Accreditation by the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation process is called Focus on Learning. The goal of this process is to evaluate a school’s impact on student learning, as well as the effectiveness of the school’s programs and its operation. On March 6, 7, and 8 of 2006 a WASC accreditation team visited La Quinta High School.

Prior to the WASC visitation, La Quinta staff, students, and parents continually met to discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of our programs in the areas of vision, culture, curriculum, instruction, and assessment to determine our strengths and our areas that need growth. The staff selected three critical academic needs:

• Provide interventions and support for underperforming students.
• Improve reading fluency and comprehension across the curriculum.
• Improve students’ ability to write effectively across the curriculum.
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La Quinta High School is proud to announce that at the end of the visitation, the WASC team awarded La Quinta High School a six-year accreditation, the maximum term a school can receive.

La Quinta will have a mid-term review during the spring of 2009.  Our faculty and staff are preparing for this review by meeting regularly to discuss progress made towards the WASC team’s recommendations.