Leaders

First Baptist Academy is dedicated to preparing leaders and provides students opportunities to apply and refine their leadership skills on campus.  In the context of becoming academic, athletic and fine arts leaders, students develop their abilities as servant and responsible leaders, as well.

Servant Leaders

Students are encouraged to give back to the community and follow Christ's example by serving others in all its activities and traditions. Faculty and staff validate each student's God-given gifts and nurture their development in giving to others and making the world a better place. Students are taught the importance of sharing and supporting others in their actions and prayers.

Examples of how students exhibit these skills on campus include annual visits to residents at The Forum assisted-living center and food drives for the Food Pantry at Houston's First Baptist Church. When natural disasters or other crises arise, students rally together to respond to these special needs. Raising funds for Haiti earthquake relief efforts and for a water well project in Africa are recent examples.

Responsible Leaders

Teachers and staff at FBA provide a sound framework for lifelong decision-making for their students. Teachers hold students to high standards for respect and responsibility to both themselves and their neighbors. These lessons begin in the Primary School – such as children serving as line leaders on the way to lunch – and continue through the Lower School with increasing levels of responsibility along the way.

Middle School students learn the importance of mentoring and building up the generation behind them by sharing their life experiences with younger children.  Participation in Student Council, National Junior Honor Society, yearbook and other activities offer additional opportunities for students to assume roles where they can develop skills in leading their peers and working together on a common goal.