Fort Bend Baptist Academy Celebrates 25th Anniversary With A New Name

As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, Sugar Land’s Fort Bend Baptist Academy has announced its official name change to Fort Bend Christian Academy.

The school has been known as the Fort Bend Baptist Academy for almost two decades.

Superintendent Dr. Norm Slosted said he was “very excited” about the new name, adding it more accurately represented “who we are as a school, strongly committed to our founding core Christian beliefs and principles, and serving the entire Christian community.”

“Our mission when the school was founded almost 25 years ago was to glorify God through excellence in Christian education.  From an initial enrollment of seven kindergarten students in 1987 to today’s enrollment of almost 850 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12, we continue to aggressively pursue that focused mission.”

Fort Bend Christian Academy is an independent, private, college-preparatory school with more than 130 employees, located on a 35 acre campus in Sugar Land. 

The 2011-2012 school year marks the Academy’s 25^th anniversary.  From the initial seven kindergarten students under the umbrella of Sugar Creek Baptist Church School, the school grew rapidly and in 1992 became an independent 501(c) (3) nonprofit educational institution renamed Fort Bend Baptist Academy.  During the 1993-94 school year, middle school classes were added, and high school classes followed the next year.  Fort Bend Baptist Academy’s first senior class graduated in 1998.

With the rapid growth of the student body, the need to move from leased church space to permanent school facilities became evident.  The high school campus, located at 1250 Seventh Street in Sugar Land, was completed in January 1999. 

In August 2002, the elementary/middle school facility was opened at 1201 Lakeview, followed by a softball stadium, baseball stadium and football/soccer practices fields in 2002-2003. 

In the fall of 2009, the Eagle Athletic Complex was completed and includes a track and football stadium.  Synthetic turf was installed in 2010 at Eagle Stadium to provide year-round use of the facilities by the school, as well as youth-oriented sports activities in the Fort Bend County community.

“As we celebrate our 25th school year in 2011-2012, we are excited about the future of Fort Bend Christian Academy, a future built on the solid foundation of FBBA,” Slosted said.