Accreditations

Eaton Academy is accredited by three professional agencies:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

1866 Southern Lane
Decatur, GA 30033
404-679-4500

MISSION: The mission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is the improvement of education in the South through accreditation.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accredits more than 12,000 public and private educational institutions, from pre-kindergarten through university level, in 11 states of the Southeastern U.S. and in Latin America. Member institutions regularly perform comprehensive self-evaluations to assist them in planning for improvement and to assure the public of their overall quality. SACS is one of only six such regional accrediting organizations in the U.S. recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Member institutions are accredited through one of SACS' three commissions, the Commission on Colleges, the Commission on Secondary and Middle Schools, and the Commission on Elementary and Middle Schools.

Commission of International and Trans-Regional Accreditation(CITA)

1866 Southern Lane
Decatur, GA 30033
404-679-4500

The Commission of International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA) is the most rapidly growing accrediting agency in the world. CITA provides customized accreditation protocols and standards for schools that cross the USA and for national and international schools around the world. CITA awards the accreditation. The participating regional commissions manage the accreditation protocol facility. Schools voluntarily live up to those standards and open their schools for evaluation. This process is validated through external review by trained and experienced peer review teams. Demand for accreditation is now worldwide. It sets those schools deserving recognition apart from others.

Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC)

P.O. Box 80836
Athens, GA 30608
706-353-7090

MISSION: The mission of the Georgia Accrediting Commission is twofold: (1) to establish standards promoting instruction of high quality for children in Georgia and (2) to encourage schools to meet the established standards. GAC provides an accreditation process designed to establish and uphold standards, to strengthen the quality of education in each school, and to assure its membership and the general public that the established standards are related to the best educational practices.

The GAC serves as a means of ensuring that its membership meets certain standards for the operation and support of quality school programs in the State of Georgia. Specifically, GAC establishes standards and procedures to carry out the accreditation process. GAC also determines the accreditation status of the educational program of each school and publishes an annual list of schools with accredited programs. The GAC Executive Director issues certificates for those schools; Provisionally Accredited, Accredited, and Accredited With Quality.