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Big step for small school
Horizon gets SACS accreditation
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Horizon Christian Academy student Ashley Pirkle solves a math problem on a whiteboard at the school. The school recently received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. - photo by Autumn McBride
A Forsyth County private school recently received accreditation through the South’s premier school and college accrediting organization. Horizon Christian Academy, which offers a kindergarten through 12th-grade curriculum, earlier this year received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or SACS. While the school held accreditation from the Association of Christian Schools International, or ASCI, headmaster Heather Marshall said the SACS accreditation is important because most people respect that label. “Really, the ASCI accreditation is more rigorous than SACS, but people know SACS and think of SACS as the main accrediting agency for colleges and schools,” she said.