Onward & Upward

Celebrating the Class of 2026

CityScope® magazine is proud to share photos from local schools’ graduation ceremonies. These high-achieving students will go on many different paths such as attending colleges and universities, entering the workforce, attending trade school, and more. Congratulations to the class of 2026!

STEM School Chattanooga

Three female graduates in blue caps and gowns smiling together.

Rodnesha Wade, A’mya Underwood, and Keyana Wade

Christian Heritage School

Four male students dressed in maroon graduation gowns and stoles, smiling for the camera outdoors.

Mark Higgins, Henry Hill, Jake Eason, and KT Seo

Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School

Three graduates wearing red caps and gowns, smiling at the camera.

Christin Little, Riley Ledford, and Makinlea Beaton

East Hamilton High School

Three graduates in green caps and gowns, smiling and posing together, with colorful honor cords around their necks.

Katina Jackson, Abigail Lambert, and Katherine Bishop

Girls Preparatory School

Four young women in graduation gowns and caps, holding hands and smiling while walking on a path in front of a school building.

Adreanna Calloway, Annabelle Smith, Pink Brouillard, and Madyson Sabin

Photo by Emily Lester

Walker Valley High School

A group of five female graduates wearing caps and gowns, adorned with various achievement medals and sashes, posing together in a school hallway.

Ali Hooker, Madeline McBrayer, Lauren Kier, Camorra Bailey, and Rylan Hysinger

Baylor School

Three graduates in red caps and gowns posing together.

Oliver Phillips, Keaton Whaley, and Alison Noland

Collegiate High School

Three graduates posing together, wearing caps and gowns, smiling.

Mac Kropff, Ka’Mia Crawford, and Emma Saunders

Collegedale Academy

Four graduates in caps and gowns, smiling, with leis around their necks, standing outdoors.

Ben Zepeda, Gina Rasi, Avery Dingman, and Zane Gustafson

Brainerd High School

Three students in graduation attire pose together; one wears a valedictorian sash.

Nina Torres, Michael Dews, and Kennedi Smith

Chattanooga Preparatory School

A smiling graduate wearing a blue cap and gown with a graduation stole, posed in a celebratory manner.

Edwin Tomas

McCallie School

Two young men stand together, one holding a diploma in a blue cover and the other holding a bouquet of flowers. They are dressed in formal attire, smiling at the camera.

Cooper Gentle and Joshua Kim

Chattanooga Christian School

A young woman in a graduation cap and gown is standing on stage, smiling while holding a microphone.

Mary Addison Harkins

Ringgold High School

Four high school graduates holding their diplomas, wearing blue and gold graduation gowns and sashes, posing together at a graduation ceremony.

Ross Burgess, Jethro Stallard, Stella Gothard, and Emery Ellis

Boyd-Buchanan School

Four high school graduates wearing blue caps and gowns, standing together outdoors, smiling. One graduate is holding a basket of flowers.

Connor Winn, Sydney Baker, Hudson Jones, and Will Sessions

Cleveland High School

A smiling young man and woman wearing graduation gowns and cords, standing together outdoors during sunset.

Baraka Ndegwa and Sydney Creekmore

Signal Mountain High School

A young woman in a graduation cap and gown smiling beside a young man in a graduation cap and gown, both wearing colored sashes.

Ella Usrey and Fabian Hoeppner

Sale Creek High School

Two graduates in blue caps and gowns are smiling in a stadium setting.

Jackson McClendon and Jakob Moses

Dalton High School

A young woman and a young man wearing graduation gowns and stoles, smiling outdoors with a crowd in the background.

Emely Aguirre and Hiam Maldonado

St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School

Two graduates in caps and gowns standing on a lawn, smiling and posing for the photo.

Reuben Cloniger and Briley Meador

Center for Creative Arts

Two graduates in caps and gowns stand outside, smiling and posing together. They are wearing honor cords and have graduation stoles draped around their necks.

Owiin Merritt and Eden Lewis

Grace Academy

Three graduates in red caps and gowns holding bouquets of flowers, smiling together outdoors.

Naveya Ibarra, Nadia Siren, and Riley Flores

Notre Dame High School

Three students in green graduation robes, smiling together outdoors.

Brady Blalack, Daniel Medina, and Kaitlyn Critchfield

Silverdale Baptist Academy

Four young women in green graduation gowns and caps, smiling together at a graduation ceremony. They are wearing various honors cords and medals.

Amare Starling, Avery Danz, Faith Woods, and Josie Attardo

Soddy Daisy High School

Four graduates in blue and gold gowns posing with their diplomas at a graduation ceremony.

Braden Hitchcox, Amani Bodewes, Rovi Galang, and Shelby Orman

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