Restoration Academy was started in 1988 by Dr. Anthony Gordon. He founded the school in response to divisive forces such as crime & violence that had ensnared many of the young people at his church and in his community. He followed God's calling to provide a quality private education to predominantly lower-income families. He believed that such an education should be available to more than affluent families. Nineteen years later the school has stayed committed to Dr. Gordon's vision by making a quality and Christ-centered education available to children in grades K4 through 12. In 1999 the school relocated to the community of Fairfield and is now a vital and integral part of the Western area of town. Today the school is committed to do its best to meet individual students at their point of need, provide dynamic instruction and curriculum, competitive sports, and outlets for kids to grow into all the potential God desires. The most celebrated outcome is seeing the students overcome the potentially destructive lifestyles of fatherlessness , functional illiteracy, and incarceration and and be equipped to live productive Christian lives.