Girls Preparatory School News

Browse past news stories for Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, TN.

• Expanded Winter Camp Offered At Girls Preparatory School - The Chattanoogan
  posted on December 5, 2012 at 08:25:59 pm
  Expanded Winter Camp Offered At Girls Preparatory SchoolThe ChattanooganThe regular winter camp experience from Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 20-22, will ...
• Thompson named controller at GPS
  posted on June 19, 2011 at 07:25:01 am
  Elizabeth Thompson, CPA, has been named ...
• GPS, Baylor Girls Earn Spots In State Tennis Final
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:30:47 pm
  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Defending champion Girls Preparatory School defeated Hutchison and Baylor disposed of Harpeth Hall in ...
• Congratulations to our Tuesday Facebook Friend of the Day
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 04:28:59 pm
  Congratulations to NewsChannel 9's Facebook Friend of the Day. This Tuesday we recognize Jaime Dixon. Jaime is a graduate of the ...
• Children’s Carnival For Chattanooga Is May 14
  posted on May 6, 2011 at 08:47:32 pm
  A group of over 40 students from Girls Preparatory School has organized a Children’s Carnival, ...
• Chattanooga Players Lead Memphis To 10 Straight Softball Wins
  posted on April 24, 2011 at 05:02:32 pm
  Chattanooga natives Jessica Phillips (Girls Preparatory School) and Maddie McKinley ...
• Baylor bats erupt to rally past GPS
  posted on April 13, 2011 at 04:22:51 am
  Haley Andrus hit three home runs and Baylor erased an early five-run defecit to rally past ...
• Rucker named GPS distinguished alumna for 2011
  posted on April 2, 2011 at 04:12:26 am
  A federal bankruptcy judge has been named the Girls ...
• Briarcrest Christian falls to Chattanooga Girls Prep in Division 2-AA finals
  posted on March 5, 2011 at 11:09:00 pm
  Simone Busby scored 15 points as Chattanooga Girls Preparatory School battled back from a 13-point halftime deficit to ...
• St. Benedict girls fall to GPS in state semifinals
  posted on March 4, 2011 at 09:25:00 pm
  The season came to an end for the St. Benedict girls basketball team today, as the Eagles lost to Chattanooga Girls ...
• Bruisers still standing strong as state's No. 1 team
  posted on January 31, 2011 at 09:58:42 pm
  Girls Preparatory School remains the top-ranked ...
• Bruisers are still No. 1 in Division II
  posted on January 25, 2011 at 05:18:40 am
  Girls Preparatory School remained atop the Division II girls ...
• Kiwanis Club to honor Rickie Pierce for her service
  posted on January 20, 2011 at 05:44:44 am
  Rickie Pierce is a mother, former principal of ...
• Mark Wiedmer: Tracking tattoos now NCAA role?
  posted on December 27, 2010 at 11:19:00 am
  Brandy Burgans is a tattoo artist at Standard Ink Tattoo Co. on Frazier Ave. A proud alum of the Girls Preparatory School and a former ...
• Valley Voices: Schools work toward environmental solutions
  posted on December 20, 2010 at 05:08:59 am
  Some Chattanooga-areas chools are placing an emphasis on helping the environment. Several, ...
• GPS teacher named Marshall Fellow
  posted on December 16, 2010 at 05:22:02 am
  Girls Preparatory School faculty member David Cook was the ...
• GPS Students Make Girls' Wishes Come True
  posted on December 12, 2010 at 06:57:06 pm
  Students at the Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga teamed up to make three ...
• GPS students look to grant 3 wishes
  posted on December 11, 2010 at 04:38:34 pm
  The Make-A-Wish Foundation of East Tennessee received ...
• Kappie going in state tennis hall
  posted on November 14, 2010 at 05:03:38 am
  Girls Preparatory School has had the most TSSAA girls’ tennis singles state champions, and the first ...
• St. Agnes can't find net, ends soccer title chase
  posted on November 6, 2010 at 05:00:00 am
  St. Agnes Academy was the second Memphis team attempting to defend its ...
• Mary Alice Murphy Finishes 9th In State Women's Open
  posted on July 25, 2010 at 02:20:51 pm
  Recent Girls Preparatory School graduate Mary Alice Murphy tied for ninth at the Tennessee ...
• Prep Roundup: NW star helps in near upset
  posted on June 18, 2010 at 03:45:50 am
  With former Northwest Whitfield multisport standout Christy Robinson turning in a solid performance, Georgia came close to winning ...
• All-Star volleyball: Healthy Kirk is pumped
  posted on June 17, 2010 at 03:30:45 am
  Summertime all-star games are fun events with a little bit of state pride thrown into the mix. But none of the participants in today’s 7 p.m. Tennessee-Georgia All-Star ...
• GPS Confers 2010 Alumnae Weekend Awards
  posted on April 10, 2010 at 09:04:25 pm
  Girls Preparatory School honored recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Alumna Award, the Margaret Rawlings Lupton Award ...
• Eateries help GPS students' water project
  posted on March 12, 2010 at 05:15:49 am
  About 30 local restaurants have decided on the same business menu -- helping two Girls ...
• Silent Images Founder To Visit GPS
  posted on February 24, 2010 at 12:34:15 am
  Documentary photographer, author, and former English teacher David Johnson will make a return visit to Girls Preparatory School on ...
• Grace Moore, the Niece of the Famous Singer, Also Lived Here
  posted on February 11, 2010 at 03:04:33 am
  This month marks the 50th anniversary of one of the more tragic and ...
• Teens explore, expand religious identity
  posted on February 8, 2010 at 10:36:17 pm
  A Girls Preparatory School assembly opens with a Psalm, then “Please pray with us” says the speaker as the assembled students bow their heads and ...
• Alabama fans relishing return to the top
  posted on January 6, 2010 at 05:03:39 am
  When Alabama played Miami in the Sugar Bowl for the 1992 national championship, ...

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