USN exceeds community-wide reading goal

The USN community set a goal to read 25,000 pages during Read Across USN Week, and it's safe to say, we're going to need a bigger goal next year. Read on to find out our final number and our raffle winners.
 
By Kate Pritchard, Library Director

Dear USN community: Wow. Wow, wow, wow. We asked you to track your reading for one week to see if we could reach a goal of 25,000 pages read by our school community, and let me just say: You did not disappoint. Our final tally for Read Across USN Week? 242,128 pages.

Two hundred and forty-two thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight pages. That’s not just double or triple our target; that’s nearly ten times our goal.

Every page you turned, every audiobook you listened to in the car or on a walk, and for our band students, even the music you sight-read — it all added up to an enormous achievement that exceeded our wildest expectations.

All participants were also entered into a raffle for Parnassus gift cards, with one prize for each division, and one for faculty & staff. The lucky winners are Arianna Kennedy '33 for Lower School; Neel Sinha '31 for Middle School; Asher Freiberg '27 for High School; and Middle School Learning Specialist Anna Claire McKay for faculty & staff.

We want to give a huge thank-you to everyone who participated in Read Across USN Week; to all the teachers, staff, and administrators who supported this program; and to everyone who encouraged their friends, families, students, and others to pick up a book, to notice all the ways we read in our daily lives, and to keep track of their pages for a few days. 

Now the question is: what should we aim for next year?
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School News

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Athletics News

List of 3 news stories.

  • Mountain Bike Team Takes on “Electric" State Champs Trails, Dehner Snags Overall Podium Medal

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  • Mountain Bike Team Takes on Winged Deer Trails, HS Makes Podium Appearance

    Steve Smail
    Winged Deer Park and trails in Johnson City hosted our 4th race on Sunday October 11th, and despite a bit of hurricane outwash winds and showers - and reduced team numbers due to fall break and distance from Nashville - our racers utilized all available skills and speed which helped “wing" Sophomore Claire Dehner to a 4th place podium spot, our first podium appearance and medal for the season.
     
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  • HS athletics recaps for September 11-17

    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.
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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.