Gray Collegiate Academy
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 […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy announced that five of its teachers have been recognized by the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) for exceptional academic performance during the 2024-2025 school year. Through the SCDE’s Strategic Compensation Pilot Program, which rewards educators for measurable student growth, Gray Collegiate teachers collectively earned $73,760 in performance bonuses. The recognized teachers […]
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The 2025-2026 school year begins for West Columbia and Lexington Two students on Tuesday, August 5. Teachers returned to school on Monday (July 28.) East Point Academy students return to school Aug. 6. East Point’s “Meet the Teacher” Day is Aug. 4, at the Sunset Boulevard Campus for elementary students and the middle school campus on Chris Drive. Also: South Carolina’s […]
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The Gray Collegiate Academy Softball team won its third State Championship. The War Eagles defeated the York Comprehensive Cougars to win the SCHSL 4A State Championship Game 5-2, in West Columbia Saturday afternoon. It’s Grays third State Softball Championship in four years. This year, Gray won the 4A State Championship after the SC High School […]
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In a 4A State Championship Softball game that started Tuesday and had to be finished up, Wednesday, Gray fell to York 2-1. The final inning of the game was postponed because of heavy rain. But 30 minutes after the first game ended, the second game started and the War Eagles defeated York 4-0 to tie […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy Student Michael Boulware was recognized as Student-of-the-Quarter Tuesday at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Breakfast. Michael devotes his time to charitable causes and he is a linebacker on the Gray football team. Michael is pictured with his parents Michael and Jessica, Gray Principal Dr. Brian Newsome, Byron Thomas of the C-WC […]
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The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber’s Cares Foundation is presenting the Riverwalk Rabbit Run Saturday. It starts at 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Part of the race course is along the Cayce Riverwalk. “We’ll run beside the beautiful, flowing waters of the Congaree River,” said Tim James, President and CEO of the C-WC Chamber. “It’s the […]
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