ABOUT GRIZZLIES PREP
From one
Brotherhood
to a movement.
Grizzlies Prep started with a simple belief: young men in Memphis deserve a school that gives them its undivided attention. Here is where that belief has taken us.
Rooted in Memphis. Built for their future.
OUR JOURNEY
One belief.
A growing legacy.
From our first Brotherhood to two exceptional schools, the commitment to our students has carried us forward.
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2012–13
Founded.
Memphis Grizzlies Prep opens as an all-boys, tuition-free public charter middle school, partnered with an NBA franchise.
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2015
The model proves itself.
Academic growth takes off, and the Brotherhood becomes a Memphis tradition.
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2021
A new era of leadership.
New executive leadership sets a bold vision for what GP can become.
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2021–2025
Excellence becomes the standard.
Four straight years of TVAAS Level 5 growth, three Tennessee Reward School designations, and a Tennessee Charter School Teacher of the Year.
4 years Consecutive TVAAS Level 5 growth3 times Tennessee Reward School2022–23 Tennessee Charter School Teacher of the Year -
2026
A new home and a new school.
GP moves to the Corry Road campus in South Memphis and opens the Memphis Grizzlies Prep STEAM School for Girls with its founding 6th grade class.
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Today
One GP Family.
Two schools. 450+ Brothers. 100+ founding Scholars. One growing movement in Memphis.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
The legacy
grows. The
standard
stays.
In 2026, the STEAM School for Girls welcomed its founding 6th grade class. A new school, the same commitment to academic excellence, integrity, and opportunity.
ONE GROWING MOVEMENT IN MEMPHIS
Two schools.
One GP Family.
450+
Brothers at Memphis
Grizzlies Prep
100+
Founding Scholars at the
STEAM School for Girls
THE WORLD IS THEIRS.
We’re just
getting started.
We honor everything the Brotherhood built, and we are just getting started.