About Us

We’re the only association that has such an office. Our staff includes a director, a secretary, and an administrative assistant. We have a lawyer who can answer questions and give advice on how a certain action may be treated in court or by the law.

Together, we can respond to legislation that would interfere with our freedom to operate our schools and churches. Recently, for example, we testified in a State Senate Committee about a bill that would allow municipalities to tax parsonages, school buildings and other religious facilities. The bill was killed in committee. Through AACS, we have a full-time lobbyist in Washington, D.C.

These nationally recognized tests help provide you with information about how well your students are doing both nationally and compared to other Christian schools. For parents looking for accountability, here is an excellent resource.

One of the best ways to keep the bureaucrats out of our schools is to offer our own certification program where your school puts on seminars, under your control, and then gives C.E.U.’s recognized by the American Association of Christian Schools, with whom we are affiliated.

By banding together, we can find out what works and what doesn’t, and pass that along to our schools. We have access to lawyers, accountants, and other experts who can answer your questions and steer you in the right direction.

Through our AACS Honor Society, we help identify outstanding high school students, information that can be used by our Christian colleges for scholarships and other opportunities. AACS now offers training towards a masters degree in Christian education both in Kansas City and in sites around the country. We also offer a $300 scholarship to a GSAC’s teacher, annually, who is working on a graduate degree.

The Journal for Christian Education, a full-color magazine published five times a year, addresses issues relevant to our schools. Legal updates by AACS lawyer Steve Cummings gives us in-depth information as on how to protect our schools from lawsuits. The AACS Directory, provided only to member schools, is often identified as one of our most appreciated services. It lists complete data on every AACS/GSAC’s school and includes a resource section that identifies a wide range of educational services.

Perhaps the most popular services we offer are our student activities. Our annual calendar includes a soccer tournament, a basketball tournament, a choral festival, an academic competition, spelling bee, track meet and more. No other association provides such activities right here in the Garden State. When your students participate, they get to compete in a much larger arena, test new-found skills, and meet the best and brightest both here and at our national competition in South Carolina. And small schools can participate (and have winners) as well. Last year, a school with two high school students won awards in art competition.

These include national and regional survey results, disaster relief support, professional enrichment material, educational consultation services, employment listings, and more.

In addition to our reasonable membership fee of you can get discounted rates on student accident insurance, term life, cancer, accidental death, and health insurance. AACS also has affinity credit cards and new products are being developed. As a member, you will be offered other discounted services through the year.

We provide assistance when you need it, but without interference. We respect every ministry’s independence.

We are both conservative and Christian, and hold to the old-fashioned standards that served our forefathers as well.