Welcome to McCallie!
McCallie is a place unlike any other.
Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and welcoming students from around the country and around the world, McCallie is one of America's top boys' schools.
We are a school of adventure and spirit, one that understands and celebrates boys and builds them into men of Honor, Truth and Duty.
We are a community of brotherhood in which each boy can be who he is and discover and pursue many ideas, talents and passions.
We are a family who encourage and inspire boys to be their best selves as their lives and life-trajectories are changed.
We are McCallie.
McCallie: By the Numbers
936
students in grades 6-12
23 & 11
States and countries our students represent
1905
Our founding year
160 acres
Size of our campus on Missionary Ridge
10,983
graduates since our founding
2,000+
Years of experience teaching boys shared across our faculty
200+
Weekend activities every year
85
Colleges and universities attended by members of the Class of 2018
Our Mission:
McCallie School is dedicated to preparing young men to make a positive difference in their world. By fostering their intellectual, spiritual, physical, and emotional development, the school seeks to inspire and motivate them to:
- strive for excellence;
- seek truth;
- live honorably;
- act responsibly;
- and help others.
We Believe:
- Our Christian tradition builds a strong moral foundation and a sense of civic and social duty.
- Personal integrity, as expressed in the Honor Code, is central to our life as a community.
- Our teachers should model a lifelong love of learning and intellectual growth and should inspire students to develop the same.
- The spiritual growth of all students is enhanced by instilling a respect for and an understanding of other religions and faiths.
- The development and practice of leadership and citizenship skills are critically important.
- Every individual should be treated with dignity.
- Racial, ethnic, religious, and economic diversity enhances our school community.
- Graduates should be skillful, as individuals and in groups, at setting and achieving clear goals and at developing strategies to solve problems.
- Boys learn in different ways, have different ways of demonstrating abilities, and require a variety of instructional approaches and assessment strategies in order to thrive.
- Graduates should be men of compassion and moral courage.
- Everyone has a responsibility to be a positive role model.
- An all-boys environment enhances a boy’s comfort and confidence in exploring a range of interests and in developing competencies.
- Boys are active and need opportunities to channel their energies in constructive ways.
- Boys should be challenged and encouraged to be skilled readers, writers, speakers, and listeners.
- Higher order thinking skills are enhanced by a program which emphasizes discovery and experiential learning.
What Makes a McCallie Man?
McCallie is a diverse community that welcomes boys from an incredible variety of backgrounds and strengths, but we think there are some key traits that every McCallie man should possess:
- He should be honorable and trustworthy.
- He should possess spiritual depth and moral character.
- He should have a powerful work ethic and resilience.
- He should have a clear, strong sense of self.
- He should lean into challenges.
- He should pursue excellence with humility.
- He should be confident, yet humble.
- He should be a leader animated by his desire to serve.
- He should be a fluid and flexible lifelong learner.
- He should be intellectually curious and scholarly.
- He should be courageous and adventuresome.
- He should give back to his community and his world cheerfully.
- He should integrate faith and the intellect.
- He should be emotionally mature and balanced.
- He should appreciate and seek out diversity.
- He should be secure amidst change and disruption.
- He should be a good collaborator and teammate.
- He should be physically fit.
- He should be a well-mannered gentleman.
- He should be empathetic, optimistic and grateful.
- He should enjoy play and exploration.
- He should be, forever, a McCallie Man.