The Alabama Independent School Association is an organization of private schools in

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, formed in 1966 as the Alabama Private School Association. Originally a group of eight

segregation academies Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children attend desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S. ...

, the membership grew to 60 by the 1971–72 school year. In 1990, the group voted to change its name to the Alabama Independent School Association. In 2008, an all-black school, Restoration Academy joined the AISA with no serious incidents. Today, the AISA serves 70 member schools. Most member schools are located in the state of Alabama, but one member school is located in Meridian, MS and one affiliate member is located in Smyrna, TN The association offers its members with the opportunity to participate in numerous academic competitions, professional development programs, athletic programs and legislative tracking services as well. In addition to the opportunities to participate in academic competitions, professional development and athletics, the AISA also maintains an accreditation partnership with AdvancED and offers member schools the opportunity for dual accreditation through AISA & AdvancED. This partnership was formed in 2012 after the long history of accreditation being offered through the AISA. The athletic department of the Alabama Independent School Association sanctions and oversees

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. Sanctioned varsity and junior varsity sports include the following: football,

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, soccer, and

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. Schools are classified into three classes, according to student enrollment, with championships awarded by class. The AISA also sanctions youth football for second grade through sixth grade. The AISA offices are located on the campus of

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Conferences

District 1

* Meadowview Christian School, Selma * Patrician Academy, Butler * Pickens Academy, Carrollton * Russell Christian Academy, Meridian, MS * South Choctaw Academy, Toxey * Southern Academy, Greensboro

District 2

* Bayside Academy, Daphne * Bright Dyslexia Academy, Mobile * Central Christian School, Robertsdale * Cottage Hill Christian Academy, Mobile * Faith Academy, Mobile * Government Street Christian School, Mobile * Lighthouse Baptist Academy, Theodore * North Mobile Christian School, Saraland (K-8) * Prichard Preparatory School, Mobile (K-5) * St. Paul's Episcopal School, Mobile * St. Michael Catholic High School, Fairhope * Snook Christian Academy, Foley * Temple Christian Academy, Atmore *

UMS-Wright Preparatory School UMS-Wright is an independent co-educational preparatory school in Mobile, Alabama. The school was founded in 1893 as University Military School, and in 1988 it combined with Julius T Wright School for Girls (founded 1956) to form UMS-Wright Pre ...

, Mobile

District 3

* Clarke Prep School, Grove Hill *

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, Atmore * Fort Dale Academy, Greenville * Jackson Academy, Jackson *

Lowndes Academy Lowndes Academy is an independent school in Lowndesboro, Alabama. History Lowndes Academy was founded in 1966 as a segregation academy. The school was established by white parents who were boycotting racially integrated public schools in Haynevil ...

, Lowndesboro *

Monroe Academy Monroe Academy (often referred to as MA) is a private day school, accredited by the Alabama Independent School Association and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which offers coeducational college preparatory classes for students fro ...

, Monroeville *

Morgan Academy Morgan Academy is a Secondary School in the Stobswell area of Dundee, Scotland. History The building was designed in 1862 by the Edinburgh architects John Dick Peddie and Charles Kinnear, opening in 1866 as the Morgan Hospital, a charitable in ...

, Selma * Sparta Academy, Evergreen *

Wilcox Academy Wilcox Academy is an independent school in Camden, Alabama. It is accredited by the Alabama Independent School Association and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school has been described as a segregation academy. History Wil ...

, Camden

District 4

Abbeville Christian Academy Abbeville Christian Academy is a PK– 12 private Christian college-preparatory school in Abbeville, Alabama, USA. Abbeville Christian Academy is a fully accredited member of the Alabama Independent School Association, NCPSA, and SACS. Abbeville ...

, Abbeville * Crenshaw Christian Academy, Luverne *

Houston Academy Houston Academy is a non-profit independent college preparatory school in Dothan, Alabama. The school offers instruction to children from preschool through grade 12. The nineteen acre campus is located on the west side of Dothan in a middle class ...

, Dothan *

Northside Methodist Academy Northside Methodist Academy is a K3-12 private Christian school located in Dothan, Alabama Dothan () is a city in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties and the Houston county seat in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is Alabama's eighth-largest city ...

, Dothan * Pike Liberal Arts School, Troy * The Lakeside School, Eufaula

District 5

Autauga Academy Autauga Academy is a private coed PK-12 school in Prattville, Alabama, the seat of Autauga County. History Autauga Private Academy was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. It is distinct from a seminary of the same name founded in 1888. A ...

, Prattville * Eastwood Christian School, Montgomery * Evangel Christian Academy, Montgomery * Hooper Academy, Hope Hull * Saint James School, Montgomery * Success Unlimited Academy, Montgomery * The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery * Trinity Presbyterian School, Montgomery * Valiant Cross Academy, Montgomery

District 6

* Chambers Academy, Lafayette * Churchill Academy, Montgomery * Coosa Valley Academy, Harpersville * Edgewood Academy, Elmore * Glenwood School, Smiths Station * Lee-Scott Academy, Auburn * Macon East Academy, Montgomery * Southern Preparatory Academy, Camp Hill * Springwood School, Lanett * The Oaks School, Opelika

District 7

* Advent Episcopal School, Birmingham (K-8) *

Altamont School The Altamont School, located in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama atop Red Mountain (Birmingham), Red Mountain, is a college preparatory day school with coeducational enrollment of Educational stages, grades fifth grade, 5–twelfth grade, ...

, Birmingham * Banks School, Banks *

Bessemer Academy Bessemer Academy is a Private school, private, non-denominational K–12 school in Bessemer, Alabama. It was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. Description Bessemer Academy was established in 1969 as an all-White academy. It opened duri ...

, Bessemer * Cahawba Christian School, Centreville * The Capitol School, Tuscaloosa * Coosa Christian School, Gadsden * Cornerstone Christian School, Birmingham * The Donoho School, Anniston * Gathering Place Christian Academy, Moody (K-8) * Heritage Christian Academy, Decatur * Highlands School, Birmingham (K-8) * Hillsboro School, Helena *

Indian Springs School Indian Springs School is a rural private school for grades eight through twelve, near Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It has both boarding and day students, and is located in Indian Springs Village, Shelby County, Alabama. History Indian S ...

* Miracle Academy, Birmingham (K-8) * New Hope Christian School, Birmingham (K-8) * North River Christian Academy, Tuscaloosa *

Randolph School Randolph School is an American independent private kindergarten-through-12th-grade college preparatory school chartered in 1959 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It started in a home on Randolph Avenue in downtown Huntsville with a handfu ...

, Huntsville * Restoration Academy, Fairfield * Riverhill School, Florence (PK-6) * Rock City Preparatory Christian School, Birmingham * Spring Valley School, Birmingham * Sumiton Christian School, Sumiton * Tuscaloosa Academy, Tuscaloosa * Tuscaloosa Christian School, Cottondale * Victory Christian School, Millbrook

References

External links

AISA official web site
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