ACCS Membership

Full Membership  Learn more & apply 

Transitional Membership  Learn more & apply

Startup Membership  Learn more & apply

International Membership  Learn more & apply

*A full-time student is any student who is on track to graduate with a diploma from the school. If the school does not offer diplomas (for example, it is K-6), then a full time student is any student who attends class for the normally allotted time considered “full-time” by the school. This definition covers both in-person and online schools.

What about startup schools and collaborative (part-time) schools?

• Startup schools pay a flat fee of $200 to join for the first time. See the above section for details about this, and see the Startup Package to start your membership.
• A collaborative model school–a non-traditionally scheduled school–has students attending fewer than 21 hours of class per week (recess/lunch included) with the expectation that parents do some school at home. Because these schools generally have lower tuition, we adjust the per-student rate to $5 per K-12 student. We ask that the following guidelines are followed:
1. Do not alter the number of students (i.e., making 2 part-time students the equivalent of 1 student). This affects our count of total students in ACCS membership.
2. Students who are not diploma seeking – typically those who only take a class or two as electives – are not counted. Do not include them in your student counts.
3. Students who attend more than 21 hours per week are considered full-time. Include them as full-time students.

• January 1 – March 31:  Deduct 25% from annual dues and membership extends through December 31 of the calendar year.
• April 1 – June 30:  Deduct 50% from annual dues and membership extends through December 31 of the calendar year.
• July 1 – December 31:  Pay full annual dues and membership extends through the rest of the current year and the subsequent calendar year.

New members that join between July 1st – December 31st have immediate access to member benefits and will be members through the end of the following calendar year.

For example, a new school joining on September 1st, 2025 will enjoy member benefits immediately and through December 31, 2026.

In a K-8 program, “diploma” means that the student is participating in a program intended to meet the majority of their required schooling for that year. Part-time students who take classes ad hoc are not counted.

On August 1, ACCS will email member schools a digital renewal form to update data such as contact information and enrollment numbers (information from the previous year is stored in the form in case no edits are needed). Once the form is completed, members will be sent an invoice to pay their annual membership dues. Schools have until September 30 to complete this process. Members can also renew their school and family subscriptions to The Classical Difference magazine at this time. 

If a school does not complete their renewal form or pay their membership dues by December 31, their membership is discontinued. Former members will be welcome to reapply for membership at any time.

In addition to being in agreement with the ACCS statement of faith and position statements, a school well suited for membership has a classical Christian mission and vision that is embodied by their active pursuit of classical pedagogy and paideia. Their pedagogy will reflect the arts of the Trivium and their academics will include: integrated Humanities throughout lower and upper schools, and Latin or Greek, Logic, and Rhetoric in the upper school. See a detailed list of our membership standards here.

Yes, schools that seek ACCS Membership that are making the transition to a classical Christian education model—and do not yet conform to all the standards of Full membership—may join the ACCS as Transitional members. These schools have up to 5 years to bring their program and operations into full compliance with our membership standards.

International schools (those outside the U.S. and Canada) who follow a classical Christian education model and fulfill the standards of our membership requirements may apply to join as Members. Standards for Latin/Greek may be lifted on a case-by-case basis.

Your school may be a good fit for the International Classical Christian Alliance! We would love to talk with you about this opportunity for classical Christian education in your region or country. Contact us to learn more.

Administration and faculty at our member schools have access to our Member Resource Center (MRC). The MRC is host to numerous resources including: the ACCS publications library, webinars, the Curriculum Center, and our members-only Forum. ACCS also runs various Regional Administrator’s Summits throughout the year, and partners with our Accredited Schools to provide ACCS Teacher Certification and Endorsed Teacher Training.

At this time, we do not offer full membership for parents and families. We do offer individual and homeschool affiliate memberships which provide one year subscriptions to both The Classical Difference magazine and the Classis journal, as well as email updates from the ACCS.