Greenbrier Christian Academy

Greenbrier Christian Academy
Established 1983
Type Private Christian
Founder H. Ron White
Grades P3 - 12
Location 311 Kempsville Road,
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Colors Blue and orange
Mascot Gators
Website http://www.gcagators.org

Greenbrier Christian Academy (GCA) is a private Christian school located in the Greenbrier section of Chesapeake, Virginia.

GCA was founded in 1983 and is currently headed by H. Ron White. It has been voted "Best of Chesapeake" 7 consecutive years from 2002 to 2008. Greenbrier Christian Academy has served the Hampton Roads area as an independent Christian school, providing a Christ-centered, biblically based education for students in grades P3-12. .

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History

H. Ron White created GCA after serving in many education positions, but never administrator. After an informal informational meeting about starting a new school drew 180 participants, White set forth in creating the Chesapeake area's only Christian school without official ties to a local church. The school started by sharing space with the Bible Broadcasting Network and soon moved into its own building.[1] In 1994, the school, along with three other schools, decided to leave the Metro Conference for the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools. This was a controversial move as the conference was admitting predominately African-American schools and the three schools leaving were predominately Caucasian.[2] In 1995, the school expanded again by opening a pre-Kindergarten through 7th grade lower school.[3]

Mission

"With the Word of God as our foundation, Greenbrier Christian Academy exists in support of the local church to partner with parents to provide a Christ-centered education that: Gives the student the opportunity to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (Romans 10:9-10); Challenges them to excel academically (Proverbs 1:7); Provides programs that disciple them to increase in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man (Luke 2:52)"[4]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "History of GCA". http://gca.schoolpointesites.com/content_page2.aspx?cid=46. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
  2. ^ Brinkley, Robin. "3 HIGH SCHOOLS DECIDE TO LEAVE METRO CONFERENCE". The Virginian-Pilot. pp. C1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF7478330A10B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
  3. ^ Cuthrell, Trudy. "SUFFOLK CHRISTIAN WILL OPEN THE SCHOOL,". pp. 10. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF83BAA2C69E1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-02-11. 
  4. ^ "GCA Mission". http://www.gcagators.org/content_page2.aspx?cid=14#Mission. Retrieved 2009-02-11.