Heartland Girls Academy · Girls ages 12–17
Alabama
A 177-acre lakeside campus in Seale, on the Georgia line.
Girls find healing through lake recreation and the arts on rolling hills around a 35-acre lake, with the full Heartland program behind every day.
Where
Seale, AL, just outside Columbus, GA
Setting
177 acres of rolling hills with a 35-acre lake
Academics
Accredited, on campus, with daily recreation
Family
Family weekends on campus
- 60+ Years of Experience
- Fully Accredited
- 1,000+ Lives Changed
- Campus Tours Welcome
Campus overview
A lake, caring staff, and room to breathe.
Canoes and paddle boards on a quiet lake. An experienced and well diversified staff. This is where girls find healing and hope.
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Girls find healing through a peaceful lakeside environment, trauma-informed approaches, with the full Heartland program woven through every day.
The Alabama campus sits on 177 acres of rolling hills around a 35-acre lake in Seale, just across the state line from Columbus, Georgia. Four student dorms, a recreation building, an educational building, and a main lodge that overlooks the water. The main lodge consists of a commercial kitchen, dining room, and offices. Outside are a swimming pool, a softball field, a sand volleyball court, two basketball courts, fitness room, and the lake itself.
Girls live on campus with round-the-clock staff, attend our accredited academy, and follow the structured daily schedule found at every Heartland location. Recreation/exercise is part of every day, from the fitness room to running and resistance training on the lakeside property. Students look forward to an equine program with a dedicated specialist who provides time with horses.
Family involvement happens through Family Weekends on campus, which bring program updates, parent seminars and support, church together, and scheduled meetings with the counselor and teacher.
Unique to Alabama
Every campus shares the program. This is what Alabama adds.
Academics, mentoring, counseling, team challenges, community meals: the core is the same at every location. These are the experiences that give Alabama its own character.
Life on the lake
A 35-acre lake is the center of campus life. Girls take out canoes, paddle boats, and paddle boards, fish from the shore, and run the lakeside trails. The water is where a hard day gets better.
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Campus Amenities
With the lake at the heart of our campus, Heartland Girls Academy provides a safe, spacious environment where girls can grow, connect, and discover new interests. From our pool and fitness room, to our courts, fields, and outdoor spaces, girls have opportunities to stay active, build confidence, develop healthy habits, and simply enjoy being a teenager in a supportive community.
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Conferences and Outreach Events
Every fall the whole campus attends TC Camp, a four-day youth conference, an in-house purity conference built by CGA counselors, and regular community outreach serving children, the homeless, and the elderly in the area.
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Activities
A full week, on campus and off.
Fitness, the arts and crafts, worship, and travel are woven into the schedule so that structure never feels like standing still.
Earned travel
Adventure trips
Girls who earn the opportunity travel with staff to the Gulf Coast beaches and other venues. It is a real incentive, and it is theirs to reach for.
On campus
- Fitness room
- Sand volleyball court
- Basketball courts
- Softball field
- Equine program
Off campus & faith
- TC Camp conference
- Community outreach
- International mission trip
- Inspirational speakers
Everything above sits on the full Heartland program.
Accredited academics, group mentoring, one-on-one counseling, team challenges, and community meals are the daily foundation at every campus.
Director, Alabama campus since 2025
Meet the director
He walked through these doors as a student first.
My desire is that every young person who walks through the doors encounters the love of God and finds freedom through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Anthony Alvarez first heard the call to ministry as a student in a residential program, walking a path much like the one our girls walk today. That journey gave him a firsthand understanding of what it means to search for hope, healing, and purpose and it’s shaped everything about how he leads.
Born and raised in the Chicago area, Anthony is an ordained minister with nearly ten years of Christian leadership experience across centers in New York and Florida. He deepened his calling through training at Elim Bible Institute and Christ for the Nations.
Before stepping into the Director role in October 2025, Anthony served two and a half years as Admissions Coordinator at the Alabama campus, walking alongside families from the very beginning of their journey. He carries a deep passion for helping students and families discover hope, healing, and their God-given purpose. Outside of work, he cherishes time with his wife and two children.
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