The McCallie School
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| Motto | Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever. |
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| Established | 1905 |
| Type | Private all-male secondary, non-denominational |
| Headmaster | Dr. Robert Kirk Walker, Jr. Ph.D. |
| Students | 890, 230 boarding |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA |
| Campus | 110 acres (0.4 km²), Suburban |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Blue Tornado |
| Yearbook | The Pennant |
| Newspaper | The Tornado |
| Website | www.mccallie.org |
The McCallie School is a boys college-preparatory school located on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. The school was founded in 1905 and now educates a student body comprising 250 boarding students in grades 9-12 and 660 day students in grades 6-12.
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[edit] History
Brothers Spencer and Park McCallie founded a school in 1905 because, as Park would later explain, they recognized that "education in the South desperately needed every help it could get."[1] Both McCallie brothers had backgrounds in education. Park had taught for two years at Culver Academy after receiving a doctorate from The University of Virginia. Spencer had taught science at Chattanooga High School and had served for two years as the superintendent of public schools in Cleveland, Tennessee before he pursued graduate work at The University of Chicago. The brothers wrote that they wanted to establish a "first class Univ[ersity] school,"[2] and they began it with 40 acres of farm land, 2 houses, and a $2000 grant from their father.[3] The brothers, however, eschewed an exclusively academic model for education. They believed that moral and physical education should accompany academics, and since they could not finance this vision outright, they laid the foundation of a 30 by 60-foot (18 m) gymnasium with their own hands. The school opened on September 21, 1905 and by the end of the first term, enrollment had grown from 42 boys to 58.[4] Tuition was $50 a semester,[5] and teachers and headmaster alike earned $50 a month.[6] By the school's 15th anniversary in 1919 the student body had grown to 280 students.[7]
Other highlights of McCallie's history include: the 1906 adoption of the Honor System, the 1918 adoption of a military training program, the 1937 reorganization of the school as a non-profit educational corporation, the 1970 elimination of the military training program, the 1998 introduction of the merit-based Honors Scholars Program, and the 1999 addition of a 6th grade class.
[edit] Mission
The McCallie School mission is to prepare its students for college and life. The school is dedicated to the academic, physical , spiritual and emotional growth of boys. It seeks to inspire and motivate them: to pursue excellence and take pride in their work and achievements, to lead lives of personal honor, to be responsible in family and personal relationships, and to manifest concern for others.
[edit] Honor Code
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The student body adopted an honor code in 1906 which requires every student to write and sign his name to the following "Honor Pledge" whenever he submits a major assignment: This work is my own. I have neither given nor received any unauthorized help on this assignment.[8]
The Senate, a group of students elected each year by the student body, administers the Honor Code with the assistance of a faculty advisor. The code does not require students to turn one another in, and a boy must generally be convicted of two honor violations before he is expelled.
[edit] Academics
Students are required to take 5 classes per semester and may enroll in 6 if they so choose. At least four of these courses must be from the Core Program, which includes: English, Math, History, Foreign Language, and Science. The remaining course load may be filled with courses such as Public Speaking, Health, Bible, Fine Arts, or other elective courses.
Some features of McCallie’s curriculum include: the upper level Math courses (Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations), Computer Science courses (Visual Basic, Advanced Visual Basic, Introduction to Java Programming, and AP Computer Science AB), foreign languages (French, Greek, German, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese), and senior core electives (Bioethics, Oceans Past and Present, Thinking Theologically, and Marketing & Advertising).
The school employs 108 full-time faculty members, 12 part-time faculty members, four full-time academic counselors, and numerous adjunct faculty members and tutors. Nearly half of the faculty and staff members live on campus, either in residence halls or nearby houses.
[edit] AP Program
The curriculum offers Advanced Placement courses in the following areas: Art, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English Language/Literature, Foreign Language, History, and Physics.
[edit] Enrollment
McCallie’s student body consists of 890 students. Of these, approximately 230 are boarding students hailing from 21 different states and 5 foreign countries. All boarding students are in grades 9-12. 265 Middle School day students comprise grades 6-8.
[edit] Campus facilities
McCallie’s campus consists of 110 acres (0.4 km²) on the western slope of Missionary Ridge, the site of a major battle during the American Civil War. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of downtown Chattanooga, and a major expansion program over the past few years has extended the campus southward and increased the number of athletic fields. The campus stretches from McCallie Avenue on the north to Main Street on the South and from the crest of Missionary Ridge on the East to Dodds Avenue on the West.
The newest building on campus is Pressly Hall, a 56 bed residence hall for freshmen that will be completed before the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. In the Spring of 2004, a 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m²) dining hall opened, and it more than tripled the amount of space available in the former dining facility (Alumni Hall).[9] The 1999 completion of McDonald Hall provided a new home for the Middle School and made room for McCallie’s first-ever sixth grade class.[10] The Hunter Arts Building and the 5 story MacClellan Academic Building opened their doors in 1976. [11]
McCallie’s most iconic landmark may be the 180,000-square-foot (17,000 m²) Sports and Activities Center (SAC) completed in 1993. This building contains five basketball courts, a 25-yard-by-25-meter pool, a wrestling room, a weight room, an indoor track, a racquetball court, and a climbing gym. Other athletic facilities include the 4,000-seat Spears stadium, a six-lane track, two indoor and twelve outdoor tennis courts, three baseball fields, 2 lacrosse fields, a soccer field, 2 intramural fields, and an outdoor recreational swimming area known as McCallie Lake. The diving tower, which rises out of the middle of the lake, is the oldest structure on the campus.[12]
[edit] Extracurricular activities
[edit] Athletics
McCallie participates in fourteen varsity sports (football, baseball, basketball, cross-country, track and field, tennis, swimming and diving, lacrosse, crew, wrestling, soccer, golf, bowling, and rock climbing). All of these sports except for crew, lacrosse, swimming, and rock climbing are governed by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA). McCallie also fields a non-varsity ultimate frisbee team outside the jurisdiction of the TSSAA, but is no longer interscholastic.
The school offers many opportunities to students who do not wish to compete on the varsity level. Almost every varsity team has some combination of a JV team, a B team, or a ninth grade team that enable younger or less skilled athletes to develop their skills and enjoy competition. An intramural program offers opportunities such as karate, juggling, and racquetball, as well as intramural competition in traditional sports. This program is called "PFC," an acronym for Personal Fitness and Conditioning. The Outdoor Program offers students an opportunity to hike, kayak, and climb in the afternoons after class as well as on weekend and holiday trips.
[edit] Arts and publications
In addition to athletic afternoon activities, students also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of artistic, intellectual, or service oriented activities. These include the annual Candlelight Concert, the spring musical, a series of dramas, debate, mock trial, the Honors Orchestra, the Jazz Band, the Chamber Singers, the Pep Band, the Community Service Organization, as well as the school newspaper, (The Tornado), the yearbook (The Pennant), and the literary magazine (The Argonaut).[13] In 2001, the American Scholastic Press Association named The Argonaut the “Best Multi-Issue High School Magazine.”[14]
[edit] Legacy and Rivals
The school maintains an ongoing rivalry with nearby Baylor School, which primarily manifests itself in athletic competitions such as football. In fact, both schools place a priority on "The Baylor-McCallie Game" in lieu of a "homecoming" game. Currently, McCallie has a ten-year winning streak, the longest winning streak since the two teams began competition in 1905.
[edit] Coordinate program
The full-time GPS/McCallie Coordinator organizes co-ed activities for McCallie and its sister school, Girls Preparatory School. Coordinate activities include social functions, music and drama productions, trips, and other social events.
[edit] Finances
According to Charity Navigator, the school’s net assets as of June 2006 were $118,644,478. In that fiscal year, the school’s total revenue was $34,922,423 and total expenses equaled $25,380,730. 85.7% of these expenditures went toward program expenses. [15]The school’s 2006 Annual Report notes that as of June 30, 2006 the Second Century Campaign has received pledges and gifts totaling $100,115,402 of its $125,000,000 goal. This capital campaign began in 2003 and is scheduled to run through 2013. The Annual Sustaining Fund raised $2,079,438 in 2005-2006. The Class of 1986 ranked first in terms of participation with 57% of members contributing. 429 people have been named members of The Benefactors Society for including McCallie in their will or estate plans. 339 of these people are still living.[16] McCallie’s endowment is approximately $62 million[17].
[edit] Alumni
Notable alumni include:
- Howard Baker Jr., 1943, former Senate Majority Leader, White House Chief of Staff, and Ambassador to Japan
- William M. Barker, 1959, chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
- Irwin Belk, philanthropist and president of Belk Group, Inc. (Belk department stores)[18]
- John Brackin, 1990, author, winner of the 2004 Distinguished Medal Award from the Military Writers Society of America
- Bill Brock, 1949, former Senator from Tennessee, Secretary of Labor, and chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., 1958, Former South Carolina governor
- Jason Hall, 2002, football player, former Tennessee Volunteer and Buffalo Bill/Carolina Panther defensive end and Team Tennessee signee of the All American Football League
- David Lee "Tex" Hill, 1934, WWII Flying Tiger
- James Killian, 1921, former president of MIT
- William Henry Lewis, 1985, PEN/Faulkner Award finalist
- Sonny Montgomery, 1939, former member of United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
- Marshall F. McCallie, 1963, former Ambassador to Namibia
- Ralph McGill, 1917, Pulitzer Prize winner, anti-segregationist, and former editor of the Atlanta Constitution
- Jon Meacham, 1987, editor of Newsweek magazine and best-selling author
- Pat Robertson, 1946, televangelist[19][20]
- Ted Turner, 1956, founder of Cable News Network and Turner Broadcasting System, philanthropist
- Zach Wamp, 1976, member of United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
[edit] References
- ^ Parker, Barry: McCallie: A Century of Inspiring Boys and Building Men. (Chattanooga: Parker Hood, 2005), 12.
- ^ Hazard, George, "When We Came To The Ridge: Part One of the History of The McCallie School 1905-1937" (Chattanooga: D.C. McDonald Associates, 1991), 7.
- ^ Hazard, George, "When We Came To The Ridge: Part One of the History of The McCallie School 1905-1937" (Chattanooga: D.C. McDonald Associates, 1991), 12.
- ^ Parker, Barry: McCallie: A Century of Inspiring Boys and Building Men. (Chattanooga: Parker Hood, 2005), 18.
- ^ Hazard, George, "When We Came To The Ridge: Part One of the History of The McCallie School 1905-1937" (Chattanooga: D.C. McDonald Associates, 1991), 19.
- ^ Parker, Barry: McCallie: A Century of Inspiring Boys and Building Men. (Chattanooga: Parker Hood, 2005), 16.
- ^ Hazard, George, "When We Came To The Ridge: Part One of the History of The McCallie School 1905-1937" (Chattanooga: D.C. McDonald Associates, 1991), 15.
- ^ http://www.mccallie.org/Internet/Default.aspx?pid=135 (6/20/2007)
- ^ “Building Community,” McCallie News, Winter 2004, http://www.mccallie.org/news/Winter2003/default.htm (5/30/2007).
- ^ ”A Year of Great Change,” McCallie News, Fall 1999, <http://www.mccallie.org/news/fall1999/change3.htm>
- ^ Parker, Barry: McCallie: A Century of Inspiring Boys and Building Men. (Chattanooga: Parker Hood, 2005), 97.
- ^ “Still Waters Run Deep,” McCallie News, Summer 2005, http://www.mccallie.org/Internet/Estrada.config?resource=2707 (30 May 2007).
- ^ The McCallie Blue Book, 2006-2007, http://mccallie.org/Internet/Estrada.config?resource=4191 (5/31/2007).
- ^ Parker, Barry: McCallie: A Century of Inspiring Boys and Building Men. (Chattanooga: Parker Hood, 2005), 12.
- ^ “McCallie School,” <http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/9011.htm> (5/31/2007).
- ^ http://mccallie.org/Internet/Default.aspx?pid=4612 (5/31/2007).
- ^ http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/220 (5/31/2007)
- ^ 29th track named for Irwin Belk
- ^ King, Wayne: "Pat Robertson: A Candidate of Contradictions", The New York Times, New York Times, February 27, 1988
- ^ Robertson, Pat: "Education: To Glorify God", PatRobertson.com
