Tennessee Christian Preparatory School is the first independent college preparatory school in the Cleveland/Bradley County community to receive regional accreditation by SACS/AdvancEd.

AdvancED is the world’s largest education community, serving more than 30,000 public and private schools and districts across the United States and is in more than 70 countries educating more than 16 million students.

As the global leader in advancing education excellence through accreditation and school improvement, AdvancED brings together more than 100 years of experience and the expertise of three U.S.-based accreditation agencies — the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Northwest Accreditation Commission, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement.

Donald Holwerda, lead evaluator for the Quality Assurance Review addressed the school community after spending two full days, with the QAR team, on the TCPS campus conducting a comprehensive review of the total school program. Once the review was completed, TCPS was awarded five commendations.

“TCPS has an outstanding educational program,” the evaluator said. “It was difficult to find any area to recommend for improvement.”

Jean Sharp, associate director of SACS/AdvancEd for the state of Tennessee traveled from Nashville for the presentation of the QAR team report. Also present was Laura Harper, a SACS/AdvancEd field representative and consultant.

“I would not miss seeing the accreditation recommendation being made for such a worthwhile school,” Sharp said.

Dr. Bill Balzano, TCPS president said, “We knew we were doing a very fine job of educating children. This recommendation confirms that fact for our school family and for the Cleveland, Bradley County community.”