By Wendy Gatto & Elaine Wenkoff, USN Evening Classes Co-Chairs
USN Evening Classes is excited to announce that registration will open on October 16 for a curated collection of holiday-themed classes guaranteed to make your holiday season even more beautiful, delicious, and fun.
Classes will run Saturday, October 26 through Saturday, November 16 and include:
- Holiday Entertaining Ideas with Epergne
- Holiday Menu Inspo Butcher & Bee Style
- How to Include Non-Alcoholic Drinks in Your Holiday Menu with Killjoy
- Charcuterie Boards for the Holidays with Host & Toast
- Festive Florals with Flower House
- Holiday Photography Workshop with Grannis Photography
- Perfectly Paired Holiday Cocktails & Desserts with Chef David Andrews and Golden Pony
- Unwrap Calm: Intuition and Mindfulness During the Holidays with Fabi Cordaro
We've also got the perfect way to kick off the fall season. Enjoy the fall splendor with University Landscape Architect James Moore as he provides a guided tour of the Vanderbilt Arboretum on Saturday, October 26. Learn about notable trees, campus history, and design that included more than 6000 trees across 300 acres.
Artclectic Patrons Party early-bird tickets $125 each and can be purchased here through Thursday, October 1. The price increases to $150 per person on Friday, October 2. For more than 30 years, Artclectic has been one of Nashville's premier juried art shows, welcoming nationally recognized artists and visitors from across the city to USN's Sperling Gym turned art gallery. The weekend features exceptional artwork, artist demonstrations, student experiences, family activities, and special events that celebrate creativity, with proceeds benefiting USN.
USN Evening Classes, our one-night classes that benefit our need-based scholarship endowment, were recently featured on the City Cast Nashville podcast. Visit usneveningclasses.org to view the fall catalog.
The Helen Meador Summer International Fellowship funded a summer of professional development in South America for Lower School Naturalist Carrie Riley. Through this profound experience, she said she plans to bring these lessons into her teaching, grounding her voice in wonder, joy, and a commitment to protecting the natural world, which she loves.
Tiger golfers have officially qualified for the region tournament, and our other teams are not far behind. Volleyball sits near the top of the district, finishing up regular season play next week with Senior Night. Girls soccer continues to hold first place in the district after another 9-0 win, and our cross country runners are chasing after some school records. To round it all out, our mountain bike team traveled to Oakfield to continue to improve on their times for the season. There’s plenty more where that came from- so be sure to come out to the River Campus, Sperling Gym, or out on the road to cheer on our Tigers before their seasons end.
Middle School volleyball and tennis teams are nearing the final games of their seasons, with the competition heating up while the Tigers play to determine their HVAC rankings. Cross country was finally able to race at the River Campus despite the heat, and our mountain biking team traveled to Oakfield, Tennessee, for a high-temperature race weekend.
The MTB team returned to the the twisty trails of tranquil Oakfield, TN on Sept 13th to take part in the second race of the season, as part of the 5-race series hosted by the NICA/TICL League.
USN Mission: University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.