Our Story

Restoration Academy was started in 1988 by Dr. Anthony Gordon.  He founded the school in response to divisive forces such as
crime & violence that had ensnared many of the young people at his church and in his community.  He followed God's calling to
provide a quality, private education to predominantly lower-income families.  He believed that such an education should be available to more than affluent families.

Twenty years later, the school has stayed committed to Dr. Gordon's vision by making a quality and Christ-centered education
available to children in grades K4 - 12.  in 1999 the school relocated to the Fairfield community and is now a vital and integral part
of the Western area of town. 

Today the school is committed to do its best to meet individual students at their point of need, provide dynamic instruction and
curriculum, competitive sports and outlets for kids to grow into all the potential God desires.
 
The most celebrated outcome is seeing the students overcome the potentially destructive lifestyles of fatherlessness, functional illiteracy and incarceration.  They are equipped to live productive Christian lives.
 
Restoration Academy is accredited with the Souther Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) and the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).  

 
We have grown significantly over the past year going from 163 students enrolled in August 2007 to 195 students this year (2008).  We have a student to teacher ratio of 19:1 and grew our volunteer program this past year by 50%.  On the Stanford Achievement Test our students in grades 7 to 12, on average, are advancing two years in one year's time in reading comprehension and math.  We are proud that for the previous two school years all of our graduates were accepted into college.
 
Most importantly, we are breaking generational cycles of poverty, violence, addiction and fatherlessness in Fairfield and the greater
Birmingham area.