Description: Grace Academy is a non-denominational Christian school, and a ministry of Grace Bible Church. Our goal is to provide a quality Christian education consistent with Biblical principles (2 Timothy 3:16). Grace Academy is committed to providing students with an opportunity to discover their individual gifts and develop spiritually, socially and intellectually beginning in preschool through their pre-teen years.
Grace Academy is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International. ACSI is the largest
Christian school association and serves its members in the United States and around the world by offering conventions, conferences, school and teacher accreditation, student activities, and various other services designed to improve the quality of Christian education.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-08 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. There were areas under the tire swings and slide landings on the second playground that the mulch was not measuring at least 6 inches in depth. | |||
| 2024-02-08 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. There was an medication administration form for A & D ointment in space four that did not have the name of the product or the specific amount to be used. | |||
| 2024-02-08 | Violation | 849 | .0803(12) |
| Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. There was an authorization form for Chapstick that the validation date expired on 5/6/23. | |||
| 2024-02-08 | Violation | 1048 | .1102(c) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One file monitored was a staff member that was hired 10/23/23 and has not completed First Aid Training. | |||
| 2024-02-08 | Violation | 1049 | .1102(d) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One file monitored was a staff member that was hired 10/23/23 and has not completed CPR Training. | |||
| 2024-02-08 | Violation | 1890 | .0701(d) |
| Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. One staff file monitored had medical doctor notes in her personnel file and not in a separate file with other health and medical information. | |||
| 2024-02-08 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. One file monitored was a staff member that was hired 10/23/23 and has not completed this training. One file monitored was a staff member that was hired on 9/8/23 and has not completed this training. | |||
| 2023-09-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-09-08 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. There were two Aquaphor healing balms located in one of the rooms that has children between the ages of four years and five years. The medication administration forms did not specify the amount to use. | |||
| 2023-09-08 | Violation | 1811 | .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) |
| Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last emergency drill was conducted in March of 2023. | |||
| 2023-03-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-08 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. The surfacing under three of the bucket swings located in the small out play area was measuring between one inch and three inches in depth. The surfacing under the tire swings and landing areas of two of the four slides located in the large outdoor play area was measuring between four to five inches in depth. | |||
| 2023-03-08 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. H. Dearth was rehired on 1/30/23 and the medical report on file was from 8/4/20 which is older than 12 months. | |||
| 2023-03-08 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. H. Dearth was rehired on 1/30/23 and the TB test on file was from 8/3/20 which is older than 12 months. | |||
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