Squash: What It Is, How It is Played, and Its Role in McCallie’s Varsity Athletic Offerings
Squash, McCallie’s newest varsity sport, is the topic of this edition of Stories from the Ridge. Head of School Lee Burns ’87, who played squash (and ...
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Welcome to Stories from the Ridge, where we share stories from our alumni, faculty, and friends. We'll hear about a variety of topics all anchored in honor, truth, and duty and the special bond of brotherhood shared amongst the McCallie family.
The Ed Johnson Project
In this podcast, leaders of The Ed Johnson Project, along with a McCallie history teacher, discuss the story of Ed Johnson, who was lynched on Chattan...
Recollections of 9/11: Students Discuss their AP U.S. History Project and Perspectives of the Attacks that Shook the World
For the past eight years, students in Dr. Duke Richey’s Advanced Placement U.S. History classes have been collecting stories from family members, frie...
From McCallie to Hollywood: Darren Moorman Discusses his Movies And His Days Teaching At McCallie
Former McCallie teacher Darren Moorman is receiving worldwide acclaim for the latest movie he produced, Blue Miracle, starring Dennis Quaid, and now s...
It’s spring on the Ridge, and a young McCallie man’s fancy turns to thoughts of ... Quack, Quack.
That’s the sound being heard more across campus often as student anticipation grows for the annual Duck Day, in which students are dismissed from clas...
The Resiliency of Boys
How have boys – specifically McCallie boys – fared during the COVID pandemic and all the social and educational changes that have occurred over the pa...
Three Alumni Share Their Experiences of Being Gay at McCallie
The “super-formative” high school years are challenging to all teenagers, but for those who are also recognizing an emerging identity of being gay or ...
Diversity at McCallie – A Conversation With Members of the Black Alumni Steering Committee
McCallie School has made a lot of progress in fully embracing and including its students of color, but more work remains. That’s one of the assessment...
Musical Performances At McCallie Over The Years
“I would say there’s no school in the country that has had a musical history that McCallie has had . . . as far as having all these great performers c...
Finding The Balance: A conversation among three friends about the challenges of being a head of school in today’s changing world
Heads of three of the nation’s top independent schools – Lee Burns, of McCallie School, Kate Windsor, of Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Connectic...