Legacy Hall
Honoring our past. Celebrating God’s faithfulness.
More than a century of stories lives here. Explore the publications, voices, photographs, and moments that shaped The King’s Academy and the generations who have called this place home.
Baptist Academy Historic institutional seal
The Clarion
Explore eight decades of school publications and the stories preserved within them.
→ 02A Venture of Faith
Discover the written history and complete six-part oral history of The King’s Academy.
→ 03Video Archive
Watch historic films, broadcasts, alumni gatherings, and moments from earlier generations.
→One Continuing Story
The names changed.
The mission endured.
From a community academy in the nineteenth century to the Christian school that stands on the campus today, each name marks another chapter in the same continuing story of faith and learning.
The school is founded to serve children in the surrounding community.
The school enters a new chapter under the Harrison name.
Its relationship with Baptist churches in the region continues to grow.
The Academy enters a new institutional era under its historic corporate name.
The school begins operating under the name known by families today.
Each new generation becomes part of the continuing legacy.
Summer 2026
The Clarion · Summer 2026
The newest chapter of the TKA story.
The Summer 2026 digital edition celebrates the Class of 2026 while sharing stories of achievement, generosity, campus life, athletics, alumni, institutional growth, and the generations who continue to shape The King’s Academy.
The Clarion Archive
Eight decades of stories.
Select a decade, then choose a year and issue. Together, these publications preserve generations of campus life, people, faith, change, and memory.
The digital collection now spans from 1953 through the present. Additional publications will continue to be added as archival materials are located and preserved.
The Written History
A Venture of Faith
The History of Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy
Travel through the people, decisions, challenges, and acts of faith that shaped Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy and established the foundation upon which The King’s Academy continues to build.
Six Conversations · One Continuing Story
A Venture of Faith
Volume II
Across six conversations, Dr. Walter Grubb looks back on nearly four decades of life at The King’s Academy. The story moves through challenge, rebuilding, growth, leadership, faith, and the people who carried the Academy’s mission from one generation to the next.
The Call Back Home
An unexpected call brings Dr. Grubb back to East Tennessee and into a defining chapter of the Academy’s story.
Do What We Can
Financial pressure, leadership changes, and an uncertain future test the Academy during a pivotal period of transition.
This Is the Lord’s School
A season of provision, rebuilding, academic growth, international enrollment, and renewed spiritual identity reshapes TKA.
We Have an Opportunity
A stronger identity, enrollment growth, cultural change, and major facilities investment mark a new season of opportunity.
God Has His Hand on This School
Dr. Grubb reflects on illness, retirement, leadership transitions, an unexpected return, and decades of witnessing God’s faithfulness.
The People Behind the Legacy
The final conversation looks beyond buildings, enrollment, campaigns, and milestones to the alumni, educators, trustees, international students, colleagues, families, and friends whose lives became part of the Academy’s story.
Explore the Final Session →The final session returns the story to the people through whom faith, service, sacrifice, friendship, and leadership became part of the life of the school.
Video Archive
History in motion.
Revisit alumni gatherings, news coverage, institutional films, and moments that capture TKA and Harrison-Chilhowee across different generations.
Alumni Day
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TKA Team at Sevier Heights
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Tennessee Baptist Convention
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Dr. Walt Grubb
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“Future Generations”
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Channel 2 News Segment
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WBIR News Segment
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“A Place Called Hope”
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HCBA / TKA Tape 1
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HCBA / TKA Tape 2
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HCBA / TKA Tape 3
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HCBA / TKA Tape 4
Watch Film →The Legacy Continues
A story still being written.
Since 1880, generations of students, families, faculty, alumni, trustees, and friends have carried part of The King’s Academy story. Each new generation becomes part of what comes next.
