Literacy Week At GCA

In celebration of Literacy Week and Dr. Suess' Birthday, GCA elementary students enjoyed a special reading of Green Eggs and Ham from District Attorney, Joe Mulholland followed by a wonderful Green Eggs and Ham breakfast provided by their parents.

Our Pre-K students enjoyed story time with two wonderful Bainbridge Rotary Club volunteers (Thea Burke and Donna Hall). Many, many thanks to the Bainbridge Rotary Club for their donation of 15 books to our Pre-K Library.

GCA Cheerleaders Named All Conference

Congratulations to Merrianna Parker, Sloane Wiggins, and Sydney Harrell for being named All-Conference at the All-Star Cheerleading Competition at Emmanuel Christian on February 26th! Way to Go Girls!

Elementary Cheerleaders Shine At Competition

GCA Elementary Cheerleaders, coached by Mrs. Amanda Henderson participated in the PCC All-Star Cheerleading Competition

on Saturday, February 26th.

Our precious junior cheerleaders are:

Front (L-R) Mary Glenn Warr, Lainey McRae, Halle Cannon, Mikey Harrell, Maci Johnson, Gracie Williams, Cassidy Nix, Christie Whitaker, Brycelyn Law, and Laci Johnson. Back Row (L-R) Gabby Hardee, Madison Logue, Morgan Cannon, Emma Benedict, and Abigail Mills.

Lady Cougars shine at All-Star Game

Grace's Rachel Harrell was the most valuable player of the Panhandle Christian Conference girls' All-Star game, held Feb. 26th at Emmanuel Christian School in Dothan, AL. The Eastern Panhandle All-Star Team defeated the Western Panhandle team 56-31. Harrell had 20 points, leading all scorers. Bailey won the All-Star three-point competition, followed by Grace's Jacelyn Jacobs in second place.

Bailey Scores 1500th Point in Final 4

Coach Mike Harrell's Lady Cougars basketball team dropped a 60-56 decision to the Central Christian School Saints of Robertsdale, AL in the championship game of the Panhandle Christian Conference Final 4 Tournament. The game, played Saturday, February 19th at Alethieia Christian School in Pensacola, FL featured Brock Bailey scoring her 1500th career point in the first quarter. Baiely, a senior; has 1517 career points, the second highest in school history. She can still add to that total.

Grace Christian's girls, who are now 20-8 on the season, will compete in the National Association of Christian Athletes' Division III girls basketball tournament, to be held March 8-12 in Dayton, TN.

To get to the championship game, Grace's girls defeated S.L. Jones Christian Academy of Pensacola, FL. In the semifinal game, Brock had 19 points, Rachel Harrell had 19 points and Emma Heard had 10. In the championship game, the Lady Cougars took the lead early, jumping out front 13-9 at the end of the first quarter. Each team scored 17 second quarter points and the half ended with the Lady Cougars out front 30-26. The Saints outscored the Lady Cougars 11-9 in the third quarter and went to the fourth quarter behind 39-37. The Saints outscored the Lady Cougars 23-17 in the fourth quarter to pull out the victory.

Leading scorers for the Lady Cougars were Brock with 20 points, including four three-pointers, Heard with 11, Harrell with eight and Christy Colvin with seven.

*This article was written by Joe Crine and ran in the Post Searchlight on Saturday, March 5th.

2011 Tennis Schedule

Finer Things - March 25th

That's right! The long, hard work of our middle school and high school students will be on display once again. Bring the whole family out to an entertaining and inspiring evening of live music with choir, band instruments, strings and more! Come watch as we sing a variety of songs based on the theme of faith.

The students are tackling some outstanding music in genres ranging from bluegrass to contemporary classics to lush-harmony hymns and even more. Solos performed by numerous students will also debut along with selections from our strings program.

All of this takes place inside the gymnasium of Grace Christian Academy on Friday, March 25th, at 7pm. You don't want to miss it!

K3 - K5 2011 Open House

Grace Christian Academy

K3 - K5 Open House

Two Opportunities to tour classrooms & view curriculum

Wednesday, March 9th or Wednesday, March 30th

Drop by between the hours of 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

GCA Preschool Students Enjoy......

• A Christ-Centered Education
• A phonics-based reading program with sight words
• Traditional math with emphasis on learning math facts and problem solving
• Hands-on science
• A safe and wholesome environment
• Creative Movement
  

Enrollment Packets Will Be Available

All Star/Cheerleading & JV Final Four Weekend

The PCC All-Star weekend will be held this weekend (Feb. 25 & 26th) at Emmanuel Christian.

Friday:

6:00 p.m. - Grace (East 2) vs Jones (West1)

7:30 p.m. - Emmanuel (East 1) vs East Hill (West 2)

Saturday:

11:00 a.m. - PCC Cheer Competition

1:30 p.m. - JV Consolation Game

2:45 p.m. - Girls 3-Point Shootout

3:00 p.m. - Girls All-Star Game

4:15 p.m. - Boys 3-Point Shootout

4:30 p.m. - Boys All-Star Game

6:00 p.m. - JV Championship

2011 Baseball/Softball Schedule

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2011-2012 Registration Has Begun

GCA Parents -
Registration Packets for the 2011-2012 school year were sent home with your child/children on Tuesday, February 15th. Please call the office if you have not received your registration information!

Lady Cougars - Region Champs!!!

Coach Mike Harrell's Lady Cougars defeated the Emmanuel Christian School Lady Warriors 50-24 to win the PCC East Regional Tournament at Covenant Christian School in Panama City, FL this past weekend, Feb. 12th. Brock Bailey led the Cougars with 19 points followed by Emma Heard with 10. Rachel Harrell and Jocelyn Jacobs both made 8 for the Cougars with Christy Colvin bringing in 3.
They will now move on to Final Four at Aletheia Christian School in Pensacola, FL this coming weekend (Feb. 18th & 19).

Congrats Lady Cougars!!

Lady Cougars Make All Conference

Congratulations to Emma Heard, Brock Bailey, Rachel Harrell, Jocelyn Jacobs, and Christy Colvin for being awarded All Conference at the region tournament in Panama City, FL on Feb. 12th. They will be playing in the Panhandle Christian Conference all-star game on Feb. 26th in Dothan, AL.

Congratulations Girls!!

Harris Makes All Conference

Congratulations to Junior, Kyle Harris for being selected to the All Conference team. He will play in the Panhandle Christian Conference all-star game on Saturday, February 26th in Dothan, AL.

Way to Go Kyle!!

DQ Night Returns Cash!

Many, Many thanks to everyone that participated in GCA's Dairy Queen Night on Tuesday! It was a huge success as it raised $726 for our school! Many thanks to Gary Phillips and all the Dairy Queen staff for making this fundraiser possible!