A school for boys in grades 7 - 12. Founded in 1867.

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  • Facts & Figures
    Montgomery Bell Academy is the oldest independent school for boys in Tennessee. Founded in 1867, MBA is home to 850 boys in grades 7-12. MBA offers young men an exemplary college preparatory experience in an inclusive community, assisting them to be "gentlemen, scholars, and athletes" and young men ...
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  • Long Mountain Campus
    About MBA Long Mountain Campus Long Mountain Campus In 2008, one hundred fifty acres of pristine land on the Cumberland Plateau was gifted to MBA. The school’s property is nestled within a thirteen hundred acre tract of mountain forest, purchased and developed by alumni. Since then, MBA has p ...
  • Exam Schedule
    News • 7/23/2024
    High School Exams
  • Theater
    The Theater Program at Montgomery Bell Academy The Theater Program at MBA helps students develop creative solutions to complex problems. In facing the challenges of performance, students develop sensitivity to the interpersonal relationships inherent in the collaborative process and grow as individ ...
  • Junior School News
    News • 7/23/2024
    Exam Schedule
  • Big Red Store Spring 2018
    News • 3/7/2018
  • Art
    Meet the Art Department List of 4 members. Ms. Alison Flanagan Visual Arts Teacher, ENDADA Co-Advisor, Broadcasting Club Advisor Virginia Tech - BFA Boston University - M.A.Ed. At MBA since 2019 Ms. Catharine Hollifield Visual and Performing Arts Chair, Visual Arts Teacher, Endada Arts Festival Wak ...
  • BRS Spring 2018
    News • 3/7/2018
  • Research Databases
    Choose this link for access to all databases: Databases (Alphabetical and by Subject) Off campus? Log in to the MBA website and click below: Library Digital Access Usernames & Passwords How do I access NoodleTools? Instructions to Access NoodleTools through Your School Email
  • BRS Spring
    News • 3/7/2018
  • For Students
    Guides for Class Assignments MBA Library Research Guides Use this link to access all of the library's Research Guides, which are resources for research projects.  From this link guides are searchable by title, keyword, subject, and teacher. Quick Links 8th Grade Research Class 2021 COVID-19 Li ...
  • The Power of a Classical Education
    News • 2/8/2017
     
  • Southern Bell Forum
    Billy Tate Southern Bell Forum The History of the Southern Bell Forum Since it began over 100 years ago, the debate program at MBA has consistently had the highest levels of support from the entire school. Support for the Southern Bell Forum has been no exception, starting from the very top, includ ...
  • 12th Grade
    Senior Class Mothers   Communications - Meg Haley Treasurer  - Paula Kinard Events  - Denise Bellardo Events  - Mary Lauren Allen  
  • 11th Grade
    Junior Class News 11th Grade Class Moms (Class of 2022): Communications - Mary Pierce Treasurer - Sheila Thayer Events - Felicite Mire Events - Stephanie Ditenhafer  
  • 10th Grade
    Class News: Sophomore Class   Sophomore Class Mothers (Class of 2023): Communications - Caroline Lindsey Treasurer -  Elizabeth Hancock Events - Liza Coleman Events - Ashley Henry
  • 9th Grade
    Class News: Freshman Class Freshman Class Mothers (Class of 2024): Communications - Joanna Thomson Treasurer - Rachel Settle Events - Mary Britton Cummings Events - Julie Caldwell
  • 8th Grade
    Class News: Eighth Grade   Eighth Grade Class Mothers (Class of 2025):   Communications - Jill Tidwell Treasurer -   Nina Lindley Events - Anne Trainer Events - Clark Harwell
  • 7th Grade
    Class News: Seventh Grade Seventh Grade Class Mothers (Class of 2026):   Communications - Ansel Cline Treasurer - Emily Hardcastle Events - Elisabeth Hasselbeck Events - Hylyn Dave
  • Fathers Club Connections
    Fathers Club Connections Founded in 2010, Fathers Club Connections (FCC) was created to strengthen father–son relationships and to extend the MBA spirit of service into the greater community. Through meaningful initiatives and shared experiences, FCC provides opportunities for fathers and son ...
  • Mock Trial
    Mock Trial MBA Mock Trial Since high school Mock Trial competitions began in Nashville in 1983, MBA has been actively involved, winning 19 City and six State Championships and placing at the National Finals, including a Third Place finish in 2023. For over twenty-five years, MBA alumnus Mr. Wade Co ...
  • Wilson Grants
    Wilson Grants Our classrooms are always centered on education, but at MBA we do not believe that education takes place only in the classroom. Thanks to the extraordinary program established by David K. (Pat) Wilson ('37), and the ongoing generosity of the Wilson family, we have the fortunate and un ...
  • Access the Online Catalog
    One Search: Find a book, an ebook, or a magazine or journal article Off-Campus Access to Digital Resources Click here for usernames and passwords. eBook Access How do I get started with Overdrive? 1. Download and open the Overdrive app. 2. Choose "Have an account? Sign in." then "Sign in using libr ...
  • For Faculty
    Library Faculty Resources To schedule a library visit:    1. Consult the calendar below to see which periods and spaces have already been booked. Then fill out the library class visit form on this page.    2. Want to get your students focused on great resources? Try a Research G ...
  • Long Mountain Observatory
    Home > About MBA > Long Mountain Campus > Long Mountain Observatory Long Mountain Observatory The following images were taken from MBA's Long Mountain Observatory. For more information about the observatory, please click here . Bubble Nebula NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia. The Bubble is ...
  • Wilson Language Travel Grant
    Home > Academics > Wilson Grants > Language Grants > Wilson Language Travel Grant Wilson Language Travel Grants The Wilson Language Grant Application Window is open through December 1, 2025.  1. Open to students in 10th or 11th grade who have not participated in a travel program for that langu ...
  • Wilson Language Immersion Grant
    Home > Academics > Wilson Grants > Language Grants > Wilson Language Immersion Grant Wilson Language Immersion Grants The 2025 Wilson Language Immersion Grant Application Window open until December 1, 2025.  Wilson Language Immersion Grants Eligibility: Open to students of a modern language in ...
  • Summer Programs
    Summer & Special Programs Welcome to Montgomery Bell Academy's summer offerings for 2025! Registration Site: http://mbacamps.campbrainregistration.com Please click on the links below to view our 2025 Summer Programs schedule. Please contact Mike Martin with any questions at mike.martin@montgome ...
  • Level 3 Test Page
    Senator Bill Frist at Assembly R.A. Dickey dialogue on personal courage- in two parts Kirk Herbstreit at Assembly Oc.t 20, 2014 Joe Loconte on Leadership at MBA Rivers Rutherford at Mother Son Breakfast Jim Wellborn on Resilience at Assembly 2/10/14 Financial Independence for Seniors 2014 Jennifer ...
  • Level Three
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  • Overview
    Head of School Welcome        Welcome to Montgomery Bell Academy! We are the only all boys school in Middle Tennessee, founded in 1867, and proud of our roots and foundations dating back to the 1780's. MBA's long history is intricately woven into the ideal of developing “G ...
  • Application Process
    Application Checklist List of 6 frequently asked questions. Complete an Online Inquiry You may begin the application process by completing the online inquiry. Once you have submitted the inquiry, you will be able to access the application through your portal. All applications and supplemental mater ...
  • Academic Advising & Assistance
    Academic Advising Montgomery Bell Academy is committed to providing excellent academic counseling and advice. Each student is assigned to a faculty advisor with experience and awareness of the school’s curriculum. Students and parents are encouraged to contact advisors for suggestions regardi ...
  • College Counseling
        MBA's office of College Counseling assists all High School families, preparing students for admission to and successful performance in colleges and universities across the United States and throughout the world.     Beginning with a preview of the College Counseling process ...
  • Arts
    Arts at MBA The Visual and Performing Arts Department is composed of four separate disciplines: music, speech, theater, and the visual arts. While placed under one umbrella, these subjects are taught as separate disciplines, providing students with avenues for understanding the history and traditio ...
  • Mothers Club
      Dear MBA Mothers, Welcome to the MBA Mothers Club! My name is Jena Simmons, and I am truly honored to serve as this year’s Mothers Club President. The 2025–2026 school year is off to a wonderful start, and I have no doubt it will be a very special year for all of us. My son is a ...
  • Welcome
    Welcome Alumni! Montgomery Bell Academy has sent more than 8,800 young men into the world since 1867, prepared by an exceptional, balanced education. Yet the MBA experience rarely ends at graduation. Use this site to find out about upcoming alumni events, keep up with the latest MBA news, learn how ...
  • Support MBA
    Support MBA MBA parents are making a tremendous investment in their sons' education and future by sending them to MBA. While the financial commitment is significant, tuition does not cover the entire cost of educating the boys. The MBA Fund covers approximately 11% of the annual operating budget. W ...
  • Clubs & Activities
    Clubs and Activities List of 80 frequently asked questions. ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Sponsor: D r. Gabe Carro The Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program is an after-school program that gives students a hands-on introduction to architecture, constructio ...
  • School News
    List of 6 news stories. Totomoi Conducts Fall 2025 Tapping, Inducts Six New Members Read More Lessons, Leadership, and Looking Forward: A Conversation With the Head of School William Daughtrey Read More Seniors, Seventh Graders serve Nashville community together Read More Recognition of academic ex ...
  • Hopes and Dreams Letters
    Examples of Hopes & Dreams Letters Please click on the link above to open a PDF file which has several examples of the "Hopes and Dreams" letters that incoming students are asked to write.
  • Inquire Online
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
    Tuition for 2025-2026 List of 2 frequently asked questions. Tuition $39,069 Tuition includes base tuition and required items such as lunch, activity fees, lab fees, student publications, fitness packs, and admission to on-campus plays, musicals, and athletic events (excluding playoff games). Items ...
  • Year-long Calendar
    Home > Events & Calendar > School Calendar* > Year-long Calendar One-page Year-long Calendar      The 2024-2025 MBA One-page Calendar can be found here .       Please check back for future revisions, and please remember to check the detailed School Calendar for the ...
  • Lacrosse Leagues
    NYLA Lacrosse       2025 Fall Sixes League            Registration: Registration is now open - Click here to register Spots are limited to ensure each player will get plenty of reps Cost of the program is $250 Program Information & Gam ...
  • Visiting MBA
    Visiting MBA The best way to learn more about MBA is to visit our campus and to spend time seeing what makes our program so unique. We offer a number of ways for your family to see MBA in action. It is important to us that we get to know our applicants and have the chance to introduce ourselves and ...
  • Meet the Admission Office
    Admissions Office and Staff List of 6 members. Mr. Greg Ferrell Director of Admission & Financial Aid, Science Teacher 615-369-5311 Austin Peay State University - BS Vanderbilt University - MS Bio Greg has been a teacher and coach since 1985. After graduating from Austin Peay with a B.S. in Biology ...
  • Fall/Winter Camps
    Fall/Winter Camps The 2025 MBA Winter Camp Schedule is live and Registration will open on Wednesday, October 1st at 9:00 a.m. Please check back here for more details. Campers staying for both a morning and afternoon session during our winter camps can bring a lunch for a supervised lunch period. AL ...
  • MBA Boards
    MBA Boards     MBA Board of Trustees Trustees are enthusiastically committed to MBA. The school is one of their highest priorities. Trustees bring valuable experience to the Board. Trustees are committed to superior college preparatory education for young men of diverse backgrounds and to ...
  • Ways to Give
    Easy Ways to Give Today List of 6 frequently asked questions. Make a Gift Online It is easy and secure. Make a gift by Credit Card, Venmo, PayPal, Apply Pay, or Google Pay by clicking the link below. Please call Mrs. Millicent Vance at 615-369-5362 with any questions. Give Online Send a Check Pleas ...
  • MBA Fund
    The MBA Fund enables MBA to sustain excellence in teaching and student life, and to provide support for emerging and critical needs. It provides funding for the school’s current operations and accounts for 11 percent of the school’s annual budget. All MBA Fund donations are used during ...
  • Endowment
    Endowment        MBA's endowment is an important measure of the school’s financial strength.  The endowment, which today stands at more than $130 million, is a permanent source of income that supports the school’s ongoing needs.  The endowment includes rest ...
  • Academic Resource Center
    Academic Resource Center GENERAL INTRODUCTION The paragraphs below give good advice from experienced teachers on how to approach the main areas of study. The links in the sidebar provide additional information. Taking Notes Regardless of the classes you are taking, good note-taking skills are essen ...
  • Academics Overview
    Scholar: Classical but not Old-Fashioned Montgomery Bell Academy intentionally provides a breadth of experiences to spark intellectual curiosity and develop the innate abilities of each student.   Our small class sizes and daily advisory sessions allow our students to be truly known by the fac ...
  • Memorial & Honor Gifts
    Memorial & Honor Gifts Individuals may recognize others through memorial and honor gifts to Montgomery Bell Academy. This may be a way to provide meaningful recognition to the person being honored and supports MBA’s commitment to excellence and its mission to develop ‘Gentlemen, Sch ...
  • In-Kind Giving
    In-Kind Giving A gift-in-kind represents something you currently own and would like to donate to MBA. It can include both small and large items. Examples of a gift-in-kind might include a book that you would like to donate to the library; providing meals for a sports team, or donating a computer, o ...
  • Stock Gifts
    Stock Gifts Gifts of appreciated stock can be a tax-efficient way to support MBA.  MBA's policy is to liquidate a gift of securities as soon as the stock transfer occurs.      Please forward the name of the stock and the number of shares you intend to transfer to Camellia Howort ...
  • History Department Course Descriptions
    History History Department Course Descriptions
  • Mathematics Department Course Descriptions
    Mathematics Department Course Descriptions   Pre-Algebra (Regular   and Honors) Pre-Algebra assists students in numerous ways such as mastering introductory algebraic skills, developing a system of organization, and promoting interest and enthusiasm for mathematics. In doing so, the cours ...
  • Athletics
    Student Life Athletics Home Student Life Athletics Athlete: Sound Mind, Sound Body Through competition our students learn self-sacrifice and friendship; they learn to be part of something bigger than themselves; and they learn to pursue excellence in all that they do. Our students have many avenues ...
  • Blazers & More Sale
    Blazers and More Sale   The MBA Blazers and More Sale is a boys clothing consignment sale that is open to former and present MBA families as well as the general public.  Items in the sale are seasonal including MBA appropriate clothing such as navy blazers, pants, collared shirts, MBA log ...
  • Careers at MBA
    Careers at MBA Since 1867 Montgomery Bell Academy has been helping build boys into good men throughout Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The MBA ideal of  Gentleman, Scholar, Athlete  is put into practice everyday throughout the community, in the classroom, and on the playing fields and per ...
  • Debate
    Student Life Debate Home Student Life Debate      "The best part of the debate experience is that you are having so much fun, you forget how much you're learning."                     ̵ ...
  • Faculty & Staff Directory
    Search by Department Department Select Department English Mathematics Science History World Languages Visual and Performing Arts Enrichment Administration Admissions Alumni & Development Athletics Finance Office College Counseling Counseling Library Maintenance Marketing & Strategic Communi ...
  • Fathers Club
    Welcome to the Fathers Club The Fathers Club serves three primary functions: 1) to provide fathers and sons a variety of volunteer activities and fun events to foster close bonds between them, 2) to provide an opportunity for fathers to meet and interact with one another, and 3) to raise money to s ...
  • Officers
    Fathers Club Officers, 2025-2026    President Michael Ory - mory@brentwoodcapital.com    Treasurer Henry Menge - jmenge@hotmail.com    Head of Volunteers Ben Burns - ben.burns@avisonyoung.com    Head of Concessions Jeff Haithcoat - jeffhaithcoat@hotmail.com & ...
  • Food Service
    Sage Dining Services MBA is proud to partner with SAGE Dining Services® to offer f resh, delicious meals made from scratch!  See our menu, and get more information about allergen management, nutrition, sustainability, and culinary trends here .      The talented chefs from ...
  • World Languages Department
    The World Languages Department Montgomery Bell Academy’s World Languages Department offers four to five year courses in Latin, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish, and a one year course in Classical Greek. All students who enter MBA are required to take two years of Latin, with study beginni ...
  • History Department
    The History Department Mission Statement : Empathy, Perspective, and Engaging Students in the Study of the Past Context and Perspective - We strive neither to condemn nor glorify past events and historical figures but to put the past in context and to help students better understand what happened a ...
  • Mathematics Department
    The Mathematics Department The Montgomery Bell Academy Mathematics Department seeks to facilitate our students' admission to college, to provide the tools necessary for success in college and beyond, and to show students the joy and beauty that can be found in mathematics. In addition, recognizing ...
  • MBA Campus Map
    Contact Us Directions and Contact Information Main Campus Map
  • OLD Multimedia Library
    Home > OLD Multimedia Library OLD Multimedia Library Most Popular Videos What Makes A Good Teacher? Ruta Sepetys speaks at assembly, and Ross Rochford on guitar Welcome to MBA - Campus Fly Over Lithuania - COURAGE presentation vieos Dr. Kenneth R. Ginsburg at MBA In-Sevice 2014 Tom Douglas 2013 Gra ...
  • Our Mission & History
    Our Mission and History Montgomery Bell, a Pennsylvanian, came to Dickson County, Tennessee, around 1800 and purchased the Cumberland iron furnace from James Robertson, one of the founding fathers of Nashville. Bell had a keen interest in education, paying for the schooling of his sister’s ch ...
  • Technology
    Technology In light of MBA’s 153-year history, the emergence of technology on campus is a relatively new development. MBA has embraced new technologies by blending the advantages of a digital world with a classical curriculum – a challenge eagerly accepted among the facul ...
  • School Archives
    Welcome to the MBA Online Archives The mission of the Archives is to document the history of the school from 1867 to the present. The Archives identifies, collects, preserves, and makes available the historical records documenting the history, organization, artifacts, and other memorabilia associat ...
  • School Garden
    School Garden     SPRING 2023 PLANT SALE The MBA Garden Club had another successful plant sale during Endada this year. Please click HERE for plant care guidelines for all of the plants from this year's sale.     FALL 2022 UPDATE The Garden Club is pleased to announce our newly ...
  • Science Department
    The Science Department The science program at Montgomery Bell Academy is designed to provide a traditional sequence of college preparatory courses and advanced placement that encompass all general areas of science. The sequence begins in the Junior School in the seventh grade with Introductory Phys ...
  • Shopping Partners
    Shopping Partners Welcome to the Shopping Partners program!  This page provides information about how you can help raise money for MBA by simply shopping.  The companies below provide a percentage of revenue to the school when we shop with them. Read on to learn how you can ...
  • Sports Programs
    Sports Programs On behalf of the MBA Mothers Club, we would like to introduce you to an opportunity to advertise your business or organization in the MBA Sports Program, a glossy, full color magazine-style program that is published during the Fall, Winter and Spring.   Each publication recogni ...
  • Student Publications
    Student Publications High School Publications: Use the links below to open the latest and recent issues of The Bell Ringer , the high school student newspaper, and Archives, the high school student literary magazine. Junior School Publications: Use the links below to open the latest and recent ...
  • Parents
    Welcome! Sending your son to Montgomery Bell Academy means you become a part of the MBA family, too. MBA parents are an essential and active part of the school community, and we welcome you here on the web site and on campus. Please use the tools and information you find here to stay in touch with ...
  • English Grants
    Wilson English Grants The English Department is pleased to offer Wilson English Scholarships to deserving and interested high school students (rising 10th – 12th grades) for this summer. Students who want to explore their writing talents through workshops in poetry, fiction, non-fiction and o ...
  • History Grants
    Wilson History Grants MBA is pleased to offer the opportunity for Wilson Grants to engaged and interested students rising 10th through rising 12th grades for the summer 2025. Students who excel in history courses and are very interested in fields such as history, political science/law, internationa ...
  • Language Grants
    Wilson Language Grants The MBA Languages Department offers the following language grants: Wilson Language Immersion & Wilson Language Travel Grants. These are fully funded competitive grants. Students can receive up to one Immersion Grant and one Travel Grant per language studied.     ...
  • Mathematics Grants
    Wilson Mathematics Grants We are pleased to offer Wilson Scholarships to deserving high school students (rising 10 th – 12 th grades) for this coming summer. Those students who excel in Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, and Statistics, and with an interest in pursuing Mathematical disciplines in c ...
  • Science & Engineering Grants
    Wilson Science & Engineering Grants MBA is pleased to offer Wilson Scholarships to deserving high school students (rising 10th – 12th grades) for this coming summer. Those students who excel in IPS, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, and with an interest in pursuing Science, ...
  • Visual & Performing Arts Grants
    Wilson Visual & Performing Arts Grants   MBA is pleased to offer Wilson Grants to deserving high school students (rising 10th–12th grades) for this coming summer. Those students who excel in the areas of the visual arts, vocal, orchestral and instrumental music, theater performance a ...
  • Events & Calendar
    Upcoming Events         Please login to Scholar to see full school calendar details.        NOVEMBER MBA Art Show: November 6-8 Late Start (9:00): November 7, 21 Fall Concert: November 9 Theme Day: November 13 Quarter 2 Mid-quarter: November 14 High School Pl ...
  • Programs
    Student Life: Beyond the Classroom Our goal is to foster the multifaceted nature of each of our students, engaging them beyond the classroom to participate in activities and organizations that will develop character, leadership and a broader understanding of the world around them. Our athletic team ...
  • Service
    About the MBA Service Club The MBA Service Club is a student-run organization that seeks to extend the MBA community beyond the scope of the school. The group performs projects designed both to give back to the larger Nashville community and to help boys realize their own roles as leaders within ou ...
  • Totomoi
    Totomoi In 1954, MBA developed an honorary society modeled after the national leadership fraternity Blue Key at the urging of two alumni from the class of 1950 -- Inman Fox and Robert McNeilly and Head of School R. L. Sager.      Seniors (fall and spring) and juniors (spring) apply a ...
  • King Society
    Martin Luther King Society Founded by Edwin Conley (’04) and Ben Pote (’04) in January 2003, the Martin Luther King Society honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King’s work towards equality, justice, freedom, and peace.    Membership in the King Society comprises sopho ...
  • Science Olympiad
    Science Olympiad Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. These goals are accomp ...
  • Robotics
    Robotics Club The MBA Robotics Club is a group aimed at using modern technology to advance life on a small scale and societal scale by experimenting and learning about the technological forces that drive our everyday lives. The club features competitions of various sorts, including the B.E.S.T. com ...
  • Sports Medicine
    Sports Medicine Welcome to the MBA Sports Medicine page. This page provides links to a great deal of information of interest to athletes, parents, and the wider MBA community.   Sports Medicine at MBA: MBA is fortunate to have a full-time Certified Athletic Trainer on staff at the school. In a ...
  • Head Coaches & Staff
    Head Coaches - Fall List of 5 members. Mr. Chris Chauvin Head Football Coach, Science Teacher, Athletics, and Var. Strength & Conditioning. John Hopkins University - BA At MBA since 2011 Mr. Sean Jackson Math Teacher, Golf Head Coach Princeton University - BSE Northwestern University - MBA At MBA s ...
  • Contact Us
    Main Campus Directions Phone Main School Office: (615)298-5514  Junior School Office: (615)369-5380  Admissions Office: (615)369-5311 Athletic Office: (615)369-5350 Alumni & Development Office: (615)369-5360 Security Number: (615)626-9042 Mailing Address Montgomery Bell Academy 4001 H ...
  • International Exchange Programs
    International Exchange Programs       MBA Spans the Globe   As today's society becomes increasingly globally-minded, the ability to appreciate and understand other cultures becomes extremely important. In order to function in this world, one needs to step outside the boundaries ...
  • Guidelines for Visiting Students
    Guidelines for Visiting Students All of us here at Montgomery Bell Academy welcome you and look forward to your stay with us. In the paragraphs below, you will find several items which will help you settle into the daily routine. Please feel free to submit any questions you may have after reading t ...
  • Sports Camps
    Home > Camps > Camps & Special Programs > Fall/Winter Camps > Sports Camps Fall/Winter Camps Winter Sports Camps December 19, 2025 - Friday 1st Camp Sports Camp 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon For boys Prek - K Cost: $60 December 22, 2025 - Monday Basketball Camp 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon For boy ...
  • Camps & Special Programs
    Camps Camps & Special Programs Home Camps Camps & Special Programs Registration Site: http://mbacamps.campbrainregistration.com Summer Camps 2025 Winter Camps Lacrosse Leagues CORE Hoops at MBA
  • Sports Camps
    Home > Camps > Camps & Special Programs > Summer Programs > Sports Camps Sports Camps 2025 Summer Sports Camps Registration Site: http://mbacamps.campbrainregistration.com 1st Camp Session 1: May 27-30 (Tues-Fri) from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Session 2: July 21-24 (Mon-Thurs) from 9:00 a.m. - 12: ...
  • Coed Academic Prep
    Home > Camps > Camps & Special Programs > Summer Programs > Coed Academic Prep Coed Academic Prep 2025 Co-Ed Academic Prep Courses Registration Site: http://mbacamps.campbrainregistration.com Cancellation Policy A $30 non-refundable registration fee is included in the price of all courses. For ...
  • Enrichment Camps
    Home > Camps > Camps & Special Programs > Summer Programs > Enrichment Camps Enrichment Camps 2025 Enrichment Camps Registration Site: http://mbacamps.campbrainregistration.com   Bloxels Video Game Design Session 1: July 7-11 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Session 2: July 14-18 from 9:00 a.m. ...
  • Summer Soccer League Rules
    Home > Camps > Camps & Special Programs > Summer Programs > Summer Soccer League* > Summer Soccer League Rules Summer Soccer Rules Rosters: Teams will play 7 v 7. A minimum of 5 players is required to play. In the event a team is short, players from other teams can be used to complete roster fo ...
  • Junior School
    The Junior School is designed to nurture and prepare our students as they transition from foundational knowledge developed in elementary school toward the increasingly in-depth courses of study offered in the high school.  Throughout a young man’s time on The Hill, MBA emphasizes the emo ...
  • English Department
    The English Department     The English program at Montgomery Bell Academy has a long tradition of teaching young men to become close readers of great literature and confident writers with a strong background in grammar and stylistic principles. Along with challenging students to develop d ...
  • Departments
    Academic Departments Follow the links below for information for each academic department other than Visual and Performing Arts , which has its own section on the main menu. English World Languages History Mathematics Science
  • World Languages Department Faculty
    World Languages Department Faculty List of 8 members. Mr. J.P. Bernatavitz 300 Dickinson College - BA College of Notre Dame - M.L.T. At MBA since 1997 Mr. Nelson Berry 06 Latin Teacher, Theater Program, Strategy Club, International Thespian Society Sewanee: The University of the South - B.A. Univer ...
  • English Department Faculty
    English Department Faculty List of 12 members. Mr. Collins Aki English Teacher At MBA since 2024 Mr. Mike Anderson 93 Director of Athletics, English Teacher 302 University of Tennessee-Knoxville - BA At MBA since 2003 Mrs. Gracie (Killman) Bassett English Department Chair; Theater Program 615-369-5 ...
  • History Department Faculty
    History Department Faculty List of 12 members. Dr. Clay Bailey History Teacher, History Club & Competitions, Sustainability Committee, JS Cross Country Sewanee: The University of the South - BA Vanderbilt University - MA & PhD At MBA since 1995 Dr. Tim Boyd Associate Head of School, Academic Dean, ...
  • Mathematics Department Faculty
    Mathematics Department Faculty List of 10 members. Mr. Kevin Anglin Math and Computer Teacher, 10th Grade Advisor, Varsity Basketball Head Coach 232 Vanderbilt University - BS At MBA since 2003 Dr. Kasey Bray Math Teacher University of Kentucky - PhD Texas Tech University - MS Texas Tech University ...
  • Science Department Faculty
    Science Department Faculty List of 9 members. Dr. Eric Armstrong Vanderbilt University - BS Emory University - PhD At MBA since 2014 Mr. Travis Barclay Science Department Chair 615-298-5514 Ball State University - BS Ball State University - MS At MBA since 2005 Dr. Gabe Carro Science Teacher, Garde ...
  • Privacy Policy
    Privacy Policy Welcome to the Montgomery Bell Academy Website (“Website”). The following discloses our Information-gathering and dissemination practices. By using or accessing the Website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Information Gathering We may use ...
  • Terms of Use
    Terms of Use Welcome to the Montgomery Bell Academy Educational Community (“MBA”) Website. This website, www.montgomerybell.edu (the “Website”) and all of its subdomains, is maintained and operated by MBA and was created to enhance communication among MBA and its students, p ...
  • Honor Code
    Honor Code Montgomery Bell Academy has had a codified Honor System, governed by the Honor System Constitution, in place since 1945. This Constitution established the Honor Council, a group of twelve students elected by their peers to hear cases of honor violations and “to promote a strong sen ...
  • Team Pages
    NOTE: You can also find all MBA team rosters and schedules by clicking here .           MBA Team Pages Team Select Team Baseball - JS A Baseball - JS B Baseball - JV Baseball - Varsity Basketball - 9th Grade Basketball - JS A Basketball - JS B Basketball - JS C Basketb ...
  • MBA Rifle Classic
    Joe Sharbel Rifle Classic The 31st annual Joe Sharbel (MBA) Rifle Classic will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, over the weekend of October 9-12, 2025. The Rifle Classic, initiated in 1995, provides season opening competition for high school teams and is the largest high school sponsored shooting e ...
  • Networking with MBA Alumni
    Networking with MBA Alumni Graduway – MBA’s Online Alumni Networking Platform and App   Calling all MBA Alumni! The Alumni and Development Office is excited to announce a new partnership with Graduway, an online networking platform perfect for connecting with other graduates of The ...
  • Streaming Media
    Can't make it to the game in person?  You can keep up with Big Red athletic events by clicking on the buttons below.     For events not found on SportsEngine, please click on the Vimeo button to watch the student-run productions of the MBA Broadcasting Club.        ...
  • Exam Information
    Exam Information - Spring 2025        Semester Exam Schedule The chart below outlines the exam schedule for Spring 2025.  Semester Exams will take place from May 16-23.​  All exams begin at 9:00am, unless students have extended time, in which case exams begin at ...
  • Feature - Gentleman
    Gentleman: Character for the 21st Century Your son can become a great man. Though the path to that goal never ends, he can learn to stay on it. MBA builds the traits that he will hone throughout his life: empathy, resilience, honesty, courage, integrity, honor, humility. The school’s culture ...
  • Feature - Scholar
    Scholar: Classical but not Old-Fashioned The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. - Plato Your son's mind is the key to unlocking a future of possibility for himself . Guided by MBA’s approach to classical education, which we have shaped over the last 150 ...
  • Feature - Athlete
    Athlete: Sound Mind, Sound Body Your son can develop what it takes to overcome obstacles in his path. Through MBA’s varied extracurricular programs, he can strive for physical fitness, practice teamwork, and experience healthy competition -- each of which yields benefits far beyond life on Th ...
  • Feature - Scholar 2
    Scholar: Classical but not Old-Fashioned Montgomery Bell Academy intentionally provides a breadth of experiences to spark intellectual curiosity and develop the innate abilities of each student.   Our small class sizes and daily advisory sessions allow our students to be truly known by the fac ...
  • Feature - Gentleman 2
    Gentleman: Character for the 21st Century Montgomery Bell Academy prizes character as the foundation for all of our students’ academic, altruistic, and athletic pursuits.  Here we focus on imparting qualities like resilience, humility, perseverance and compassion to support our boys̵ ...
  • Feature - Athlete 2
    Athlete: Sound Mind, Sound Body Montgomery Bell Academy promotes daily fitness as a vital component of health and well-being; athletics at MBA focus not only on physical health, but also on enduring elements of character. The boys learn to work together toward a common goal of excellence, pushing t ...
  • MBA Fund Leadership Team
    2025-2026 MBA Fund Leadership Team Leadership Giving Chair Mauro Mastrapasqua ('90) MBA Trustee; Alumni Parent (Mauro '21) Parent Chairs Cynthia and Franco Recchia (Luca '24 and Nico '26)   Alumni Chair Jonathan Gluck ('04)   Grandparent Chair Jennifer Kyle (James, Grandson '30) Alumni Pa ...
  • Endada
    Mark your calendars for ENDADA 2026! Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026 Time: 11:00 am -3:00 pm Location: MBA’s Campus Montgomery Bell Academy’s sixteenth annual ENDADA Music and Arts Festival is free and is open to the community .  The festival is a student-led event involving over 75 ...
  • Admissions Calendar
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  • Welcome
    Athletics Welcome Home Student Life Athletics Welcome Athlete: Sound Mind, Sound Body Through competition our students learn self-sacrifice and friendship; they learn to be part of something bigger than themselves; and they learn to pursue excellence in all that they do. Our students have many aven ...
  • Facilities
    Athletics Facilities MBA is fortunate to have some of the premier athletic and wellness facilities in the entire state of Tennessee, if not the entire southeast US.  Students are required to participate in athletics in each season of the school year, throughout their time on The Hill - in keep ...
  • College Athletics
    Playing College Sports at Highly-Selective Academic Schools    Playing College Sports - More Attainable Than You Think - Extremely Helpful in Admissions Playing college sports is a valuable and highly rewarding experience. It allows students to take the path less travelled, broaden their ...
  • Directions and Contact Information
    Main Campus Directions Phone Main School Office: (615)298-5514  Junior School Office: (615)369-5380  Admissions Office: (615)369-5311 Athletic Office: (615)369-5350 Alumni & Development Office: (615)369-5360 Security Number: (615)626-9042 Mailing Address Montgomery Bell Academy 4001 H ...
  • Matching Gifts
    Matching Gifts Matching your gift is a great way to make a bigger impact.  Many companies match cash gifts from employees to qualified non-profit organizations like MBA.  Some even match gifts from retirees or spouses.  To find out if your company will match gifts to MBA, please ente ...
  • MBA Service Trips
    MBA Service Trips Each year groups of MBA gentlemen and their chaperones head across the globe on community-centered adventures.  These experiences abroad compliment our partnerships with local agencies and are intended to help students expand their horizons and to learn more about themselves ...
  • Transportation
    Morning Bus Transportation General Information: Montgomery Bell Academy will be providing bus transportation with two morning shuttle routes as a service and convenience for MBA, St. Cecilia, Overbrook, Akiva, and Harpeth Hall families who live in Davidson County and Williamson County. The buses wi ...
  • High School
    The four years that boys spend in Grades 9 – 12 are inherently among the most formative they will ever experience intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Our mission in the High School is therefore to find the best possible balance between providing the necessary structure to shape our boy ...
  • Guidance Counseling
    The Guidance Counseling office at Montgomery Bell Academy works in concert with MBA faculty and MBA’s parent community to ensure that each student feels supported, understood, and adjusted during his experience at MBA. The Counseling office is dedicated to helping students develop greater sel ...
  • Community and Culture
    A Culture of Curiosity, Character, and Connection At the heart of MBA’s mission is the development of young men into gentlemen, scholars, and athletes. That work begins with building a culture where every boy is known, valued, welcomed, and respected. Our programs and curriculum invite boys t ...
  • Faculty Resources
    Library Faculty Resources To schedule a library visit:    1. Consult the calendar below to see which periods and spaces have already been booked. Then fill out the library class visit form on this page.    2. Want to get your students focused on great resources? Try a Research G ...
  • Student Resources
    From the MBA Honor Council Avoiding Plagiarism Use this resource during writing and research to answer tricky questions about citing works appropriately. Guides for Class Assignments MBA Library Research Guides Use this link to access all of the library's Research Guides, which are resources for re ...
  • About the Library
    The Patrick Wilson Library In support of MBA's mission, the Patrick Wilson Library is an integral part of the MBA community. On campus the library provides a gracious as well as functional setting for MBA's students and faculty to study, read for pleasure, engage in research, and explore elect ...
  • Music
    Choir Ensembles Big Red Chorus Chamber Choir Head of School Singers Jr. School Singers Choir Links MBA Sings Video Page Band Ensembles Cardinal Band Silver Band Basie Band Ellington Band Big Red Rocks Big Red Rhythm Band Links Big Red Jazz Orchestra Ensembles Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra Prelude Orch ...
  • Jan and Steve Riven
    Long-Term Fans of MBA: Jan and Steve Riven Community and connection are the ties that bind Jan and Steve Riven to MBA. Mr. Riven has served on the Board of Trustees for over 31 years, and the Riven family has been longtime supporters and fans of the school. According to Riven, their son Jay ('88) c ...
  • Online Stores
    Big Red Store Online Welcome to the Big Red Store Visit the Big Red Store Online Managed by the MBA Mother's Club, The Big Red Store has multiple shopping opportunities for all your MBA Gear! Big Red Store will be closed for the month of July. Note: Do not choose expedited shipping. You may choose ...
  • MBA Cheerleading
    MBA Cheer Tryouts 2024-2025 School Year Any girl interested in trying out for the 2024/25 cheerleading team, please complete this interest form   https://forms.gle/ XNzdboVDxwmUiiA67     Optional Pre Tryout Clinics:  Pre Tryout Clinic #1: Sunday March 24th, 2024  Pre T ...
  • Meet Our Donors
    Meet Our Donors Jan and Steve Riven Long-Time Fans of MBA Rosemary McIlhenny Building her Family's Legacy 1 / 2 Barry Banker An Education for a Lifetime Jane and Greg Allen Paving the Way Forward 1 / 2
  • Rosemary McIlhenny
    Building Her Family's Legacy: Rosemary McIlhenny Rosemary  McIlhenny is not a native to Nashville.  She is not a part of an MBA legacy; no brother or father who attended.  Yet she is creating that legacy now, as her sons, John ('19) and Frank ('23) Dinkins both attend.  "My boys ...
  • Barry Banker
    An Education for a Lifetime: Barry Banker With only a high school education from Middletown High School (in a once vibrant steel-producing town in Southwest Ohio), my father's goal for me while I attended H.G. Hill Elementary School here in Nashville was an MBA education. He perceived it as the fou ...
  • Jane and Greg Allen
    Paving the Way Forward: Jane and Greg Allen There is a sense of tradition woven into the fabric of MBA that offers security and encouragement to those who step on campus. For Greg and Jane Allen, this sense of tradition paves the way toward the future.  Parents of Clarke (’16) and Ty (&# ...
  • Cellophony
    Established by Hamilton Berry, class of 2003, Cellophony is a student-run concert supporting Nashville's W.O. Smith Music School, which provides quality music instruction to children from low-income families. By showcasing the talent of the musicians here at MBA, we hope to help children across the ...
  • Core Hoops - Basketball
    Welcome to CORE Hoops Welcome to CORE Hoops, your one stop for everything Basketball in the new state of the art Frank Burkholder Wellness Center! CORE Hoops offers year round basketball events that are designed for athletes who love the game of Basketball. CORE Hoops is committed to helping young ...
  • Tearing Down The Walls
    Tearing Down the Walls In the summer of 2019, several juniors and seniors (Brycen Brown, Kiran Peterson, Jacob Hanai, John Thornton, Emanuel Barrett, and Maxwell Battle) created the Tearing Down the Walls Club. We founded this club in response to a charge at the end of a two-day Southeastern Divers ...
  • Distinguished Faculty Chairs
    Faculty Chairs and Programs Since the early 2000’s, alumni and supporters of Montgomery Bell Academy have established a comprehensive set of faculty chairs and programs. Some chairs support subject-specific teaching and leadership, such as the Jackson Family Chair or Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr. ...
  • Long Mountain Programs
    Programs Long Mountain Programs Long Mountain became part of the MBA Campus in 2008, and since then, a range of outdoor programs have sprung up for MBA students. Sports teams go to Long Mountain for team-building retreats. Class officers go to develop their leadership skills through ropes course ch ...
  • Events
    Seasonal Events The Fathers Club at MBA is proud to host a variety of events throughout the year that bring fathers and sons together, celebrate community, and support the school. From time-honored traditions to friendly competitions, these gatherings are a meaningful way to connect with your son, ...
  • About the Service Club
    About the MBA Service Club The MBA Service Club is a student-run organization that seeks to extend the MBA community beyond the scope of the school. The group performs projects designed both to give back to the larger Nashville community and to help boys realize their own roles as leaders within ou ...
  • Website Language
    Website Language Please click one of the links below to translate our entire MBA website into that particular language. We hope you find this helpful.                                          &# ...
  • Carter Invitational Tennis Tournament
    Carter Invitational Tennis Tournament The Carter Tennis Invitational is an annual two-day tournament, which features 8 of the top tennis teams from Tennessee and Kentucky. The tournament provides great competition late in the season for teams preparing for playoffs. The invitational is named after ...
  • Doug Hall Relays
    The Doug Hall Relays Since its debut in 1987, the Doug Hall Relays has grown from its infancy to become one of the premier high school invitational track meets for Davidson and Williamson Counties. The event routinely draws 20 varsity and 10 freshman Track & Field teams each year. History of th ...
  • WWI & WWII Sites Trip
    Wilson Trip to WWI & WWII Sites The Wilson WW1 / WW2 Grant Application Window is open through December 8, 2025.  In June, MBA faculty will lead a tour of significant historical sites focused on the Allied experience in World War I and World War II. This is a competitive grant open to risin ...
  • Cultural History Trip
    Wilson Cultural History Trip In June 2026, approximately 10 MBA rising seniors, juniors, and sophomores, as well as two faculty members, will explore the range of historical and cultural experiences from museums, architecture, historical sites, theater, and music in three major cities in the northe ...
  • Science Department Course Descriptions
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  • Rifle State Championship Match
    Tennessee State Rifle Championship Welcome to the Tennessee State Rifle Championship.  Online Registration Executive Match Director  Mick Raney mick.raney@ montgomerybell.edu 615-369-5353 Registration Coordinator Joy Victoria joy.victoria@montgomerybell. edu 615-905-6220 State Championshi ...
  • Strategic Plan
    Strategic Plan With input from faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and board members, the new, five-year strategic plan was formally approved by the MBA Board of Trustees in January 2022.  Entitled From the Hill to the Horizon: Montgomery Bell Academy, Strategic Plan 2022-2026 , this document wil ...
  • MBA Flag Football League
    MBA Flag Football League Contact us at MBAFFL@montgomerybell.edu List of 1 frequently asked questions. 2026 WINTER SEASON REGISTRATION CLOSED The MBA Flag Football League offers kids across Middle Tennessee and beyond a safe, local, and supportive environment to learn the game and compete at variou ...
  • Montgomery Bell International Symposium
    Student Life Programs Home Student Life Programs Montgomery Bell International Symposium Montgomery Bell International Symposium       Symposium Background MBA is parent of an international group of schools known as the Montgomery Bell International Symposium (MBIS), details of which ...
  • Treasures of Britain Trip
    Wilson Treasures of Britain Trip In July 2026, MBA faculty will lead a tour of England and Scotland, exploring the landscape, history, and culture of the British Isles.  Sites visited include: London, Canterbury, Windsor, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Bath, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews.  The Treas ...
  • SYLO
    Sophomore Youth Leadership Opportunity SYLO 2025 is here! The MBA Sophomore Youth Leadership Opportunity (SYLO) is a program designed to provide MBA Sophomores with an interactive leadership opportunity involving some of Nashville's most prominent business and civic leaders.   This year select ...
  • Yearbook - The Bell
    Yearbook - The Bell     Yearbook Photo Sharing       See your pictures in the yearbook!  Parents, students, and members of the MBA community are invited to share their great photos with The Bell yearbook staff for possible use in this year's book.  Photo ...
  • Distinguished Alumni
    MBA Distinguished Alumni The following gentlemen, selected by the Alumni Association, embody the schools' ideals of excellence, integrity, and high achievement in their chosen fields of endeavor. 1992  Frank F. Drowota III (Class of 1956) 1993  William H. Frist (Class of 1970) 1994  ...
  • Just.Glass
    Recycle, Reduce Poverty and Support MBA ... at the same time! Just.Glass @ MBA JG-JI_Display-01 Just.Glass @ MBA Troy Jiang ('16) rides along! Troy spent a day with our friends from Just.Glass, picking up glass from around the greater Nashville community to be recycled. Just.Glass @ MBA To sign up ...
  • Upcoming Events
    Upcoming Events         Please login to Scholar to see full school calendar details.        NOVEMBER MBA Art Show: November 6-8 Late Start (9:00): November 7, 21 Fall Concert: November 9 Theme Day: November 13 Quarter 2 Mid-quarter: November 14 High School Pl ...
  • Saturday Scholars
    Saturday Scholars Saturday Scholars @mbaserviceclub Members of the MBA Service Club have for decades offered academic support to students throughout Nashville.  Whether tutoring and mentoring in after school programs, helping our immigrant neighbors with their English or working to boost the m ...
  • Squash Clinics
    MBA Squash Clinics Register Now What: MBA is offering age based introductory squash clinics. Squash is a dynamic and exciting racket sport played between two players on a 4-wall enclosed court. The sport combines eye-hand coordination, agility, tactics and physical conditioning, which makes squash ...
  • MBA Speaker Series Videos
    MBA Speaker Series Some things are just too good not to share!  MBA is fortunate to have a history of remarkable speakers who have left their mark on our community.   Each guest had a story to tell, and each challenged our thinking and our points of view.  These MBA speakers have inc ...
  • From The Hill to the Horizon
    News • 1/18/2017
    A Campaign for Montgomery Bell Academy
  • Strength Through Knowledge
    News • 9/2/2016
    A classical education equips boys to tackle any discipline with confidence. Find Out How
  • TOTOMOI ADDS SIX IN SPRING TAPPING
    News • 9/2/2016
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    News • 9/2/2016
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    News • 9/2/2016
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  • Tonight's MBA Basketball Game Postponed
    News • 2/6/2015
    MBA's varsity basketball game versus Baylor School has been postponed until Thursday, February 12.
  • A School Designed for Boys
    A School Designed for Boys As Middle Tennessee’s only boys’ school, MBA is a place where a boy’s academic, extracurricular, and emotional needs are the priority. Learning is most productive in an environment where friendships thrive; where students are more inclined to take risks ...
  • P. Hale Memorial Golf Tournament
    P. Hale Memorial Golf Tournament       Please plan to join us for the 2025 P. Hale Memorial Golf Tournament, which is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at Hermitage Golf Club (President's Reserve Course) .      Should you have any questions, please contact Langho ...
  • Welcome!
    Thank you for your interest in Montgomery Bell Academy. Here at MBA, we are committed to providing the best education for young men, and to know, care for, and understand our students.   Admission to MBA is competitive, and successful candidates are those who have demonstrated a serious approa ...
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  • Lego/Little Explorer Winter Camps
    Lego and Little Explorers Winter Camps Please join Camp Brick at MBA this Winter: December 22-23 Camps are available for boys and girls ages 4-14. We are offering four different camps - Lego On Your Mark, Get Set, Build; Little Explorers; Stop Motion; and Minecraft Adventure. Campers will need to b ...
  • Pat Patrick Memorial Jazz Fund
    The Pat Patrick Music Fund at MBA was established in 2016 by Pat's classmates and friends to honor his memory and love for jazz music.  Tom Bailey ('65) and Gene Shanks ('65) were instrumental in establishing this Fund to enrich MBA's music program. The mission of the Fund is to honor Pat Patr ...
  • Wilson Grants for Junior School Students
    Wilson Grants for Junior School Students    MBA is pleased to offer Wilson Grants for Junior School students for the summer of 2026.  The purpose of these grants is to reward excellence and to offer students the opportunity to pursue, explore, and strengthen personal interests in a v ...
  • Camps for the Week of May 27-30
    May 27 - May 30 Full Day Camps none Morning Camps 1st Camp - 9:00 a.m. - noon for boys in rising grades Pre-K-K (sports) Cheer Camp - 9:00 a.m. - noon for girls ages 4-12 years (sports) Camp Brick Legos On Your Mark, Get Set, Build - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon for boys & girls ages 6-14 (enrichment ...
  • Camps for the Week of June 2-6
    June 2-6 Full Day Camps All Sports Camp - 9:00 am. - 3:00 p.m. for boys in rising grades 1-6 (sports) Golf - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tues-Thurs for boys in rising grades 5-12 (sports) Little Explorers Big Builders - 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 (full day option) noon for boys and girls ages 4-6 (enrichments) Mor ...
  • Camps for the Week of June 9-13
    June 9-13 Full Day Camps All Sports Camp - 9:00 am. - 3:00 p.m. for boys in rising grades 1-6 (sports) Little Explorers Rock & Roll Camp - 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (full day option) for boys and girls ages 4-6 (enrichments) Morning Camps PreCamp for All Sports Camp - 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. for boys ...
  • Camps for the Week of June 16-20
    June 16-20 Full Day Camps All Sports Camp - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for boys in rising grades 1-6 (sports) Little Explorers Crazy Science - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (full day option) for boys and girls ages 4-6 (enrichments)  Morning Camps PreCamp for All Sports Camp - 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. for bo ...
  • Camps for the Week of July 7-11
    July 7-11 Full Day Camps Basketball - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for boys in rising grades 2-7 (sports) Morning Camps Baseball - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. for boys in rising grades 1-6 (sports) Rowing - 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. for boys and girls in rising grades 5-8 (sports) Soccer - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ...
  • Camps for the Week of July 14-18
    July 14-18 Full Day Camps Basketball - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for boys in rising grades 2-7 (sports) Morning Camps Rowing - 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. for boys and girls in rising grades 5-8 (sports) Soccer - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. for boys and girls in rising grades 1-7 (sports) Tennis - 9:00 a.m. - 11 ...
  • Camps for the Week of July 21-25
    July 21-25 Morning Camps 1st Camp - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (Mon-Thurs) for boys in rising PreK-K (sports) Basketball Shooting Camp - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Mon-Wed) for boys in rising grades 5-12 (sports) Dodgeball - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Mon-Wed) for boys and girls in rising grades 2-6 (sports) ...
  • USA Shooting - Junior Olympics Qualification
    USA Shooting - Junior Olympics Qualification Welcome to the USA Shooting - Junior Olympics Qualification held at Montgomery Bell Academy. Relays for this year's competition are scheduled for December 13, 2025 and January 24, 2026. All information including registration and OMP are located on the ri ...
  • MBA Welcomes "The Nashville Circle"
    News • 6/5/2024
          From June 3-5 the MBA College Counseling office was pleased to host "The Nashville Circle," a gathering of independent school college counselors and college admissions officers.  Among other topics, the group discussed the current state of college admissions during this inf ...
  • Andrew Triggs ('07) Named Varsity Baseball Head Coach
    News • 4/29/2024
          MBA is pleased to announce the hiring of Andrew Triggs (’07) as the new Varsity Baseball Head Coach and Director of Alumni Relations. Current Head Coach Mike Anderson (’93) will continue as MBA’s Director of Athletics, a position he has held since March 2023. P ...
  • Eight Students Named National Merit Finalists
    News • 2/13/2024
    All eight MBA seniors recently advanced from National Merit Semi-Finalists to Finalists. They are now part of only 15,000 students in the entire country (the top 1%) to achieve this status. Next month the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) will notify 7,140 scholarship winners (National M ...
  • Choir Advances to State Competition
    News • 2/13/2024
    On February 13th the MBA combined Chamber Choir and Head of School Singers earned "Superior" rankings in both performance and sight-reading at the Choral Festival. This is the eleventh year in a row the combined choir has qualified for the American Choral Directors state competition, which takes pla ...
  • MBA Faculty Recognized for Teaching Excellence
    News • 9/15/2023
         Congratulations to MBA faculty members Will Hannon ('08) and Ying Zhang , who were both recently recognized for teaching excellence. Will Hannon (Science Department) received the Excellence in High School Teaching Award from the southeastern region of the American Chemistry Socie ...
  • MBA Welcomes Dr. William Daughtrey As 16th Head of School
    News • 7/1/2023
           Dr. William H. Daughtrey III officially begins his tenure at the helm of Montgomery Bell Academy. He becomes just the 16th Head of School in over 150 years at MBA, succeeding Brad Gioia who retired after 29 years leading the school. Please click here for the official Press ...
  • Three MBA Student-Athletes Named Middle Tennessee Player of the Year
    News • 6/19/2023
    As part of the national USA Today High School Sports Awards Program , The Tennessean recently announced the Middle Tennessee Player of the Year Award in each sport.  Three MBA student-athletes were recognized with this significant honor: Boys Wrestler of the Year Gabe Fisher ('23) Boys Lacrosse ...
  • Four Former MBA Football Players Named to 2010s All-Decade Team
    News • 6/6/2023
    The Tennessean  recently released its  2 010s All-Decade football team , which features four former MBA players.        Ty Chandler ('17) Alex Bars ('14) Jackson Lampley ('19) Jashon Robertson ('14)
  • MBA Crew Boat Wins National Championship
    News • 5/31/2023
    On May 27 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, MBA's boat of Fielding Staelin ('24) and Cooper Coleman ('24) won the JV 2x National Championship in the SRAA Regatta on Melton Hill Lake.  Congratulations to Fielding and Cooper, Head Coach Rich Kesor, and the entire MBA crew team.      
  • MBA Teachers Recognized in Nashville Ledger Article
    News • 10/10/2022
    The October 7-13 edition of The Nashville Ledger newspaper features a cover article entitled "Veteran teachers a point of pride."  Several MBA faculty members are quoted and highlighted in the article, including Sarah Ellery, Lakresha Easley, Robert Cousins, and Brad Gioia.  The full onlin ...
  • 15 Seniors Named National Merit Commended Scholars
    News • 9/26/2022
    The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 34,000 Commended Scholars in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This recognizes top students based on their PSAT scores from October 2021. MBA is pleased to recognize these 15 students as National ...
  • MBA to Host Chess Tournament this Saturday, August 20
    News • 8/17/2022
    MBA will host a chess tournament this Saturday, August 20 in the dining hall at 9:00 a.m. with registration beginning at 8:00 a.m. The tournament, which is open to the public, will be for competitors in the 5th -12th grade and feature three different divisions. The cost to enter is $20 with the proc ...
  • Envirothon Nationals
    News • 8/3/2022
    Congratulations to MBA's Envirothon team who finished 8th in the country in last week's national tournament at Miami University in Ohio. The boys also had the second best score in the oral competition, from a field of over 40 teams.
  • Gladiator Mock Trial World Championship
    News • 7/28/2022
    Congratulation to Reid Smith ('22) who recently placed 3rd in the Gladiator Mock Trial World Championship in Decatur, GA. This competition is the decathlon of Mock Trial, forcing the competitor to alternate roles each round - plaintiff attorney, defense attorney, plaintiff witness, and defense witne ...
  • MBA Student-Athlete Signing
    News • 6/1/2022
    Another MBA student-athlete participated in a signing day ceremony on Tuesday, May 31, during the Senior Mother/Son Lunch. Congratulations to Sam Nissen who will continue his Track &; Field career at Tufts University. Head Coach Jan Pippin and Sam's family participated in the ceremony. There are now ...
  • Rowing Championship
    News • 6/1/2022
    Congratulations to Noah Wisniewski and Spencer Klassen who claimed MBA’s 1st rowing National Championship! They won the Lightweight Double in dominating fashion (by 11 seconds) in Camden, NJ, over the past weekend. Congratulations also go to Coach Rich Kesor and the entire Rowing team and coac ...
  • Lacrosse - Middle TN Sports Awards
    News • 6/1/2022
    Congratulations to seniors Tyler Laub and Austin English, who were both recently nominated for Middle Tennessee Lacrosse Player of the Year . The 2022 Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards will be held on June 8. The ceremony honors more than 200 high school athletes from across the ...
  • MBA to Present Student Directed One-Act Plays
    News • 4/14/2022
    April 20 – 22 "DISCONTINUED": The 2022 Student-Directed One Act Plays    Seniors in the Studio Theater class choose and direct a collection of original short plays.  Performance times: Wednesday, Thursday &; Friday at 6:30. Tickets available at the door:  free for MBA &; HH ...
  • Totomoi Adds Eleven in Spring Tapping
    News • 2/15/2022
    Eleven new members were added to Totomoi, MBA's honorary fraternity, in a special ceremony this morning. New inductees included students: Wiley Buenahora, Gaits Buntin, Simon Cian, William Gu, Middleton Henry, Gene Herrmann, Billy Jones, Mac Russ, Browning Trainer, Noah Wisniewski, and Mr. Roderick ...
  • Music Department to Host Winter Recital
    News • 1/21/2022
    The MBA music department is hosting its annual Winter Recital this Sunday, January 23 at 5:00 p.m. in the Theater. Click here to see a list of the pieces being performed.
  • MBA Artists Excel at Competitions
    News • 1/13/2022
    The MBA fine arts department is proud to recognize a number of students who had pieces selected for the 2022 Scholastic Art Awards and the Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition. Amongst the many students honored by the Scholastic Art Awards, MBA had 10 Gold Key Winners . In addition, 24 M ...
  • Fall Music Recital this Sunday
    News • 10/8/2021
    Please join the MBA fine arts department for a fall music recital this Sunday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The concert will feature MBA musicians covering a wide variety of music genres. For more information about the recital, please click here .
  • Winter Camp Registration is Now Live
    News • 10/4/2021
    Registration for the 2021 Winter Camp season is now online . This winter, camps will be held December 20-22 and January 3. Options include All Sports, 1st Camp, Basketball, Football, Cheer, Soccer, Dodgeball, Legos, Minecraft, Little Explorers and Driver's Education. Spots are filling quickly. To se ...
  • Join Us This Friday for the MBA Carnival
    News • 9/16/2021
    The annual MBA Carnival will be held this Friday, September 16 from 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. before the home football games against Father Ryan. There will be dozens of fun games and activities, hundreds of prizes, and great food and music. The event is free and open to the public. To learn more, pleas ...
  • MBA Arts Department Excels
    News • 8/31/2021
    MBA artists have been earning local and national honors recently. Over the summer, sixteen MBA art students were selected to participate in the Teens Take the Frist Exhibit at the Frist Museum. In addition, Louis Pickett's linoleum block print of the old Currey Gymnasium was selected as one of twelv ...
  • Join Us Friday for the Alumni Kids Tailgate
    News • 8/24/2021
    Calling all MBA alumni, you and your family are invited to a kids' tailgate - complete with MBA t-shirts, face tattoos, a balloon man, face painting, and music. Dinner and desserts will be provided. The tailgate is this Friday, August 27 at 5:30 p.m. on the lawn in front of the Dining Hall before th ...
  • Six More Student-Athletes Recognized at Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 4/28/2021
    Six more Big Red student-athletes were recognized in a signing day ceremony this week bringing the total number of MBA students who will play collegiate sports to twenty-three. Congratulations to the following students: Luke Jackson - DePauw - Basketball Will Montana - Lee - Basketball Sam Banks - T ...
  • Darwin Deng Wins State Science Olympiad Competition
    News • 11/2/2020
    MBA sophomore Darwin Deng competed in a national Science Olympiad competition online on the topic of Space. Amidst a large field, Darwin placed first in the state and 11th nationally. The team will compete again later this month on the topic of circuits.
  • MBA MathCounts Places Nationally
    News • 5/28/2020
    On May 14th, the MBA Mathcounts team competed in the online Open Mathcounts State Competition. Among all of the participating teams across the USA, the MBA team received a silver medal. Also William Peng, David Ni, and Whit Uden received silver medals for the individual competition, while Michael Ko ...
  • MBA Students Do Well in National Latin Exams
    News • 4/13/2020
    MBA students did well in this year's National Latin Exam. Overall, 71% of the MBA students who took the exam received an award. Latin I - 32 gold medals (including 5 perfect scores), 33 silver medals, and other honors Latin II - 37 gold medals (including 3 perfect scores), 29 silver medals, and othe ...
  • Three MBA Science Students Honored
    News • 4/8/2020
    Three MBA students from the Science Research Course have had their work accepted for publication in the Vanderbilt Young Scientist Journal . Thomas Zeuthen, Ethan Lilly, and Quinn Kunath participated in the Belmont University Undergraduate Research Program last Summer prior to having their work publ ...
  • Jerry Bedor Phillips Exhibit at MBA
    News • 3/3/2020
    The Art Department at MBA is excited to invite you to view a new show on display in the first floor Davis Gallery. Jerry Bedor Phillips, is a professional artist and Gallery Coordinator and Studio Manager at Vanderbilt’s Art Department. His work mainly deals with autobiographical information, ...
  • MBA Basketball Wins Regular Season Region Title
    News • 2/21/2020
    Overcoming a slow start, the MBA basketball team caught fire in the second half en route to a 53-43 overtime over Brentwood Academy on Senior Night. With the win, the  team finishes the regular season at 21-6 and 9-1 in the region.  MBA will host the #2 seed from the West Region in the Sta ...
  • MBA MathCounts Team Wins 18th City Championship
    News • 2/13/2020
    The MBA MathCounts team produced a clean sweep of the awards podium en route to its 18th city championship last weekend. Seventh graders William Peng and David Ni placed 1st and 3rd respectively, while 8th grader Whit Uden placed 2nd. The team will compete in the state championship in March.
  • Music Department to Host Concert this Sunday
    News • 2/7/2020
    The MBA music department will host a Valentine's concert this Sunday at 5 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. To read more about Sunday's show, please click here . The concert is free and open to the public.
  • MBA Does Well at Scholastic Art Competition
    News • 1/17/2020
    Forty-five MBA students were recently recognized at the Scholastic Competition for the visual arts at Cheekwood.  MBA had the largest number of students recognized among all schools in Middle Tennessee. We are proud of these achievements and the wide range of interests and accomplishm ...
  • MBA to Host Blood Drive on January 28
    News • 1/14/2020
    MBA will host its annual Blood Drive in conjunction with the Red Cross on January 28th from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the small gym. To schedule an appointment please click here and enter sponsor code MBA19. The American Red Cross is currently in critical need and accepting all blood types.
  • MBA Debate Wins Glennbrooks Round Robin, Remains Top Team in Country
    News • 12/5/2019
    The MBA policy debate duo of Aden Barton and Sam Meacham went 6-0 to win the prestigious Glennbrooks Round Robin debate tournament last week. In addition, Barton was named the tournament's overall number one speaker. With the win, the duo remains the top policy team in the country. Click here to see ...
  • Troy Jiang ('16) Named Vanderbilt's Most Outstanding Senior
    News • 11/19/2019
    MBA alumnus Troy Jiang ('16) was recently named the 2019 Most Outstanding Senior at Vanderbilt University. The award is one of the highest honors a Vanderbilt student can receive. Click here to read more about Troy and his award.
  • 2019-2020 Blazers & More Sales
    News • 9/18/2019
    This year’s pop-up sales will correspond with Mother’s Club’s meetings: October 8 and March 10 in Pfeffer/Science Rotunda.  The largest sale immediately follows the Mother/Son Breakfast: April 16 in the gymnasium lobby.   Questions?   Please contact Belinda McSween
  • MBA to Host Ann Patchett Book Release
    News • 9/18/2019
    Award winning local author Ann Patchett will hold a book release for her new novel, The Dutch House , at MBA on September 23. The event will be held on the Paschal Theater from 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. The Dutch House is Patchett's seventh novel. To read more about The Dutch House and how to attend the even ...
  • MBA Commencement to be Streamed Live
    News • 5/30/2019
    MBA will hold its 152nd Commencement on Thursday, May 30. The ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the Sloan Quadrangle on the MBA campus. The event will be streamed live here . 
  • Music Department to Host Spring Music Celebration this Wednesday
    News • 5/10/2019
    The music department will be hosting its final concert of the year with the Spring Music Celebration. The concert will be this Wednesday, May 15 at 5:00 p.m in the Paschall Theater. Members of both vocal and instrumental ensembles will be performing a wide variety of pieces including songs from Toto ...
  • Spring Music Concert This Sunday
    News • 4/26/2019
    The MBA fine arts department will be hosting its annual Spring Music Concert this Sunday, April 28 at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall theater. The concert will feature many MBA musicians from the chorus, orchesta, and band. A wide variety of pieces will be performed including songs from Earth, Wind, and F ...
  • Student Directed One-Act Plays Open Wednesday
    News • 4/23/2019
    April 24 &; 25 Captain Do-Over: Into the Deja-Verse    Seniors in the Studio Theater class and alums direct a collection of short plays, including "Medea" by Christopher Durang, "Oedi" by Rich Orloff, "Check Please: Take 2" by Jonathan Rand and "Superheroes: With Great Power Comes Ordinary ...
  • MBA Art Show Opens Tonight
    News • 4/15/2019
    The MBA Student Art Show opens tonight with a reception in the Gibbs Room of the Davis Building from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The show features work from all studio art classes in the high school and will remain open through April 27. Tonight's event is open to the public and will feature refreshments. All ...
  • Bryce Wittman '18 Earns All-American Scholar Recognition
    News • 4/4/2019
    Ohio Wesleyan University freshman wrestler Bryce Wittman '18 wrapped up his first year at the collegiate level by earning national academic recognition. Click here to read more about Bryce's accomplishments.
  • MBA Chess Wins State Championship in High School and Junior School
    News • 4/1/2019
    On Saturday, March 23rd, MBA's chess team won both the junior school and high school team state championships, edging out rivals Campbell Home School and White Station. Congratulations to Colin Tang, Alex Kalams, Bill Ouyang, Michael Kong, Middleton Henry, and Noah Perry for their great play. Specia ...
  • Three MBA Art Students Win National Medal
    News • 3/14/2019
    Three MBA art students have received national recognition from the Scholastics Art Competition. Alex Barnard and Wesley Carlton received Gold Awards for their respective pieces and Connor Krumm received a Silver Award. In addition, Wesley was honored with the Best in Grade award for his sculpture. T ...
  • Marc Stanley Raises Nearly $200,000 for Cancer Research
    News • 3/4/2019
    MBA junior Marc Stanley was named Student of the Year by the Leukemia and Lymphoma society for raising over $195,000, Click here to read more about Marc who was featured on WKRN.
  • MBA Music to Host Pat Patrick Jazz Concert
    News • 3/1/2019
    The MBA Music Department will host its annual Pat Patrick Jazz Concert this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The concert will feature all students in grades 7-12 who are involved in band at MBA. In addition, MBA's Sinfonia will perform. As a special treat, members of the professional big ...
  • Jim Womack's Art Exhibit Opens Tonight
    News • 2/26/2019
    Longtime MBA art teacher Jim Womack will have a collection of his art work on display February 26 - March 29. The exhibit, entitled Reflections, features a collection of Jim's works. There will be an opening reception tonight, February 26 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in the Davis Gallery. The exhibit ...
  • MBA Theater to Present Argonautika
    News • 2/13/2019
    The MBA theater department will perform Mary Zimmerman's Argonautika February 21-24 in the Paschall Theater. Argonautika   by Mary Zimmerman .    Encountering an array of daunting challenges in the voyage to claim the Golden Fleece, Jason and his crew’s journey demonstrate life& ...
  • MBA Music Department to Host Winter Recital
    News • 1/23/2019
    The MBA music department will host its annual Winter Recital this Sunday, January 27 at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room. The recital is free and open to the public. To see Sunday's program of pieces to be performed, please click here .
  • MBA Artists Shine at Regional Competition
    News • 1/16/2019
    More than 50 MBA students were recently recognized at the Scholastic Competition for the visual arts at Cheekwood.  MBA had the largest number of students recognized among all schools in Middle Tennessee. We are proud of these achievements and the wide range of interests and accomplishments amo ...
  • Junior School Theater to Perform The Frogs
    News • 1/15/2019
    The Junior School Players will present The Frogs , January 24th and 25th at 6:30 p.m. and January 26th at 2:00 p.m. The Frogs , written by Don Zolidis, is a modern day adaption of Aristphanes' classic satire. Tickets are $5 for the performance which will be held in MBA's Paschall Theater. To learn m ...
  • Clark Lea '00 Named NCAA Defensive Coordinator of the Year
    News • 12/12/2018
    MBA alumnus, Clark Lea '00, was recently named the 247Sports Defensive Coordinator of the Year in College Football. In just his first year as a defensive coordinator, Lea's Notre Dame defense was the 8th ranked unit in the country for the undefeated Irish squad. Click here to read more about Lea's g ...
  • Annual Holiday Concert this Sunday
    News • 12/6/2018
    The MBA music department will host its annual Holiday Concert this Sunday, December 10 at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The event will feature performances by the MBA band, choir, and orchestra and include a collaborative piece with Harpeth Hall's chamber choir. The concert is free an open to t ...
  • Bryce Carlson Speaks at MBA
    News • 12/4/2018
    MBA welcomed Bryce Carlson as yesterday's featured speaker at the weekly Monday morning assembly. In June of 2018, Carlson broke the record for the quickest unsupported solo row across the North Atlantic Ocean. He broke the previous record by fifteen days and became the first American to complete th ...
  • Headmasters Singers to Perform on NPR
    News • 11/28/2018
    MBA choral group, The Headmasters Singers, will perform live on Nashville Public Radio on Tuesday, December 4 at 12:06 p.m. The group will perform for 20 minutes for the Live in Studio C program. Use this link to hear the live performance on the NPR website.
  • Bryce Wittman '18 Showing Early Wrestling Success in College
    News • 11/13/2018
    After a highly decorated prep wrestling career, Ohio Wesleyan freshman Bryce Wittman is continuing to be successful. In a recent tournament pitting teams from Division I, II, and III, Wittman placed 3rd overall in the 165 pound bracket. Click here to read more about Wittman's success.
  • Tonight's Playoff Game to be Webcast
    News • 11/9/2018
    MBA football will take on the Briarcrest Saints at Tommy Owen Stadium tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the second round of the TSSAA playoffs. For those who cannot make the game, the webcast will be available by clicking here . The winner of tonight's game will take on the winner of the Brentwood Academy vs. ...
  • MBA to Host Fall Concert this Sunday
    News • 11/2/2018
    Members of the orchestras and jazz bands from MBA and Harpeth Hall will combine for a Fall concert this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The musicians will be joined by special guest composer and saxophonist Evan Cobb. To read more about this upcoming concert, please click here .
  • Join Us for The Fall Music Recital this Sunday
    News • 10/18/2018
    The MBA music department is excited to present the 2018 Fall Music Recital this Sunday October 21 at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room. This year's recital will feature a diverse musical selection including: Modern Jazz, Baroque Viola, musical theater, and even a song in Swahili. Over 50 MBA ...
  • Headmaster Gioia Featured in The Tennessean For 25th Year at MBA
    News • 9/5/2018
    Headmaster Brad Gioia, who is currently in his 25th year leading Montgomery Bell Academy, was recently featured in an article in The Tennessean. Please click here to read that article or click here to see the Headmaster's Welcome on the MBA website.
  • The Bars Brothers Featured For Notre Dame Vs. Michigan Game
    News • 8/29/2018
    When Notre Dame kicks off its 2018 football season against The University of Michigan, senior captain and starting guard Alex Bars will have support from a former Wolverine. Check out this article featuring Alex and his brother Blake, a former Michigan offensive lineman, who is currently in law scho ...
  • Tipps Named to 2018 Little Ivy All Academic Baseball Team
    News • 7/11/2018
    John Tipps (’15), a junior at Middlebury College, was named to the 2018 New England Small College Athletic Conference (Little Ivy) All Academic Baseball Team. Tipps was also named to the team last year. The right-handed reliever, a Neuroscience major, made 11 appearances and finished with a 2. ...
  • Penn Murfee Drafted by Seattle Mariners
    News • 6/6/2018
    Former MBA and Santa Clara University baseball player Penn Murfee was selected today in the 2018 MLB Baseball Draft. Murfee, a right-handed pitcher was selected in the 33rd round by the Seattle Mariners. Penn led the Big Red to a runner-up finish in 2013 before attending Vanderbilt University. After ...
  • 151st Commencement Live Stream
    News • 5/30/2018
    Montgomery Bell Academy will celebrate the Class of 2018 at the school's 151st Commencement on Thursday, May 31, on Sloan Quad at 6:30 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved into Currey Gymnasium. Commencement can be viewed online here .
  • MBA Spring Concert Tonight, May 16
    News • 5/16/2018
    The MBA music department will hold its final event of the year with a spring concert at 5:00 p.m. in the theater on May 16. The concert will include over 150 students and will feature music from U2 to Vaughan Williams. The event is free and open to the public.
  • Junior John Curry Wins Vann Webb Founders Day Race
    News • 5/1/2018
    MBA junior John Curry captured the annual Vann Webb Founders Day Race in comfortable fashion on Monday. The race, which was postponed due to poor weather, was run yesterday under perfect conditions. Coming out of the final turn, Curry held a big lead and cruised to the win for the class of 2019. Oth ...
  • Join Us for Endada this Saturday
    News • 4/27/2018
    MBA will hold its annual Endada arts festival this Saturday, April 28 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The free event will feature artists, live music, food trucks, drama, games and plenty of art work and goods for sale. Endada is open to the public. Click here to learn more about Endada.
  • Spring Music Recital Set for Sunday
    News • 4/20/2018
    The annual Spring Music Recital will be held this Sunday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room. T he program features the best and brightest from the music department.  There is a jazz small group, several classical pieces, the Chamber Orchestra, a student run a cappella group, ...
  • 5 More Seniors To Continue Athletic Careers in College
    News • 4/19/2018
    MBA held its second signing day ceremony of the year in a celebration on Wednesday. Five more seniors will continue their careers as student-athletes in college. Congratulations to the following seniors who were honored. Drew Weikert - Basketball - Centre College Ty Allen - Football - Massachusetts ...
  • MathCounts Places 2nd in State Competition
    News • 4/4/2018
    The MBA MathCounts team finished second at the state tournament held over spring break. Individually, Alex Wang placed 4th overall in the competition. Rounding out the team, Henry Pitt placed 6th, Reid Groomes 7th, Bill Ouyang 13th, and Adam Wang 14th. Alex Wang will represent Team Tennessee at the ...
  • MBA to Host Instrument Petting Zoo
    News • 3/27/2018
    The MBA music department will host its second annual Instrument Petting Zoo on March 28th from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. The event is open to anyone looking to potentially purchase a new string instrument. Professionals will be available to answer any questions and to help size musicians for their prope ...
  • Tuneer Ghosh Wins Freshman Speech Competition
    News • 2/26/2018
    Tuneer Ghosh captured this year's Freshman Speech Competition in front of the student body at Assembly on Monday. Ghosh's speech on the influence of American Media edged out fellow contestants Colin Smith and Sam Meacham by just a few points. Congratulations to this year's finalists.
  • Strength Through Knowledge
    News • 2/21/2018
    At MBA thousands of boys have become brothers linked by a lifelong pursuit of excellence. Find Out How
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    News • 2/21/2018
    A classical education equips boys to tackle any discipline with confidence. Find Out How
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    News • 2/21/2018
    After educating boys for 150 years, we know how athletic training strengthens body, mind, and character. Find Out How
  • MBA Winter Music Recital This Sunday, January 28
    News • 1/25/2018
    The MBA arts department will host the Winter Music Recital this Sunday, January 28 at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room. The recital will feature a wide variety of songs from pieces by Beethoven, Duke Ellington, and the theme from The Godfather . The event is free and open to the public. To r ...
  • MBA Music Department to Sing at Choral Evensong
    News • 12/7/2017
    The Junior School Singers, Headmaster Singers, and MBA Chamber Choir will all perform at a Choral Evensong at Vine Street Church. The Evensong will be held Sunday, December 17 at 6:00 p.m. An Evensong is an evening worship service with roots in the monastic tradition. Headmaster Brad Gioia will also ...
  • MBA to Host Tennessee Local Food Summit
    News • 11/28/2017
    This weekend, MBA will host the Tennessee Local Food Summit on campus. The event will feature local and nationally known chefs for a three-day collaboration. To learn more about the event or purchase tickets, please click here . MBA also features a student and faculty managed garden on campus.
  • MBA Fall Instrumental Concert this Sunday, November 12
    News • 11/8/2017
    The MBA music department will hold its annual Fall Instrumental Showcase this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. Highlights include a blues/jazz/funk group called Dynamo that has been working with students from the jazz band, the 8th year of MBA's Orchestra collaborating with Harpeth ...
  • MBA Celebrates Veterans Day this Friday
    News • 11/7/2017
    Please join us for breakfast on Veterans Day as we remember those who served and are serving our nation’s military. The MBA community is thrilled to welcome Jameson Norton, MBA Class of 2002.  Norton served seven years in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer, and he is still serving in ...
  • Big Red Store Now Online
    News • 11/3/2017
    MBA fans looking to purchase Big Red gear no longer have to wait until Fridays. The MBA Big Red Store is now open online. Thanks to the hard work of parent volunteers, Big Red fans can shop for MBA gear twenty four hours a day. The store features clothing for kids, women, and men as well as accessor ...
  • Join Us for A Williamson County Admission Event Tonight
    News • 10/19/2017
    Join current MBA and Harpeth Hall parents and students from Williamson County, Harpeth Hall Head of School Stephanie Balmer, MBA Headmaster Brad Gioia, Harpeth Hall Director of Admission Wellesley Wilson, and MBA Director of Admission Greg Ferrell to learn more about the school and the admission pro ...
  • 7th Grader Jackson Lefler Creates Card Game
    News • 9/12/2017
    
  • Bill Hardin Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
    News • 9/6/2017
    MBA faculty member Dr. Bill Hardin recently had an essay published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Hardin's piece, " This Unpleasant Business " focuses on the 1799 legal case of Pleasants v. Pleasants in Virginia which concerned the fate of 400 slaves who eventually were freed. Ro ...
  • McClain Portis Places 7th In Jr. Olympic Decathlon
    News • 8/2/2017
    MBA Senior McClain Portis took seventh place in the Jr. Olympic Decathlon in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Portis tallied 5,548 points with top three finishes in the Shot Put, Long Jump, and High Jump.
  • Big Red Tennis Earns All-Midstate Selections
    News • 6/23/2017
    On the heels of the state title in May, several members of the MBA Tennis team earned spots on the Tennessean All-Midstate team. George Harwell's third consecutive singles championship earned him a spot on the first team. Doubles partners Hugh Graham (’19) and John Morphett (’17) also ma ...
  • Tennis Team, Harwell Claim Titles
    News • 5/27/2017
    The Varsity Tennis Team defeated Baylor 4-2 to capture the TSSAA State Championship on Wednesday, May 24. Two days later senior George Harwell completed his remarkable MBA career with his third straight Singles title.
  • Junior School Theater to Perform The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet
    News • 1/24/2017
    The Seussification of Romeo &; Juliet by Peter Bloedel - A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with if he ever had his way with the script. Directed b ...
  • Music Department Presents 2017 Winter Recital
    News • 1/19/2017
    The MBA music department will host its annual Winter Recital this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. The event will be held in the Dead Poets Society Room in Lowry Hall. Click here for a full list of performances.
  • Logan Cashwell Wins Civitan Sportsmanship Award
    News • 1/18/2017
    MBA senior Logan Cashwell was named one of the winners of the A.D. Hancock-Walter Nipper Football Sportsmanship Award. The annual award goes to football players who display outstanding sportsmanship qualities. The award is presented by the Nashville City Civitan Club at a banquet at Swett's Res ...
  • Music Department to Host Winter Recital This Sunday
    News • 12/2/2016
    Please joins the MBA music department for a free holiday concert this Sunday. All details can be found here .
  • Fall Instrumental Showcase this Sunday
    News • 11/2/2016
    The Instrumental Music division of the Music Area found in the Visual and Performing Arts Department will present it's Fall Instrumental Showcase. This will be a very special afternoon in the ongoing celebration of the school's 150th year. Some highlights from this program will include the debut per ...
  • MBA Bake Sale Begins Today
    News • 10/19/2016
    MBA's annual Homecoming Bake Sale begins today in the big gym. The Bake Sale features hundreds of items including: cakes, cookies, breads, candy, pastries, snacks and more. The sale will continue until noon on Friday and is open to the public.
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    News • 10/12/2016
    At MBA thousands of boys have become brothers linked by a lifelong pursuit of excellence. Find Out How
  • MBA Makes News for Food Collection
    News • 10/8/2016
    MBA was recognized by NewsChannel 2 for collecting food for the Second Harvest Food Drive. Click here to read the story.
  • MBA vs. BA Football Game to be Televised for Friday Night Rivals
    News • 10/7/2016
    Tonight's home football game against the Brentwood Academy Eagles will be televised as part of MyTV30's Friday Night Rivals Game of the Week. The two teams battled for the state championship last season in a game that BA won in double overtime by one point. The winner of tonight's game will be in th ...
  • Music Department to Host Fall Recital This Sunday
    News • 10/5/2016
    The MBA Music Department will host its annual Fall recital this Sunday, October 9 at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Room of Lowry Hall. Students will perform a wide variety of pieces including songs from Vivaldi, Sinatra, Billy Joel, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The event is free and open to the publ ...
  • 10 Commended Scholars from the Class of 2017
    News • 9/21/2016
    In addition to the 8 National Merit Semifinalists anounced earlier in the month, MBA is also home to 10 Commended Students. These boys all scored in the top 3 percent of the 1.5 million students who took part in the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last year. The Commended Students are: Ja ...
  • MBA Art Show Opens Tonight
    News • 9/15/2016
    The 2016 MBA Art Show opens tonight with a reception in the Davis Building from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. The show will feature works by over 60 artists including 18 alumni artists. Signed prints of a special commemorative 150th anniversary watercolor by Janetta Fleming will be available for purchase. The ex ...
  • Ann Patchett's Book Tour Kicks off Tonight at MBA
    News • 9/12/2016
    International best-selling author and co-owner of Parnassus Books, Ann Patchett, will hold an event tonight at MBA to kick off the tour of her new book Commonwealth . Patchett will read excerpts from her book, answer questions, and be available for signings. The event starts at 6:15 p.m. in the Pasc ...
  • Strength Through Knowledge
    News • 9/2/2016
    After educating boys for 150 years, we know how athletic training strengthens body, mind, and character. Find Out How
  • Triggs Lands Spot in A's Rotation
    News • 8/24/2016
    Former MBA pitcher Andrew Triggs has landed a spot in the Oakland A's rotation after making the conversion from long reliever. Read more about his journey here .
  • Perry Wallace Kicks off MBA's 150th School Year
    News • 8/22/2016
    MBA was honored to have Perry Wallace speak at assembly on the opening day of the 150th year of the school. Wallace is the first African-American scholarship athlete to compete in the Southeastern Conference and played basketball at Vanderbilt from 1967-1970. Wallace is the subject of the book Stron ...
  • Seven More Big Red Athletes to Continue Athletic Careers in College
    News • 5/12/2016
    In a ceremony on campus, seven MBA seniors were honored for their commitment to continue their athletic careers in college. This list joins the already impressive list of seniors who signed earlier this year. Honored in the ceremony were the following student-athletes: Cole Cross - Baseball - Pitzer ...
  • Phelps Gambill Honored by Best Buddies Program
    News • 5/9/2016
    MBA senior Phelps Gambill was presented the Impact of the Year award by the Best Buddies of Tennessee. Phelps was honored for a friendship he developed in the program and the impact he had on the young man's life. The mission of Best Buddies is to establish a global volunteer movement that creates o ...
  • Order DVD Copies of Graduation, Prom, and More
    News • 5/9/2016
    MBA is offering DVD's of events including: Graduation, Honors Night, Prom and more. To access the order form, please click here .
  • Student-Directed One Acts Open Tonight
    News • 4/27/2016
    MBA's student-directed one-act plays, The BIG Shorts, open tonight at 6:30 in the Paschall Theater. This year's show features five one-acts all directed by MBA seniors. Performance times are Wednesday and Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Cost is $5 at the door.
  • MBA Music Department Hosting Spring Recital this Sunday
    News • 4/20/2016
    Join the MBA music department for their annual Spring Recital this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Room. Students will perform pieces from various composers including Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi and more. A reception will follow the recital outside of the Dead Poets Room.
  • Join Us for Endada, MBA's Free Arts Festival
    News • 4/15/2016
    The annual Endada arts festival returns to MBA on April 16 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The event will feature live music, an art market, theater, film, food trucks, and hands-on activities. Endada is free and open to the public. Join us for a fun-filled event!
  • Congressman Jim Cooper to Speak to Students Tonight
    News • 4/7/2016
    Congressman Jim Cooper will be on campus tonight to speak to students about various topics. His focus will be on the upcoming election and his career as a congressman. the event will take place from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. in the Dead Poets Room.
  • Artist Makoto Fujimura to Visit MBA Today
    News • 4/1/2016
    Artist, writer, and speaker Makoto Fujimura will be on campus today to visit with students in art classes and lunch. Fujimura is a former Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts from 2003-2009, and his works have been featured in galleries all over the world. Click here to re ...
  • MBA Wins 6th Straight District Mock Trial Championship
    News • 2/29/2016
    Two MBA Mock Trial teams competed in the local district competition last weekend, led by team MVPs Andy Zhu and Adam Young, respectively.    The team consisting of: Andy Zhu, Cameron MacDonald-Surman, Cole Campbell, Andrew Kaplan, John Cooper, Daniel Cowan, Jack Capizzi, and Harrison Kidd ...
  • MBA to Perform The Real Inspector Hound
    News • 2/17/2016
    The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard.  In this looking-glass comedy filled with great suspense and intrigue, two drama critics go to the opening of a new thriller but get pulled onto the stage to help solve the mystery. Of course, highbrow high jinks ensue! A whodunit spoof for all age ...
  • Stephen James to Speak on Anxiety
    News • 2/10/2016
    Stephen James, director of Sage Counseling, will be leading a program on psychological anxiety and depression in teenage boys. The event will be held Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the DPS Room. Stephen is a best-selling author of five books, including  Wild Things: The A ...
  • MBA MathCounts Team Wins 14th City Title
    News • 2/9/2016
    The MBA MathCounts team continued its streak of strong performances by winning the city MathCounts tournament for the 14th time. Congratulations to the following team members: 3rd place   Thomas Zeuthen 4th place   Zach Brown 5th place   Baylor Sai 9th place   Colin Tang  10 ...
  • MBA Jazz Concert this Sunday
    News • 2/5/2016
    The MBA music department will host a jazz concert this Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The concert will feature the Basie Band, the 7th and 8th grade Jazz Bands, and the Ellington Band. Admission to the show is free.
  • Wilson Language Grants Awarded
    News • 1/20/2016
    On Tuesday, more than 50 boys were awarded 2016 Wilson Language Grants in five languages. The grants include both immersion programs and international travel. The recipients can be seen here . A complete description of the Languiage Grants can be found here .
  • Four Named to All State Football Team
    News • 12/21/2015
    Four members of the 2015 Big Red Football team have been named All State by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association. Running back Ty Chandler, quarterback Glenn Coleman, center Phelps Gambill, and linebacker David Gaw were all honored for their outstanding performances. Coleman, Gambill, and Gaw ar ...
  • Andrew Triggs To Potentially See Action for the Orioles in 2016
    News • 12/15/2015
    Former MBA and USC right-handed pitcher Andrew Triggs was featured in a recent article as one of seven minor leaguers who could get called up by the Baltimore Orioles in 2016. After moving from the Royals organization to the Orioles, Triggs proceeded to have one of the best seasons of any relie ...
  • Ty Chandler Wins 2015 Mr. Football Award
    News • 11/30/2015
    MBA junior running back Ty Chandler was just named the Mr. Football Award winner for Division II-AA backs. Chandler beat out Austin Lee from Christian Brothers for the award. Ty is the second straight Big Red player to earn the award after Cole Euverard claimed the trophy last season. MBA will take ...
  • MBA Wins Food 2 Families High School Challenge
    News • 11/13/2015
    MBA won the Small School Category of the Food 2 Families High School Challenge for Middle Tennessee. MBA raised over 42,000 pounds of food, more than three times the second place finishing school. Overall, MBA placed second behind Hendersonville for all schools in Middle Tennessee. This year's Food ...
  • David Norton to Speak on JFK Conspiracy Theories
    News • 11/13/2015
    Don't miss this special presentation - Who Shot John?? Conspiracy Theories in the Assassination of John F Kennedy -  Tuesday November 17, 5:30 PM in the Dead Poets Society Room in the Lowry Building. Come hear our own David Norton discuss the latest theories and research in this compelling myst ...
  • Author and Educator Michael Kaufman to Speak at MBA
    News • 11/11/2015
    MBA and Harpeth Hall will collaborate to host author Michael Kaufman. Kaufman is a renowned educator on engaging young men and boys to promote gender equality, and to end violence against women. Kaufman will speak at both schools as part of assembly. He will speak to the public at MBA's Pfeffer Hall ...
  • Music Department to Host Instrumental Showcase on Sunday
    News • 11/4/2015
    The MBA Music Department will host its annual Fall instrumental showcase on Sunday, November 8 at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The concert will feature performances by: The MBA Sinfonia, The Basie Band, The Ellington Band, The MBA Jazz Band, The Harpeth Hall Chamber Orchestra, and a ...
  • MBA Debate Duo Win Prestigious Debate Tournament
    News • 11/3/2015
    Congratulations to Andrew Kaplan and Ben Rosenthal on winning the 2015 Michigan Juniors Round Robin. Andrew and Ben were a perfect 6-0 and were named 1st and 2nd Speakers, respectively. The tournament is one of the top events for juniors nationwide.
  • MBA/Harpeth Hall Combine Support for Race for the Cure
    News • 10/27/2015
    Students, faculty, and families from MBA and Harpeth Hall teamed up to raise support for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure event in Nashville on Saturday. The team tallied 525 total members raising over $10,200 for the cause. Together, MBA and Harpeth Hall had the 5th highest team fundraising tota ...
  • MBA Admission Preview Day Set for Sunday, November 1
    News • 10/26/2015
    All prospective families are invited to MBA's Admission Preview Day on Sunday, November 1 from 2:00 to 4:30 pm. This program is a great way to learn more about MBA and the transformative opportunities that the school has to offer. Registration begins at 1:30 pm in front of the Davis Arts B ...
  • Tony Ding Places Second in Chemistry Competition
    News • 10/19/2015
    Senior Tony Ding placed second at the first ever MTSU Chemistry Scholarship Competition on Saturday. Ding was awarded a $1500 scholarship to MTSU and a $300 cash prize.
  • Aden Barton Wins Top Speaker Award
    News • 10/19/2015
    Eighth grader, Aden Barton, won the Top Speaker at the Sophomore "Hoe Down" at the St. Mark's School of Texas, a round robin tournament of the best second year debate teams in the country. Despite being two years younger than most of the competitors, Barton still earned the top prize at the pre ...
  • MBA Collects Over 42,000 Pounds of Food for 2nd Harvest
    News • 10/6/2015
    For the 17th straight year, the MBA community collected food during Homecoming Week to benefit the 2nd Harvest Food Bank. MBA collected its highest total ever, eclipsing 42,000 pounds this year. The mission of 2nd Harvest is to feed hungry people and solve hunger issues in the community.
  • MBA Recognizes 16 National AP Scholars
    News • 9/11/2015
    Sixteen members of the Class of 2015 were named National AP Scholars. To achieve this honor, a student must have an average score of four an all AP exams taken, with scores of four or higher on at least eight exams. Congratulations to the following students who were named National AP Scholars: ...
  • Big Red Picnic to be Held September 21
    News • 9/10/2015
    Prospective students and parents are invited to the Big Red Picnic on September 21 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at MBA's 42nd Avenue Campus. The event will feature free food, music, and entertainment. Faculty members, administration, and coaches will be available to answer questions about MBA. If you plan ...
  • MBA Carnival September 11
    News • 9/2/2015
    MBA will host its annual school Carnival on Friday, September 11 from 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. The event is free and open to the community. The carnival will have a wide variety of games, prizes, food, and fun entertainment options. Hot dogs, chips and a drink will be available for $3. For more informa ...
  • Alumni Kids Tailgate This Friday, August 28
    News • 8/24/2015
    The annual Alumni Kids Tailgate will be held Friday, August 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the Estes Courtyard before the Pearl Cohn football game. All alumni and their families are invited to the tailgate which features free food, a balloon man, face tattoos, t shirts, hula hooping and music. Please RSVP ...
  • MBA Students' Viral Video Appears on Sportscenter
    News • 8/11/2015
    MBA students Watson Dill and McClain Portis created a trick shot video that featured a Frisbee throw from the pedestrian bridge that was caught from a flyboard in the Cumberland River. The video has received close to a million views and was featured on Sportscenter and News 2. The complete stor ...
  • Davis Building Renovations August 7 Update
    News • 8/10/2015
    Arts Department Chair Jim Womack is chronicling the renovation of the Davis Building over the summer. Keep up to date with the work here .
  • Conwell named Soccer Player of the Year; Cheevers Top Coach
    News • 6/18/2015
    On the heels of MBA's 2015 Soccer State Championship, senior Andrew Conwell has been named the Midstate Player of the Year by the Tennessean . An interview with Conwell can be found here . Fellow senior Davis Luster joins Conwell on the All-Midstate first team. Giles Cheevers, the coach of the Big R ...
  • Stephen Dashiff Performs with Peter Frampton
    News • 6/10/2015
    MBA's Stephen Dashiff (’18) recently took the stage in Santa Barbara to perform with Peter Frampton. The concert was a benefit for the Notes for Notes program.
  • MBA Announces Summer On Campus Wilson Grant Courses
    News • 5/5/2015
    This summer, MBA will be offering a selection of classes available for free to MBA students through the Wilson Grant Program. For students unable to travel this summer through the grant program, these classes will allow students to take advantages of opportunities on campus. Classes will be offered ...
  • MBA Blazers and More Sale Begins April 29
    News • 4/28/2015
    MBA's annual Blazers and More sale kicks off in the Currey Gym lobby at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow after the Mother Son Breakfast. The sale lasts two days: Wednesday, April 29 from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 30 from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. All items are discounted half price on T ...
  • Spring Music Recital to be Held Sunday
    News • 4/24/2015
    The music department will host its annual spring recital this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room in Lowry Hall. Students will perform a wide variety of songs from artists including: Billy Joel, Frederic Chopin, Don McLean, and John Legend. A reception hosted by the Mother's Club will ...
  • Student Directed One-Acts Open Tonight
    News • 4/22/2015
    The annual student directed One-Acts open tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. Students in Dr. Fuller's Studio Theater Class direct six different performances featuring comedies, dramas, and original works. The show will continue on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and Friday at 4:30 p.m. Students who ...
  • Jermaine Francis Wins Moss-Oliver Award
    News • 4/15/2015
    Congratulations to senior Jermaine Francis for winning the Nashville City Civitan Club's Moss-Oliver Award at a luncheon earlier today. The award is given each year to a male and female basketball player in the Nashville area who represents the best of basketball ability, academics, sportsmanship, a ...
  • MBA Students Art Show Begins
    News • 4/14/2015
    The MBA Student Art Show opened April 13 featuring works from all art classes. The exhibit lasts two weeks with a closing reception on April 25 from 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Works can be viewed by the public in the Davis Building during school hours.
  • Eighth Graders Gearing Up for Annual Atlanta Trip
    News • 4/8/2015
    The eighth grade class will be departing for their annual Atlanta Trip tomorrow morning. On Thursday, the class will visit the College Football Hall of Fame followed by a trip to Andretti World. Day two will feature an afternoon at the paint ball course before heading to Turner Field for the Atlanta ...
  • MBA To Host Writer Adam Ross on April 20
    News • 4/6/2015
    On April 20th, Adam Ross, MBA's visiting writer, will read in Pfeffer Auditorium from 5:00p.m - 6:00 p.m..  The general public is invited to attend.  Mr. Ross has written two books, the critically-acclaimed novel,  Mr. Peanut , and a collection of stories, Ladies and Gentlemen .& ...
  • MBA's Annual Cellophony Concert to be Held Wednesday
    News • 3/31/2015
    Cellophony, MBA's annual student-run concert started by Hamilton Berry '03, will take place Wednesday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m. The concert will feature a wide variety of music from classical to bluegrass and rock. Several student compositions will be featured. There will be a suggested donation of ...
  • MathCounts Team Wins State Championship
    News • 3/22/2015
    The MBA MathCounts team captured the state championship with an impressive performance over the weekend. MBA 7th grader Baylor Sai was the overall winner with 8th graders Sam DeCoster, Nikhil Peterson, and Julian Habermann finishing 2nd, 6th and 7th respectively. Both Baylor and Sam qualified for th ...
  • Two Students Chosen for IBSC Conference
    News • 3/12/2015
    Juniors Sam Curry and Taylor Asher have been named as MBA's representatives to this year's International Boys School Conference (IBSC) scheduled for 22-26 June.  The forum, hosted by MBA and St Christopher's School (Richmond, VA), will address the theme, "Civil Rights, Human Rights, the America ...
  • Annual School Concert this Sunday
    News • 2/26/2015
    The MBA Music Department will host the annual school concert this Sunday, March 1 at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The concert will feature a combined effort of musicians from MBA, Harpeth Hall, St. Cecilia, and the Nashville Symphony. The concert is free and features a wide variety of music in ...
  • Christopher Burrus Sings at Dean Smith Memorial
    News • 2/23/2015
    MBA alum and UNC freshman Christopher Burrus sang the lead of the song Amazing Grace at a memorial service for legendary Tarheel's basketball coach Dean Smith. Burrus performed with the ensemble group called the Clef Hangers. Click here to see the performance from the service.
  • Five Wrestlers Reach Championship, Euverard Wins Crown
    News • 2/18/2015
    Five MBA wrestlers reached the finals of the TSSAA Division II State Championship with Cole Euverard taking home the crown at 182 pounds. It's been quite a senior season for Euverard who earlier this year was named Mr. Football for Division II-AA while leading the Big Red to the state championship. ...
  • MBA Theater Department Tackles Gogol's The Overcoat
    News • 2/16/2015
    The MBA theater department presents Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat this week in the Paschall Theater. The play, adapted from one of the most influential pieces of literature ever written, focuses on a Russian clerk's obsession with acquiring a new overcoat during his life and afterlife. The perfo ...
  • Wilson Johnson Named to 2014 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
    News • 2/13/2015
    Vanderbilt football player Wilson Johnson ('13) was one of forty-nine Vanderbilt athletes to make the SEC Fall Honor Roll. Click here to read the full article.
  • MBA MathCounts Team Dominates City Championship
    News • 2/12/2015
    The MBA MathCounts team captured the city championship this week with a decisive victory over its competition. Individually, MBA students won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th places. Congratulations to the following placers.   1st: Sam DeCoster 2nd: Julian Habermann 3rd: Baylor Sai 4th: Zach Ga ...
  • Students Collecting Old Ties for Endada
    News • 2/9/2015
    Have you been wondering what to do with your old ties?  The Endada committee will be collecting old ties to use as an upcycled art project at Endada 2015.  Stained, torn, skinny, wide, or almost new, any tie will do.  We will be collecting ties from Monday, February 9 - Monday, Februa ...
  • Kyle Rote Jr. Speaks at MBA's Assembly
    News • 2/3/2015
    Kyle Rote Jr. was the featured speaker on leadership at Monday's assembly. Rote is often considered to be the first American-born soccer superstar. He is also the only person to win ABC's Wide World of Sports Superstars competition three times. Check out Kyle Rote Jr's speech to the MBA assembly her ...
  • MBA to Hold Signing Day Ceremony for Eight Student-Athletes
    News • 1/30/2015
    Seven MBA student-athletes will be recognized at a Signing Day ceremony on Wednesday, February 4 at 9:40 a.m. in the theater. Congratulations to the following students who will be signing their letters of intent. Luke Bullock, Football - University of Pennsylvania Cole Euverard, Football - United St ...
  • MBA Junior School to Perform The Red Badge of Courage
    News • 1/26/2015
    MBA's junior school will perform Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage this year for their annual play. Dr. Rick Seay will direct Kathryn Shultz Miller's adaptation of this play. General admission tickets are $5 and MBA students are admitted free. Show dates and times are below. Thursday, January ...
  • T.J Jefferson Wins Sportsmanship Award
    News • 1/22/2015
    MBA senior T.J. Jefferson was one of six high school athletes in the mid-state to be chosen for the A.D. Hancock-Walter Nipper Sportsmanship Award . The award, presented by the Nashville City Civitan Club, honors athletes who best display outstanding sportsmanship qualities on and off the field. The ...
  • MBA Holding Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness at Next Basketball Game
    News • 1/21/2015
    MBA will hold a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Foundation during Friday night's home basketball game against Brentwood Academy. All fans are encouraged to wear pink for the game and donations will be accepted at the door. Students will also be selling pink towels throughout the week. The gam ...
  • MBA's Soles4Souls Shoe Drive Continues Through January 26
    News • 1/15/2015
    The Soles4Souls shoe drive will continue through Monday, January 26.  Please bring in any kind of used shoe, from sandals to dress shoes to athletic shoes, and drop them in the boxes in Lowry, the Dining Hall, Carter, Ball, Davis, and Massey.  Dig through your closets and fill those b ...
  • Ruta Sepetys to Speak at MBA
    News • 1/5/2015
    Please join the MBA Community for a special evening with Ruta Sepetys , author of Between Shades of Gray, the 2014–2015 All-School Read. Sepetys will be speaking on Wednesday, January 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room of Lowry Hall.
  • MBA Has Successful Showing at the Middle Tennessee Orchestra Auditions
    News • 12/16/2014
    The MBA Orchestra program had its best showing in school history at the Middle Tennessee Mid-State auditions.  Samuel Kirkpatrick, Paul Lee, Jack Rankin, Ray Lee, and Charles Hunter qualified for Mid-State Honors while Kang Huh, Ivan Franco, and Brian Lu made All-State honors. The Mid-state orc ...
  • Jashon Robertson Receives Post Season Honors
    News • 12/15/2014
    Tennessee true freshman offensive guard Jashon Robertson is accumulating honors for his first season as a Volunteer. Robertson started all 12 games at guard for the bowl-bound Tennessee team. This post season, Robertson was named to both the All-SEC Freshman team and was just recently voted to the E ...
  • Jess Darnell Featured in BroadwayWorld Article
    News • 12/11/2014
    MBA senior Jess Darnell was recently featured in an article in BroadwayWorld.com for his acting abilities and accomplishments. Click here to read the article.
  • Microbe Soccer Wins 11th Straight Title
    News • 11/21/2014
    The MBA microbe soccer team won its eleventh straight HVAC championship defeating CPA 2-1. After falling behind 1-0 in the first minute, MBA battled back with two goals by Luke Bernatavitz. The Big Red finished the season undefeated for the second straight season outscoring their opponents by over 4 ...
  • MBA Wins Food 2 Families Challenge
    News • 11/6/2014
    MBA won the small school division of the Food 2 Families High School Challenge. The event, hosted by News 2 and 2nd Harvest Food Bank, challenges schools to raise the most pounds of food in Middle Tennessee. MBA's amount of 39,667 pounds more than doubled the second place finisher in the division, a ...
  • MBA Wraps Up Football Regular Season on Friday
    News • 10/30/2014
    The MBA Football team concludes its regular season with a home game on Halloween night at 7 p.m. versus the McCallie Blue Tornado. The 7-2 Big Red sqaure off against a very good 8-1 McCallie team boasting the leading rusher in the conference. MBA will receive a first round bye in the playoffs if vic ...
  • 20th MBA Rifle Classic This Weekend
    News • 10/15/2014
    While many of the students will be gone over Fall Break, there will still be activity on campus. The school plays host to the 20th annual MBA Rifle Classic on October 17-18. The Rifle Classic provides season opening competition for high school teams and is the largest high school sponsored shooting ...
  • Coach Euverard to Apppear on The High School Sports Page
    News • 9/30/2014
    MBA football coach Marty Euverard will be a guest on The High School Sports Page with Murphy Fair and Terry Merrell this Wednesday, October 1 at 8:00 p.m. Coach Euverard will discuss the football team and Thursday's upcoming home game versus Ensworth. The show will be on News Channel 5 plus, or can ...
  • MBA Sweeps City Chess Qualifier
    News • 9/25/2014
    The MBA chess team won both the K-9 Junior High division and the K-12 High School division at the first qualifier for the 2015 Nashville City Chess Championship. In the High School division, John Morphett won first place earning a spot in the city tournament in January. In the Junior High division, ...
  • MBA Hosts Big Red Picnic on Monday
    News • 9/19/2014
    The admission office is hosting the Big Red Picnic to be held on Monday, September 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. at MBA's 42nd Ave. campus. Come enjoy some great food, music, and fun while learning more about MBA and the admission process. There will also be MBA faculty and staff on hand for any que ...
  • Eric Anderson Named Big 12 Runner of the Week
    News • 9/17/2014
    Baylor Freshman runner Eric Anderson was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Runner of the Week after placing third in the 5,000 meter race at the UTA Season Opener. Anderson led the Bears to a second place finish in the race. As a senior last season at MBA, Anderson won the Division II-AA state champ ...
  • Spaghetti Supper Online Store Now Open
    News • 9/16/2014
    For the first time ever, MBA is offering an online store for the 70th annual Spaghetti Supper. The store will offer homecoming shirts, posters, a 10-pack of tickets, a bake sale punch card, and more. To visit the store, please click here .
  • School Carnival This Friday
    News • 9/9/2014
    MBA is hosting its annual school Carnival this Friday, September 12 from 5:00 - 6:45 p.m. before the football game versus Pearl Cohn. The event is open to the public and features games and prizes for all ages. Everything at the carnival is free except for dinner which features a hot dog, chips, and ...
  • 2014 MBA Art Show Opens Sunday
    News • 9/4/2014
    The 2014 MBA Art Show opens this Sunday, September 7, with a reception from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. in The Davis Gallery. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be provided by the Wine Chap and The Corner Market Catering Company. Over forty artists will display their works with the exhibit ending on September 24. Al ...
  • Wesley Johnson Makes Steelers Roster
    News • 9/2/2014
    Former MBA and Vanderbilt offensive lineman Wesley Johnson made the Pittsburgh Steelers 53-man roster over the weekend. Johnson was a fifth round pick out of Vanderbilt where he started all 51 games he played in. In addition, Johnson showed versatility throughout his career by starting games at four ...
  • MBA to Host Alumni Kids Tailgate
    News • 8/25/2014
    All alumni and their families are invited to a kids' tailgate before this Friday's home football game versus Memphis Hamilton. The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Estes Courtyard with face painting, a balloon man, hula hooping, music, giveaways, and more. Dinner and dessert will be provid ...
  • Five Students Named to All-National Honor Ensemble
    News • 8/18/2014
    MBA students Kang Huh, Andrew Porter, Greg Quesinberry, Wes Richardson, and John Triplett were named to the All-National Honor Ensemble by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). The students will spend three days in October working with select high school musicians across the cou ...
  • Football Fan Day Friday at 6 p.m.
    News • 8/14/2014
    MBA will take on Franklin High School in the final scrimmage of the preseason on Friday night at 6 p.m. There are a number of activities for the entire school community planned to coincide with the game. Please click here for complete details.
  • Kang Huh Named to All-National Honor Symphony Orchestra
    News • 8/6/2014
    MBA Cellist Kang Huh (’15) has been named to the National Association for Music Education All-National Honor Symphony Orchestra. It is the second year in a row that Huh has received the honor.  Huh joins fellow MBA students Andrew Porter '15, Greg Quesinberry '15, John Triplett ...
  • Triggs Named to Texas League All-Star Game
    News • 6/19/2014
    Andrew Triggs ('07), a pitcher for the AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals in the Kansas City Royals organization, has been named to the 78th Annual Texas League All-Star Game. The game will be played on June 24 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Triggs currently sports a 3-0 record, five saves, and a 1.96 ...
  • Debate & Forensics Qualifies Six Students to National Tournament
    News • 3/5/2014
    Congratulations to Debate &; Forensics Program for qualifying six students to the National Speech and Debate Association Nationals in Overland Park, KS. Seniors Adam Biesman and Rahul Ramanna and sophomores Adam Young and Alvin Zhang finished first and second respectively in policy debate. ...
  • Red Cross Blood Drive
    News • 1/10/2014
    MBA will host a Red Cross Blood Drive in the Small Gym on Wednesday, January 29, from 8:30 to 1:30. Please click  here  to sign up online.
  • MBA to Video Stream Semi-Final Game
    News • 11/20/2013
    The football team's semi-final game at MUS this Friday will be video streamed on the MBA website. The 10-1 Big Red will take on the 9-2 Owls at 7 p.m. at Stokes Stadium on the campus of MUS. For any fans unable to make the trip to Memphis, click here to access the video stream of the game.
  • 8th Grade Earth Science Students Work Remotely Overseas
    News • 9/12/2013
    MBA 8th grade Earth Science classes interacted via Skkype with scientists live aboard the JOIDES Resolution in the Japan Sea on Wednesday. The Joint Oceanographic Integrated Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) Resolution is a flagship vessel for international scientific study, currently taking/analyzing se ...
  • Biesman and Ramanna honored by the University of Michigan
    News • 9/3/2013
    Based upon their preseason national ranking, seniors Adam Biesman and Rahul Ramanna have been invited by the University of Michigan Division of Student Affairs and Debate Program to compete in the 2013 University of Michigan Seniors Round Robin October 30 and 31 in Ann Arbor, MI. MBA was one of nine ...
  • Furman Haynes Advances to State in Decathlon
    News • 5/9/2013
    Furman Haynes scored 5695 points and finished second in the TSSAA Div II Region Decathlon held at MBA. ;Owen Powell held onto his 5th position and McClean Hudson moved up to 6th. ;Furman qualifies for the state to be held at MTSU next Monday and Tuesday.
  • Kevin Wang Wins Symphony Scholarship
    News • 5/8/2013
    Pianist senior Kevin Wang, in an unprecedented tie, was named as one of the recipients of the Nashville Symphony's Thor Johnson Scholarship. The prize, which provides $1,500 to the winner was announced in The Tennessean today (May 8). The co-recipient of an equal amount was violinist ;Mary Grace Joh ...
  • Envirothon Regional Competition News
    News • 3/22/2013
    The MBA Envirothon team of Tom Bu, Galen Bullington, John Mellow, Hamilton Millwee and Tarun Mallipeddi won the regional competition in Dickson TN on Thursday, March 21, and will represent the Central Basin at the state competition in May! They did a great job on a cold, frosty morning!
  • MBA Blood Drive April 2
    News • 3/14/2013
    The Red Cross will be on campus from 8:30-1:30 on Tuesday, April 2, to conduct a blood drive. On-line sign-ups are available at News &; Calendar > Red Cross Blood Drive .
  • Adam Bowman Places Third at Intel Science Talent Search
    News • 3/13/2013
    Adam Bowman placed third last night at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony in Washington D.C. Last month, Bowman was named one of only 40 finalists across the nation to compete for the overall top prize at this week's competition. Bowman successfully designed and built a compact and inex ...
  • 5 MBA Artists Recognized
    News • 12/1/2012
    Nashville Arts ; December Issue just came out Nov. 30, and 5 of the MBA art boys are in the featured education article. MBA artists Lucas Littlejohn '13, Tom Bu '13, Galen Bullington '13, Corbitt Dicker '16, and Jack Coyle '14 were interviewed and their works are included in the write up. If you hav ...
  • MBA Microbes Place First in Opening Meet
    News • 8/27/2012
    The Microbe Cross-country team finished first at the season opener at Harlinsdale Farm. Scoring in the first four, overall spots were Tom Peters (11:47), Will Peters(11:49), Collin Ragsdale(12:01), and Will Warren(12:13). The team results were MBA 18, ENS 67, CPA 97, BGA 198, LA 252, and HMS 366. Th ...
  • Channel 5 Highlights MBA Students' Service
    News • 2/14/2012
    MBA Students David Arteaga, Mckay Proctor, and Zach Chen were featured for their work with a healthy eating store in a news segment by Nashville's CBS affiliate Channel 5. Please click on the link below to see the segment. The initiative derives from the Food Desert Project undertaken in last year's ...
  • Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen Feeds 142
    News • 12/3/2011
    On Saturday, December 3rd, the MBA Service Club prepared and served a delicious meal at Holy Name Church for 142 hungry Nashvilleans. Lead by seniors Myles Anderson, Zach Chen, Daniel Peters, and Eric Walsh, and faculty members Cal Fuller, Connor Kamm, and Billy Tate, the group fixed tasty Chicken P ...
  • Long Mountain Observatory Photos Now Available
    News • 11/27/2011
    Teacher Jim Dickens has sent along five new photos taken from the Long Mountain Observatory in October and November. Please visit the Long Mountain Property page ( MBA At A Glance > Long Mountain Property ) on the website. The new photos are displayed as a slide show in the sidebar (second from bott ...
  • MBA/Harpeth Hall Join for Hands On Nashville
    News • 9/26/2011
    Mrs. Walsh and Dr. Fuller (from MBA) and Mrs. Shideler (from HH) would like to thank the 60 students from MBA and HH who came out early on Saturday morning to help with HANDS ON NASHVILLE's fall service day. Our group was assigned to Apollo Middle School in Antioch and worked tirelessly from 8:00 un ...
  • Service Club Springs to Action
    News • 8/15/2011
    The MBA Service Club has gotten off to a quick start this year by helping the Fannie Battle Day Care Center move to its new location last Saturday and then participating in the first Titan-Parking fundraiser this Saturday. Thanks to all the service helpers for coming out before school starts and to ...
  • Mother-Senior Son Luncheon May 25
    News • 5/23/2011
    For the Mother-Senior Son Luncheon on Wednesday, May 25, please click here for a pdf of the invitation. Please click here for a photo order form.
  • MBA Student Does Well at IBB in Chicago
    News • 5/2/2011
    On Saturday, Robert Hoover competed against state qualifiers from all across the country (as well as students from Nepal and Indonesia) at the 15th Annual International Bridge Building contest held at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Robert did a great job in his first outing at this ...
  • Student-Directed One Acts
    News • 4/29/2011
    The Student-Directed One Act Plays are continuing tonight, April 29, at 7:00 pm, and tomorrow at 2:00 pm.
  • Nittany Lion Brad Bars Earns Perfect 4.0
    News • 2/3/2011
    Freshman defensive end Brad Bars ('10) was one of three Penn State Nittany Lions' football players to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA during the fall semester. The perfect GPA also placed Bars on the school's Dean's List. Bars, who red-shirted this past season, was also recognized as Scout Team Player of the ...
  • MBA Takes to the Stars
    News • 1/1/2011
    MBA is ushering in the New Year with the near completion of its observatory on the Long Mountain property. The splash page of our website contains an image of the Andromeda Galaxy, taken with our observatory's camera by Mark Manner. Further information about the Long Mountain Property and the observ ...
  • Theater News
    News • 10/24/2010
    The cast and crew of The Odyssey by Homer competed for the state championship at the Tennessee Theater Association Conference in Cookeville on Friday, October 22. They received the award for technical excellence, and Chris Goodrich and Mattison Asher were named to the "All Star Cast." Click on image ...
  • Civil Rights Class Tours Sit-in Sites
    News • 9/26/2010
    On Friday, September 24, after the pep rally and lunch at the Elliston Soda Shop, Dr. Fuller's Civil Rights class headed to 5th Avenue for a walking tour of important sites of the lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville. The sit-ins began on February 13, 1960 and ended with the integration of the lunch c ...
  • Mothers Club Meeting
    News • 9/15/2010
    Plan to attend the first Mothers Club meeting of the year on Tuesday, September 21 at 8:00 am in the Gibbs Room. We will vote on the 2010/2011 budget and hear an update on Mothers Club activities. The meetings are casual and fun and last for just one hour. We will look forward to having a cup of cof ...
  • MBA's Trees Win Recognition
    News • 5/18/2010
    MBA's Harding Road campus has a number of wonderful old trees, and several were recognized as winners by the 2010 Nashville Tree Foundation's Big Old Tree contest . The trees selected as winners are the Shumard oak ( Quercus shumardii ) between Massey and Ingram, the American basswood ( Tilia Americ ...
  • Kroger Cards!
    News • 2/28/2010
    Drumroll, Please! A Big "Congratulations" to.... ....Mary Gambill, for bringing in the most bucks for MBA 1st semester by using her Kroger Card!!!! As a Big Red thank-you, Mary, enjoy your $50 credit at Kroger!!! And many thanks to ALL our card users, for being so supportive of MBA!!! Keep up the g ...
  • Minutes of November 2009 Meeting
    News • 11/30/2009
    The minutes of the November 2009 Mothers Club Board meeting are now available by clicking here or by clicking the link in the sidebar at right.
  • Junior School Faculty Luncheon... Delicious!
    News • 11/10/2009
    The Junior School Faculty enjoyed a wonderful lunch on conference day October 21st. Everyone enjoyed the comraderie and the delicious fall feast. The Mothers Club thanks Beth Higham, Kay Cook, and Mary Grant for chairing this event.
  • Mothers Grade Level Luncheons were delightful!
    News • 9/13/2009
    Mothers Grade Level Luncheons were tasty! Moms in each grade enjoyed socializing with each other and hearing information from Mr. Gioia, Dr. Seay, and others at the recent lunches. Members of the Headmaster Singers entertained us with a song and the Spaghetti Supper Chairs updated on their activitie ...
  • Big Red Store Training
    News • 8/20/2009
    On August 19, 2009, the Big Red Store committee held training for the 55 volunteers who work at the store. The Big Red Store is open every Friday during school hours and during special events. See the notation, BRS, on our calendar to see some of the other opportunities to purchase wonderful MBA ite ...
  • Spaghetti Supper Presentation
    News • 9/10/2007
    In assembly on Monday, Sept. 10, students were treated to a PowerPoint presentation about the Spaghetti Supper. Click here for a pdf of that presentation.
  • Totomoi Conducts Fall 2025 Tapping, Inducts Six New Members
    News • 11/3/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy’s honorary society, Totomoi, welcomed six new members on Monday. Since 1954, the fraternity has tapped students, faculty, staff, and friends of the school twice annually—once in the fall and again in the spring—and presented each inductee with a key as a tok ...
  • Recognition of academic excellence pouring in for MBA senior class
    News • 10/7/2025
    Recognition of academic excellence for MBA’s senior class continues to pour in. Following the announcement that 14 members of the Class of 2026 were named Semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Competition, 16 additional students have now been recognized as Commended Students. Co ...
  • MBA, Harpeth Hall present "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
    News • 9/15/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy and Harpeth Hall present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, running September 18–21, at MBA’s Paschall Theater. This Tony Award-winning musical delivers a hilarious tale of overachievers’ angst as a quirky group of preteens compete for the spelling ...
  • Fourteen MBA seniors earn National Merit Semifinalist status
    News • 9/11/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy is proud to announce and congratulate fourteen seniors who have been named Semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Competition. These academically talented students were among more than 1.3 million juniors from approximately 20,000 high schools nationwide who ent ...
  • Cellophony: Students Take the Stage for a Purpose
    News • 3/26/2025
    MBA’s 23rd annual Cellophony, a student-run concert benefiting Nashville’s W.O. Smith Music School, was a spectacular success! This year’s event, which was spearheaded by Brady Bauer (‘25) and Michael Dattilo (‘25), raised an impressive $4,500 to support quality music e ...
  • Nine Tapped in Spring Totomoi Ceremony
    News • 2/24/2025
    On February 24 during the all-school Assembly, seven students and two faculty member were inducted into Totomoi , MBA's honor fraternity. Totomoi recognizes individuals who have shown "outstanding service to the student body and the school" in three or more of the following fields: academics, athlet ...
  • Senior Elias Franks Claims Prestigious Admiral William P. Lawrence Award
    News • 2/24/2025
    On Sunday, February 23, MBA senior Elias Franks was named the recipient of the 2025 Admiral William P. Lawrence Award from the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the National Football Foundation . This prestigious award recognizes the top high school football scholar-athlete in Middle Tennessee. In additio ...
  • MBA Mathletes Enjoy Continued Success in Recent Competitions
    News • 2/9/2025
    On February 1st, 14 MBA students competed in the MATHCOUNTS Nashville Chapter Competition. With eight teams and 96 individuals competing, MBA’s four-person team of Armaan Singhvi (’29), Shaun Xu (’29), Cole Anderson (’29), and Henry Mikos (’29) won first place, securing ...
  • MBA Student-Athletes Recognized During Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 2/5/2025
    16 MBA student-athletes participated in a College Athletics Signing Day ceremony in the Paschall Theater on Wednesday, February 5. Each athlete’s head coach spoke about the player prior to his respective signing. Congratulations to the following MBA students who will be continuing their athlet ...
  • Eleven Inducted Into King Society
    News • 1/21/2025
    In a special ceremony during the all-school Assembly on Tuesday, January 21, eleven MBA students were inducted into the school’s King Society . Founded by Edwin Conley ('04) and Ben Pote ('04) in January 2003, the Society honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King's work towards equality, jus ...
  • Chris Chauvin Named Head Football Coach
    News • 1/15/2025
    MBA is proud to announce the appointment of Chris Chauvin as the school’s new Head Football Coach. A member of the MBA community since 2011, Coach Chauvin brings a wealth of experience, a proven track record of success, and an unwavering commitment to the holistic development of student-athlet ...
  • MBA Students Recognized in the Middle Tennessee Regional Art Awards
    News • 1/9/2025
    The Tennessee Art Education Association recently announced the student artwork selected for their 17th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition , to be held at the Parthenon from January 23 - March 2, 2025. As usual, MBA students fared extremely well in this competition. A total of 29 ...
  • Eleven Students Tapped For Fall Totomoi
    News • 11/18/2024
          On November 18 during Assembly, eleven MBA students were inducted into Totomoi , MBA's honor fraternity. Totomoi recognizes individuals who have shown "outstanding service to the student body and the school" in three or more of the following fields: academics, athletics/debate, ...
  • Travis Brannon ('07) Remembered at Sewanee
    News • 11/4/2024
         On the morning of Saturday, November 2, during Homecoming weekend festivities at The University of the South, the Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department dedicated their ladder truck in memory of MBA ('07) and Sewanee ('11) alum Captain Travis Brannon, USMC . A former lacrosse player a ...
  • Two Students Named to National Honor Choir
    News • 10/29/2024
       MBA students Caleb LeMarbre ('27) and Banks Pennington ('27) were recently named to the prestigious American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Honor Choir .  This significant achievement required auditioning alongside students from across the entire country.     ...
  • 19 Seniors Named National Merit Commended Students
    News • 10/8/2024
    The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced the names of approximately 34,000 Commended Students in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.  This recognizes top students based on their PSAT scores from October 2023.  These students will each receive a L ...
  • Debate Team Wins Greenhill Fall Classic
    News • 9/25/2024
    For the first time in program history MBA captured the championship in the prestigious Greenhill Fall Classic debate tournament in Dallas, Texas.  After 11 debates over three days, the team of Russell Howard ('26) and Kavneer Majhail ('25) topped 104 teams from across the United States and Taiw ...
  • MBA Welcomes Artist Tony Sobota
    News • 9/11/2024
    Nashville-based artist and MBA Art Show Featured Artist, Tony Sobota , spent Monday and Tuesday working with MBA art classes and will return over the next two weeks to guide students in creating a collaborative piece. During his visit, he emphasized the importance of "play" in discovering your true ...
  • 11 Seniors Earn National Merit Semifinalist Recognition
    News • 9/11/2024
    Earlier this morning the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This recognition is reserved to only the top 1% of high school students, based on their PSAT scores from October 2023. T ...
  • Brandt Snedeker ('99) Receives the 2024 Payne Stewart Award
    News • 8/20/2024
    On August 6, MBA alum Brandt Snedeker ('99) was named the 2024 recipient of the PGA Tour’s Payne Stewart Award. The award is given annually to a professional golfer who best exemplifies Stewart’s steadfast values of character, charity, and sportsmanship.        Brandt ...
  • MBA Welcomes Jessica Darden to the School Leadership Team
    News • 6/27/2024
    MBA is excited to welcome Jessica Darden to the newly created position of Director of Marketing &; Communications.  She will oversee all aspects of the school's branding, internal and external communications, advertising, social media presence, and join Head of School Dr. William Daughtrey's se ...
  • MBA Students Featured on "This Is Nashville" Kids Week On WPLN
    News • 6/13/2024
        We were very excited to have two MBA students, Jake Dorfman ('25) and Griffin Hooper ('29) , selected to be interviewed by WPLN radio (the local NPR affiliate) for the recent "Kids Week" focus on their This Is Nashville  program.       On June 11, Griffin Hooper, al ...
  • MBA Welcomes Mark Sutton as Varsity Tennis Head Coach
    News • 6/12/2024
          Montgomery Bell Academy is pleased to announce the hiring of Mark Sutton as the new Varsity Tennis Head Coach.  A native of Australia, he is a former collegiate and professional tennis player with over 25 years of coaching experience at the high school and college level. &# ...
  • Benton Brown ('24) Awarded Scholar Athlete of the Year by The Tennessean
    News • 6/11/2024
         In a ceremony held last night at Marathon Music Works, recent MBA graduate Benton Brown ('24) was recognized as the "Scholar Athlete of the Year" during the USA Today Middle Tennessee High School Sports Awards .  While being a key player on both the basketball and lacrosse t ...
  • Five More MBA Student-Athletes Participate in College Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 5/28/2024
          During MBA's annual senior Mother/Son Luncheon on Tuesday, May 28, five more student-athletes participated in a College Athletics Signing Day ceremony. Each player's head coach spoke prior to his respective signing.     This brings the total to 15 members, or 11%, of t ...
  • Two Seniors Receive National Merit Scholarship Awards
    News • 5/9/2024
    MBA seniors Dennis Bottorff and Luke Keller were recently each named recipients of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships for college. They are two of only 16 students in all of Middle Tennessee to receive this award and recognition. Scholarship winners were chosen from the 15,000 Finalists across the c ...
  • Envirothon Team Wins Third Consecutive State Title
    News • 5/9/2024
    The MBA Envirothon team of seniors Emmett Adams, Nate Holder, Luke Keller, Michael Kong, and Whit Uden captured their third consecutive Envirothon State Championship . This year's competition took place May 7-8 at the Clyde York 4-H Center in Crossville, Tennessee. In keeping with the 2024 current i ...
  • Student Featured On WPLN's “This is Nashville” Radio Program
    News • 4/23/2024
    On Tuesday, April 16th, MBA eighth-grader Nick Held was invited to the WPLN (the NPR affiliate in Nashville) radio studio to be interviewed on the Student Reporter Roundup episode of the “This is Nashville” show, regarding his experience as a student journalist and as current Editor-In-C ...
  • Chinese Language Program Wins National Award
    News • 4/12/2024
          MBA's Chinese language program was recently recognized by the Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) as a "Distinguished K-12 Chinese Program." Only 16 programs across the entire United States won this distinction. Notably, MBA is the first and only school from Tennessee t ...
  • Mock Trial Finishes Runner-Up In State Competition
    News • 3/25/2024
    The 43rd Annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition took place March 22-23, 2024, at the Davidson County Courthouse. MBA finished 2nd in the state, just behind University School of Nashville.       In addition to the team success, Alexander Reddy ('24) finished in 1st P ...
  • MATHCOUNTS Places Second at State Competition
    News • 3/24/2024
    MBA's MATHCOUNTS team of William Guo ('28), Briley Beck ('28), Sharvil Kolhatkar ('28), and Armaan Singhvi ('29) wrapped up a very successful season with a second place team finish at the State MATHCOUNTS Competition on Saturday, March 23rd. The team fought hard but fell just short to a strong Farra ...
  • Students Receive Numerous Scholastic Art Awards
    News • 2/27/2024
    The Art department is extremely proud of all the students who participate in visual art at MBA. In the recent 2024 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition , 24 MBA students received 32 different awards (7 Gold Key, 12 Silver Key, 13 Honorable Mention).        The Gold Key wor ...
  • Eight Tapped in Spring Totomoi Ceremony
    News • 2/26/2024
          On February 26 during Assembly, seven students and one staff member were inducted into Totomoi, MBA's honor fraternity. Totomoi recognizes individuals who have shown outstanding leadership in academics, athletics, service to the school, community service, and appreciation for th ...
  • MBA MATHCOUNTS Team Advances
    News • 2/13/2024
    On Saturday, February 10th, 12 MBA Mathletes competed in the MATHCOUNTS Nashville Chapter Competition. MBA's four-person team of William Guo ('28), Sharvil Kolhatkar ('28), Briley Beck ('28), and Armaan Singhvi ('29) finished as the first place team in Nashville , thereby qualifying them for the Sta ...
  • 10 MBA STUDENT-ATHLETES PARTICIPATE IN SIGNING DAY CEREMONY
    News • 2/7/2024
          10 MBA student-athletes participated in a College Athletics Signing Day ceremony in the Paschall Theater on Wednesday, February 7. Each athlete’s head coach spoke about the player prior to his respective signing. Congratulations to the following MBA students who will be co ...
  • King Society Induction
    News • 1/23/2024
    In a special ceremony during the all-school Assembly on Monday, January 22, 12 MBA students were inducted into the school’s King Society. Founded by Edwin Conley (MBA '04) and Ben Pote ('04) in January 2003, the Society honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King's work towards equality, justi ...
  • MBA Holds Investiture Ceremony for Dr. William Daughtrey
    News • 1/11/2024
    On Thursday, January 11, Montgomery Bell Academy was pleased to hold the Investiture Ceremony for Dr. William H. Daughtrey III, the school's 16th Head of School.  In addition to the entire student body and all faculty/staff, over 100 special guests attended the celebration, including heads of m ...
  • MBA Students Recognized with Middle TN Regional Art Awards
    News • 1/10/2024
    On December 14, 2023, the Tennessee Art Education Association announced the winners of this year's Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Awards . Students in grades 6-12 from around the region submitted more than 600 works for consideration, in a range of artistic media including: painting, mixed me ...
  • Cross Country Qualifies for Nike Cross Nationals
    News • 11/21/2023
    MBA's Varsity Cross Country team placed second at the NXR Cross Regionals in Cary, NC, on November 18 and qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, OR, on December 2. Twenty-two total teams will compete in the Nationals in an event fully-funded by Nike. Due to TSSAA rules, MBA competed und ...
  • Recipient Announced for the Jay Bradford '90 Memorial Endowed Award for 2024
    News • 11/20/2023
    During the All-School Assembly on Monday, November 20, Jack Stanley ('25) was recognized with this year's Jay Bradford '90 Memorial Endowed Award . This award began last year and is given annually to a Sophomore or Junior at MBA whose gift is their "loyalty, friendship and commitments to others, sel ...
  • Ten Students Tapped for Fall Totomoi
    News • 11/6/2023
          This morning, ten students were inducted into Totomoi, MBA's honor fraternity. Totomoi recognizes individuals who have shown "outstanding service to the student body and the school" in three or more of the following fields: academics, athletics/debate, arts, service, student gov ...
  • 17 More Students Recognized by College Board
    News • 9/26/2023
    The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced the names of approximately 34,000 Commended Scholars in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This recognizes top students based on their PSAT scores from October 2022.     In addition, the College Board awa ...
  • Math Students Excel In State Math Contest
    News • 9/18/2023
    The 2023 Tennessee State Math Contest was held in April, however, final results were just recently released. MBA had unprecedented success this year, resulting in 8 first place finishes and 12 top ten finishes, in this statewide competition. Of note, only two other schools had even two first place f ...
  • Eight Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
    News • 9/13/2023
    The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This recognizes the top 1% of students , based on their PSAT scores from October 2022. These academically talented high school seniors have a ...
  • Envirothon Captures 9th Place in World Championships
    News • 8/24/2023
    The MBA Envirothon team, consisting of Emmett Adams ('24), Luke Keller ('24), Michael Kong ('24), Alex Owings ('23), and Whit Uden ('24), placed 9th out of 51 teams in the Envirothon international competition, held from July 22-29 in New Brunswick, Canada. Teams from U.S. states, Canadian provinces, ...
  • Three More MBA Student-Athletes Participate in Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 5/30/2023
    During MBA's annual senior Mother/Son Luncheon on Tuesday, May 30, three more student-athletes participated in a College Athletics Signing Day ceremony. Each player's head coach spoke prior to his respective signing.     This brings the total to 24 members, or 18%, of the senior class who ...
  • Seven MBA Student-Athletes Participate in Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 4/26/2023
         Seven more MBA student-athletes, all football players, participated in a College Athletics Signing Day ceremony on Wednesday, April 26. The Paschall Theater was filled with family, friends, and classmates, as Head Coach Marty Euverard spoke about each football player prior to his ...
  • Three Former MBA Football Players Named to 2000s All-Decade Team
    News • 4/25/2023
    The Tennessean recently released its 2 000s All-Decade football team , which features three former MBA players.      Ingle Martin ('01) was a standout Quarterback who helped lead MBA to three state championships. He received numerous awards and went on to play in college, at both Flor ...
  • MBA Wins Its First Shotgun State Championship
    News • 4/24/2023
    MBA put together two great final rounds to win the Tennessee Junior Olympic / TNSCTP International Style State Championship on Saturday, April 22, in Columbia, TN.  The final top team scores were: 289 - MBA 278 - Cedar City 277 - Houston 268 - Columbia Academy 263 - Spring Hill 257 - Centennial ...
  • MBA Debate Finishes 2nd at Tournament of Champions
    News • 4/18/2023
    The MBA Debate policy team of Chanden Climaco ('23) and Raleigh Maxwell ('24) placed 2nd overall in the Tournament of Champions National Debate Championship. The duo compiled a 10-1 record and lost 2-1 on ballots in the championship to a team from Liberal Arts and Science Academy (TX).    ...
  • MBA Repeats as Team and Individual MATHCOUNTS State Champions
    News • 3/26/2023
    On Saturday, March 25th, MBA's MATHCOUNTS team competed in the State Tournament at the Adventure Science Center. Justin Guo led the Big Red by finishing first individually, winning the Countdown (Quiz Bowl) competition, and joining rare company as only the 6th student in MBA history to qualify for M ...
  • MBA Repeats as Mock Trial State Champions
    News • 3/21/2023
    On March 17-18 at the Davidson County Courthouse, MBA defeated Aaron Academy (Chattanooga), both teams from St. Mary’s Episcopal School (Memphis), and Agathos Classical School (Columbia) in preliminary rounds before defeating Signal Mountain HS (Chattanooga) in the championship round. Chanden ...
  • Ten Tapped For Spring Totomoi
    News • 2/28/2023
    On February 27 during Assembly, nine students and one faculty member were inducted into Totomoi, MBA's honor fraternity. Totomoi recognizes individuals who have shown outstanding leadership in academics, athletics, service to the school, community service, and appreciation for the arts. Induction in ...
  • The MBA Players Present Julius Caesar, Feb. 23-26
    News • 2/15/2023
    “The Ides of March are come” to MBA! To stop Caesar from gaining too much power, Brutus and his fellow senators conspire to kill him. Dr. Fuller directs this classic about the thirst for power, the fear of power, and what happens when the people are easily swayed by their leader’s ...
  • 2 Former Players and Coach Owen Make 1960's All-Decade Team
    News • 2/9/2023
    The Tennessean is releasing high school football All-Decade teams to remember some of the great players in the Middle Tennessee area. The 1960's All-Decade team features two former MBA players along with legendary Coach Tommy Owen.     Jeff Peeples was selected as a running back for the te ...
  • 14 MBA Student-Athletes Participate in National Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 2/2/2023
    14 MBA student-athletes participated in a National Signing Day ceremony in the Dining Hall on Thursday, February 2. Each athlete’s head coach spoke about the player prior to his respective signing.  Congratulations to the following MBA students who will be continuing their athletic career ...
  • 12 Inducted Into King Society
    News • 1/17/2023
    In a special ceremony today during Assembly, 12 MBA students were inducted into the school’s King Society. Founded by Edwin Conley (MBA '04) and Ben Pote ('04) in January 2003, the Society honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King's work towards equality, justice, freedom, and peace.   ...
  • Marcel Reed Wins Mr. Football for Division II-AAA
    News • 12/7/2022
    MBA senior quarterback Marcel Reed was named the Division II-AAA Mr. Football Award winner for the state of Tennessee in a ceremony today at Nissan Stadium. Marcel won the award after leading the Big Red to an undefeated regular season and state championship appearance. He was the school's first 4-y ...
  • MBA Students Excel at Middle Tennessee Regional Art Competition
    News • 11/29/2022
    Twenty-six MBA artists received awards at this year's Middle Tennessee Student Art Competition. MBA students won awards in seven different categories including drawing, photography, painting, mixed media, metal etching, printmaking, and sculpture. Of the twenty-six winners, four received first place ...
  • Inaugural Jay Bradford '90 Memorial Endowed Award
    News • 11/22/2022
    During Monday's assembly, Conner Looney ('24) was recognized with the first Jay Bradford '90 Memorial Endowed Award . This new award will be given annually to a Sophomore or Junior at MBA whose gift is their loyalty, friendship and commitments to others, self-improvement, and the MBA community. This ...
  • MBA Students Excel in 2022 State Math Competition
    News • 10/31/2022
    In April 2022, students from MBA and across the state competed in the State Math Contest. The Nashville-area competition took place at Lipscomb University. Due to the pandemic, this was the first time the contest was held since 2019. Over the past six months, scores from all regions across the state ...
  • Eight Students Tapped For Fall Totomoi
    News • 10/31/2022
    This morning, eight students were inducted into Totomoi, MBA's honor fraternity. Totomoi recognizes individuals who have shown outstanding leadership in academics, athletics, service to the school, community service, and appreciation for the arts. Induction into Totomoi is the highest honor an MBA s ...
  • MBA Mock Trial Wins National Tournament
    News • 10/26/2022
    MBA had a great weekend at the Empire Mock Trial competition in Chicago. After four rounds, the team finished an incredible 12-0 and advanced to the finals on Monday against Henrico High School (VA). In the finals, MBA remained undefeated and claimed its fourth Empire championship with the victory o ...
  • 14 Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
    News • 9/14/2022
    The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This recognizes the top 1% of students , based on their PSAT scores from October 2021. These academically talented high school seniors ha ...
  • Ty Chandler ('17) Makes Vikings 53-Man Roster
    News • 8/31/2022
    Former MBA running back Ty Chandler ('17) made the Minnesota Vikings 53-man roster after a strong preseason. Chandler was drafted out of UNC in the 5th round this year and averaged 7.5 yards per carry in the preseason. He also added a 56 yard kickoff return in his first game. Chandler was one of fou ...
  • 5 MBA Students Selected for Young Tennessee Artists Exhibition
    News • 8/31/2022
    The Frist Art Museum’s ninth biennial Young Tennessee Artists exhibition , September 2, 2022 - February 12, 2023, will showcase some of the finest two-dimensional artwork by high school students in Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) programs across the state. Only 36 s ...
  • MBA and Harpeth Hall present Into the Woods
    News • 8/29/2022
    In late-September MBA and Harpeth Hall students will be presenting the musical Into the Woods (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by James Lapine). This energetic musical intertwines plots from stories by the Brothers Grimm and explores the consequences of various characters’ wishes an ...
  • Students Flock to the Activity Fair
    News • 8/24/2022
    This morning, hundreds of MBA students gathered on the quad for the annual activity fair. Students scoured for extracurricular activities to complement their academic and athletic experiences. Hundreds of doughnuts retained the student's attention as they strolled from table to table perusing the va ...
  • MBA Head of School Announcement
    News • 5/25/2022
    On May 25, 2022, the Montgomery Bell Academy Board of Trustees and Head of School Search Committee announced the appointment of Dr. William H. Daughtrey III as the next Head of School, effective July 1, 2023. A graduate of the University of Virginia (BA 2005), Georgetown University (MA 2010), and Va ...
  • MBA Wins State Envirothon Championship
    News • 5/10/2022
    The Montgomery Bell Academy Envirothon team finished first in the state competition held at the 4-H Clyde York Camp in Crossville, TN on May 3 and 4. The team of Nate Holder, Luke Keller, Michael Kong, Whit Uden and Nathan Williams finished #1 in the competition which tests practical knowledge of Aq ...
  • Twenty-two New Members Inducted into the Cum Laude Society
    News • 4/7/2022
    Twelve seniors and ten juniors were inducted into MBA's Cum Laude Society on Monday. Founded in 1906, the Cum Laude society honors individuals with superior academic achievements. The first chapter of the Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris of the Tome School in Port Deposit ...
  • MBA Theater to Present The Crucible
    News • 2/14/2022
    February 23 – 25 &; 27  The Crucible by Arthur Miller .   Inspired by the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s and based on historical accounts of the Salem witch trials, this play focuses on the discovery of several girls attempting to conjure spirits from the dead. Rather than suffe ...
  • Eleven MBA Student-Athletes Participate in Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 2/2/2022
    Eleven MBA student-athletes participated in a signing day ceremony in the Paschall Theater on Wednesday, February 2. The head coach of each athlete spoke about each of his players prior to the respective signings. Congratulations to the following students who will be continuing their athletic career ...
  • Junior School to Perform Play On Shakespeare
    News • 1/20/2022
    Mark your calendar - you won't want to miss this one! The junior school production of HOW TO SURVIVE BEING IN A JUNIOR SCHOOL PLAY promises to be one of our best yet! The show starts on Thursday, January 20th, and runs through Saturday, January 22nd. Thursday and Friday performances are at 6:30 p.m. ...
  • MBA to Play for 16th Football State Championship
    News • 11/30/2021
    The 123rd MBA Football team will take the field Thursday, December 2against the McCallie School to play for our 16th State Championship. The game kicks off at 7:00 p.m. EST at Finley Stadium (1826 Reggie White Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37402). We want you there with the Big Red faithful to cheer th ...
  • MBA Theater to Present Shakespeare (Abridged)
    News • 11/3/2021
    November 4 - 7 The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)  by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield The challenge: perform the complete works of William Shakespeare in one evening.  That’s right.  All 37 plays by William Shakespeare in under two hours.  Since it debu ...
  • MBA Home to 14 Commended Scholars
    News • 10/12/2021
    Following on the news of MBA's 9 National Merit Semi-finalists, the school has added 14 additional students as Commended Scholars. While National Merit Finalists are in the top 1.1 percent of all test-takers, Commended Scholars are in the top 3.3 percent. The total gives MBA 23 Semi-finalists and Sc ...
  • Four More Students Honored by College Board
    News • 9/15/2021
    Four MBA students have been designated as College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars, based on their remarkable academic achievements and outstanding performance on the PSAT. The College Board, which administers the PSAT and SAT among its activities, recognizes academic excellence ...
  • MBA Theater to Present Urinetown
    News • 8/11/2021
    September 1 - 4 Urinetown: The Musical by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann "Is that really the title?" you ask. It is! Despite the unlikely name, this Tony-Award-winning hit is a serious-yet-humorous tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution during a severe water shortage. After a twenty-year drou ...
  • MBA Theater to Present One Act Plays
    News • 4/12/2021
    Please join us for “The Future Real Househusbands of Belle Meade”: The 2021 Student-Directed One Acts. Senior students in the Studio Theater Class direct 4 short plays (including 3 original scripts on contemporary themes). Performances run April 14-16 ( Wednesday at 4, and Thursday &; Fr ...
  • MBA Theater to Present 12 Angry Jurors
    News • 2/17/2021
    March 4 - 7 12 Angry Jurors    Adapted by Sherman L. Sergel from the movie by Reginald Rose In this remarkable allegory about democracy, the jurors are taken into a bleak room to discuss what looks to be an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ e ...
  • MBA Mathcounts Team Excels
    News • 2/16/2021
    The results of this year's Mathcounts Chapter Competition were posted last night. For a Mathcounts student to qualify for the Chapter Invitational this year, he or she needed to be the top finisher in his or her school or to be in the top 20% in the Chapter. Four students from MBA qualified for the ...
  • MBA Theater to Present Androcles and the Lion
    News • 1/21/2021
    January 21 – 23 Androcles and the Lion    by James E. Engelhardt. Based on the eyewitness account of a surprising encounter between the enslaved Androcles and a "fearsome" lion, this fabled tale from ancient Rome has made its way through such writers as Aesop and George Shaw into a n ...
  • Model UN Team Excels at Competition
    News • 11/10/2020
    MBA participated in Model UN this weekend with MBA students representing 5 of the total 112 countries. Only 61 resolutions passed to second committee, and four of them were written by MBA students. Only 10 total resolutions passed through the General Assembly, and two of them were resolutions writte ...
  • MBA Mock Trial Places 4th in National Tournament
    News • 11/5/2020
    MBA Mock Trial wrapped up its first team virtual competition last week against some of the best teams across the country. The Empire Chicago "At Home" format required competitors to compete virtually from their own location. After four rounds of competition, MBA ranked second in their division and f ...
  • MBA Art Students Honored at Exhibition
    News • 10/22/2020
    Young Tennessee Artist Exhibition - Bi-Annual Exhibition of AP and IB student work from across Tennessee.  This bi-annual exhibition of student art from across Tennessee represents work from juniors and seniors enrolled in AP and IB programs. This year, 36 works were selected from over 300 entr ...
  • MBA Debate Team Off To Great Start
    News • 9/23/2020
    The MBA debate team started the year strong with two tournament victories and a second-place finish in its first four tournaments.  The team of Sam Meacham (20') and Jack Pacconi (21') finished second place in the Greenhill Round Robin versus the top 12 teams from across the country.  Sam ...
  • MBA Theater to Present Frankenstein
    News • 9/3/2020
    September 10 - 13 Frankenstein   by Mary Shelley Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the doctor’s bewildered monster determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns about scientific responsibility and parental neglect are deeply embedded in this incre ...
  • MBA Begins 154th Year
    News • 8/18/2020
    Montgomery Bell Academy began its 154th year in unique fashion yesterday. Due to the ongoing pandemic, MBA opened its doors to half of the student body on Monday, with the other half attending on Tuesday. MBA is beginning the year on a hybrid schedule to allow for social distancing in classes and ou ...
  • 16 to Continue Athletic Careers in College
    News • 5/20/2020
    MBA is proud to celebrate the 16 members of the Class of 2020 who will continue their athletic careers in college. The list includes: Stephen Avery, lacrosse, Denver University Tripper Capps, baseball, Kenyon College Richard Cummins, tennis, University of Virginia Ned Freeland, Football, University ...
  • MBA Debate Finishes First in the Country; Debate Coach Honored
    News • 3/30/2020
    This past week, the National High School Debate Coaches Poll released its final poll of the season, and the team of Montgomery Bell Academy Aden Barton 20' and Sam Meacham 21' was unanimously ranked the number one team in the nation.  Sam and Aden finished the regular season winning thirty-five ...
  • MBA Theater to Perform Knight of the Burning Pestle
    News • 2/7/2020
    February 20 – 23 The Knight of the Burning Pestle   by Francis Beaumont.  This play within a play from 1607 is a boisterous and satirical collision of citizen drama and chivalric, courtly romance. A grocer and his wife interrupt  The London Merchant , wreaking havoc on the ...
  • MBA Celebrates Signing Day
    News • 2/4/2020
    Thirteen MBA student-athletes will participate in a signing day ceremony in the Paschall Theater at 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5. The head coach of each athlete will speak for a few minutes prior to the respective signings. Congratulations to the following students who will be continuing their ...
  • MBA Debate Wins Prestigious Barkley Forum
    News • 1/29/2020
    Montgomery Bell Academy defended its #1 national ranking this past weekend by winning the 2020 Barkley Forum at Emory University in Atlanta.  The team of Aden Barton (20') and Sam Meacham ('21) finished the tournament a perfect 11-0.  They bested a field of 106 teams from 21 different stat ...
  • MBA Junior School to Present The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    News • 1/16/2020
    Please join us for the junior school production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow . January 23 – 25 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow   by  Kathryn Schultz Miller. When learned Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, arrives in the village of Sleepy Hollow, he quickly encounters the lovely Katri ...
  • MBA Summer Camp Registration is Now Open
    News • 1/10/2020
    Sign ups are now available for the 2020 MBA Summer Camp season. This year, MBA will offer nearly 140 camps, classes, and leagues throughout the summer. Camps are available for campers as young as 4 years old. The season kicks off on Tuesday, May 26th with a handful of 4-day camps. The popular All Sp ...
  • Headmaster Gioia Presented with a Gladius from Legion Fund
    News • 12/11/2019
    Leaders of The Legion Fund thanked Brad Gioia and MBA with a replica gladius as is given to Green Berets retiring from the 5th Special Forces Group (Abn) at Ft. Campbell. Mr. Gioia has been generous in his financial support of the Green Berets and their families, and, the school has provided a venue ...
  • MBA Football to Play for State Championship This Thursday
    News • 12/3/2019
    For the 5th time in the past six seasons, the MBA football team will head to Cookeville to play for the TSSAA State Championship. After starting the season 1-3, the Big Red caught fire and won 7 of its last 8 games to get to the finals. MBA defeated MUS 20-3 in the semi-finals in Memphis to set up T ...
  • MBA Football Begins Postseason Tomorrow Night
    News • 11/14/2019
    The MBA football team travels to Chattanooga on Friday to take on the Baylor Red Raiders in the quarterfinals of the TSSAA playoffs. After a 1-3 start to the season, MBA won 5 of its last 6 games and finished in a three-way tie for first in the West division. Due to tiebreakers, MBA claimed the #3 s ...
  • MBA Theater Department to Host Writing, Acting Competition
    News • 11/8/2019
    November 17 &; 24:  Play! Write! 2019 Writers, Actors &; Audience Members are needed for o ur inaugural improv-inspired playwriting competition. On November 17th, in the Paschall Theater, improvisation games and audience suggestions will serve as inspiration to participating playwrights, who ar ...
  • MBA to Host Veterans Day Event
    News • 11/5/2019
    Please join us for breakfast on Veterans Day as we remember those who served and are serving our nation’s military. The MBA community is thrilled to welcome Lieutenant General (Retired) Keith Huber.   Lt. Gen. Keith M. Huber, who recently retired from the U.S. Army after almost 40 ye ...
  • MBA Fruit Sale Information
    News • 10/29/2019
    Help support our organization by participating in our annual fruit sale ! We have partnered with Florida Indian River Groves to provide you with the freshest fruit available. Your fruit will be harvested the very same day it's shipped to us, ensuring that you receive fruit that is hours off of the t ...
  • MBA to Host Admission Preview Day this Sunday, October 27
    News • 10/22/2019
    MBA will host its Admission Preview Day this Sunday, October 27 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. on campus. Check in for the event will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be followed by a program in the Paschall Theater at 2:00 p.m. After the conclusion of the program, visitors will take a campus and activities ...
  • MBA Theater to Present SUENO
    News • 10/14/2019
    SUENO, MBA's entry in the Tennessee Theater Association competition, tells the story of a mythical Spanish king who imprisons his own son in a tower from birth to protect his reign and thwart predictions of astrologers who said the boy would grow up to be a monster. After several years, however, the ...
  • Jaron Leasure Shoots Record Round to Win State Golf Title
    News • 10/2/2019
    Senior Jaron Leasure carded a 62 in the final day of the TSSAA state golf tournament to win the individual title yesterday. Leasure recorded 10 birdies and 0 bogeys to set the state record for lowest round by one stroke in the state finals. His two-day total of 12-under par won the individual title ...
  • MBA Mock Trial Earns Massive Tournament Win
    News • 9/25/2019
    The MBA Mock Trial team of seniors Matthew Kaplan, Aden Barton, Zach Brown and Matt Hawkins, and juniors Joseph Bellardo, Ashwin Jain, Tuneer Ghosh, C.H. Henry, and Cooper Rzasnicki recently traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to participate in the annual Empire Mock Trial competition. The competition ...
  • MBA Celebrates Homecoming this Week
    News • 9/24/2019
    Campus will be busy this week as MBA celebrates Homecoming. This week's festivities kick off at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday with the popular Bake Sale. Hundreds of sweets and treats will be available for sale to students, faculty, families, and the public from Wednesday until 11:00 a.m on Friday in the Curr ...
  • Eddie George Named to MBA Board of Trustees
    News • 9/19/2019
    MBA is pleased to announce that Eddie George was unanimously elected as member of The Board of Trustees on Thursday. George won the Heisman Trophy in 1995, had his number 27 jersey retired from Ohio State, was drafted in the 1st Round with the 14th overall pick of the 1996 NFL draft, was the NF ...
  • MBA Adds 13 Commended Scholars to National Merit List
    News • 9/18/2019
    Following on the news of MBA's 9 National Merit Semi-finalists, the school has added 13 additional students as Commended Scholars. While National Merit Finalists are in the top 1.1 percent of all test-takers, Commended Scholars are in the top 3.3 percent. The total gives MBA 22 semi-finalists and sc ...
  • MBA Home to Nine National Merit Semifinalists
    News • 9/11/2019
    Nine members of the Class of 2020 earned National Merit Semifinalist honors for their scores on the PSAT/NMSQT during the fall of their junior year. The list of Semifinalists includes: Aden Barton, Zach Brown, Richard Cummins, Will Farner, Matt Hawkins, Matthew Kaplan, Dan McGuire, Stewart Moore, an ...
  • MBA Winter Camps Are Now Live
    News • 8/29/2019
    The 2019 MBA winter camp schedule was released this morning and registration is now available online This winter, MBA is offering 20 winter camps with options in sports, enrichments and driver's education. Camps will be held December 19-21 and January 2. Driver's education will run December 18 start ...
  • MBA and Harpeth Hall to Present: No, No Nanette
    News • 8/26/2019
    The MBA and Harpeth Hall drama departments will collaborate to present No, No Nanette this week. No, No Nanette features a  delightful period romp set in the 1920s with a great score by Vincent Youmans. The music includes  Tea for Two  and  I Want to be Happy  with a hilario ...
  • MBA Begins 153rd Year
    News • 8/19/2019
    MBA began its 153rd year today with the largest student body in school history. Nearly 800 students filled the Paschall Theater to welcome in the new year at this morning's assembly. The campus is also going through some major changes. Construction crews were busy blasting over the summer and have m ...
  • Lacrosse Piles up Postseason Honors
    News • 7/2/2019
    The success of the MBA Lacrosse team has led to several players being recognized for postseason honors. Steven Avery won The Tennessean Lacrosse Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. Noah Mendoza and Peyton Brien were also finalists for the award and joined him on the paper's All-Midst ...
  • MBA Policy Team Wins National Championship
    News • 4/18/2019
    MBA Debate brought home the national championship trophy from the 2019 National Debate Coaches Association (NDCA) National Championship hosted this past weekend by Glenbrook South High School in suburban Chicago, IL. MBA BH (Aden Barton '20 &; Julian Habermann '19) upon the unanimous decision of the ...
  • 14th Annual Shakespearathon Starts This Morning
    News • 4/18/2019
    The 14th Annual “Shakespearathon” (24 hours of Shakespeare) kicked off this morning. This fund raiser benefits Endada and the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. It’ll be a fun-filled day performing Shakespeare’s plays with games and other activities inspired by the Bard. Annual ...
  • 21 New Members Inducted into Cum Laude Society
    News • 4/8/2019
    Eleven seniors, nine juniors, and one faculty member were inducted into MBA's Cum Laude Society on Monday. Founded in 1906, the Cum Laude society honors individuals with superior academic achievements. The first chapter of the Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris of the ...
  • MBA Cellphony Concert this Tuesday
    News • 3/12/2019
    MBA's annual Cellophony concert will be held Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. Cellophony is a student run rock concert that raises money for the W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville. Please come out this Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to hear some great live music ...
  • MBA Debate Wins Prestigious Barkley Forum Again
    News • 1/29/2019
    The MBA Debate team clinched first place at the 64th Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University, the second victory there in the past three years and the third trip to the finals for MBA in a row. MBA won its first Barkley Forum in 1976. Facing off against Woodward Academy, the team of Julia ...
  • MBA to Screen "Ashes in the Snow"
    News • 1/25/2019
    MBA is thrilled to present an exclusive screening of  Ashes in the Snow , the film adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel  Between Shades of Gray  by Ruta Sepetys. This screening will be Monday, February 11, 2019 in the Paschall Theater on the MBA campus.  Tickets are ...
  • MBA Summer Camp Registration Opens Today
    News • 1/10/2019
    Registration for the 2019 Summer Camp season will go live today, January 10 at 10:00 a.m. Today should be exciting as giveaways are scheduled throughout the day for lucky registrants. The first three overall registrants will receive future MBA camp credit along with today's 100th registrant. In addi ...
  • Two MBA Football Players to Sign LOI's Today
    News • 12/19/2018
    In an exciting day for MBA athletics, seniors Jackson Hannah and Jackson Lampley will be signing their National Letters of Intent to continue their football careers in college next season. Hannah will sign with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, while Lampley will sign with the Tennessee Volunteers. The Jack ...
  • Join Us for a Thanksgiving Breakfast
    News • 11/19/2018
    We hope that you (and your son or grandson) will join us for a casual gentlemen only breakfast as we honor this year’s Distinguished Alumnus Frank Burkholder (’56) and this year’s Distinguished Service Award recipient Laird Smith (’58). We will also look forward to hearing fr ...
  • MBA Theater to Perform Antigone
    News • 11/14/2018
    The MBA Theater department will perform Sophocles' Antigone in the Paschall Theater November 15-18. In this classic drama, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta pits her beliefs against the King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed. Emotions fly as she challenges the king for t ...
  • MBA Welcomes Back Sam Garner '03 for Veterans Day
    News • 11/6/2018
    Please join us for breakfast on Veterans Day as we remember those who served and are serving our nation’s military. The MBA community is thrilled to welcome Sam Garner, MBA Class of 2003. Garner attended Ole Miss and then returned to MBA as a member of the faculty from 2008–2010. In 2010 ...
  • MBA Robotics Team Places 2nd in Competition
    News • 10/25/2018
    On October 20th, MBA Robotics team traveled to Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena to participate in the annual Music City BEST Robotics Competition. Sixteen schools were given only six weeks to build a robot to navigate a playing field that was universally described as the most challenging cour ...
  • MBA Football Ranked 82nd Nationally
    News • 10/23/2018
    Fresh off a 25-24 overtime win over Brentwood Academy last Friday, the MBA football team entered the High School Football America Top 100 national rankings. MBA currently sits at 8-1 overall and 5-0 in league play with one game remaining at home against Baylor on Friday night. The Big Red has alread ...
  • MBA Students Remain Busy With Fall Break on the Horizon
    News • 10/9/2018
    MBA will begin Fall Break this Wednesday at noon, but not before a flurry of activities. The 8th-11th graders will take the PSAT on Wednesday morning  prior to the start of Fall Break. During this time, the 7th grade will meet for an honor program led by Mr. Sawyer who directs the MBA Honor Cou ...
  • MBA Debate Ranked 3rd, 4th, and 5th Nationally
    News • 10/5/2018
    The newly released High School Debate Coaches Poll has three MBA pairings in the top 5 nationally. The team of William Bradford and Atticus Glen is ranked third in the country. The team of Jack Rankin and Jack Harrington is ranked 4th, and the team of Aden Barton and Julian Habermann is ranked 5th, ...
  • Sign Up Now for MBA Winter Camps
    News • 9/21/2018
    MBA will offer a great selection of camps for the winter season. Winter camps will be held December 19, 20, 21, and 22 and and on January 2. Returning camps from last year include 1st Camp, All Sports, Soccer, Dodgeball, Basketball, Legos, Minecraft, Robotics, Mr. Bond Science and Driver's Education ...
  • MBA Leads All Tennessee Independent Schools with 10 National Merit Semifinalists
    News • 9/12/2018
    MBA is pleased to announce that the National Merit Scholarship Program has selected 10 members of the Class of 2019 as National Merit Semifinalists.   The list includes: Campbell Cook, Tillman Dean, Sam DeCoster, Atticus Glen, Julian Habermann, Joe Hamilton, Danny Lee, Brandon Lewis, Nikhil Pet ...
  • Snedeker ('99) Goes Wire-to-Wire to Win Wyndham Championship
    News • 8/20/2018
    Professional golfer Brandt Snedeker ('99) shot a 59 on the opening day of the Wyndham Championship en route to a wire-to-wire win for the final regular season PGA Tour event of the season. Snedeker's historic opening round makes him one of only ten golfers to ever post a sub-60 score in a PGA tourna ...
  • MBA and Harpeth Hall to Present: Zombie Prom
    News • 8/6/2018
    August 29 - September 1 Zombie Prom   by Dana P. Rowe, John Dempsey, and Hugh Murphy Girl meets ghoul in our 21st annual collaboration with Harpeth Hall. Set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, Toffee falls for class rebel Jonny, but the school is run by zanny Principal Strict. ...
  • Ford Brewer (’18) Named Manning Scholar
    News • 7/11/2018
    Ford Brewer (’18) was one of two Middle Tennessee students selected to receive the Peyton Manning Scholarship at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Brewer joined an exclusive club of 37 students who have received the award since its inception 1998. "My hope is this scholarship will help t ...
  • Student Directed One-Acts Open April 18
    News • 4/11/2018
    Seniors in the Studio Theater class choose and direct a collection of short plays, including two new, original works. Performance times: Wednesday, Thursday &; Friday, April 18-20 at 6:30 p.m.. Tickets available at the door ($5). Plays include: "College Interview" written and directed by Jack Capizz ...
  • MBA Tennis Wins Rotary Tournament, First Time Since 2010
    News • 4/9/2018
    MBA's varsity tennis team competed in the 62nd Annual Chattanooga Rotary Tournament  on Friday  and  Saturday  and for the first time since 2010, won the A Division of the tournament. MBA's 16 points was enough to edge out defending Kentucky state champion St. Xavier (14.5 points ...
  • Ty Allen Receives Honor
    News • 3/14/2018
    The Middle Tennessee Chapter of the National Football Foundation &; College Hall of Fame hosted its Annual Student-Athlete Awards Banquet on Tuesday, March 6th at the Cool Springs Marriott in Franklin.  Senior Ty Allen was recognized for his accomplishments on the gridiron, his academic ex ...
  • Theater Department to Perform State Winning One Act Tonight
    News • 3/7/2018
    MBA and Harpeth Hall's theater departments will hold an encore performance tonight of their state winning one-act play Animal Farm . The performance will be a final run-through before the cast heads off to Mobile, AL to compete this weekend at the Southeastern Theater Conference. MBA and Harpeth Hal ...
  • MBA's Student Newspaper Wins Awards
    News • 3/6/2018
    MBA's student newspaper, The Bell Ringer, 2018 Tennessee High School Press Association Annual Awards. The Bell Ringer was honored in the following categories. Third Place – Newspaper/Newsmagazine: Best Feature Story Montgomery Bell Academy, Isaac Wills, "Psychology of Sports Injuries at M ...
  • Bryce Wittman Places 3rd at National Wrestling Tournament
    News • 2/27/2018
    MBA senior Bryce Wittman placed third at the National Prep Championships held at Lehigh University this weekend. After losing a close semi-final match, Wittman defeated the top ranked wrestler in his 145 pound weight class consolation to capture third place. This finish represents the highest ever f ...
  • Will Norton ('99) Named Belz-Lipman Educator of the Year
    News • 2/23/2018
    MBA Dean of the High School and history teacher Will Norton ('99) was named the Belz-Lipman Educator of the Year by the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. Established by Memphis entrepreneurs and philanthropists Jack A. Belz and Ira Lipman, the award recognizes outstanding educators who excel in t ...
  • MBA Theater to Present The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
    News • 2/14/2018
    MBA Theater presents The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht. This innovative play chronicles the rise of a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster and his attempts to control the cauliflower racket by ruthlessly disposing of the opposition. Malcolm Morrison directs this satirical allegory with a ...
  • Combined Music Concert this Sunday
    News • 2/9/2018
    The MBA music department will join Harpeth Hall and St. Cecilia for the annual Combined Concert this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The concert will feature a wide variety of pieces from composers like Irving Berlin and the Gershwins. Two choral masterpieces performed by the combined c ...
  • Four Scholar-Athletes to be Honored on Signing Day
    News • 2/6/2018
    Four MBA student-athletes will participate in a signing day ceremony on Wednesday, February 7 at 9:40 a.m. in the Paschall Theater. All four students will be continuing their athletic careers in college. Congratulations to the following MBA seniors who will be participating in the ceremony tomorrow. ...
  • Nathaniel Philbrick to Speak at MBA Tonight on The American Revolution
    News • 1/24/2018
    Noted American author Nathaniel Philbrick will speak tonight at MBA at 5:30 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room in the Lowry Building. Philbrick has won multiple awards for his historical writings including a National Book Award in 2000. His book Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War was ...
  • Junior School Theater to Perform Shuddersome: Tales by Poe
    News • 1/22/2018
    Shuddersome: Tales by Poe adapted by Lindsay Price. This dark and foreboding dramatization includes some of Edgar Allen Poe's most famous short stories including: " The Tell-Tale Heart " and " The Raven ." Using a chorus of "Shudders" to bring the tales to life, Nelson Berry directs this macabre wor ...
  • MBA Camps Are Now Live
    News • 1/19/2018
    The MBA Summer Camp registration has been live for just over a week for the 2018 season. MBA will offer over 130 camps along with a soccer league and a lacrosse league. Camps kick off on May 29 and will run through August 3. Campers can choose from All Sports Camp, specialty sports camps, enrichment ...
  • Burkholder Gift to Have Lasting Impact on MBA
    News • 1/10/2018
    Montgomery Bell Academy Board Chairman David Ingram announced today that the school received a bequest that we believe will exceed $90 million from the estate of H. Frank Burkholder, Jr. Mr. Burkholder graduated from MBA in 1956, was the captain of the 1955 football team that won the State Champions ...
  • MBA Debate Wins Own Billy Tate Southern Bell Forum
    News • 1/9/2018
    Fifty of the best teams in the country descended on the Hill this past weekend for the 36th annual Billy Tate Southern Bell Forum. MBA was proud to host so many of the country's best debaters and coaches in a spirited and respectful debate. The tournament started with an inspirational message from M ...
  • MBA Football to Play for State Championship this Saturday
    News • 11/30/2017
    The MBA football team will play for its 16th state championship this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in Cookeville, TN. The Big Red advanced to the championship after defeating undefeated Christian Brothers 14-7 in the semi-finals. Saturday's game marks MBA's fourth consecutive state championship game appeara ...
  • MBA Collects Nearly 70,000 Pounds of Food
    News • 11/27/2017
    MBA was honored at assembly this morning for collecting the most food by any school in the state for Food 2 Families . The school was awarded a $1,000 check for collecting nearly 70,000 pounds. Anne Holt from Channel 2 News along with members from the Second Harvest Food Bank, T-Rac, and two Titans ...
  • Brandt Snedeker ('99) and Wade Cowan ('74) to be Honored by MBA
    News • 11/21/2017
    Professional golfer Brandt Snedeker ('99) will be honored as MBA's 2017 Distinguished Alumnus in a breakfast held at MBA on Wednesday. Snedeker will also speak at the breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Paschall Theater. Snedeker has enjoyed a successful career on the PGA Tour with 8 wins, a Fed ...
  • Writer and Columnist David Brooks to Speak at MBA
    News • 11/16/2017
    Writer and New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks will speak at MBA on Monday, November 20th from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Brooks will be speaking on Character in Leadership in a Divisive Age. He will examine the unique corrosions to character formation, and will offer ways to rebuild thoughtful l ...
  • MBA Football Heads to Memphis for Semi-finals
    News • 11/15/2017
    MBA football will travel to Memphis Christian Brothers for a semi-final match up versus the Purple Wave this Friday at 7:00 p.m.  This game will mark the Big Red's 6th straight state semi-final appearance. Last week, MBA won a hard-fought 14-7 game over Baylor School from Chattanooga. Friday's ...
  • Spots Remain for MBA's Winter Camps
    News • 11/14/2017
    MBA will offer a great selection of camps over the winter break for both boys and girls. The winter camp season will begin with single day sessions of 1st Camp on December 18 and 19 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. This half-day all sports camp is for boys in Pre-K - 1st grade. Camps will resume Decembe ...
  • MBA Debate Dominates Michigan Tournament
    News • 11/9/2017
    The MBA Debate Team had six debate pairings travel to Ann Arbor this weekend for the University of Michigan Invitational to compete against 128 teams from 12 different states. MBA tied a record we set last year, by having five of our teams earn qualifying bids to the Tournament of Champions. The tea ...
  • MBA Football Clinches Number 2 Seed, Bye for 1st Round
    News • 11/1/2017
    Coming off three straight state championship appearances, the Big Red football team capped it's regular season with another strong finish. The Big Red traveled to Chattanooga for the season finale and beat the Red Raiders 24-23 to finish the regular season 8-2. The record gave MBA the number two see ...
  • MBA/HH Win State One-Act Competition
    News • 10/30/2017
    MBA and Harpeth Hall combined to win the Tennessee Theatre Association's One Act competition this past weekend in Maryville, TN. The cast and crew performed George Orwell's Animal Farm winning the state in addition to first place in Technical Excellence. Senior John Powell Cooper won Best Actor hono ...
  • MBA to Host Nation's Largest Rifle Tournament this Weekend
    News • 10/6/2017
    MBA will host the 23rd Annual Montgomery Bell Academy Rifle Classic this weekend in the Rochford Shooting Facility. The classic has become the largest high school sponsored shooting event in the U.S. Teams from all over the country will be competing over a three-day period in the air rifle competiti ...
  • MBA Hosting 1st Middle School Chess Tournament this Weekend
    News • 10/6/2017
    MBA junior Lucas Pao has created MBA's first ever Middle School Chess Tournament to be held Saturday and Sunday in the Dining Hall. The tournament features three divisions, Gold, Silver, and Bronze and will include players in 5th - 8th grades. A four-round Swiss Pairing System will be used with time ...
  • MBA Carnival Set for Friday, October 6
    News • 10/3/2017
    MBA will host the 17th Annual Carnival and Picnic on Friday, October 6 from 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. before the home football game against Ensworth. The Carnival is a free family event open to the public. There will be dozens of fun games and activities along with hundreds of prizes. Food is also provi ...
  • MBA to Participate in Best Buddies Walk this Sunday
    News • 9/27/2017
    The MBA Service Club selects a number of charities and organizations to partner with each year to give students the chance to volunteer in the Nashville community. This Sunday, a collection of MBA students will participate in the annual Best Buddies Friendship Walk to help raise awareness to support ...
  • MBA Debate Makes History at Greenhill Invitational
    News • 9/25/2017
    MBA sent two policy teams to the prestigious Greenhill Round Robin Invitational in Dallas, Texas this past weekend. MBA was the only team to have two individual teams invited to the 16-team Round Robin event which features the sixteen best teams in the country. At the end of seven rounds, the teams ...
  • Author Anthony DePalma to Speak at MBA Monday on Cuban Affairs
    News • 9/22/2017
    Author, correspondent, and journalist Anthony DePalma will speak on campus Monday to discuss current affairs in Cuba. DePalma is currently Writer-in-Residence at Seton Hall University where he serves as a journalism teacher and lecturer on foreign affairs. He's written three books and received multi ...
  • Ty Chandler Named SEC Freshman of the Week
    News • 9/11/2017
    In just the second game of his collegiate career, Tennessee football player and MBA alum Ty Chandler was named the SEC Freshman of the Week . Chandler made an immediate impact in Tennessee's 42-7 win over Indiana St. when he returned the opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown. In addition, Chandle ...
  • MBA Art Show Opens September 14
    News • 9/5/2017
    The annual MBA Art Show opens Thursday, September 14 with an opening reception from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the Davis Gallery. This year's art show features original pieces from over 50 local and regionals artists. In addition, there will be an Artisan Market and Show on September 16 from 10:00 a.m ...
  • The Boys in the Boat Author to Speak at MBA on September 11
    News • 9/1/2017
    Author Daniel James Brown will be a featured speaker at MBA on September 11 at 11:00 a.m. in the Pfeffer Auditorium. Brown wrote MBA's all-school read, The Boys in the Boat , which tells the story of the 1936 U.S. Men's Olympic rowing team. The team would capture gold in the Olympics in a narrow vic ...
  • Get Your Tickets Now for Footloose
    News • 8/23/2017
    The Harpeth Hall Playmakers and MBA Players present FOOTLOOSE , based on the celebrated film musical. When Ren and his mother, Ethel, move from Chicago to a small farming town, they expect some cultural shock, but never a ban on dancing. The rebellious preacher’s daughter, Ariel, tries to befr ...
  • MBA Set to Begin 151st Year on August 21
    News • 8/15/2017
    MBA will being its 151st year on a special day. MBA will share its opening day of August 21st with the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017. To celebrate this day, MBA will observe a shortened schedule in order for all students, faculty, and staff to observe the afternoon's eclipse. Advisory: 8.20-8.30 1st P ...
  • Fenner Pollock Named The Tennessean Lacrosse Player of The Year
    News • 6/7/2017
    MBA junior Fenner Pollock was named the Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year for Middle Tennessee last night at The Tennessean Sports Awards. Pollock, a three-year starter tallied 31 goals and 25 assists during the 2017 season. He was named first team All-Region and first team All-State. Pollock, who be ...
  • Mock Trial Places 4th in Nation
    News • 5/17/2017
    The 2017 MBA Mock Trial team competed against 45 other state and regional champions in the National High School Mock Trial Championship held in Hartford, Connecticut on May 12-13, 2017. The team placed fourth overall in the Championship with a record of 3-1, winning against teams from Kentucky, Wisc ...
  • MBA Theater to Present The Tempest - February 23-26
    News • 2/16/2017
    The Tempest by William Shakespeare - Prospero, a sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan, dwells on an enchanted isle with his daughter, Miranda. Twelve years earlier, the duke's brother, Antonio, conspired with others to usurp his throne. When magic reveals that a ship bearing his old enemies is sailin ...
  • Six MBA Student-Athletes Honored in Signing Day Ceremony
    News • 2/1/2017
    Six Big Red student-athletes were honored in a ceremony this morning in front of classmates, coaches, and family. Each athlete was highlighted by his coach, followed by a ceremonial signing. Four different sports were represented in the signing. Congratulations to the following students who will con ...
  • MBA Summer Camps Now Open for Registration
    News • 1/11/2017
    The 2017 MBA Summer Camp schedule is now live and open for registration. The full camp schedule can be found here . The 2017 season is anchored by the popular All Sports Camp - a week long sports camp for boys in rising grades 1-7. MBA will offer three weeks of this camp: June 5-9, June 12-16, and J ...
  • MBA to Host Over 40 Camps During the Winter Break
    News • 12/9/2016
    The MBA Winter Camp season kicks off December 16th at 1:00 p.m. with a selection of Lego Camps. MBA will host over 40 different camps from the 16th through the 23rd of December. Camp options include: All Sports, Basketball, Dodgeball, QB/Receiver, Soccer, Elite Soccer, 1st Camp, Legos, Brain Camp, T ...
  • Ty Chandler Wins Back to Back Mr. Football Awards
    News • 11/28/2016
    MBA senior running back Ty Chandler was named the 2016 Tennessee's Division II-AA Mr. Football Winner for Backs at a banquet hosted by the Tennessee Titans today. Chandler won the award for the second consecutive season, and third straight year for an MBA player. Cole Euverard won in 2014. Chandler ...
  • Ty Chandler Named Finalist for Mr. Football Award
    News • 11/15/2016
    Senior running back Ty Chandler added to his long list of impressive honors by being named one of two finalists for the Mr. Football Award for Division II-AA backs for the state of Tennessee. This season, Chandler has rushed for over 1,900 yards and 35 touchdowns for the top seeded Big Red team. The ...
  • MBA to Present Volpone November 17-20
    News • 11/9/2016
    Volpone by Ben Jonson. A merciless satire of greed and lust with allusions to Aesop’s Fables, this play remains the most-performed play by Shakespeare’s contemporary. The King's Men, the company that produced Shakespeare’s early plays and in which he himself acted, staged the first ...
  • Ty Chandler Selected to U.S. Army All-American Bowl
    News • 11/3/2016
    Senior running back Ty Chandler was honored in a ceremony today as one of only 100 high school players selected nationally for the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The event is the nation's premier high school All-American game and will be played January 7, 2017 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tex ...
  • MBA to Host Veterans Day Ceremony November 11
    News • 10/31/2016
    Please join us for breakfast on Veterans Day, November 11, as we remember those who served and are serving our nation’s military. The MBA community is thrilled to have John Cain Carter, MBA Class of 1984, share some reflections at the breakfast. Carter served in the Long Range Surveillance Det ...
  • MBA Admission Preview Day this Sunday
    News • 10/27/2016
    Admission Preview Day is a great opportunity for prospective students and families to see all that Montgomery Bell Academy has to offer. The 2016 Preview Day will take place on Sunday, October 30. Registration will begin at 1:30 p.m., followed at 2 p.m. by a program in the Paschall Theater featuring ...
  • MBA Dominates National Top 25 Debate Rankings
    News • 10/24/2016
    The latest Top 25 National high school debate coaches poll was recently released and MBA placed four policy teams in the top 16. No other school had more than one team in the top 25 in the national poll. The team of Andrew Kaplan and Ben Rosenthal are currently ranked second in the nation with Attic ...
  • Brandt Snedeker ('99) To Represent Team USA in Ryder Cup
    News • 9/30/2016
    Professional golfer Brandt Snedeker ('99) is one of 12 Americans representing Team USA in this weekend's Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Club in Chaska, MN. Snedeker had another great season on the PGA tour finishing 15th overall in the FedEx Cup standings. He qualified for the Ryder Cup team last m ...
  • MBA Sets Records at Prestigious Debate Tournament
    News • 9/22/2016
    MBA Debate stormed through the competition this past weekend at the Greenhill Fall Classic, the first "major" national tournament of the season. MBA was the only school allowed to field four two-person teams in the 112 team field due to the strong pre-season rankings of our teams. Our students more ...
  • Marine Helicopters Land at MBA
    News • 9/7/2016
    MBA was treated to two Marine helicopter landings on Andrews Field this morning. The visit was part of Marine Week that is being held this year in Nashville from September 7-11. The first helicopter to land was the Bell AH-1 Cobra which was part of the military's attack fleet. The second helicopter ...
  • MBA Carnival Set for Friday, September 9
    News • 9/1/2016
    MBA will host the 16th Annual Carnival and Picnic on Friday, September 9 from 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. before the home football game against Hamilton. The Carnival is a free family event open to the public. There will be dozens of fun games and activities along with hundreds of prizes. Food is also pro ...
  • MBA and Harpeth Hall to Present: Return to the Forbidden Planet
    News • 8/25/2016
    Blast off on a routine flight and crash into the planet D’Illyria where a sci-fi version of The Tempest set to rock-n-roll favorites unfolds with unabashed glee. The planet is inhabited by a strange cast of characters: a sinister scientist, his delightful daughter, a faithful robot on roller s ...
  • MBA Football Season Opener and Alumni Mini Kids Carnival Tonight
    News • 8/19/2016
    The MBA Football team kicks off its season in a home opener tonight at 7 p.m. vs. Hewitt-Trussville (AL) at Tommy Owen Stadium. Hewitt-Trussville comes to town boasting a high-powered offense and several Division 1 college signees. MBA is coming off a state runner-up finish last year and a state cha ...
  • Class of 2020 Conquers the Ocoee
    News • 8/15/2016
    In an annual tradition, the 9th grade departed this morning for their orientation trip to the Ocoee River. Despite an early departure and a long bus ride, any evidence of sleepiness will be wiped away by the first blast of cold river water. The river trip lasts a little more than ...
  • MBA Crops Help Nashville Food Project
    News • 6/21/2016
    The MBA Service Club has teamed up with Green Door Gourmet to grow fresh produce for the Nashville Food Project. Green Door Gourmet provided an irrigated field on its 350-acre farm and members of the MBA service club have grown a variety of produce that will be used by the Nashville Food Project to ...
  • Mock Trial Places 5th in the Nation
    News • 5/17/2016
    The 2016 MBA Mock Trial team competed against 45 other state champions in the National High School Mock Trial Championship held in Boise, Idaho on May 13-14, 2016. The team placed fifth overall in the Championship with a record of 3-1, winning against teams from Guam, Missouri, and Massachusetts and ...
  • Andrew Triggs Makes Major League Debut
    News • 4/26/2016
    Former MBA baseball player Andrew Triggs ('07) made his Major League debut for the Oakland A's last night. Triggs pitched a scoreless eighth inning retiring all three batters he faced. He began the inning by striking out Tyler Collins, which was followed by a popout from Alex Aviles. Triggs closed t ...
  • Andrew Triggs Makes Nashville Sounds Opening Day Roster
    News • 4/5/2016
    Former MBA and USC right-handed pitcher Andrew Triggs ('07) will start the 2016 baseball season with the Nashville Sounds. Triggs had a remarkable season last year with the Bowie Bay Sox, the AA affiliate of the Orioles, helping them win an Eastern League Championship. He finished the year with ...
  • MBA Wins Debate National Championship
    News • 3/29/2016
    The MBA duo of Jack Rankin and Sam Funk won the National Championship for 1st Year debaters in Atlanta, Georgia. Overall, MBA's teams fared very well in both the 1st Year and 2nd Year divisions. Below are the results from this year's championship. 1st Year Division: MBA FR (Sam Funk/Jack Rankin) 6-0 ...
  • Teams and Students to Travel for Spring Break
    News • 3/17/2016
    A large group of MBA students will spend their break traveling on school sponsored trips. Over 100 MBA and Harpeth Hall students will head to the Dominican Republic for their annual mission trip. Others will travel overseas to either London or South Africa. Three MBA athletic teams will al ...
  • Science Olympiad Places 2nd and 3rd in Regional Competition
    News • 3/7/2016
    The MBA Science Olympiad Division B and Division C teams competed at the TSU regional tournament this weekend, finishing 2nd and 3rd in the team scoring. Both teams qualified for the state tournament at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in April.    The Division ...
  • Decoda to Hold Free Concert at MBA
    News • 2/22/2016
      Montgomery Bell Academy invites you to join us for a free performance by Decoda, an Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall, on Tuesday, February 23 at 7 p.m. in MBA’s Dead Poets Society Room located in the Lowry Building. The program will feature Decoda musicians Hamilton Berry (cello, MBA ...
  • Five MBA Student Athletes Participate in Signing Day
    News • 2/3/2016
    This morning, five MBA student-athletes participated in a signing day ceremony in front of their classmates, families, coaches, and teachers. The respective coaches spoke about each player before pictures were taken and cake was served. Congratulations to the following students who will continu ...
  • Jr. School to Perform The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood
    News • 1/27/2016
    The Junior School Players are excited to present  The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood , described by reviews as "Monty Python for kids." A band of spoon-wielding Merry Men, a Lady Marian oddly obsessed with skin conditions, and a tech-savvy Town's Guy are just a few of the delightful additions ...
  • MBA Winter Music Recital this Sunday
    News • 1/26/2016
    The MBA fine arts department will host their annual Winter Music Recital this Sunday, January 31 at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room. The following pieces will be performed on Sunday: Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar Jack Edwards, Fiddle Foster Edwards, Fiddle Come a Little Closer - John Thornto ...
  • MBA Students Accepted Into Regional Art Show
    News • 1/12/2016
    MBA congratulates the artists whose work was accepted into the 2016 Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition sponsored by the Tennessee Art Education Association: Walker Byrd '20 William Sullivan '20 Felix Arwen '19 Otto Olafsson '19 Harrison Taylor '19 Anderson Flack '18 Owen Hughes '18 Jam ...
  • Ed Tarkington to Host Book Signing on January 11
    News • 1/7/2016
    MBA English teacher Ed Tarkington will be holding a signing for his first published book, Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Ed will discuss the process of writing this book while also serving as a full-time teacher and coach at MBA. He will be available to sign copies of his book. The event will be Mo ...
  • Winter Camps Begin on December 18
    News • 12/9/2015
    MBA will be offering a collection of winter camps over the break. Lego camps will kick off the season on December 18 with sessions from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Various camps will continue through December 23 with a day off on Sunday the 20th. Campers can choose from All-Sports, QB/Receiver, Soccer, Dr ...
  • The Pope's Astronomer to Make Return Engagement to MBA
    News • 12/4/2015
    Brother Guy Consolmagno, astronomer to the Pope, will be making a return visit to MBA to speak to the students, faculty, and community. Consalmagno will speak at the Monday morning assembly to the student body, followed by an open lecture to the community at 5:30 that evening in the Pfeffer Auditori ...
  • Ty Chandler Named Finalist for Mr. Football Award
    News • 11/16/2015
    Earlier today, Ty Chandler was named one of two finalists for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award for backs in Division II-AA. Earlier in the month, Chandler had been recognized as one of four semifinalist. The other finalist is Austin Lee, a running back form Christian Brothers, MBA's semifinal ...
  • MBA to Perform The Arsonists November 19-22
    News • 11/12/2015
    The Arsonists by Max Frisch, adapted by Alistair Beaton.  Fires are becoming something of a problem, but Biedermann has it all under control. The great philanthropist, he is happy to meet his civic duty and give shelter to two new houseguests. When they start filling the attic with gasoline dru ...
  • Ty Chandler Named Mr. Football Semifinalist
    News • 11/6/2015
    MBA junior running back Ty Chandler was selected as one of four semifinalists for the Division II-AA Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award. The award goes to the top back in the state for Division II-AA. During the regular season, Chandler rushed for 1,761 yards and 23 touchdowns. He has 27 total touc ...
  • MBA Football's Regular Season Finale to be Televised
    News • 10/29/2015
    MBA's final regular season game versus the Ensworth Tigers will be aired live on WUXP MyTV30 as the Game of the Week. The game will be a rematch of last year's state championship game won by MBA 10-7. Friday night will also be Senior Night as 38 players, managers, and cheerleaders will be honored pr ...
  • Pianist William Westney Coming to MBA
    News • 9/28/2015
    Internationally acclaimed pianist, William Westney, will be MBA's artist-in-residence for the music department. Westney is the Professor of Piano at Texas Tech University and author of The Perfect Wrong Note . On Sunday, October 4th, Westney will perform a piano recital along with students from MBA. ...
  • 12 National Merit Commended Students Announced
    News • 9/23/2015
    In addition to the 18 National Merit Semifinalists anounced earlier in the month, MBA is also home to 12 Commended Students. These boys all scored in the top 3 percent of the 1.5 million students who took part in the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last year. The 30 boys recognized by the ...
  • MBA Football Ranked 10th in Mid-Atlantic Poll
    News • 9/16/2015
    The undefeated MBA football team is currently ranked 10th in a new poll released by High School Football America. MBA is one of two Tennessee teams ranked with Maryville placing 5th. The number one overall team is DeMatha out of Maryland. MBA, now 4-0 on the season, travels to McCallie this Friday f ...
  • 18 Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
    News • 9/9/2015
    MBA is pleased to announce that the National Merit Scholarship Program has selected 18 members of the Class of 2016 as National Merit Semifinalists. The total represents more than 14 percent of the class and is the most recipients for any school in the state for the second consecutive year.   T ...
  • MBA Art Show and Davis Building Dedication Set for September 13
    News • 9/3/2015
    The Mothers Club is presenting the 2015 MBA Art Show with a kickoff reception on Sunday, September 13 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The art show will coincide with the grand opening of the Davis Fine Arts Building. The Davis Building Dedication will occur at 6:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. This year's ar ...
  • Emma! A Pop Musical Runs Sept. 2 to Sept. 5
    News • 8/25/2015
    This year's musical collaborative between MBA and Harpeth Hall will be Emma! A Pop Musical. A retelling of Jane Austen's novel now set in a contemporary coed prep school, this show tells the story of an aspiring matchmaker who knows what's best for everyone's life except her own. Janette Fox Kl ...
  • Glen and Habermann Debate National Champions
    News • 6/19/2015
    MBA 8th graders Atticus Glen and Julian Habermann finished first against a field of teams from 30 states and 5 countries in the Middle School Debate National Championship hosted by the National Speech and Debate Organization in Dallas, Texas this week. After compiling a record of five wins and one l ...
  • MBA Soccer Advances to State Championship Game
    News • 5/21/2015
    For the second time in three seasons, the MBA soccer team will be competing in the state championship game. The Big Red avenged their lone regular season loss by beating an undefeated McCallie team 3-2 in overtime. Senior Andrew Conwell nailed the game-winner with just under three minutes left befor ...
  • MBA Wins National Debate Championship
    News • 3/23/2015
    Freshmen Jack Capizzi and Ben Jablonski won the National Championship in first year policy debate this weekend in Atlanta. In a field comprised of the best first year debate teams from across the country, Capizzi and Ben Jablonski compiled an undefeated record, were the tournament's top se ...
  • MBA Welcomes Mitch Albom for Father-Son Dinner
    News • 3/9/2015
    Noted author, sports reporter, and philanthropist Mitch Albom will be the featured speaker at tomorrow night's annual Father-Son Dinner at MBA. Albom has written multiple New York Times bestsellers including: Tuesdays With Morrie , The Five People You Meet in Heaven , and Have a Little Faith . His b ...
  • MBA Football Named High School Team of the Year
    News • 3/5/2015
    MBA's 2014 state championship football team was recently named High School Male Team of the Year at the 17th Annual Pepsi Celebration of Champions. The event, hosted by the Nashville Sports Council, recognizes outstanding individual and team achievements from the past year. In addition, senior Cole ...
  • Jess Darnell to Host One-Man Clown Show
    News • 2/5/2015
    MBA senior Jess Darnell will be performing Zero, an experimental theater piece combining mask, mime, music, and dance to create a unique entertaining experience. Join Zero, the Clown, in a solo show that promises spectacle, laughter, and wonderment in this red-nosed study of the human spirit. A port ...
  • Author Mark Salzman to Speak at MBA
    News • 1/16/2015
    Mark Salzman, author of Iron and Silk , Lying Awake , and True Notebooks will speak in the Dead Poets Society room of Lowry Hall on January 21 at 5:00 p.m. His first memoir, Iron and Silk , inspired by his years in China, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction and received the Chris ...
  • Kyle Rote Jr. To Speak at Assembly on February 2
    News • 1/14/2015
    Retired athlete and sports agent Kyle Rote Jr. will be the featured speaker at assembly on February 2. Rote was named ESPN The Magazine's "Greatest Athlete of All Time" mainly due to his dominance in ABC's Wide World of Sports Superstars Competitions in the 1970's. In the four years he participated ...
  • MBA Summer Camp Registration is Open
    News • 1/9/2015
    Registration for the 2015 MBA Summer Camp season is now open and online. This spring and summer, MBA will offer over 130 camps including the Lacrosse League, 7 v 7 Soccer League, and the 7 v 7 Football League. The summer camp season kicks off on June 1 with the popular All Sports Camp from 9:00 a.m. ...
  • Winter Camp Season Draws Near
    News • 12/10/2014
    The MBA Winter Camp season officially kicks off one week from today with Driver's Ed starting at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 17. This four-day class includes thirty hours of instruction time along with six hours of driving time to be scheduled with an instructor. MBA will also offer a handful o ...
  • MBA Wins 15th State Football Championship
    News • 12/5/2014
    The MBA Big Red football team captured the 2014 TSSAA Division II-AA State Championship with a 10-7 win over the Ensworth Tigers on Thursday night. The win was the school's 7th Division II championship and 15th overall. MBA leads all Division II schools with overall number of state titles. Mr. Footb ...
  • Morgan Entrekin ('73) Donates a Book to Everyone at MBA
    News • 12/3/2014
    Every year, Morgan Entrekin (’73), the President of Grove/Atlantic Inc. Publishers, donates a book to every student and faculty and staff member at the school. His company is one of the most interesting, independent publishing houses in the world. They have published more Nobel Prize winners t ...
  • Cole Euverard Wins Mr. Football Award
    News • 12/1/2014
    MBA senior quarterback Cole Euverard was named the Mr. Football Award winner for the top back in Division II Class AA for the state of Tennessee. Currently, Euverard has directed the Big Red to a 10-2 record and a berth in Thursday's state championship game. For the season, Euverard has passed ...
  • MBA Theater to Perform The Servant of Two Masters
    News • 11/18/2014
    The MBA Players present Carlo Goldoni's comic masterpiece  The Servant of Two Masters . It all begins in the Venetian house of Pantalone, where a party is underway to celebrate the engagement of his daughter Clarice to Silvio. The daffy Truffaldino announces the arrival of his master, ...
  • Cole Euverard Named Mr. Football Finalist
    News • 11/13/2014
    MBA senior quarterback Cole Euverard was named one of three finalists for the TSSAA Division II-AAA Mr. Football award for the top back in the state. This season, Euverard has completed over 61% of his passes for 1,500 yards. He has also tossed 16 touchdowns to only 3 interceptions. In addition, Euv ...
  • Track Athletes Available for Service Work
    News • 11/3/2014
    Former MBA teacher and track coach, Matt Villemain, is currently in Ghana working for Cheerful Hearts Foundation. Cheerful Hearts Foundation (CHF) is a registered, grassroots, non-profit organization focused on providing support to rural community development needs in the Awutu Senya District of Gha ...
  • MBA Veterans Day Celebration
    News • 11/3/2014
    MBA will host a Veterans Day Celebration on Tuesday, November 11 at 7:15 a.m. at the flag poles in front of Ball Hall. Major Matt Woolsey, MBA class of '99, will speak and reflect on his service as an Apache pilot in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The event is open to the public. Hot coffee and a light br ...
  • MBA to Compete in State One-Act Competition
    News • 10/22/2014
    The MBA theater department heads to Maryville, TN this weekend to compete in the State One-Act Competition. Secondary schools from across the state compete each year at this annual fall event. MBA has enjoyed past success winning the competition multiple times in recent years. This year, MBA will pe ...
  • MBA Hires New Tennis Coach
    News • 10/2/2014
    MBA is proud to announce that it has hired Barry Lewis to work with our academic programs and to lead MBA's tennis team. Barry has had a very successful career in a number of tennis programs ranging from Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt, the University of Tennessee, Williams and Dartmouth Colleges. He has ...
  • MBA to Host Mobile Mammography Unit
    News • 9/29/2014
    MBA is again hosting Our Mission in Motion, a mobile mammography unit run by St. Thomas Health through a grant from the Komen Foundation.  The unit will perform screening mammograms on campus on Monday, October 6, from 10:00 am - 4:30 pm.  Appointments are filling up, s ...
  • Class of 2015 Leads State with 17 National Merit Semifinalists
    News • 9/10/2014
    MBA is pleased to announce that the National Merit Scholarship Program has selected 17 members of the Class of 2015 as National Merit Semifinalists. This total is the highest for any school in the state of Tennessee this year   The list includes: Sam Bellet, Clay Cavallo, Joseph Downe ...
  • MBA Theater Department to Perform Damn Yankees
    News • 8/19/2014
    Light, fast-paced and devilishly clever, Damn Yankees is a home-run hit that tells the story of a middle-aged baseball fanatic who is willing to sell his soul for the chance to lead his favorite team to the World Series. Cal Fuller directs our seventeenth annual musical collaboration with Harpeth Ha ...
  • MBA Alums Square Off in Little League World Series
    News • 8/15/2014
    The 2014 Little League World Series will feature two MBA alums who are coaching participating teams in Williamsport, PA. Grant Martin '96 is an assistant coach for the South Nashville team facing Taney, PA coached by Alex Rice '88. The Taney team is the first team ever from Philadelphia to qualify f ...
  • 7th Grade Summits Long Mountain
    News • 8/13/2014
    The Class of 2020 took over the MBA Long Mountain campus on August 12 and 13. The trip was a great chance for the boys to get to know each other and to spend time with their teachers. They canoed, fished, hiked, and challenged both the giant swing and the low ropes course.   A spectacular night ...
  • If you build it - with a 3D printer - they will come
    News • 6/25/2014
    Many departments on campus have become excited about the arrival of a 3D printer on The Hill. A 3D printer works much the same way that an inkjet printer works, but instead of dispensing ink, it dispenses molten plastic. It builds things from the bottom up, one tiny layer of plastic at a time. With ...
  • Summer Programs in Full Swing
    News • 6/16/2014
    Summer on the MBA campus is in full swing. The school's All-Sports camp enters its third week with a record number of boys in grades 1-6 taking part in a wide array of sports and activities. The campus is also filled with visitors from Time to Rise, Lego builders, Mathemagic, Entrepreneur camp, Spac ...
  • Varsity Eight Makes Program History
    News • 3/29/2014
    For the first time in the 4.5 year history of the crew program, the Varsity Eight both qualified for and medaled in the grand finals.  The boat earned a bronze in a very competitive race.  The oarsmen of the history-making boat: Stroud McMahan, Henry Ingram, Taylor Adams, Heyward Rogers, S ...
  • MBA Debate at the 1st and 2nd Year National Debate Championships
    News • 3/24/2014
    Over the weekend, MBA Debate competed at the 1st and 2nd Year National Debate Championships hosted by Woodward Academy in Atlanta.. The freshman team of John Cooper and Liam Jameson reached the Final Four, before losing a close debate in the semifinals to their nemesis from Pace Academy of Georgia. ...
  • Latin Students Compete and Serve
    News • 12/7/2013
    On Saturday, Dec. 7, several Latin students braved the cold to attend an invitational certamen (similar to quiz bowl and Jeopardy) event hosted by the University School of Nashville. Joining teams from USN, Hume-Fogg, MLK, Meigs, FRA, and a few other schools, MBA competed in all three levels (Novice ...
  • Debate Successes in Atlanta and Dallas
    News • 10/21/2013
    Over fall break, Big Red Debate traveled to two tournaments in Dallas and Atlanta. At Johns Creek High School in Georgia, the squad continued its very strong Fall run. In the novice division, MBA again reinforced its nickname of "the wrecking crew", notching a total record of 32 wins and 6 losses, a ...
  • MBA-Harpeth Hall Present Anything Goes
    News • 8/24/2013
    August 28 – 31  Anything Goes  Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. All aboard for high jinks on the high seas! In our 16th musical collaboration with HH, Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney ...
  • Commencement 2013
    News • 5/31/2013
    Montgomery Bell Academy celebrated its 146th commencement on a glorious evening, May 30, 2013. The 124 graduates heard from Salutatorian Adam Bowman, Valedictorian Kevin Wang, and renowned songwriter and MBA parent Tom Douglas. The MBA Concert Choir and Big Red Singers sang ; Homeward Bound and ; Be ...
  • Latin Students Excel in State Competition
    News • 3/23/2013
    MBA Latin students Tarun Mallipeddi, Michael Milam, Will Peters, Jake Simons, Cole Thornton, John Triplett, and Kevin Wang attended the Tennessee Junior Classical League Convention in Murfreesboro on March 22 and 23, along with 550 other Latin students from across the state. Jake Simons, concluding ...
  • School Garden Update
    News • 3/12/2013
    The MBA Garden took a huge step forward toward sustainability in February with the construction and installation of three composting bins. ;The bins were constructed with the able help of MBA Dad, Mr. Alex Mitchell, Chad Mitchell, Will Singer, Dr. Carro and Mr. Spiegl. ;Dr. Carro and Will did the si ...
  • TSSAA Football Playoffs Begin Tonight
    News • 11/2/2012
    MBA will host Father Ryan tonight at 7 p.m. in the opening round of the TSSAA playoffs. The Big Red earned the number three seed in the Middle-East Division following a 7-3 year. Tonight's game will be the second matchup of the season between the two schools. MBA won the regular season matchup 28-3 ...
  • MBA / Harpeth Hall Musical Aug. 29-Sept. 1
    News • 9/5/2012
    Our fall musical, Lucky Stiff , opens today, Wednesday, August 29 and runs thru Saturday, Sept 1. The plot revolves around an unassuming English shoe salesman (Harry Witherspoon) who will inherit a fortune if he takes his dead uncle to Monte Carlo and completes his “bucket list.” If Harr ...
  • Summer Track Stars
    News • 8/9/2012
    MBA had 2 track athletes qualify for and compete in the 2012 AAU Junior Olympic National Track and Field Championships in Houston Texas. They are: Will Pearson and Owen Powell. ;Will finished 10th in the javelin (129' 2" or 39.38m) and 17th in the 400m hurdles (with a time of 00:59:05), performing a ...
  • Endada 2012
    News • 4/29/2012
    Under beautiful skies and warm temperatures, the Second Annual Endada Arts Festival was held on Saturday, April 28. With two sound stages, amazing booths from local artists and craftspeople, and food trucks galore, the event was a spectacular hit and a great testament to the hard work and organizati ...
  • Classics News
    News • 4/17/2012
    The first-ever MBA Junior Classical League chapter took part Friday, April 13, in the Tennessee Junior Classical League State Convention in Murfreesboro. The five-man team of Furman Haynes, Michael Milam, Jake Simons, Kevin Wang, and Faris Wasim competed in academic contests and in the Advanced A le ...
  • Michael Fosberg, Artist in Residence Performs March 27
    News • 3/15/2012
    Imagine discovering you are not the person you thought you were. That you have a family, a history, an ethnicity you never knew. How would this discovery impact your life, the lives of those around you, your vision of yourself and society? Join Michael Fosberg, MBA's 2012 Artist-in-Residence, as he ...
  • Michael Fosberg Artist in Residence
    News • 3/14/2012
    Imagine discovering you are not the person you thought you were. That you have a family, a history, an ethnicity you never knew. How would this discovery impact your life, the lives of those around you, your vision of yourself and society? Join Michael Fosberg, MBA's 2012 Artist-in-Residence, as he ...
  • Artist Mike Martino Visits Classes
    News • 2/15/2012
    Printmaker, Mike Martino is visiting the MBA Art classes today. Junior School art students will see Mr. Martino demonstrate how to create mono-prints. Art I, Art III, and AP Art classes will view demonstrations on creating mono-prints and how to work with linoleum prints and silkscreens to enhance t ...
  • Louis Zamperini Speaks at Opening Assembly
    News • 8/16/2011
    Wednesday, August 17, Mr. Louis Zamperini, the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken , will speak at the opening school assembly. The entire school community read Unbroken over the summer, and we are especially pleased that Mr. Zamperini could be with us on our first day of school. Mr. Zamperini's ...
  • And They're Off - Language Scholars on the Move
    News • 6/29/2011
    The 26 Wilson Language Grant scholars have begun their travels to participate in a variety of three-to-five week programs around the globe. Now in its second year, the students have unique opportunities to strengthen their language skills in Chinese, French, German, Latin, or Spanish through site vi ...
  • Student Publications Available
    News • 5/29/2011
    With Junior School and High School Commencements come this year's latest on-line issues of the student publications The Bell Ringer, Top of the Hill, and The Buckeye. Please click here to go the Student Publications page for these downloads.
  • International Thespian Society Spring Initiation
    News • 5/23/2011
    The MBA chapter of the International Thespian Society held its spring initiation on Sunday, May 22. Congratulations to Mattison Asher, Rob Edwards, Clark Hooks, Vaughn Hunt, Patrick Meehan, and Daniel Rundberg who were inducted for their dedication and excellence in theater. At meeting, officers for ...
  • New Issue of the Bell Ringer
    News • 2/10/2011
    The latest issue of the Bell Ringer is now available under At School > Student Life > Student Publications .
  • New Bell Ringer Hits the Stands
    News • 10/12/2010
    The October 2010 issue of The Bell Ringer is now out. Please click here for a pdf of the issue.
  • Mrs. Christeson Speaks Again at the Parthenon
    News • 9/21/2010
    MBA Latin and French teacher Anne Christeson will be giving an expanded version of her talk Women in Mythology: the Power of the Feminine in Ancient Tales at 7:00 pm on Thursday, Sept. 23 in the Parthenon. Please click HERE for details.
  • Lecture Series - Dr. Michael Thompson
    News • 9/15/2010
    Dr. Michael Thompson will be visiting MBA's campus for two days next week on September 20th and 21st. There will be three opportunities to meet with him and hear his message about raising children, boys in particular: Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Paschall Theater: Raising Boys to be Good Men. This lecture ...
  • MBA and Sister Cities in Germany
    News • 7/8/2010
    MBA German students Chase Pruett and Marshall Sorenson participated in a 2-week exchange to Nashville's Sister City of Magdeburg, Germany in June. Two German students from Brentwood High School also took part in the experience. Led by Herr Sawyer, the exchange program included a 2-week homestay expe ...
  • Spring Allocations totaled $33,743!
    News • 5/25/2010
    The 2010 Spring Allocations meeting was held and The Mothers Club allocated money for the following requests: $2,500 to Malith Wiek Memorial Fund; $1,243 to MBA’s Flood Relief Fund (providing assistance for members of the MBA community impacted by the recent flood); $15,000 for bleachers on t ...
  • Envirothon Team Wins State!
    News • 5/16/2010
    The MBA Envirothon A team, consisting of senior Mitchell Lukens , junior Wilson Parker , sophmores Weston Bell and Augie Houghton and freshman Hamilton Millwee won the 2010 Tennessee Envirothon competition after two days of competition at David Lipscomb University, May 11th and 12th. The team placed ...
  • New Top of the Hill Posted
    News • 4/16/2010
    The latest edition of the Junior School newspaper Top of the Hill is available online by clicking here . For back issues of student publications, please visit At School > Student Life > Student Publications .
  • Richland Creek Run
    News • 4/3/2010
    For the fourth year in a row, members of MBA's Service Club helped out in the neighborhood with the Richland Creek Run. Thanks to everyone who rose early and endured the rain in order to set up cones on the course, provide water, and cheer on the runners.
  • Bake Sale a Huge Success!
    News • 10/5/2009
    Thank you to our incredible parent and student bakers who provided a bounty of delicious sweets for the Spaghetti Supper Bake Sale last week! Gratitude must also be give to our most loyal shoppers (The Boys!) and all parent shoppers too! You kept those volunteer cashiers busy! As a result of your ha ...
  • Cay Harris Lecture Series Kicks off the 2009/2010 Season
    News • 9/14/2009
    The Cay Harris Lecture Series has hosted two lecturers: Bill Lishman, who is a sculptor, inventor, and scientist; and Dan Gediman, editor of “This I Believe”, MBA’s all-school read. Both men spoke at assembly to the boys and in the evening to parents and the community. We hope you ...
  • Mothers Club Revs Up!
    News • 8/22/2009
    The Mothers Club was rockin' on Saturday night during the Clinic Bowl! Raffle Ticket Sales started up, Sports Programs were being sold left and right, and the Big Red Store was blazing with sales! All this activity and we haven't even had coffee yet! Things ought to be really rollin' this Friday for ...
  • From the Mothers Club -- Mothers Club Coffee
    News • 8/5/2008
    Moms - you are invited to the Mothers Club Coffee on Thursday morning, August 28 from 7:30 to 9:00 am in Paschall Theater. You will not want to miss this fun morning. There will be time to see friends, Brad will introduce us to our new faculty, and you will hear about Mothers Club volunteer opportun ...
  • 2008 MBA Used Book Sale
    News • 5/7/2008
    The Used Book Sale is a convenient way to sell your textbooks and save 50% off the price of new books while supporting MBA through the second largest Mothers Club fundraiser. Help to make it a success by encouraging your sons to sell their textbooks and filling out an Online Request Form to buy used ...
  • Announcing MBAy!
    News • 2/26/2008
    Have you heard about the exciting new senior parent class fund-raiser called MBAy? It’s MBA's version of a huge estate sale to benefit the 2008 Project Graduation. MBAy is not a consignment sale. It’s a way for MBA parents, alumni and community friends to do some spring-cleaning and donate their un ...
  • Award-Winning Washington Post Columnist and Author to Speak at MBA
    News • 1/28/2008
    Don't miss this opportunity to hear noted Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius who will be the featured speaker at the upcoming program sponsored by the MBA Lecture Series. Plan to attend this event on Monday, February 4th at 5:30pm in the Pfeffer Lecture Hall at MBA. Click here for the pdf flye ...
  • More $$$$ from Kroger!!
    News • 1/21/2008
    Thanks to you Kroger shoppers, MBA received $1,374 in November and December to go to Mothers Club allocations . . . that is incredible! Our Kroger Mom, Janie Hughart, reports drawing two Kroger card users' names out of a hat to give away two $50 Kroger gift cards. The lucky winners/users were Carol ...
  • Enhance Your MBA Experience
    News • 1/17/2008
    Volunteering your time, talents and energy is one of the best ways to make the most of your experience as an MBA Mom. You will gain new friends and greater appreciation of the extraordinary MBA community of which you are a part. Please consider nominating yourself (or another qualified someone) to s ...
  • Faculty Honored at Fall Breakfast
    News • 11/9/2007
    MBA faculty and staff were honored by the Mothers Club at the Faculty Appreciation Breakfast held in October. Caroline McNeilly and Cheryl Macey led a group of over 60 volunteers who shopped, cooked, washed dishes, and arranged flowers and tables.
  • Wake Forest Early Bird Tournament
    News • 9/17/2007
    MBA won First Place Sweepstakes at the Wake Forest Earlybird Debate and Forensics Tournament over the weekend among the 45 schools competing for excellence in both debate and individual speech events combined.
  • Lecture Series Kicked Off With a Big Bang
    News • 9/16/2007
    Noted Caltech Professor of Planetary Astronomy, Michael E. Brown, launched the first of this year’s MBA’s Lecture Series. On September 12, a large crowd gathered in Pfeffer to hear Dr. Brown discuss “Why I Killed Pluto and Why It Deserved It.”
  • Fitness Classes for Parents
    News • 9/1/2007
    Stressed? Tired? Need a break? If so, read on . . . Parenting is an Endurance Sport and we at MBA have valuable resources--fabulous workout facilities and knowledgeable fitness trainers. Would you be interested in participating in a parent workout program which might include yoga, weight training, a ...
  • Mothers Club Coffee
    News • 8/30/2007
    Over 200 Moms Attend Mothers Club Coffee . . . The buzz heard all over campus the morning of August 23 was the gathering of moms for the much anticipated and enjoyable Mothers Club Coffee.
  • Gimme, Gimme More!
    News • 8/29/2007
    That’s what you’ll be singing after you see this fun, fast-paced production of the Tony Award-Winning Thoroughly Modern Millie . MBA’s tenth theater collaboration with Harpeth Hall is a zany 1920's musical featuring fabulous flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences l ...
  • Junior Honor Society Inducts Forty-Two
    News • 2/2/2011
    MBA's Junior Honor Society honors students in grades 8-10 who have earned three consecutive semesters with averages of 90 or above. Because there is only one induction per year in January, it is not uncommon for a junior to be recognized for having achieved his consecutive averages through the end o ...
  • Stephen Briganti to Speak Jan. 19
    News • 1/14/2011
    The MBA Mothers Club presents the Cay Harris Lecture Series "The History of Immigration at Ellis Island and its Modern Development." by Stephen Briganti Wednesday, January 19 at 6:00 pm Pfeffer Lecture Hall, MBA Campus 4001 Harding Road, Nashville TN 37205 open to the community and free of charge S ...
  • Seniors, Seventh Graders serve Nashville community together
    News • 10/22/2025
    On the day before Fall Break, MBA’s twelfth and seventh grade students teamed up through the Big Brother-Little Brother program to serve organizations across Nashville. Working side by side, these students demonstrated MBA’s commitment to leadership, service, and connection across grade ...
  • MBA Debate accomplishes historic feats against nation's elites
    News • 9/23/2025
    MBA Debate has returned from Dallas with an impressive haul of hardware! Big Red teams traveled to the Lone Star State last week for the prestigious Greenhill Round Robin and Invitational, which drew many of the nation’s top debaters. In the Round Robin—featuring the top 14 preseason-ran ...
  • Freshman Class Receives Official MBA Patch
    News • 9/3/2025
    The Montgomery Bell Academy Class of 2029 celebrated the beginning of its high school journey last month, and on Friday, each member received their official MBA patch. Senior class representative Rhett Wilbert delivered a message centered on the MBA motto, Gentleman, Scholar, Athlete—a way of ...
  • BIG RED ADD TWO TITLES TO ALREADY IMPRESSIVE SPRING
    News • 5/23/2025
    What a spring it's been for MBA Athletics! Adding to state championships already claimed in both lacrosse and shotgun, the Big Red came out on top in competitive fields for track &; field as well as soccer this past week at TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro.   Wednesday at Dean A. Hayes Stadiu ...
  • MBA LACROSSE CAPTURES STATE TITLE WITH COMMANDING WIN OVER MCCALLIE
    News • 5/19/2025
    MBA Lacrosse won its eighth state championship - and first of the newly-sanctioned TSSAA era - by defeating McCallie 13-8 on Friday. After giving up the first goal, the Big Red went on to score four straight in the opening quarter to take the lead. From there, they maintained the advantage the rest ...
  • MBA QUARTET EARNS PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
    News • 5/7/2025
    The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has recognized four MBA students as National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners for 2025. Chosen on the basis of their abilities, skills, and accomplishments—with National Merit Finalist status as a prerequisite—Sayan Dalai, Jake Dorfman, Will Glov ...
  • MBA Alumnus Brandt Snedeker to Lead Team USA in 2026 Presidents Cup
    News • 5/2/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy alumnus Brandt Snedeker, Class of 1999, was recently announced as the captain of the United States Team for the 2026 Presidents Cup. Known as “Sneds” to those in both the Nashville and golfing communities, he will lead Team USA into the international event at Medi ...
  • MBA Celebrates Reunion Weekend with Distinguished Alumni Recognition
    News • 4/28/2025
    MBA kicked off an exciting and eventful Alumni Reunion Weekend on Friday with the Gold Lunch and Distinguished Alumni Recognition, celebrating graduates from 50 or more years ago and honoring Rhoads Zimmerman ('61) and Bill Wilson ('66). Zimmerman, recognized as MBA’s Distinguished Alumnus, st ...
  • MBA TRACK DOMINATES COMPETITION IN MUSIC CITY
    News • 4/21/2025
    The MBA track &; field program captured its 13th consecutive Nashville City Championship on Thursday. The Big Red outpaced a field of 20 teams, beginning on Monday when Henry Ambrose placed first in the pole vault (15'06") and Trey Polley won the long jump (21'11"). On Tuesday, nine individuals and ...
  • MBA DEBATE CAPTURES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SETS NEW RECORD FOR ADVANCING TEAMS
    News • 4/15/2025
    MBA Debate has once again made national success look routine, winning the National Debate Coaches Association Championship for the third time since 2019 and breaking a record—previously held by the Big Red—for the most teams to advance to the elimination rounds of the event. The team of ...
  • MBA MOCK TRIAL WINS SEVENTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
    News • 3/28/2025
    MBA Mock Trial claimed its third state championship in the last four years — and seventh overall — last weekend, earning a spot at nationals this spring to represent the Volunteer State. This achievement reflects not only the team’s recent hard work but also the dedication that beg ...
  • Team Cardinal Claims Fifth Straight Field Day Crown
    News • 3/18/2025
    It was a day of back and forth battle between boys of all ages on The Hill, but in the end, the result was the same as it's been in recent years: Cardinal claimed a fifth straight Field Day title over Silver.   The two teams came down to the wire, and it was tightly contested from the start. On ...
  • MBA’s Tri-M Chapter Earns National Recognition; Faculty Advisor Appointed to Leadership Role
    News • 3/4/2025
    MBA’s Tri-M Music Honor Society continues to make waves on the national stage. Recently named the National Tri-M Chapter of the Year for 2023-2024, the chapter earned a prestigious grant that helped fund a special panel discussion, Breaking Down Barriers with Music . The event, featuring renow ...
  • MBA Advances to Final Four With Dramatic Double Overtime Win
    News • 3/3/2025
    It might have only been the first day of March, but the madness was in full effect Saturday night for MBA. In a game that will be remembered by all in attendance for quite some time, the Big Red defeated Pope St. John Paul II on the road, 80-78, in two overtimes to secure a spot in the TSSAA Divisio ...
  • Mock Trial Claims 20th District Championship
    News • 2/26/2025
    Last weekend, the MBA Mock Trial team showcased its talent and dedication at the District 9 Tournament, held at the Davidson County Courthouse. MBA sent three teams to compete, and when the final verdict was in, MBA’s top team emerged as the district champion - securing the school’s 20th ...
  • Visual Art Students Receive Numerous Awards
    News • 8/15/2024
          MBA had 14 students represented in the Teens Take the Frist over the summer. This exhibit showcases students' work that explores this year's theme of nature in a variety of media. Those chosen had their work on display from July 13 - August 11, 2024, and included Easom Calfee (' ...
  • Envirothon Team Wins International Championship
    News • 8/7/2024
          On August 2, the MBA Envirothon team won the 2024 National Conservation Foundation (NCF) Envirothon , an international environmental and natural resources academic competition for high school students. MBA defeated high schools from New York and Maryland in the final round to cl ...
  • 23 Inducted Into the Cum Laude Society
    News • 4/1/2024
    Eleven seniors, ten juniors, and two MBA staff members were inducted into MBA's Cum Laude Society on Monday, April 1. Founded in 1906, the Cum Laude Society honors individuals with superior academic achievements. The first chapter was founded in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris of the Tome School in Port ...
  • Head Coach Marty Euverard Elected to TFCA Hall of Fame
    News • 10/9/2023
    MBA Varsity Head Football Coach Marty Euverard was one of five coaches elected to the Tennessee Football Coaches Association (TFCA) Hall of Fame. Other members of this year's 2023 Hall of Fame class include former Greeneville coach Caine Ballard, former Jefferson County coach Craig Kisabeth, former ...
  • 20 Students Inducted Into the Cum Laude Society
    News • 4/3/2023
    Ten seniors and ten juniors were inducted into MBA's Cum Laude Society on April 3. In addition, faculty member Ms. Alison Flanagan (Visual Arts teacher) was also inducted. Founded in 1906, the Cum Laude Society honors individuals with superior academic achievements. The first chapter was founded in ...
  • MBA Debate Wins National Championship
    News • 3/28/2023
    The MBA Debate team had unprecedented success at the National Debate Coaches Association (NDCA) National Championship. Advancing five teams to the octafinals, the squad was then able to advance three teams to the quarterfinals. Those three MBA teams won all of their matches, resulting in three of th ...
  • Remembering Chris Smith
    News • 10/4/2022
    It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of Chris Smith, a beloved coach, advisor, staff member and friend to many at MBA and beyond.      Chris began working at MBA in 2006 after serving as a volunteer coach for several years. Since that time he has served the school ...
  • Nine Inducted into King Society
    News • 1/18/2022
    In a special ceremony, nine MBA students were inducted into the school’s King Society. Founded by Edwin Conley (MBA '04) and Ben Pote ('04) in January 2003, the Society honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King's work towards equality, justice, freedom and peace.   New members inducted ...
  • Veterans Day Ceremony at MBA
    News • 11/10/2021
    Thursday, November 11 at 7:15 a.m. Location: Frank Andrews Lacrosse Field RSVP Please join us for breakfast on Veterans Day as we remember those who served and are serving our nation’s military. The MBA community is thrilled to welcome Robert W. Patrick, Colonel, US Army (Retire ...
  • MBA Debate Having Great Start to Season
    News • 10/27/2021
    Here is an update from MBA head Debate Coach Josh Clark: The debate team has gotten off to a fast and successful start this year. Our top team of Jack Pacconi and Chanden Climaco has already accumulated three bids to the Tournament of Champions, finishing as quarterfinalists at Greenhill, semif ...
  • Class of 2027 Heads to Camp Laney
    News • 9/8/2021
    The MBA seventh grade class loaded up on buses this morning for its annual excursion to Camp Laney in Mentone, Alabama. The two-night class retreat offers a wide array of outdoor activities. The primary purpose of the trip is letting students drawn from more than four dozen different schools get to ...
  • Mock Trial Team Has Strong Showing at City Championship
    News • 2/22/2021
    This past weekend, MBA had four teams participate in the Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Middle Division. MBA earned first, second, sixth, and ninth places out of twenty-three teams and will be able to send two teams to next month's state championship competition. They will be joined by two t ...
  • North Korean Defector Ji Seong-ho to Conduct Fireside Chat at MBA
    News • 12/14/2020
    North Korean Defector Ji Seong-ho gained international prominence when he was recognized as an inspiration for freedom at America’s 2018 State of the Union Address — just a few weeks after sharing his story with one of our students, MBA junior William Hagerty, in Seoul. During that earli ...
  • 2020 MBA Football Game Information
    News • 9/9/2020
    Welcome to the 122nd year of MBA Football! This year will be unique in many ways as we all attempt to navigate the pandemic. MBA is taking all reasonable steps to protect both the players and the fans by complying with CDC guidelines, as well as guidelines outlined by state and local health official ...
  • Barton, Meacham Win Debate National Title
    News • 4/22/2020
    For the first time in 21 years and for only the second time in school history, the MBA Debate Team won the most prestigious national championship high school policy debate. The duo of Aden Barton ('20) and Sam Meacham ('21) completed the most successful season in high school debate history with the ...
  • MBA Mock Trial Wins District Championship
    News • 2/25/2020
    Three MBA teams competed in the Davidson County High School Mock Trial competition February 21-22. MBA-Red, led by MVP Matthew Kaplan, went 4-0 en route to a first place finish. MBA-White, a novice team in their first competition, led by MVP Chanden Climaco, finished in 4th place with a 3-1 record. ...
  • MBA Community Mourns Loss of Alumnus and Friend Skip Woolwine ('76)
    News • 11/9/2019
    The MBA community is mourning the loss of 1976 alumnus Skip Woolwine who passed away on Thursday afternoon. For the past seventeen years, Skip served as the executive producer for the MBA Football radio broadcasts. Skip had a recognizable voice and was a hard working and talented radio producer and ...
  • Maxx Lipman Named Varsity Tennis Coach
    News • 6/3/2019
    MBA is pleased to announce that Maxx Lipman has been hired as the school's Varsity Tennis Coach. He will begin his new role when school resumes in August. Mike Davidson, who led the Big Red to state titles in 2017 and 2018, and a runner-up finish this season, has been named MBA's Tennis Director and ...
  • Barry McAlister Wins Multiple Video Awards
    News • 5/15/2019
    Barry McAlister was honored with two Communicator Awards this year for producing MBA related videos. The Award of Distinction was given for the MBA video for "An Experience For a Lifetime," (used as MBA's Admission Preview video for 2019).  Another Award of Distinction was given for the Interna ...
  • MBA Policy Debate Team Wins Large National Tournament
    News • 2/21/2019
    The debate team traveled to the University of California, Berkeley this past weekend to compete at the largest invitational tournament in the country. Prior to that tournament, the College Prep School invited the teams of Atticus Glen and William Bradford, and Aden Barton and Julian Habermann t ...
  • MBA Artists Shine at Student Art Exhibition
    News • 11/26/2018
    Congratulations to MBA students Anson Anderson, John Dinkins, Darin Hall, Jake Herbstreit, Grayson Hill, Cameron Jacobson, Connor Krumm, Ben Locke, Aidan Niswender, Will Renkis, and Quinn Trabue who have had work accepted into the Middle TN Regional Student Art Exhibition. Over 790 student work ...
  • Famed French Artist Blek Le Rat to Visit MBA
    News • 10/31/2018
    MBA will host renowned French graffiti artist Blek Le Rat as its artist in residence next week on campus. Blek will be on campus November 4-11 to work with students and install five murals on campus. Based in Paris,  Blek   Le   Rat  is widely recognized as a pioneer in the graff ...
  • MBA Debate Off to Great Start This Season
    News • 9/28/2018
    The MBA debate team is off to another strong start, winning two of its first three tournaments.  Many of the individual debaters have been ranked as some of the best debaters in the country. The MBA debaters started the year off with a strong tournament win at the Season Opener at the Universit ...
  • MBA Tennis Wins State Championship
    News • 5/23/2018
    The MBA tennis team captured its second straight TSSAA Division II-AA state champion with a 4-2 win over Baylor School today. Check back soon for full details. From Coach Davidson: MBA competed against Baylor School in the state championship for the second year in a row and for the second year in a ...
  • MBA Sweeps Math League Competition
    News • 3/3/2018
    The 2017-2018 Interscholastic Math League season ended on Thursday with unprecedented results.  For the first time in IML history, one school swept the top spot in all 8 possible categories.   Algebra 1 finished first overall with a first place finish tonight lead by Reid Groomes and Alex ...
  • Students Experience Music Culture During Pat Patrick Jazz Trip
    News • 2/25/2018
    A group of students headed West last week as part of the annual Pat Patrick memorial Blues trip. The trip honors MBA alumnus, the late Pat Patrick who was a notable big band leader in Nashville. Students embarked on a three day trip throughout the south to learn about the style, context, history, ar ...
  • The UNC Clef Hangers to Perform at MBA this Sunday
    News • 1/16/2018
    The Clef Hangers, The University of North Carolina's oldest a cappella group will be performing at MBA this Sunday, January 21 at 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The Clef Hangers have been a mainstay on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill since the late 70’s. Nashville native and MBA alumnus Chri ...
  • MBA/HH Players to Perform Animal Farm
    News • 10/23/2017
    October 25 and November 2 - 4 Animal Farm   by George Orwell:   A parable about totalitarianism, this play gave us the immortal phrase: “Some are more equal than others.” When the animals plan to run the farm themselves, the pigs take over as leaders because they are the clever ...
  • John Dean, Former White House Counsel to Nixon, to Speak at MBA
    News • 8/16/2017
    John Dean III, who served as White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon and was involved in the Watergate Scandal, will speak at MBA on August 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The event, presented by the Nashville Bar Association, is free and open to the public. Dean and Jim Robenalt, la ...
  • MBA Debate Continues Super Season
    News • 11/27/2016
    On Lake Michigan in northern Chicago, two Varsity policy teams took on 170 teams at the Glenbrooks Invitational, the biggest tournament of the Fall. After 7 preliminary rounds, MBA's Atticus Glen and Liam Jameson were seeded 11th, and Andrew Kaplan and Ben Rosenthal were undefeated and seeded 1st. F ...
  • Join Us for the Thanksgiving Breakfast
    News • 11/17/2016
    We hope that you (and your son or grandson) will join us for a casual gentlemen only breakfast as we honor this year’s Distinguished Alumnus R. A. Dickey (’93) and this year’s Distinguished Service Award recipient Jimmy Webb (’66). The breakfast will be Wednesday, November 23 ...
  • MBA Policy Team Wins New Trier Debate Tournament
    News • 10/11/2016
    The MBA debate team of Liam Jameson (’17) and Atticus Glen (’19) won the New Trier Season Opener in Chicago, IL. The debate team went undefeated through eleven debates this past weekend, culminating in a unanimous decision victory over Iowa City West in the final round. Jameson and Glen ...
  • Music Department Presents Final Concert of the Year
    News • 5/17/2016
    The Music Department will host their final concert of the year, Wednesday, May 18 at 5:00 p.m. Please plan to come out and support over two hundred young musicians participating in this event. The concert will feature a wide variety of music, from Deep River to Hawaii Five-0, and is f ...
  • MBA, Harpeth Hall, and St. Cecilia to Host Combined Concert this Sunday
    News • 4/8/2016
    The music departments at MBA, Harpeth Hall, and St. Cecilia will perform their annual combined concert this Sunday 5:00 p.m. in the Paschall Theater. The musicians will perform a wide variety of music including Randall Thompson's Frostiana which features the poetry of Robert Fros ...
  • MBA to Hold a College Sports and Recruiting Information Session
    News • 1/7/2016
    From A.D. Mark Tipps: Parents  -- On Wednesday night, January 13th at 7 PM in the Dead Poet's Society Room in the Lowery Building,  MBA will have an informational session about participating in college sports and the college recruiting process.   I would strongly encourage attend ...
  • MBA-HH Trip to Lithuania A Success
    News • 7/11/2015
    From June 10 through June 17 five MBA 8th graders and three MBA teachers joined four students and two teachers from Harpeth Hall to travel throughout Lithuania after a year-long collaboration that also included students and teachers from the Lithuanian School for Health Sciences (LSMU) in Kaunas, Li ...
  • Music Department Presents Spring Concert this Wednesday
    News • 5/11/2015
    The MBA Music Department hosts its annual spring concert this Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. in the theater. The performance is free and open to the public. The program for the concert is listed below. PROGRAM Theme From Schindler's List             ...
  • New Members Inducted Into Spanish Honor Society
    News • 3/26/2015
    Eighteen students were elected into the Spanish Honor Society on Tuesday. Congratulations to the following new inductees: Clarke Allen                            ...
  • MBA Theater Department to Compete in Southeastern Convention this Weekend
    News • 3/3/2015
    On October 24, MBA’s production of Nick Patricca’s play, The Fifth Sun , came in second place in the state at the Tennessee Theater Association’s one-act play competition, held at Maryville College. As a result, the play, directed by Rick Seay, will be representing Tennessee at the ...
  • 24 Artists Receive Scholastic Awards
    News • 2/11/2015
    MBA is proud to announce that 24 students received honors from the Scholastic Art Association. Their work is on display at Cheekwood until April 19 th . The winners include: Gold Key Jamie Payne, 11, Printmaking                ...
  • Nicholas Patricca Visits MBA
    News • 10/6/2014
    Nicholas Patricca, MBA's 2014 Artist-in-Residence, arrived on campus this weekend and will be attending rehearsals of his play (our competition show The Fifth Sun) and classes during this coming week. Nick is professor emeritus at Loyola University Chicago and playwright emeritus at Victory Gar ...
  • MBA Student Films to be Featured on NECAT Stations
    News • 10/4/2014
    This month, Nashville's NECAT stations- Nashville Education, Community, and Arts TV- have created a celebration of local filmmakers with a special feature called Artober.  Each night this month, local-made films and videos are run on the arts channel, and works by three MBA students and one fac ...
  • MBA Fall Music Recital this Sunday
    News • 10/3/2014
    MBA will host the Fall Music Recital this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the Dead Poets Society Room. A wide range of musical selection will be featured from classical to modern. A reception hosted by the Mother's Club will follow. The following songs will be performed at the recital. La Vie En Rose  & ...
  • IBSC Conference Opens June 28
    News • 6/26/2014
    MBA is very excited to welcome the 21 st ;annual conference of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition to campus this week and next (June 28 – July 2). ; There will be more than 550 international delegates on campus, and we are pleased to open up our facilities to this terrific confere ...
  • MBA Crew Competes in the Historic Stotesbury Cup Regatta
    News • 5/18/2014
    The varsity eight boat comprised of seniors: Stroud McMahan, Henry Ingram, Taylor Adams, Harrison Davis, Sam Gregory; juniors: Heyward Rogers, Seth Cook, Gage Anderson and sophomore coxswain: Davis Voecks compete at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in Philadephia, PA on Friday May 16th. The Stotesbury Cup ...
  • Crew Earns 3 Medals at the Dogwood Regatta
    News • 4/27/2014
    The Big Red Crew took to the race course on Saturday, April 26th at the Dogwood Regatta in Oak Ridge, TN.  The regatta was the biggest to date with 33 high school teams in attendance.  Of the 33 teams represented, 24 were club programs and 9 were scholastic programs similar to MBA. The 2nd ...
  • Varsity Eight Races Hard in Cincinnati
    News • 4/13/2014
    The oarsmen of the first varsity eight hit the road for the Cincinnati High School Inviation on Harsha Lake in Ohio this weekend.  Many fast crews were present including several midwestern club teams.  MBA and McCallie were the only Tennessee crews in attendance as well as the only scholas ...
  • MBA Wins Regional Science Olympiad Competition
    News • 3/12/2014
    The high school and junior school Science Olympiad teams traveled to MTSU March 1 to compete in the Middle Tennessee regional competition for an opportunity to advance to ;the state tournament. The junior school team won medals in 14 of the 23 events, bringing home 4 gold medals, 3 silver, 2 bronze, ...
  • Latin Students Do Well in Mid-State Junior Classical League Tournament
    News • 3/3/2014
    On Thursday, February 27, 18 Latin students competed in the Tennessee Junior Classical League's Mid-State Tournament at Hume-Fogg Academic High School. Forty ribbons were earned by our students in the eight categories: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Derivatives, Mythology, Vocabulary, Roman History ...
  • Junior Honor Society Inducts New Students
    News • 2/24/2014
    The MBA Junior Honor Society inducted 52 new members last week. The  purpose of the Junior Honor Society is to recognize those students who have distinguished themselves academically during their early years at MBA. In order to be eligible, a student must have three consecutive semesters with a ...
  • Crew Team Earns 5 Medals at the Head of the South
    News • 11/11/2013
    The MBA Crew team earned 5 medals at the Head of the South on Saturday November 9th, earning a medal in every race the team entered. One impressive race of the day came from the Varsity 8, earning a Silver, just missing gold by one second to The Episcopal School of Jacksonville, FL.  In the end ...
  • Varsity 8+ Ties for 25th at the Head of the Hooch
    News • 11/3/2013
    The Head of the Hooch is the second largest Head Race in the United States, second to the Head of the Charles in Boston, MA.  MBA had its strongest showing in the Varsity Eight Race in the team's 4.5 year history.  The boat posted a time of 16:23.9, tying for 25th place of 61 boats.   ...
  • 24 Students Named AP National Scholar
    News • 8/6/2013
    The MBA Class of 2013 continues to add to its impressive list of academic achievement with the announcement that a record 24 boys have earned the Advanced Placement (AP) National Scholar distinction. ;To qualify as an AP National Scholar, a student must have an average score of 4 or above on all AP ...
  • MBA Crew Ranks 4th & 5th in the SE Region
    News • 5/5/2013
    The MBA Crew team had an outstanding finish to the season! Seniors, Chris Habermann, Paul Moore, Ryan Owen, Robert Papel, Parrish Preston and Ryan Flack raced their last races for the Big Red. ;They are the founding fathers of the 4 year program. The team finished the day strong in 4th for the 2nd V ...
  • Mr. Tate
    News • 4/7/2013
    On Saturday morning, April 6, 2013, MBA lost long-term faculty member Billy Tate. For thirty years Billy Tate led MBA's speech and debate program. He built and cultivated a national reputation for the school in this area. In addition to serving as President of the National Forensics League for 16 ye ...
  • MBA Garden Update
    News • 10/10/2012
    Garden update for the months of September/October: Herbs are planted and doing well. Camomile, basil, dill, oregano, thyme and sage are all taking hold in the round bed, having germinated in the Earth Science lab. Seedlings were put out on September 19th. ; ; ; The MBA Garden Club elected officers i ...
  • Fall Musical August 29-September 1
    News • 8/5/2012
    Thespians and technicians from MBA and HH started practicing early on Monday, July 30. Lucky Stiff , our 15th musical collaboration with HH, revolves around an unassuming English shoe salesman (Harry Witherspoon–played by Jess Darnell) who will inherit a fortune if he takes his dead uncle (pla ...
  • Venerunt, Viderunt, Vicerunt
    News • 8/3/2012
    Four MBA scholars participated in the National Junior Classical League Convention held July 26-30 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Rising senior Jake Simons, president of the Tennessee Junior Classical League, was joined by rising senior Kevin Wang and rising sophomores Mi ...
  • Quizbusters Victorious
    News • 2/13/2012
    On Saturday, 11 Feb 2012, four members of our Roll Red Scholars club faced-off against Mt. Juliet Christian Academy in a Quarterfinal round match-up on Westfield Insurance/CW 58's QuizBusters. The team of Seniors Joe Scherrer (capt.), Will Stewart , Karthik Sastry , and Sophomore Kalyan Chadalavada, ...
  • Junior Honor Society Inducts Fifty
    News • 1/31/2012
    MBA's Junior Honor Society inducted forty-eight students today prior to the Cum Laude Induction Ceremony. The purpose of the Junior Honor Society is to recognize those students who have distinguished themselves academically during their early years at MBA. In order to be eligible, a student must hav ...
  • Microbe Soccer A Wins Championship
    News • 12/2/2011
    The MBA microbe soccer team won its eighth consecutive HVAC championship by beating CPA 2-1. The MBA squad came into the game with eight wins and one tie(8-0-1) after winning their semifinal game against USN 1-0. But the CPA team was a highly skilled and athletic team, and MBA knew it had better be ...
  • MBA Fall Art Show Aug. 30-Sept. 30
    News • 8/30/2011
    The MBA Fall Art show runs from August 30 -September 30 in the Davis Theater and the Gibbs Room. The show is free to the public with a portion of all proceeds benefitting Race for the Cure. This year's artists include: Beth Affolter, Christina Baker, Kim Barrick, Bebo, Leslee Bechtel, Mick Beisel, A ...
  • MBA 9th Grade Debaters Burn Through Competition at Spring Opener
    News • 2/28/2011
    This weekend at Vestavia Hills High School in Birmingham, freshmen Tarun Mallipeddi and Rahul Ramanna earned 1st place among a tough field of debaters from all over the Southeast. They bested a strong team from The Westminster School in Atlanta late Saturday night to earn the victory. Ramanna also ...
  • Big Brother/Little Brother Service Project
    News • 10/13/2010
    While most MBA students were taking the PSAT last Wednesday, senior big brothers and seventh-grade little brothers were involved in service projects in the community. In the accompanying photos, they are cleaning up Richland Creek, still clogged with trash and other debris that washed downstream dur ...
  • Fall Blazer Sale
    News • 7/27/2010
    New Longer Hours! New Tagging! Yes, it was that time of year again; time to see how much your son has really grown over the summer. Did you really think his blazer from spring would still fit? Parents dug that blazer out, cleaned out their sons' closets and got ready for our annual Fall Blazer Sale! ...
  • MBA Debate Excels at National Tournament
    News • 6/30/2010
    MBA qualified an unprecedented six students for the National Forensics League Nationals in Kansas City in June. With the longest season of any team or club at MBA, beginning in August and running through the end of June, Seniors Campbell Haynes, Aaron Lutkowitz, and Hershel Mehta represented the Big ...
  • ACE Team Wins National Recognition
    News • 5/4/2010
    Please join us in congratulating the MBA ACE ( A rchitecture, C onstruction, E ngineering) Team who received Best Presentation Boards national recognition for their project: The Art of a Shipping Container (A sustainable riverfront museum in Nashville, TN). Galen Bullington, Tom Bu and Hunter Guye i ...
  • Shakespearathon 2010
    News • 4/3/2010
    Thursday, April 1st, MBA held its Second Annual Shakespearathon. The theater troupes from MBA and Harpeth Hall performed staged readings of many of the bard’s works continuously for 24 hours (7 a.m. to 7 a.m.). Each participant pursued pledges from friends, family, and teachers that will go to ...
  • Mothers Club Helps MBA Welcome New Families
    News • 8/20/2009
    The Mothers Club helped Admission host a picnic for the new students and their parents on August 13th. Headmaster Brad Gioia welcomed the families as MBA’s Headmaster Singers followed with a wonderful performance. Mr. Gioia then introduced renowned speaker and author, the Rev. Tony Jarvis. Rev ...
  • Fall Art Show
    News • 8/19/2009
    MBA Fall Art Show 8/3/2009 The MBA Fall Art Show began as an idea to showcase the arts at MBA along with the athletics during the Spaghetti Supper Homecoming weekend. Since its inception, the Show has expanded to feature collections of artwork from artists chosen from the MBA community of alumni, pa ...
  • Free Range, Locally Grown and Fresh. The Answer is . . .
    News • 4/10/2008
    What are three characteristics of the foods you can purchase through a partnership between MBA and Avalon Acres Farm ? Thanks to the visionary efforts of science teacher Chris Spiegel, MBA has arranged for Hohenwald’s Avalon Acres Farm, a Community Supported Agriculture “CSA” program, to sell a vari ...
  • Another Option for Good Health in the New Year!
    News • 1/16/2008
    It's mid-January . . . are you looking for a great option for good health and fitness? Bored with the treadmill? Broken your resolve to lessen your stress? Want to connect with MBA folks? We have your resolution solution! Join MBA Mom and Certified Yoga Instructor, Mary Kurtz Bream on Tuesdays and/o ...
  • Healthy Eating
    News • 12/18/2007
    Health in the New Year . . . EASY Motivational Tips for You and Your Family You will thank us when January 2008 rolls around and you begin to feel the effects of eggnog, late nights with little sleep, parties and other holiday splurges! We have just the thing for you to accomplish those New Year's r ...
  • Ho Ho Help from the Big Red Store
    News • 11/26/2007
    The holiday season is here! No need to panic . . . Your Big Red Store has all of the gifts you can't find at Kroger! (see Kroger news below) Here are some ideas - give those sweet grandparents a pair of MBA stadium seats. The seats now have legs! Your son's cheering section will thank you the next t ...
  • Parents Council of Nashville
    News • 9/28/2007
    As a Parent of an MBA student, you are invited to take advantage of the resources and programs of the Parents Council of Nashville .
  • MBA Autumn Harvest Art Sale
    News • 9/12/2007
    MBA Autumn Harvest Art Sale Opening Reception and Exhibit You are invited to the Opening Reception of this year’s Autumn Harvest Art Exhibit in conjunction with the MBA Spaghetti Supper and Homecoming Celebration. The Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, September 30 from 5pm to 7pm in the Davi ...
  • Results from Novice Stennius Debates at Miss.. State University (Sept. 7-8, 2007)
    News • 9/7/2007
    MBA novice debaters and extemporaneous speakers began the school year with very impressive wins at the tournament featuring 19 schools from Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi. In novice debate the team of Jack Halleman and Chunsoo Park compiled a perfect record in prelims, reaching semifinals,and ...
  • Students in Regional Art Exhibition
    News • 12/3/2012
    5th ;Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition ; The ; 5th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition ;is a partnership between the ; Tennessee Art Education Association ;and ; The Renaissance Center . The competition features artwork created by Middle Tennessee middle and ...
  • Students Take On Summer Adventures Around the Globe
    News • 7/18/2025
    Summer break has been anything but a break for the hundreds of MBA students who have spent time away from school exploring the world. Through Wilson Grants, Warner Exchanges, and other opportunities, the boys of Big Red have embarked on trips they’ll remember for a lifetime.     Taiw ...
  • MBA LACROSSE ADVANCES TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
    News • 5/14/2025
    MBA Lacrosse will play for the program’s eighth state championship title on Friday when the Big Red face rival McCallie from Chattanooga at Nolensville High School. Led by head coach Russell McWhirter (’02)—who won a state championship in his first year guiding the program in 2023& ...
  • MBA ANNOUNCES CLETE McLEOD AS DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE, STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
    News • 4/30/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy is proud to announce the addition of Clete McLeod as the school’s new Director of Performance, Strength and Conditioning. With more than two decades of experience in athlete development and performance training, Coach McLeod brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership t ...
  • MBA RECOGNIZES NEW INDUCTEES TO CUM LAUDE SOCIETY
    News • 3/31/2025
    On Monday, MBA recognized its newest inductees into the Cum Laude Society during an assembly program. The Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris, Director of the Tome School in Port Deposit, Maryland. He envisioned a society modeled on the collegiate honorary society Phi Beta K ...
  • Daniel Childs Joins MBA As Football Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach
    News • 3/18/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy is excited to announce the addition of Daniel Childs to our school community as an assistant athletic director and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Mr. Childs has helped local schools like Blackman High School, Siegel High School, and Nolensville High School, among o ...
  • Student Profile: Aden Barton
    News • 1/29/2018
    350 words per minute. That’s about the rate policy debaters present their arguments during a typical 90-minute to two-hour debate round. “People started researching more and more, and they wanted to get in more and more arguments. So they started talking faster,” Aden Barton (̵ ...
  • Student Profile: McClain Portis
    News • 12/4/2017
    McClain Portis (’18) is a self-taught filmmaker who, rather than resting on his latest success, pours his efforts and focus into bettering himself. This is a constant theme in his life, manifesting not only in film making, but in school and track, as well. A driven individual, he constantly fo ...
  • MBA Announces 2014 Distinguished Alumnus and Service Winners
    News • 9/24/2014
    Mr. John Cain Carter, MBA Class of 1984, has been named the school’s Distinguished Alumnus for 2014. After graduating from MBA, Carter attended the University of Texas, majoring in geology. He then served in the Long Range Surveillance Detachment of the 101st Airborne Division, a U.S. Army mod ...
  • Crew Team Qualifies for Semi-Finals & Finals at SE Regionals
    News • 5/4/2013
    The Big Red Crew team had an outstanding day! ;Four of the MBA boats are racing on Sunday May 5th in the semi-final and finals. ;The Novice 4+ and the Varsity 4+ both advanced to the semi-finals from their heats today and will race to qualify for the grand finals in the morning. ; The 2nd Varsity 4+ ...
  • Junior Honor Society Inducts 43
    News • 1/29/2013
    At the Cum Laude Induction Ceremony on January 29, 43 students were inducted into the Junior Honor Society as well. Membership in the Junior Honor Society is based on attaining three consecutive semester average of 90.0 or above and maintaining an 85 average each semester thereafter until the end of ...
  • Thirteen students are accepted to Tennessee Honor Choirs!
    News • 11/2/2011
    This year the music department will send thirteen singers to honor choirs in Tennessee. Their first performance will be at 6:30pm on Tuesday, November 15th at Christ Church in Nashville. Nineteen MBA boys auditioned amongst hundreds of students from around the middle Tennessee area. Out of the ninet ...
  • Bake Sale Begins Wednesday
    News • 9/20/2011
    It's Bake Sale Time! With deliveries beginning today, September 20, all is ready for the Spaghetti Supper Bake Sale on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Here are three useful pieces of information: Bake Sale Instructions Information on Mailing Care Packages Information about the Bake Sale Cookbook We ...
  • Science Olympia Places Nationally
    News • 5/25/2011
    Big Red Science places 37th in the Nation at the NSO in Madison, WI National Tournament Summary (Univ. of Wisconsin @ Madison – 20 May 2011) For the second time in a row, and the third in five years, the MBA Science Olympiad team headed off to the 27th National Science Olympiad tournament to c ...
  • Riflery News
    News • 2/28/2011
    The MBA Precision Rifle Platoon lead by team captain Joe Scherrer continued their late season dual match competition this weekend outshooting a young St Louis High School team on their home range in a double header 3 Position Air Rifle match and International Standing Air Rifle match. Big Red junio ...
  • Brothers Take 1st and 2nd Place in Bridge Building Competition
    News • 2/28/2011
    Robert ('12) and Brinton ('16), the brothers Hoover , did an outstanding job representing MBA on Saturday, 26 February 2011, at the regional ASCE bridge building competition held at the Adventure Science Center. The construction and testing of model bridges promotes the study and application of fun ...
  • Extemp Debaters Do Well at St. Mark's
    News • 10/17/2010
    Three MBA extempers participated in the St. Mark's extemp tournament in Dallas over the weekend. With 60 competitiors in each of the extemp divisions, U.S. topics and foreign topics, Our extempers (2 juniors, one sophomore) had an outstanding weekend of competition. Karthik Sastry made the final ro ...
  • SUCCESSFUL SPRING CONTINUES WITH MOCK TRIAL, DEBATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
    News • 5/13/2025
    It has been a standout spring for MBA’s distinctive programs, with remarkable achievements across several disciplines—including mock trial, debate, and more. The Big Red has claimed three national championships and several state titles, with potentially more honors to come as the academi ...
  • Soaring Through Sound: Alex Abramson’s Music Journey with Delta Air Lines
    News • 4/11/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy junior Alex Abramson stands out on The Hill for his wide-ranging talents and curiosity. An AP Scholar and president of the newly formed Rubik’s Cube Club, Alex is also known for making a mean banana bread. Most recently, he has taken his creativity to new heights - lite ...
  • Renowned Muralist Logan Hicks to Headline MBA Art Show
    News • 10/30/2019
    Acclaimed stencil artist to paint large-scale mural of Paris on MBA’s campus days before leaving for major exhibition in that city; Hicks’ appearance will launch school’s annual art show featuring the works of local, regional and national artists Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) today ...
  • Pat Patrick Jazz Trip
    News • 3/6/2019
    Students MBA learn a lot about music throughout their time in the jazz bands at MBA.  They are responsible for listening to each other in practice and performance. Each musician is accountable for their notes, rhythms, volumes, tone and blend. This however is not music; it is not even what make ...
  • Interview Day Q&A with 7th Grader Oliver Pilkinton
    News • 2/7/2018
    Interview Day is approaching, which means hopeful MBA applicants will flood The Hill in order to make their best first impressions.  We know the prospect of interviews can be nerve-wracking at best, so we decided to get insight from an expert on the matter. It was just a year ago that Oliver Pi ...
  • 21 MBA Students Named National Merit Semifinalist
    News • 9/10/2012
    MBA is pleased to announce that the National Merit Scholarship Program has selected 21 members of the Class of 2013 as National Merit Semifinalists. ; The list includes: Adam Bowman, Tom Bu, Hunter Crabtree, Chris Habermann, Chris Hooks, McLean Hudson, Andrew Karpos, Lucas Littlejohn, Bradley Long, ...
  • MBA Announces 10 New Faculty Members
    News • 8/8/2011
    MBA has added ten new faculty and staff members for the 2011-12 school year. Chris Chauvin graduated from Father Ryan in 2002 and from Johns Hopkins in 2007 where he received a BA in Natural Science. Prior to MBA he taught science and coached football at BGA. He plans to work with athletics, service ...
  • Fathers Club Service Project May 7
    News • 4/20/2011
    MBA is having a school wide service project sponsored by the The Father's Club - Connections on May 7 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The project will involve the cleanup of Brown's Creek stream. The meeting location will be near the Brown's Creek overpass on Murfreesboro Road. Please note the stream has ...
  • Dr. Tarkington Signs Book Deal
    News • 7/17/2013
    MBA is proud to reproduce here a press notice from ; Chapter 16 , announcing Dr. Ed Tarkington's forthcoming book. “It Changes Everything, and It Changes Nothing” Chapter 16 ’s own Ed Tarkington lands a book deal with Algonquin by ; Margaret Renkl July 9, 2013 ;Contributing writer ...
  • Latin Scholars Compete in Mid-State Latin Tournament
    News • 2/25/2013
    Thirteen students attended the Mid-State Latin Tournament at Hume-Fogg Academic High School on February 25. In the academic contests, MBA did well against some tough competition. Latin Grammar : Level 3: 1st place - Michael Milam, 2nd place - Tarun Mallipeddi Level 5: 2nd place - Kevin Wang, 4th pla ...
  • MBA and Tennessee Junior Classical League
    News • 2/28/2012
    MBA has started a chapter of the Junior Classical League this year, thanks to the impetus of students Jake Simons (now serving as Tennessee JCL Historian) and Kevin Wang, both of whom have participated in the past as independent members in state and national JCL competitions. Although currently very ...
  • Science Olympiad Victorious in Region
    News • 2/23/2011
    On Saturday, 19 February 2011, MBA’s Science Olympiad teams headed off to Lipscomb University to once again prove its mettle. In Division B, our team consisted of (9th graders) Kalyan Chadalavada, Sam Hurd, Tarun Mallipeddi, Sam Papel, (8th graders) Harry Stewart, Matt Miccioli, James Throckm ...
  • MBA Does Well in State Math Contest
    News • 4/28/2010
    Congratulations to our 54 MBA mathletes who competed in the regional competition of the Tennessee State Math Contest held Lipscomb University on April 20. MBA took first place in four of the six subject areas. Students who finished in the top four in their subject are listed below. Algebra II - Tom ...
  • VU Medical Research Opportunity Offered
    News • 2/14/2012
    Thanks to the efforts of Dr. John Byrne at the VUMC, we are pleased to announce the following Medical Research opportunity: Vanderbilt Medical Research Fellowship for a Rising Junior or Senior The Vanderbilt Medical Research Fellowship is an opportunity for a rising Junior or Senior high school stud ...
  • China Picks Up Article about MBA
    News • 1/8/2012
    Chinese teacher Ying Zhang has written an article about this summer’s Wilson Chinese Language Grant winners and their experiences for the China News Agency. The article was picked up by other major Chinese news outlets, including, The Daily News, China Daily, Xinhua, and others. In her article ...
  • New Wilson Grants Announced
    News • 3/3/2011
    Thanks to the generosity of the Wilson Family, Montgomery Bell Academy is pleased to announce the formation of the: Wilson Summer Science and Engineering Grants These grants will allow select students to participate in summer research opportunities in the areas of science, technology, and engineeri ...
  • Lessons, Leadership, and Looking Forward: A Conversation With the Head of School William Daughtrey
    News • 10/29/2025
    In this thoughtful conversation, Class of 2024 graduate Luke Keller sits down with Head of School Dr. William Daughtrey to ask some of the questions that matter most to today’s MBA graduates. From the importance of community to the school’s future direction, Dr. Daughtrey offers meaningf ...
  • MBA welcomes newest members of faculty and staff for 2025-26
    News • 8/14/2025
    Montgomery Bell Academy is excited to welcome to campus our newest faculty and staff members with skills and expertise covering a wide variety of areas. Clete McLeod   Clete McLeod joins MBA as our new Director of Performance, Strength and Conditioning . A veteran strength and conditioning coac ...
  • Novice Four Earns Silver at the Chattanooga Head Race
    News • 10/13/2013
    The MBA Crew team hit the water at the Chattanooga Head Race on Saturday, October 12th, competing in their first 5k race of the season. ;It is clear both the state and the SE Region are gaining in size and speed. ;The team as a whole had a strong showing and the First Novice Four earned a silver med ...
  • Used Book Sale Information
    News • 4/20/2013
    VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FOR USED BOOK SALE OPENS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24! ; The MBA Used Book Sale is a convenient way to sell your textbooks and save half off the price of new books while supporting MBA through the second largest fundraiser for the Mothers Club. ; Please consider contributing to the suc ...
  • 2013 Wilson Language Grants Awarded
    News • 1/23/2013
    Wilson Language Grants, 2013 Recipients Travel ; Immersion with Monterrey-Middlebury Language Academies to Spain ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 1. Charles Hawkins 2. Curtis Turner 3. Mac Mackey 4. J ...
  • MBA Recognized for 93 AP Scholars
    News • 9/17/2012
    AP Scholars 2011 – 2012 AP SCHOLAR AWARDS Ninety-three students at Montgomery Bell Academy earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams for the 2011-2012 school year. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing and academic ...
  • Wilson Science and Engineering Grants Awarded
    News • 3/14/2012
    The Science Department of Montgomery Bell Academy is pleased to announce the selection of recipients for the Wilson Science and Engineering Grants and the Vanderbilt Medical Research Fellowship. The Wilson Science and Engineering Grants are awarded to deserving high school students (rising 9th &ndas ...
  • Junior School Swimmers Take State Championship
    News • 1/23/2012
    On Saturday, January 21st at Baylor School in Chattanooga, the MBA Junior School swimmers took the Tennessee Middle School Championship title. MBA has had many great swimmers come through the MS swim team, yet has won this title only once in 7 years. Some spectacular achievements: 200 Medley Relay 1 ...
  • Art Students Recognized
    News • 12/7/2013
    MBA art students were well represented in the Middle Tennessee Regional Art Exhibition. Over 21 schools participated, and MBA students represented 24 of the 127 works displayed at the Renaissance Center. ;We are very proud of our students and their hard work. ; The students that received special rec ...
  • Crew Team Earns 2 Silver Medals at the Secret City Head Race
    News • 10/27/2013
    After a 3 hour fog delay Saturday morning the MBA Crew Team took to the race course with strong showings at the Secret City Head Race in Oak Ridge, TN. The Novice Four continues to post strong results, earning their second Silver medal of the season. The Varsity Lightweight 8 also earned a Silver me ...
  • MBA at African Leadership Academy
    News • 3/19/2013
    The Winchester Symposium 2013, an annual gathering of ten schools — The African Leadership Academy (Johannesburg, South Africa), Colegio Claustro Moderno (Bogota, Colombia), Garodia International Center for Learning (Mumbai, India), Johannes Kepler Grammar School (Prague, Czech Republic), Kara ...

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