In order to provide a measure of quality of our Lutheran school program, a self-study was completed, reviewed, and accepted by the Minnesota Non-Public School Accrediting Association (MNSAA).
We were granted accreditation status in 1996 having met and excelled in the standards established by MNSAA.
Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran School continues to meet and excel in the standards established by the MNSAA. In the fall of 2003, MNSAA conducted an on-site reaccreditation visit of Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran School.
The following is an excerpt from this twenty four page MNSAA Visitation Team Report:
The results of schooling at Bloomington Living Hope are very good with students scoring on standardized tests at levels comparable to private and parochial schools in the metropolitan area. The students were quiet and diligent in all the classrooms we observed and the teachers conducted their work with professionalism and genuine concern for their students.
The visiting team found that a particular strength of Bloomington Living Hope was the school climate. We found an unfeigned joy and openness on the part of the students, the teachers, and the parents. They knew the mission of their school and they believed strongly in it. In our conversations with better than 80 persons connected with Bloomington Living Hope we found no evidence of major dissatisfaction or even mild discontent with what the school was doing or how it was being operated. Such unanimity is both noteworthy and a strong affirmation of the leadership of the church and the school.
Accreditation within MNSAA goes beyond simply demonstrating that a school complies with a particular set of quality standards; it is also a statement of a school’s commitment to ongoing improvement. This commitment is practically demonstrated by the development of a School Strategic Plan.
The Self-Study Report provides an opportunity to reflect on the current state of the school. It also provides a way for the school to clarify and affirm its Mission and Philosophy statements. The portrait that emerges from a self-study identifies both areas of strength, as well as challenges for the future. How a school decides to actively respond to these strengths and challenges is the basis for a School Strategic Plan. We invite you to review our current School’s Strategic Plan.
We at Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran School believe our yearly accreditation status is a means by which we can continue to monitor and provide a high quality Christian education.