area schools

AREA EDUCATION
Educational opportunity abounds in the Birmingham metropolitan area. In a world of lifelong learning and concern for the education of the young, Birmingham has always kept improved schools as an ongoing goal. Top flight colleges and universities. Committed teachers and parents. Concerned, involved businesses. That's the mix that drives the present success and future promise of primary, secondary, and higher education in Birmingham.

COLLEGES

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
An urban university with about 16,000 students, the University of Alabama at Birmingham offers numerous undergraduate and graduate degrees, and a medical school judged to be among the finest in the nation. U.S. News &World Report ranked UAB's Dental School among the top 10 dental schools in the country in 1994, and the UAB School of Nursing among the best in the nation. The school moved into the top rank of Carnegie Foundation's classification of schools.

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
Alabama's largest private university Samford University has a 200 acre Georgian campus in Homewood. The 150 year old school, with about 4,630 students offers graduate and undergraduate degrees within eight separate schools including the Cumberland School of Law. In a 1995 U.S. News & World Report study of regional universities Samford was ranked the seventh finest in the South; the magazine also rated the school the seventh best college value in the South.

BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE
Birmingham-Southern College, with 1,562 students, is one of the finest liberal arts institutions in the South and the nation as a whole. The school offers degrees in 34 majors in the arts and sciences, as well as a master's degree in public and private management. It is particularly strong in premed. In 1995 Birmingham-Southern was ranked as one of the nation's top liberal arts colleges in America's Best Colleges Issue of U.S. News & World Report.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO
The University of Montevallo is one of only a handful of state supported liberal arts colleges. It is located in the picturesque Shelby County town of Montevallo.

MILES COLLEGE
Miles College is a historically black, four-year liberal arts institution. Miles offers a law degree program, as does the Birmingham School of law (340 students) which meets in the Jefferson County Courthouse.

JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Jefferson State Community College has the second largest enrollment of any college in the Birmingham area with 6,723 students. The college makes affordable post-secondary education to traditional and non-traditional students.

BESSEMER STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Bessemer State Technical College (enrollment: 1,800) offers academic and vocational training in a two year school environment.

LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Approximately 2,000 students get their training at Lawson State Community College,a two year state supported institution. Lawson State offers a full range of academic and vocational programs of study. Other area two year schools in the metropolitan area include Walker County (enrollment: 1,000) in Jasper; and Bevill State Community College (enrollment: 1,400) in Sumiton. The four-year Southeastern Bible College, which prepares approximately 150 students for the ministry, is one of the area's religious institutions.

THE ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
A public school for grades 7-12, Alabama School of Fine Arts prepares students for careers in the fine, visual, and performing arts. A new campus downtown has become an anchor for the cultural district in the City Center.

SCHOOL SYSTEMS
BESSEMER	Dr. Ernest Nicholson, superintendent P.0. Box 1230 Bessemer, AL 35021 Phone: 481-9800.
BIRMINGHAM	Dr. Ed Lamonte, superintendent P.0. Box 10007 Birmingham, AL 35202 Phone: 583-4600
BLOUNT COUNTY	Joe M. Hazeltig, superintendent P.0. Box 578 Oneonta, AL 35121 Phone: 625-4102.
FAIRFIELD	Dr. Simpson Berry, superintendent 600 Valley Rd. Fairfield, AL 35064 Phone: 783-6137
HOMEWOOD	Dr. Byron Nelson, superintendent P.0. Box 59366 Homewood, AL 35209 Phone: 870-4203
HOOVER	Robert E. Bumpus, superintendent 100 Municipal Drive, Suite 200 Hoover, AL 35210-5500 Phone: 985-2425.
JASPER	Dr. Bobby Neighbors, superintendent P.0. Box 500 Jasper, AL 35501 Phone: 384-6021
JEFFERSON COLLEGE	Dr. H. Bruce Wright, superintendent 2100 S. 18th St., Homewood, AL 35209. Phone: 930-3800.
MIDFIELD	Dr. Andy H. Rowell, superintendent 417 Parkwood Street, Midfield, AL 35228. Phone: 923-2262.
MOUNTAIN BROOK	Dr. Charles Mason, superintendent 3 Church Street, Birmingham, AL 35213. Phone: 871-4608.
ONEONTA CITY	Dr. Allen Jeffreys, superintendent Rt. 1, Box 14, Oneonta, AL 35121. Phone: 625-4106.
PELL CITY	Dr. Bill J. Pack, superintendent 25 12th Street South, Pell City, AL 35125. Phone: 884-4440.
ST. CLAIR	Charles J. Ray Jr., superintendent P.O. Box 248, Ashville, AL 35953. Phone: 594-7131.
SHELBY COUNTY	Bill Sparks, superintendent P.O. Box 429, Columbiana, AL 35051. Phone: 669-5600.
TARRANT CITY	Dr. Yancy Morris, superintendent l3l8 Alabama Street, Tarrant, AL 35217. Phone: 849-3700.
VESTAVIA HILLS	Dr. J. Carlton Smith, superintendent 1204 Montgomery Highway, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216. Phone: 823-0295.
WALKER COUNTY	Maurv Fowler, superintendent P.0. Box 311, Jasper, AL 35502. Phone: 387-0555.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
ADVENT EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL	2019 6th Ave. N., 35203. (252-2535)
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL	110 W. Hawthorne Rd., Homewood 35209. (879-1092)
ALTAMONT SCHOOL	4801 Altamont Rd., 35222. (879-2006)
BESSEMER ACADEMY	1704 4^th Ave. SW, Bessemer, 35203. (428-6288)
BIRMINGHAM JEWISH DAY SCHOOL	3960 Montclair Road, 35213. (879-1068)
BRAKEWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	3520 Lorna Rd., Hoover, 35216. (987-3376)
BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2200 Briarwood Way, 35243. (978-1304) 5255 Cahaba Valley Rd., 35242. (991-7018)
CATHEDRAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	1401 Huffman Rd., 35215. (854-7020)
CENTRAL PARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	1900 43rd St. W, 35228. (786-4811)
CREATIVE MONTESSORI SCHOOLS	1650 28th Ct. S., Homewood, 35209. (879-3278)
DUNHAM'S PRIVATE SCHOOL	811 Glenn Road, Bessemer, 35023. (425-4194)
EAST LAKE UNITED METHODIST SCHOOL	7753 lst Ave. S., 35206. (836-6356)
EPHESUS JUNIOR ACADEMY	829 McMillian Ave. SW, 35211. (786-2194)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOOL	724 4th St., Pleasant Grove, 35127. (744-0119)
FORESTDALE BAPTIST SCHOOL	1400 Brisbane Ave., 35214. (798-1248)
GARDENDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	1800 Decatur Highway, Gardendale, 35071. (631-9465)
GARYWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	1021 Warrior River Rd., Hueytown, 35023. (744-4366)
GLEN IRIS BAPTIST SCHOOL	1137 10th Place S., 35206. (323-1516)
GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	1823 1st St. NW, 35215. (853-5687)
HIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL	4901 Old Leeds Rd., 35213. (956-9731)
INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL	190 Woodward Dr., Indian Springs, 35124. (988-3350)
JEFFERSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	1500 Heritage Place Dr., Irondale, 35210. (956-9111)
JOSEPH S. BRUNO MONTESSORI ACADEMY	55O9 Timber Hill Rd., 35243. (995-8709)
NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2873 41st Ave. N., 35207. (849-7676)
PARKWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	959 Huffman Rd., 35215. (833-2410)
PELHAM CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	1449 Court Pl., Pelham, 35214. (663-9667)
ROEBUCK CHRISTIAN	216 Roebuck Dr., 35215. (836-2288)
SHADES MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2281 Old Tyler Rd., Hoover, 35226. (978-6001)
SHELBY ACADEMY	9178 Hwy. 22, 35115. (668-2378)
SOUTHMINSTER DAY SCHOOL	1124 Montgomery Hwy., Vestavia. (822-9531)
TABERNACLE SCHOOL	2649 Decatur Hwy., Gardendale. (631-9318)
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
HOLY FAMILY ELEMENTARY	1916 19th St., Ensley, 35218. (780-5858)
HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL	2001 19th St., Ensley, 35218. (787-9937)
JOHN CARROLL	300 Lakeshore Pkwy., Homewood, 35209. (940-2400)
OUR LADY OF FATIMA	630 1st St. S., 35205. (251-8395)
OUR LADY OF SORROWS	1720 Oxmoor Rd., Homewood, 35209. (879-3237)
OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY	5510 Double Oak Lane, Shelby Co., 35243. (991-5963)
ST. ALOYSIUS	1701 6th Ave. N., Bessemer, 35020. (424-0045)
ST. BARNABAS	7901 1st Ave. N., 35206. (836-5385)
ST. FRANCIS ASSISI	2410 7th Ave. N., Bessemer, 35020. (428-1684)
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER	2 Xavier Circle, 35213. (871-1687)
ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL	1105 30th St., Ensley, 35218. (787-9711)
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL	6124 Myron Massey Blvd., Fairfield, 35064. (923-5161)
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL	2121 4th Ave. N., 35203.
ST. ROSE ACADEMY	1401 22nd St. S., 35205. (933-0549)

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