Accreditation is the academic world's way of ensuring high quality educational programs and services. Through the accreditation process, institutions are recognized for meeting required quality standards in all areas of their work: academic programs, teacher support, student services and more.

To become accredited, a school must complete an extensive process that includes visits by a team of administrators and teachers sent by accrediting bodies who complete a deep evaluation and review of all the school's programs and services.

The Keystone School is accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS). This organization periodically re-examines accredited schools to verify each school's ongoing commitment to quality. Keystone has been accredited for almost 20 years, and was most recently re-accredited by the NAAS in January 2005. We have started the process of getting re-accredited in 2010.

Besides the NAAS accreditation, Keystone has core course approval by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Go to www.ncaaclearinghouse.net, and review the List of Approved Core Courses. Use Keystone's code: 390363.

As a private high school, Keystone National High School also is licensed by the State Board of Private Licensed Schools, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This means that Keystone National High School has met the requirements of the Private Licensed Schools Act of Pennsylvania. The State Board does not oversee middle schools.

In addition to accreditation and licensure, Keystone has earned the Homeschool.com Seal of Approval, the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) 2007 Gold award for Best Practices for Distance Learning Teaching Online, and the USDLA 2008 21st Century Best Practices in Distance Learning Award. Keystone National High School is a member of the Better Business Bureau.

Keystone works with leading organizations in the education field to ensure our programs our accessible, adaptable and affordable.