How to navigate the 19th Avenue lot 

Most Middle Schoolers should be dropped off and picked up from school in the 19th Avenue parking lot. Please follow the instructions of the Vanderbilt University Police Department and USN Operations staff directing traffic. Read on for specifics. Families with Lower Schoolers should drop off all students in the 21st Avenue garage so that our youngest students don't have to walk across campus alone.
Arrival during morning drop-off
Drivers should pull into the right and left lanes of the parking lot and have students hop out with their gear. Parents should not exit their vehicles. Students should walk along the yellow lines to the May Plaza. Please do not pass other vehicles or drive in the middle lane. Wait until USN staff directs the entire lane to move forward. 
 
Dismissal during afternoon pick-up
Drivers should pull into the right and left lanes of the parking lot. Middle School students will be dismissed from their advisor’s room individually as their parents arrive. Simply let the USN faculty or staff member walking the lane know who you are there to pick up. Lower School families put helpful signs with students' names in their front windows. After your student is loaded into your vehicle, you may use the middle lane drive around and exit USN.
 
Arriving before school dismisses means not only parents waiting in cars but also vehicles overflowing from USN lots onto 19th and 21st avenues and congesting streets for through-passers. We want to be better neighbors than that.
 
Other reminders about parking, driving on campus
All parking spaces in the 19th Avenue lots are available to parents and visitors after 8:25 a.m. to give faculty, staff, and High School students the opportunity to park in their assigned lots. This year we're accepting guests on campus only with an appointment.
 
Parents and visitors may park in lanes in the 19th Avenue lot between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. If you have an appointment at USN that last in the afternoon, please move your vehicle so that other families can make their way through the driveway during afternoon dismissal.
 
There also are paid parking spaces at Wesley Place Garage on Scarritt Place and metered spaces along 19th Avenue South. USN families are not allowed to park in Vanderbilt lot 111. USN parents and guests parking in any Vanderbilt lot during may be ticketed or towed. VUPD will issue $75 tickets to vehicles parked in USN spots in the Wesley Garage without a USN parking permit.

So that High School students who have paid for a USN parking permit can park in their assigned spaces in the 19th Avenue lot and Wesley Garage, other students who drive to school should secure their own off-campus parking.

Faculty and students spend up to 30 minutes in the 21st Avenue garage in the afternoons and enjoy breathing fresh air free of exhaust fumes. Please turn your car off instead of leaving an idle engine running.

We also ask that you refrain from cell phone usage while driving on campus to keep drivers' attention on driving as we move hundreds of children in and out of school each morning and afternoon.
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School News

List of 3 news stories.

  • University School of Nashville students Eleanor Mixon '27 and Dylan Omary '27 voted first the first time on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at the Scarritt Bennett.

    Seniors take field trip to cast first ballot

    All 40 eligible University School of Nashville students in the Class of 2037 registered to vote ahead of the voter registration deadline, and Eleanor Mixon '27 and Dylan Omary '27 walked across the street from USN to the Scarritt Bennett Center to cast their first ballots on the final day of early voting.
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  • The ballot box and beyond: USN Seniors civically engaged

    Students in High School History Teacher Cameron Parsons' Advanced Topics: American Government and Politics Class have been working diligently on civic engagement projects that required them to participate in the democratic process.
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  • An evening of erudition: 22 seniors enter Cum Laude Society

    Congratulations to the Class of 2027 inductees of the USN Cum Laude Society: Jack Barrett, Charlie Blau, Alder Brandon, Olivia Brown, Elisabeth Crane, Alexandra Drewry, Lucia Gellert, Melis Kurtulus, Abigail Manoukian, Lily Margalit, Eleanor Mixon, Louisa Nordberg, Mia Orefice, Karsen Puzniak, Ruchika Ramachandran, Jacqueline Seale, Elliott Spiller, Laine Theobald, Alexander Truss, Yifan Wang, Madeleine Wiseman, and Julia Young.
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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

    Steve Smail & MTB Team Coaches
    With trail names like Megawatt, Electric Avenue, High Voltage and Livewire, the mountain bike team knew it was time to pedal out some extra watts for their NICA/TICL State Championships at Raccoon Mountain, and survive the technical trails above Chattanooga full of boulder gardens, rock drops and sandy rubble.
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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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