BLACK & BLUE THE REVIEW

The Middle School Robotics Team won the Motivation Award at the First Lego League regional tournament.

The French and Spanish Honor Societies inducted new members to the GPS chapters.

French Honor Society Inductees:

Brooke Adams

Aster Coffman

Mabry Cook

Ebba Cox

Cat Feeney

Arysa Kayasit

Evelyn Towns

Spanish Honor Society Inductees:

Hannah Wise

Lawson Barrueta

Charlotte Parsley

Gwyneth Parks

Kendall Ownby

Jolee Smith

Anika Bhushan

Layan Siyam

National French Exam, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French; 17 students earned honors and awards:

• 4 silver medals

• 1 bronze medal

• 12 honorable mentions

National Spanish Exam, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese; 22 students earned honors and awards:

• 1 gold medal

• 4 silver medals

• 5 bronze medals

• 12 honorable mentions

National Spanish Exam, sponsored by the American Classical League; both students earned awards:

• 1 gold medal

• 1 silver medal

Atlee Elliott ’23 and Hoda Alameddine ’24 were honored at the local chapter of the American Chemical Society’s banquet held at GPS. They have been researching under the supervision of Dr. Jared Pienkos and UTC students. Atlee, who began her work last year, synthesized a new iridium compound with properties that potentially can be used as a bioimaging reagent due to its luminescent properties. Hoda is beginning her work and will continue next year.

Colette Smith ’23 won the top vocal prize (the Opal Rhea Swaity Scholarship) and placed second overall at the Chattanooga Music Club annual scholarship competition.

Fletcher Bright Fellow

A committee of judges awarded the 2023-24 Fletcher Bright Fellowship to Julia Steffner ’24. Julia, a talented dancer and member of GPS’s modern dance company Terpsichord, plans to host an art exhibit pertaining to the topic of women's reproductive health and featuring pieces from adolescent and adult artists in the community.

Victoria Schmidlin ’27 won the state division of the Tennessee Music Teachers Association Honors Competition.

Bea Burbank ’28 was accepted to Interlochen’s six-week Musical Theatre Production Summer Arts Camp for grades six through nine. Bea was also the recipient of a meritbased award given by Interlochen to a limited number of its most qualified candidates.

Jenna Naik ’24 and Julia Steffner ’24 were elected as President and Vice President of Terpsichord for the 2023-24 school year! Joining them will be new members Lauren Gardner, Ella Wiley, Evie Crutchfield, and Madeline Hudson.

Established by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, this award recognition program is the nation’s longest-running program for creative teens and considered the most prestigious.

• Meri-Madeline Sanders ’27

Honorable Mention in Illustration/Painting

“Paintbrush Perception and Confusion”

• Emma Maynard ’23

Honorable Mention in Digital Art

"Music City Skyline"

• Lauren Hammontree ’23

Silver Key in Photography

"Stuck. For Now"

• Lily Kate Botts ’23

Silver Key in Digital Art

"School Traditions"

Kennedy Ball ’23 was selected to the 2022 Fall High School AllAmerican Team. This distinction, awarded by the United Soccer Coaches, is given to the best soccer players in the nation. She is the first female soccer athlete from Chattanooga to receive the award. In addition, she received the BOP Girls Soccer Award and was one of six finalists for the Scrappy Moore Female Athlete of the Year Award at the Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of Preps banquet.

McKamey Bratcher ’23 was named to the TSWA Division II AA AllState Softball Team.

Reagan Ziegler ’23 was named a USA Lacrosse High School All-American for the 2023 season.

TSSAA designated all nine fall, winter, and spring TSSAA sports teams with its Distinguished Scholastic Achievement Award for maintaining at least a 3.25 or higher GPA during their season. Individual athletes were also recognized for completing the season semester with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. In the fall, 46 student-athletes reached this mark with 19 earning a GPA of at least 4.0, and in the spring, 81 individual athletes qualified for the merit-based award with 41 having reaching or surpassing a 4.0 GPA.

Caroline Barnes '24 was accepted to the Naval Academy Summer Seminar, a highly selective program that mimics life at the Academy, with students participating in academic and leadership workshops as well as a variety of other activities on campus.

Anya Parambath ’23 was featured by the Chattanooga Times Free Press as one of seven Chattanooga teenagers who are "blazing the way to a brighter future,” thanks to her success in and out of the classroom, with feats such as being voted as Governor of American Legion Auxiliary Volunteer Girls State and impressive wins at Regional Science Fairs and Mock Trials.

Amelia Claire Anderson ’26 was selected as a staff member/committee chair for ALTMUN, a Chattanooga-based annual Model UN conference.

This year’s three GPS Mock Trial teams won numerous honors:

Ebba Cox ’25, best attorney x2

Ella Brandon ’25, best witness x2

Lucie DeGaetano ’24, best witness x2

Abigail Carpenter ’24, best witness x2

Gwyneth Parks ’25, best attorney

Soleigh Kueter '26, best witness x2

Lauren Hammontree ’23, best witness x2

Lola Lawless ’26, best attorney x2

The Class of 2027’s Roee Chapin, Emma Virginia Birnbaum, Zora Hammond, Lily Ownby, and Meri-Madeline Sanders were inducted into Tucker River Fellows and will join upperclassmen in their efforts to understand and impact the conservation of the Tennessee River.

Upper-Schoolers traveled to Rhodes College to participate in the Mid-South Model UN Conference. Several students won awards for their committee work: Anisha Phade ’23 won Best Delegate, Hannah Grace Korngerg ’23 won Honorable Mention, and both Rebecca Hayslett ’23 and Macy Poole ’26 won Best Position Paper.

Seven rising juniors and seniors were accepted to Tennessee Governor's School programs this summer:

Bella Durst ’24, Rin Nichols ’24, Sara Wright ’25 | Governor's School of the Arts

Ash Day ’24 | Governor's School for International Studies

Caiden Williams ’25 | Governor's School for Prospective Teachers

Mabry Cook ’25 and Zoe Byers ’24 | Governor's School for Scientific Exploration and Tennessee Heritage