Greenbrier Christian Academy (GCA) is a private Christian school located in the Greenbrier

Greenbrier, Virginia

Greenbrier is a community located in the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. Greenbrier Parkway, a major road in Greenbrier, is the commercial hub of Chesapeake. Shopping centers line this major road, including Greenbrier Mall. Another major road, Volvo Parkway, cuts across Greenbrier...

 section of Chesapeake, Virginia

Chesapeake, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 199,184 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 people per square mile . There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 per square mile...

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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. .

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. In 1994, the school, along with three other schools, decided to leave the Metro Conference for the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools

Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools

The Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools is a 10-team athletic conference in the Tidewater region of Virginia. Prior to the 2004 school year, the TCIS had tournaments for JV and Middle School teams as well as Varsity...

. This was a controversial move as the conference was admitting predominately African-American schools and the three schools leaving were predominately Caucasian. In 1995, the school expanded again by opening a pre-Kindergarten through 7th grade lower school.

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)"