation findings
GGHS WASC TIMELINE:
*Spring 2018 - Receive VC Report and recommendations of areas of follow-up
*Spring 2018 - Revise SPSA to address areas of follow-up left by VC
*Fall 2018-Fall 2020 - Implement, Evaluate, Revise SPSA through an ongoing process ensuring areas of follow-up are addressed
*Fall 2020 - Write Mid-Cycle Report
*Feb 22nd, 2021 - Mid Cycle 1-day visit
*Fall 2021-Fall 2022 - Implement, Evaluate, Revise SPSA through an ongoing process ensuring areas of follow-up are addressed
*2022-2023 - Begin Self Study
*Fall 2023 - Complete Self Study
*February 2024 - Full WASC Visit
Fall 2026 - Write Mid-Cycle Report
Spring 2027 - Mid Cycle 1-day visit
*Completed