![junior Jacks Pollard plays oboe at Interlochen summer 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1563387689/mccallieorg/wiptmljeqrn1way9p933/2019_Oboe_Institute_122.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1563387689/mccallieorg/wiptmljeqrn1way9p933/2019_Oboe_Institute_122.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1563387689/mccallieorg/wiptmljeqrn1way9p933/2019_Oboe_Institute_122.jpg","width":600}])
Talented oboist Jacks Pollard played alongside one of the world's top violinists as part of a global youth orchestra.
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![Kemmer Anderson retires after 42 years of guiding young writers and poets at McCallie]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1563461127/mccallieorg/t4hkzrfyoc7rpad4x9d1/1P5A7456crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1563461127/mccallieorg/t4hkzrfyoc7rpad4x9d1/1P5A7456crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1563461127/mccallieorg/t4hkzrfyoc7rpad4x9d1/1P5A7456crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1563461127/mccallieorg/t4hkzrfyoc7rpad4x9d1/1P5A7456crop.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1563461127/mccallieorg/t4hkzrfyoc7rpad4x9d1/1P5A7456crop.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1563461127/mccallieorg/t4hkzrfyoc7rpad4x9d1/1P5A7456crop.jpg","width":2200}])
Kemmer Anderson is McCallie’s poet. His use of words and verse are legendary, and he has brought emotions and big feelings to life for his students and has taught them how to understand language and use it to express themselves for decades
![more than 500 summer camp attendees at McCallie in Chattanooga]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562700781/mccallieorg/enytapjsczuf5lao9qus/week6allcamps.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562700781/mccallieorg/enytapjsczuf5lao9qus/week6allcamps.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1562700781/mccallieorg/enytapjsczuf5lao9qus/week6allcamps.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562700781/mccallieorg/enytapjsczuf5lao9qus/week6allcamps.jpg","width":1139}])
![Spring 2019 Honor Rolls highlight students' academic success]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1549550806/mccallieorg/uycw55bxs7evyq3kotmc/HONORROLLS.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1549550806/mccallieorg/uycw55bxs7evyq3kotmc/HONORROLLS.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1549550806/mccallieorg/uycw55bxs7evyq3kotmc/HONORROLLS.png","width":800}])
Students in the Upper and Middle schools have been honored on the school's Honor Roll and Headmaster's List for their hard work during the Spring Semester of the 2018-19 school year
![McCallie Sports Camp celebrating 40 years of summer fun]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1561648798/mccallieorg/ofswfas8zxo8zh9rgatq/64471088_10157231014806465_6362277274816872448_o.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1561648798/mccallieorg/ofswfas8zxo8zh9rgatq/64471088_10157231014806465_6362277274816872448_o.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1561648798/mccallieorg/ofswfas8zxo8zh9rgatq/64471088_10157231014806465_6362277274816872448_o.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1561648798/mccallieorg/ofswfas8zxo8zh9rgatq/64471088_10157231014806465_6362277274816872448_o.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1561648798/mccallieorg/ofswfas8zxo8zh9rgatq/64471088_10157231014806465_6362277274816872448_o.jpg","width":1278}])
For 40 summers, boys have been coming to McCallie for two weeks of fun and making new friends at McCallie Sports Camp, a premier boarding camp experience that has become a beloved tradition for thousands of boys over the decades.
Campus News
![McCallie students help others on summer mission trip to Africa]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1561472951/mccallieorg/dl9vbr5amxs72uclv9w4/62395532_10157428284363166_6299168021801861120_n.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1561472951/mccallieorg/dl9vbr5amxs72uclv9w4/62395532_10157428284363166_6299168021801861120_n.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1561472951/mccallieorg/dl9vbr5amxs72uclv9w4/62395532_10157428284363166_6299168021801861120_n.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1561472951/mccallieorg/dl9vbr5amxs72uclv9w4/62395532_10157428284363166_6299168021801861120_n.jpg","width":960}])
- Upper School
As everyone headed off for their summer break, a small group of students joined McCallie Counselling Center Director Joel Coffman and Chaplain Josh Deitrick for McCallie's summer missions trip to southern Africa.
![Fun is the name of the game at McCallie's First Camp]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560960284/mccallieorg/hxgdxar8dzbsf8lduohb/1P5A7201.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560960284/mccallieorg/hxgdxar8dzbsf8lduohb/1P5A7201.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1560960284/mccallieorg/hxgdxar8dzbsf8lduohb/1P5A7201.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1560960284/mccallieorg/hxgdxar8dzbsf8lduohb/1P5A7201.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1560960284/mccallieorg/hxgdxar8dzbsf8lduohb/1P5A7201.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1560960284/mccallieorg/hxgdxar8dzbsf8lduohb/1P5A7201.jpg","width":2200}])
First Camp is the first chance for many young boys to get involved with the excitement and fun that is McCallie and summer camp on the Ridge
![Sumner McCallie, Margaret Wadley discuss Summer Reading 2019 in a special podcast]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560868970/mccallieorg/s1cuywnpql2ixlkiezxy/1P5A5756_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560868970/mccallieorg/s1cuywnpql2ixlkiezxy/1P5A5756_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1560868970/mccallieorg/s1cuywnpql2ixlkiezxy/1P5A5756_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1560868970/mccallieorg/s1cuywnpql2ixlkiezxy/1P5A5756_1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1560868970/mccallieorg/s1cuywnpql2ixlkiezxy/1P5A5756_1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1560868970/mccallieorg/s1cuywnpql2ixlkiezxy/1P5A5756_1.jpg","width":2200}])
- Academics
- Middle School
- Upper School
To help the boys — and parents — as they read and think about their summer reading, a special episode of the McCallie podcast “Stories from the Ridge” has been released to discuss the summer reading program with a focus on the all-school books for the Middle School and Upper School. This podcast features McCallie’s Dean of Faculty and Curriculum Sumner McCallie and school Librarian Margaret Wadley discussing themes of the books and questions readers should consider as they read these books.
![Sons, dads bond over fun at McCallie's Father-Son Weekend]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560345650/mccallieorg/ctl1xtjmwaefgawxgk9g/1P5A6164.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560345650/mccallieorg/ctl1xtjmwaefgawxgk9g/1P5A6164.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1560345650/mccallieorg/ctl1xtjmwaefgawxgk9g/1P5A6164.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1560345650/mccallieorg/ctl1xtjmwaefgawxgk9g/1P5A6164.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1560345650/mccallieorg/ctl1xtjmwaefgawxgk9g/1P5A6164.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1560345650/mccallieorg/ctl1xtjmwaefgawxgk9g/1P5A6164.jpg","width":2200}])
A group of more than 100 dads and sons were able to spend some important time together last weekend, creating memories that will last forever at McCallie’s Father-Son Weekend camp June 7-9
![Dinner in Blue is a big hit for the McCallie community]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560177261/mccallieorg/m7749z8rc8mo9wi0epdf/1P5A5800.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560177261/mccallieorg/m7749z8rc8mo9wi0epdf/1P5A5800.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1560177261/mccallieorg/m7749z8rc8mo9wi0epdf/1P5A5800.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1560177261/mccallieorg/m7749z8rc8mo9wi0epdf/1P5A5800.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1560177261/mccallieorg/m7749z8rc8mo9wi0epdf/1P5A5800.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1560177261/mccallieorg/m7749z8rc8mo9wi0epdf/1P5A5800.jpg","width":2200}])
Despite some overcast skies and a few rain showers, McCallie’s first-ever Dinner in Blue was a huge success Thursday, June 6, 2019.