Private schools in Jefferson County AL: Christian school in Birmingham, independent elementary, middle & high school. Preschool in Irondale, kindergarten programs, early childhood education, before-school child care, daycare center.
Jefferson Christian Academy: Located in Irondale in the Birmingham AL metro area, Jefferson Christian Academy (JCA) is a private Christian school that provides quality education for K4 through to 12th grade. We also have an Early Childhood Learning Center for infants and preschoolers ages 6 weeks – 3 years. Our students come from Jefferson County, Saint Clair County, Shelby County, and Blount County. Academically, Jefferson Christian Academy is college preparatory.
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.
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
John Carroll Catholic High School is a private Catholic high school in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. We offer outstanding academic, spiritual, fine arts, library, guidance, sports, and extracurricular programs that offer students a complete high school experience and opportunities to develop into well-rounded young people who are ready to take the next steps into adulthood.
Honors courses are designed to challenge gifted students to pursue their studies in greater depth. These courses require more independent study, research, analysis and critical thinking. Advanced courses are offered for those students whose placement exam and prior achievement qualify them for a rigorous college preparatory course of study.
Alabama Christian Academy (ACA) is a private, coeducational, college preparatory school in Montgomery, in Montgomery County, Alabama. We are a Christian school affiliated with the churches of Christ. We offer pre-kindergarten through 12th grade programs. The teaching staff at ACA consists of 61 certified professionals, approximately 50% who hold post graduate degrees.
Our mission is "To glorify God by providing a quality Christ-centered education which challenges students and teachers to maximize their potential so graduates are prepared to further their education while becoming productive Christian citizens."
The pre-kindergarten through 12th grades are located on the same campus at 4700 Wares Ferry Road.
University of Alabama Department of Computer Science, Summer Camps
Courses / Programs
This summer, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa will host a series of computer science camps for middle school and high school students. We welcome students from Alabama and throughout the United States, as well as international students from around the world.
We provide a week-long day (commuter) camp for middle school students, and two-week camps for high school students with both day and overnight options available. Our fun and educational summer tech camps cover a range of computer science topics such as game programming and robotics.
Our tech camps are taught by a University of Alabama faculty member and three Ph.D. students who have extensive experience in teaching Computer Science in high school. One assistant also has a PhD in Education and is pursuing a second PhD in Computer Science.
A limited number of merit and financial-need tuition scholarships are available.
Computer Camp for Middle School Students:
Week-long day camp - Game Programming with Scratch; Robotics.
Computer Camps for High School Students:
Two-week computer camps with commuter and residential dorm options available.
- Introduction to Programming with Java
- Smartphone Programming (Android App Inventor) and Robotics
Camps begin at 9am and end at 3:30pm Monday to Friday. There will be an hour-long lunch break with planned social events for those staying in our dorms.