Oftentimes, new school prospects come to NAUMS, Inc. with an unquestioned call from God, but they feel overwhelmed by the legal, financial, academic, logistical, and other aspects of starting a school from scratch. The new School in a Box™ Affiliate School program provides parents and others the opportunity start University-Model® schools in their communities without reinventing the wheel. Under this program, NAUMS, Inc.’s status as an established 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation will provide the legal umbrella, and the ministry’s more than two decades of experience and extensive bank of resources will undergird and support start-up schools.

The University-Model® School in a Box™ Program (UM-SiaB) is wholly owned by NAUMS, Inc., Venus, TX, and provides an all-inclusive, turn-key package of resources, training, and guidance for family groups interested in establishing a University-Model® school in their local communities within a minimal time frame and with the least amount of up-front expenses. UM-SiaB leverages the extensive professional educational experience of the NAUMS, Inc. staff, trademark protection, best education practices, quality standards, centralized leadership and decision-making, time-tested procedures, and backroom functionality so that local school founders, administrators, and teachers may concentrate on fund development and the daily operations and activities of the school.

The first Affiliate School is scheduled to open in North Carolina during the fall of 2024 as a pilot or “Test” school. Starting in North Carolina, parents can receive support for private school tuition, as authorized by the state legislature. Once this school proves successful, NAUMS, Inc. will implement a plan to replicate the model in Affiliate Schools across the nation.

The NAUMS, Inc. Board of Trustees and staff are grateful to the individuals and organizations who embraced this vision and donated to the School in a Box™ program in May and June of 2022. NAUMS, Inc. received a major donation of $50,000 on June 7, 2022. Further, the Board and staff are equally grateful to those visionaries who joined NAUMS, Inc. on May 23, 2023, and began the extensive training required to open the first Affiliate School under the School in a Box™ program during fall 2024. University-Model® school training began June 1, 2023, and will continue through the first semester of SY 2024-2025, culminating with the opening of the first Affiliate School and leading to NAUMS, Inc. initial certification and ultimately to Cognia school accreditation during the school year 2025-2026.