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Scott Shoup

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Science Teacher, Community Service Advisor, Mountain Biking Coach, Outdoor Programs Coach
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Scott Shoup graduated from the University of Tennessee Knoxville with a degree in geology and has a MS in Geosciences from Mississippi State University. Prior to McCallie, he taught middle school science at the Louisville Collegiate School in Kentucky and at Girls Preparatory School here in Chattanooga. Coming to McCallie in 2001, he taught physics, chemistry, the science of natural disasters, and coached crew in the upper school for many years. Currently, he teaches 8th grade science. He has been a Teacher at Sea with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Alaska, an Earthwatch Fellow studying glaciers in Iceland, and he has chased tornadoes as part of graduate work on severe weather. Scott was a team member of the American Climber Science Program which gathered scientific data at high altitude in the Peruvian Andes. He has visited schools in Nepal's Khumbu (Everest) region. In the afternoons, he helps manage McCallie's after school tutoring program and he coaches mountain biking. Scott is also an avid photographer.