Dr. Brian Newsome
WEST COLUMBIA, SC – The Charter Institute at Erskine (the Institute) announced Jennifer Catoe, a Gray Collegiate Academy (GCA) high school teacher, as the 2026-2027 Nathan Yon Institute Brick-and-Mortar Teacher of the Year. This award was presented in front of more than 600 attendees at the Eighth Annual Charter Institute at Erskine Awards Banquet. Each year, […]
A student and an educator of the quarter were named at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Breakfast, Tuesday.From Gray Collegiate Academy, Marydavis Hallman of was named Student-of-the-Quarter. Melanie Scott Thornton was named Educator-of-the-Quarter. The breakfast business meeting was held at Stone River in West Columbia. Also pictured JB Beckett, C-WC Chamber Board Chairman and […]
On Tuesday, March 10, Gray Collegiate Academy (GCA) hosted a press conference to announce the opening of a new satellite campus in Columbia. The campus, located at 1001 Pinnacle Point Drive, will initially serve 554 students in grades K-5. As a satellite campus, the Columbia location will exist as an extension of GCA’s West Columbia […]
West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy (Gray) earned nine different awards in recognition of its outstanding academic performance in the 2024-2025 school year as well as a financial Academic Performance Bonus from the Charter Institute at Erskine (Institute) at the Academic Showcase on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Gray earned $30,000 total in Institute Academic Performance Bonuses. Its […]
WEST COLUMBIA, – Dr. Newsome and Gray College Academy (GCA) are proud to announce the hiring of four new leaders in the athletics department. Boys’ Basketball Dion Bethea will rejoin the school as head coach of the boys’ basketball program. Under Bethea’s leadership, GCA earned and won six Class 2A state championships in 2018, 2019, […]
Gray Collegiate Academy (GCA) announced a change in the leadership of its boys basketball program, Wednesday. Head Coach Carlos Powell has submitted his resignation, which was accepted by GCA Principal Dr. Brian Newsome. The State newspaper is reporting that Dion Bethea is coming back to Gray Collegiate. Bethea is leaving Georgia Southern after one year […]
Several Gray Collegiate Academy students signed to participate in athletics on the college level, last week. Below is is list of those students, their college, and the sport they will play: Competitive Cheer Alyssa Stanley, Limestone University Football AnTohn Ford, Erskine College LaMorris Holley, Erskine College Trequan “Moe” Singleton, Limestone University Quinton Stroman, Limestone University […]
On Monday (Jan. 27) The West Columbia City Council recognized the Gray Collegiate Academy Varsity Competitive Cheer Team for winning the 2024 South Carolina AAAA State Cheer Competition. It was the team’s third State Title in a row. Congratulations to Head Coach Griffin Woods, Assistant Coach Olivia Liles, the Gray Collegiate Cheer Team, and the […]