Our Purpose
Chattanooga Preparatory School is an all-boys public charter school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We started with an inaugural sixth-grade class and will add an additional class each academic year until we reach 12th grade for a total enrollment of 500 students. We offer a quality STEM-centered curriculum in addition to leadership development to ensure our students' future success in a fast-paced world.
Our Inspiration
Chattanooga is a city with a rich history and a bright future – a community with boundless capacity for innovation, transformation, and economic prosperity.
Unfortunately, these opportunities are not accessible for all members of our community, especially in urban core neighborhoods where young men are disproportionately impacted by poverty and education inequity.
In 2015, our founders, Ted and Kelly Alling toured the Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy (CGLA) and walked away inspired by the transformational impact the school provided young women. We began to envision an all-boys public charter school that would offer the same educational opportunities for young men.
In 2016, our founders brought together a visionary group of innovators to create Chattanooga Preparatory School (Chattanooga Prep), located adjacent to CGLA in the spirit of educational innovation and collaboration. Two years later, our inaugural class of sixth-graders embarked on a journey of redefining education in Chattanooga; as they walked through our doors, they also opened the door for better futures for all our students, families, and the city of Chattanooga.
It is our sincere belief that the talents and gifts of our current and future students have been underserved – the families and young men of Chattanooga deserve greater opportunity and choice. We hope you will join us in building the men of tomorrow and transforming the educational landscape of Chattanooga.
Core Values
One Big Family
Grit
Do More, Achieve More
Mascot
The Sentinel
In 79 A.D., the erupting Mt. Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, Italy. Many years later, archeologists uncovered the remains of people buried by the volcano. Among the ruins, some bodies were found in deep vaults, as if they’d gone looking for security. Others were found in lofty chambers. But where did they find the Roman Sentinel? They found him standing guard at the city gate where he had been placed by the captain, with his hands still grasping his weapon. There, while the earth shook beneath him and the floods of ashes and cinders overwhelmed him, he stood his ground, never leaving his post, loyal and brave until the end. There, after a thousand years, he was found and today, at Chattanooga Prep, we reimagine and resurrect his strength and bravery as our school mascot.
