Tennessee Temple Academy offers FREE College Tuition

Tennessee Temple Academy officially announced today their unique education partnership program with Tennessee Temple University, GOT COLLEGE? The program is a strategic attempt at creating new linkage with the community. The partnership program offers a maximum of four years of free college tuition at Tennessee Temple University for each year a student attends the Academy in the middle or high school, provided they graduate from the Academy. “We are by far the best kept Chattanooga secret, educational wise,” says Rob Eldridge, Director of Development for the Academy. “We are the only educational institution that offers N-2 through PhD, all on the same 40-acre campus, located strategically in the heart of the city.”

Tennessee Temple Academy and University are located in historic Highland Park between Bailey Avenue and Main Street and Willow Street and Highland Park Avenue; less than one mile from well known Chattanooga educational centers like McCallie School, Notre Dame, Senter School and Montessori. The Academy has recently undergone restructuring and with the help of consultants and community leaders is beginning to implement much needed change to more effectively reach today’s parents and educate today’s youth.

"We are excited about offering this scholarship to graduates of Tennessee Temple Academy. We realize that TTA graduates are well prepared for college academics and hope to see many more of their graduates enroll at Tennessee Temple University,” said Chris Dooley, Director of Admissions at TTU. Tennessee Temple University is nationally accredited with TRACS and is in the review process to receive regional accreditation with SACS.

Tennessee Temple Academy is ACSI and SACS accredited and has well known and respected fine arts and athletic programs. The new Headmaster, Dr. Connie Pearson, is very excited about the future of the Academy. “We exist, as we have for more than 65 years, to provide for the youth who are entrusted to us a balanced education – excellent academics, quality athletics, and superior fine arts, all based on a foundation of biblical truth,” commented Dr. Pearson. “With this new program and other changes that are occurring, we believe we are putting ourselves in a position to do even a better job.”

The Academy enjoyed an 18% increase in enrollment fall 2006 and added 11 new students in the spring. The Academy has quite a diverse, international population with students from Korea, Honduras, Mexico, France, and

The varsity football team is coming off their best season ever, as one of only four area teams that went undefeated in the regular season and their only loss was in the quarterfinals to Friendship Christian Academy of Lebanon, earning T. T. A. the number one and three spots in the News Channels 9 and Channel 3 most memorable sports experiences in Chattanooga for 2006.

“As a Christian school, we are looking for students (and parents) who want a biblical-based education, regardless of their denomination. We do not limit our student body to families that are affiliated with Highland Park Baptist Church or Tennessee Temple University or who are Baptists,” says Dr. Pearson. “Our students represent godly homes from across our community and our world. We hope that this new partnership with T. T. U. will encourage many students to come our way.”