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Hello Sato Dragons—
In the upcoming week we are having our accreditation visit, which happens once every six years. `
Sato’s WASC (Western Association of Schools & Colleges) visit will be on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, March 2-4. Every school that offers a diploma (high schools, colleges, but not elementary schools) goes through an accreditation process. The process includes writing a self-study report, and then having a WASC visiting committee come to the school to verify the contents of the report.
In our case, our WASC team includes counselors, administrators, and teachers from other Southern California school districts. They will come to observe our classes, observe students’ time outside of class (like lunch time and before and after school), and speak with our staff, students, and other stakeholders.
Your Sato dragon may be asked to participate in a focus group during lunch and may be asked questions like “how do you receive support at this school?”, “what do you like best about this school?”, or “if you could change one thing about this school, what would that be?” Students are not required to participate, but about 30 or so students will be asked if they want to take part in the focus group.
I have told everyone (staff and students alike) not to be worried about the visit or to feel they need to put on a show. What we do here at Sato every day is amazing and they should just “do them on a good day.” We want our WASC team to experience Sato on a normal, good day.
The visiting committee will do a public report out during lunch on Wednesday in room 401. Any of our stakeholders are welcome to attend. I will also summarize their report out in the next Tatsu Telegram.
Have a great week, and gooooo dragons!
Ronnie
Sato's proud principal
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