Gray Collegiate Academy
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, […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy defeated A.C. Flora Friday night by a score of 11-1. Gray swept Flora in the best-of-three series to win the SCHSL Class 4A state championship. It’s Gray’s fourth state title and the third straight state championship. The first two championships were in Class 2A. The last two were in Class 4A. The […]
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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 […]
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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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