Private K-8 school in Birmingham AL: Christian elementary school & middle school for boys & girls, kindergarten programs. Early childhood education in Jefferson County, before-school & after-school child care.
Advent Episcopal School: The Advent Episcopal School is an independent, co-educational Christian school in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama offering an advanced-curriculum academic program for children in four-year-old kindergarten through 8th grade. We have an enrollment of 340 children with a curriculum that features foreign language, science, music, and computer at all levels. We also offer a before and after-school day care program.
We believe that the mental development of a child cannot be isolated from his or her physical, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In a big, rapidly changing world, The Advent provides the stability of a wholesome, caring, small-school environment where each child can experience the total learning process - thinking, planning, and problem solving - in an atmosphere of enthusiasm.
Saint James is an independent, nonsectarian, college preparatory school in Montgomery, Alabama with a student body broadly representative of college-bound students. We offer pre-kindergarten through to Grade 12 programs. We offer the best in academics, fine and performing arts, and athletics. We are committed to challenging and assisting students in realizing their individual potential and preparing them for lives of responsibility, service, and achievement.
Saint James is accredited by both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Southern Association of Independent Schools.
Saint James School is located at 6010 Vaughn Road, opposite the Vaughn Road entrance to Blount Cultural Park.
Co-educational Programs for Pre-K - Grade 12 Students:
- Pre-kindergarten
- Lower Elementary (PK3 - 2nd Grade)
- Upper Elementary (3rd - 5th Grade)
- Middle School
- High School
- College prep, honors and advanced placement courses
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Program for students whose first language is not English
Shades Mountain Christian School is an independent Christian school located in Hoover, the largest suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. The school is a ministry of Shades Mountain Independent Church with an enrollment of approximately 470 students in Grades K4 through 12. Many students commute from Jefferson and Shelby counties.
The school, founded in 1974, is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International. The school provides a strong academic program within the context of the biblical worldview. Students have the opportunity to explore and develop their talents in a variety of areas such as music, art, and athletics.
We are a blended-learning (tech + project-based) private micro-school in Montgomery, Alabama, inspired by Maria Montessori, Seth Godin, Salman Khan, and others.
We currently accept 1st through 6th graders, and will expand into middle school and high school as our students progress.
The Joseph S. Bruno Montessori Academy in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama is a non-profit, private school educating students from preschool through eighth grade. Our goal is to provide the opportunity for all students to grow to their fullest potential cognitively, socially, emotionally, spiritually, morally and aesthetically.
Our educational practices are built around the theories of Jean Piaget and Howard Gardner, as well as Maria Montessori. We believe children are born with the need to explore and discover and with the strong desire to learn.
We provide the kind of lessons, even the most challenging ones, that make learning exciting and stimulate the desire to find out more. Lessons are given to small groups of students or even individually so that they can understand the concepts presented.
Hilltop Montessori School is an independent, secular school in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama offering the highest quality of private education based on the principle of Montessori philosophy. Our student body is composed of children from age 18 months through eighth grade. Hilltop Montessori’s curriculum fosters within the child a positive attitude toward learning, a respect toward self and others, and an understanding of one’s responsibility to the world.
Hilltop’s school community is strongly multi-cultural, from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds living in Jefferson, Shelby and St. Clair counties.
Adirondack Learning Academy - Accredited Homeschool Online Programs
Courses / Programs
• Earn a homeschool diploma online with Adirondack Learning Academy (ALA).
• ALA is an accredited provider of NCAA-approved online homeschool programs for kindergarten, elementary school, middle school & high school students in Georgia and throughout the United States.
• Accredited by the National Independent Study Accreditation Council (NISAC), we have offered online homeschool, independent study and distance learning programs since 1997.
• We are committed to providing a positive learning environment that encourages success through individualized instruction for homeschooling students in Kindergarten through 12th Grade.
• Our program recognizes that each child is an individual and that all children need to feel successful in order to succeed.
• We use Acellus Curriculum, and have found that Acellus is the best choice for providing comprehensive, customized programs to suit all students and learning styles. Adirondack Learning Academy courses are also NCAA-approved.