First Baptist Academy of Dallas

{{Short description|School in Dallas, Texas, US}} {{Multiple issues|{{Promotional|date=April 2020}} {{one source|date=September 2025}}}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox school | name = First Baptist Academy | logo = First Baptist Academy Dallas logo.jpg | logo_size = 151px | motto = Since 1972 ... education of distinction with an eternal perspective | established = 1972 | head_of_school = Jason Lovvorn | grades = [[Preschool|PK3]]–[[grade 12|12]] | avg_class_size = 17 | accreditations = SACS, ACTABS | affiliation = [[First Baptist Church, Dallas]] | address = 7894 Samuell Blvd. | city = Dallas | state = TX | zipcode = 75228 | country = United States | enrollment = Approx. 250 | mascot = Saints | website = {{URL|www.fbacademy.com}} | coordinates = {{coord|32.784059|-96.799931|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }}

'''First Baptist Academy of Dallas''' (commonly '''FBA''') is a [[private school|private]], [[Biblical inerrency|Biblically integrated]], [[college preparatory]] [[Christian school]] located in [[Dallas, Texas]]. First Baptist Academy opened for grades K-7 on September 5, 1972, previously in [[Downtown Dallas]]. It is now located at a new campus in [[East Dallas]], at the current Saints Athletic Complex.

== History == {{expand section|date=October 2019}}

=== Founding === {{unreferenced section|date=September 2025}} First Baptist Academy was founded as a private [[Baptist]] [[Christian School]]. Originally a centralized campus of FBCD, it was based in the [[Downtown Dallas]] area for over four decades.

FBA's inaugural date was September 5, 1972, commencing with Pre and Primary Grades. Subsequently, Lower and Upper Secondary Grades were introduced through single grade additions, in sequential ascending order, annually. By 1977, FBA graduated its first Senior Class.

=== School leadership === Brian Littlefield served as the head of the school until 2014 when he became the head of [[Central Texas Christian School]]. At that time Jason Lovvorn, an alumnus who began working at First Baptist in 2008, became the head of the school.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cummings, Tommy|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2014/05/30/first-baptist-academy-names-new-head-of-school/|title=First Baptist Academy names new head of school|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=2014-05-30|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>

== School == {{unreferenced section|date=September 2025}} FBA's student body is organized in three schools (Elementary, Middle, and High School).

FBA offers AP courses in the following subjects: English, Math, Science, History, Government and Politics, and Macroeconomics. FBA also provides a fine arts curriculum including choir, band, and art.

FBA is accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]], the Accrediting Commission of the Texas Association of Baptist Schools, and [[AdvancEd]].

==Athletics== {{unreferenced section|date=September 2025}} The {{convert|22|acre|ha|adj=on}} Saints Athletic Complex is located just east of downtown Dallas.

FBA competes in [[Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools|TAPPS]] 2A and fields teams in the following sports.

[[File:First Baptist Academy Saints Athletic Complex.jpg|thumb|First Baptist Academy Saints Athletic Complex, Coordinates {{coord|32.792152|-96.679195|type:landmark}}]] {{col-begin|width=auto}} {{col-break}} '''Fall Sports''' * Cheerleading * Football * Volleyball * Dance Team {{col-break|gap=2em}} '''Winter Sports''' * Basketball * Cheerleading * Swimming * Wrestling {{col-break|gap=2em}} '''Spring Sports''' * Baseball * Golf * Softball * Tennis * Powerlifting, THSPA * Track & Field {{col-end}}

The Saints varsity football team claimed its first TAPPS Division III Championship in 2013.

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == {{Portal|Texas|Christianity|Schools}} *[http://www.fbacademy.com First Baptist Academy of Dallas website] *[http://fbacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Scope-and-Sequence-Form.pdf First Baptist Academy of Dallas curriculum guide]

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