![The Moon Pie Challenge is Back!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1606872327/mccallieorg/zonb2ukndfjrfzload1e/moonpiechallenge.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1606872327/mccallieorg/zonb2ukndfjrfzload1e/moonpiechallenge.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1606872327/mccallieorg/zonb2ukndfjrfzload1e/moonpiechallenge.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1606872327/mccallieorg/zonb2ukndfjrfzload1e/moonpiechallenge.png","width":1080}])
Head of School Lee Burns has made a friendly wager with Pete Sanders, Headmaster of Memphis University School, over which team will be victorious in the Division II football state championship game.
News from the Ridge
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The top news from around campus and throughout the McCallie community!
![Cum Laude inducts 35 seniors]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1605290374/mccallieorg/kh3ufmcfpfvmyqhseu38/CumLaude2021.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1605290374/mccallieorg/kh3ufmcfpfvmyqhseu38/CumLaude2021.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1605290374/mccallieorg/kh3ufmcfpfvmyqhseu38/CumLaude2021.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1605290374/mccallieorg/kh3ufmcfpfvmyqhseu38/CumLaude2021.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1605290374/mccallieorg/kh3ufmcfpfvmyqhseu38/CumLaude2021.jpg","width":1500}])
Thirty-five McCallie seniors were recognized Friday, November 16, in a Chapel ceremony marking their induction into the Cum Laude Society.
![the cast and crew of the play]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1605208456/mccallieorg/cte0fxnj9o0kdz7utlm1/1P5A3899.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1605208456/mccallieorg/cte0fxnj9o0kdz7utlm1/1P5A3899.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1605208456/mccallieorg/cte0fxnj9o0kdz7utlm1/1P5A3899.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1605208456/mccallieorg/cte0fxnj9o0kdz7utlm1/1P5A3899.jpg","width":1200}])
The Upper School play, The Dumas Project, is an original production. Shows will be Friday and Saturday at the Black Box Theater.
![McCallie Spanish Students Join with East Lake Elementary School in Innovative Multilingual Program to Improve Childhood Literacy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1604942607/mccallieorg/stuavu4iiqtxincegdoe/IMG_1626.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1604942607/mccallieorg/stuavu4iiqtxincegdoe/IMG_1626.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1604942607/mccallieorg/stuavu4iiqtxincegdoe/IMG_1626.jpg","width":640}])
Students are participating in a program with Preface, a non-profit company founded by McCallie alumnus J.T. Wu, class of 2012.
Campus News
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- Athletics
The McCallie varsity football team will be heading back to Cookeville, TN this Thursday, December 3 to defend their 2019 state title.
![Fourteen rising seniors inducted into Keo-Kio]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1604691042/mccallieorg/skykakzdkbjergabxzmv/keo-kionewguys.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1604691042/mccallieorg/skykakzdkbjergabxzmv/keo-kionewguys.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1604691042/mccallieorg/skykakzdkbjergabxzmv/keo-kionewguys.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1604691042/mccallieorg/skykakzdkbjergabxzmv/keo-kionewguys.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1604691042/mccallieorg/skykakzdkbjergabxzmv/keo-kionewguys.jpg","width":1500}])
- Upper School
Fourteen seniors were inducted into Keo-Kio, McCallie’s senior leadership organization.
![Medal of Honor Heritage Center speaker brings history to life]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1604584046/mccallieorg/nbbouflrpw8jxj58dvp9/DavidLevittclass.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1604584046/mccallieorg/nbbouflrpw8jxj58dvp9/DavidLevittclass.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1604584046/mccallieorg/nbbouflrpw8jxj58dvp9/DavidLevittclass.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1604584046/mccallieorg/nbbouflrpw8jxj58dvp9/DavidLevittclass.jpg","width":1000}])
- Academics
- Middle School
As part of their Chattanooga history curriculum, McCallie’s 8th-grade students heard from a Living Historian about the role of Black soldiers during the Civil War.
![Diversity, Inclusion, and Brotherhood at McCallie]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1604417720/mccallieorg/unvyapzay6wgepljypo2/Lees_Update_V1-.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1604417720/mccallieorg/unvyapzay6wgepljypo2/Lees_Update_V1-.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1604417720/mccallieorg/unvyapzay6wgepljypo2/Lees_Update_V1-.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1604417720/mccallieorg/unvyapzay6wgepljypo2/Lees_Update_V1-.png","width":1080}])
- Head of School
A major focus for the 2020-21 school year continues to be the twin topics of racial equality and sexual identity/orientation. Click here for an update.
![Middle School theater students to present Radio Plays for the Stage]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1604022963/mccallieorg/welkznciqm3t8cotgghb/1P5A9954.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1604022963/mccallieorg/welkznciqm3t8cotgghb/1P5A9954.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1604022963/mccallieorg/welkznciqm3t8cotgghb/1P5A9954.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1604022963/mccallieorg/welkznciqm3t8cotgghb/1P5A9954.jpg","width":1000}])
- Arts + Music
- Middle School
Our Middle School Ridge Radio Ensemble will transform the Black Box into a sound stage to turn up the volume on storytelling capers. The ensemble will present actual episodes from The Lone Ranger, Dick Tracy, and Popeye radio series from the 1930s and 1940s.