Grace Christian Academy is pleased to announce the hiring of Dominic James Wright and Angela Phillips Wright as their next high school girls' co-head basketball coaches. 

Dominic James was a star point guard at Marquette, an All-American, and a former Big East Rookie of the Year. Angela, originally from Oak Ridge, TN, played high school basketball under legendary coach Jill Prudden, leading her team to two state championship appearances. She began her college career as a 4-year D1 starting point guard for the University of Kentucky and Indiana State University.

The state track and field championships for Division II Class A wrapped up this past week in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Over the course of the past week, hundreds of track and field athletes from across the state descended upon Middle Tennessee State University with the hopes of walking away with the title of state champion.

Repeating championships in any sport, team or individual, is difficult, both mentally and physically. Embracing the challenge is half the battle, and that half is one that Grace Christian Academy senior Brianna Baker clearly has a leg up on.

The thread that has woven through Ria Eda’s life, who is a part of the Grace Christian Academy class of 2023, is the unwavering presence of God’s sovereignty in her story.

Eda’s parents moved to the United States before she was born from Japan, a country where Christianity isn’t as prominent.

“My parents were not believers before they moved to Tennessee.  As adults, they came to know the Lord, and I often think about what my life may look like if we all still lived in Japan,” Eda said.

On May 11th, Grace Christian Academy was the recipient of a $1,000 TVA STEM classroom grant, sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (BVI, a TVA retiree organization), and Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB). The competitive STEM classroom grant program received 336 grant applications from across TVA’s seven state service territory. Only 233 applications were selected for funding. The TVA STEM grant program funds STEM learning projects that involve K-12 students engaging in the Engineering Design Process and using 21st Century skills to solve real-world problems. This program continues to grow and benefit more schools and students across the Valley region. Grace Christian Academy is thrilled to be a grant recipient of a growing program that endeavors to further STEM education. A full list of the grant recipients can be found at 2022-2023 Grant Recipients – tvastem. ( https://www.tva.com/stem/2022-2023-grant-recipients ). We would like to extend a special thank you to Ms. Missy Harold and Dr. Peni Hurt for exposing us to this opportunity and for enduring the process of writing the grant proposals on behalf of the school. 

Grace Christian Academy is excited to announce the appointment of GCA Athletic Director Marcus Dilligard as the next upper school head boys' basketball coach.

Coach Dilligard brings a wealth of basketball experience from his playing career as a four-year starting forward at Furman University, to professional basketball in Uruguay, to coaching high school basketball in North Caroline, and most recently coaching NAIA Division I basketball at the University of the Cumberlands.

Grace Christian Academy was pleased to host this year’s ASCI District Spelling Bee held on January 13, 2023. After grade-level bees during the morning, the top four students from each grade competed in the spell-off. GCA's 6th grader, Jayson Brock, brought home 5th place in the overall competition. 

Over 30 of the top spellers at GCA in grades 1-8 competed during the morning to reach the final competition, which began at 1:00 p.m.  Faculty members served as arbitrator, round keeper, recording judge, spell master, and head judge to conduct this great event in keeping with ACSI standards.  

Congratulations to our grade-level winners: Elliott McCann, Luke Smithey, Jacob Morrell, Gideon Walsh, Troy Thornton, Jayson Brock, Piper Young, Leah Rowe, Daniel Starkweather, Trinity Yanchyk, Addie Anders, and Caroline Lay! Way to represent GCA with excellence in this year's competition.