In a conference room filled with middle school students from across Middle Tennessee, Harpeth Hall students confidently present the results of weeks of research, teamwork, and diplomacy. Through resolutions modeled after those in actual global diplomacy initiatives, the girls offer solutions to address issues from healthcare to environmental challenges at the 2024 student Model United Nations (Model UN) conference.

I have a pet peeve. It is the way many people talk about pre-teen and teenage girls as a monolithic group. That talk isn’t always positive, either. When I hear the universal comment about “mean girls” and toxicity, I say to myself, “Well, they must not know the same girls I know.”  

Over 50 alumnae came back to campus for this year’s upper school career day, where they encouraged students to take risks, find their passions, and know that it is okay to not know what you want to be or stumble in your path to finding your career.

On Tuesday, at Harpeth Hall’s 2024 National Signing Day celebration, nine exceptional Harpeth Hall students signed national letters of intent to continue their athletic careers at Division I colleges and universities. Never before have so many Harpeth Hall athletes put their names on the line during the signing period, making this a record-setting year.