Who We Are

PAIS, Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools, is a not-for-profit voluntary membership organization serving more than 100 independent schools, representing close to 40,000 compulsory school age students, in Pennsylvania.

As an association which provides member services, PAIS represents and supports independent schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It develops and offers services which strengthen member schools, including, but not limited to, a means to standards -based accreditation for schools nursery through grade 12, professional development for school personnel, legislative updates and analyses, and promotion and advocacy locally and nationally.