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ited, they have several agencies to
choose from and may decide to seek
accreditation from more than one.
Accredited schools enjoy greater oppor-
tunities to solicit funds and to hire qual-
ity teachers, and accreditation may
make it easier for graduates to be
accepted at colleges.
Locally, the Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit, now in its second
year of operation, is nearing accredita-
tion from the Independent Schools
Association of the Central States
(ISACS), which serves about 200
schools in about 15-16 states. Already
accredited by this group are the
Cranbrook Educational Community,
Detroit Country Day School and
Southfield Christian and Sacred Heart
academies. Marian and Brother Rice
high schools are accredited by NCA.
This year, the two associations agreed
that any school accredited by ISACS
would automatically receive NCA
accreditation as well, said Gerald
Hansen, headmaster of Detroit Country
Day and a longtime member of ISACS
board of directors. The NCA is recog-
nized by more government organiza-
tions than ISACS, Hansen said.
"If you were to be accredited by both,
it would mean a lot of duplication," he
said.
As a Solomon Schechter School,
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit receives its accreditation from
the Solomon Schechter Day School
Association under the New York-based
United Synagogue of America. Hillel is
also in the process of seeking ISACS
accreditation, said development director
Marianne Bloomberg.
Accreditation is a fairly new feature
for Jewish day schools, said Dr. Leora
Isaacs, vice president of programming
and organizational learning for the New
York-based Jewish Education Service of
North America.
"The process is more important than
getting the 'Good Housekeeping Seal of
Approval' because it creates a strategic
planning model," Dr. Isaacs said.
"There's also a team of outside observers
who help you see things you may not
have noticed before."
"It's very unusual to get perfection on
the first round," Dr. Isaacs added.
"There are usually things you need to
attend to within the next few years." FJ

Yeshivat Akiva will hold an open
house from 1-3 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 24. The school is at 21100
w. I2 Mile, between Evergreen
and Lahser roads.

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