Eighth graders build USN in Minecraft
In a show of their longing to come back to campus, Drew Brackett ’24, Alexander Clinton ’24, Claire Gilliam ’24, Benjamin Kampine ’24, Georgia Martin ’24, and Jack Wellons ’24 turned their love of a video game into an homage to the school.
During the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, May 18, Alexander Clinton ’24 and Jack Wellons ’24 unveiled a model of University School of Nashville in Minecraft, a best-selling video game where players build blocky 3D structures and compete in their created worlds. Use the link to the right to watch their virtual tour.
Alexander began making walls and hallways, the main building a month ago. He told a handful of friends — Drew Brackett ’24, Claire Gilliam ’24, Benjamin Kampine ’24, Georgia Martin ’24, and Jack — who filled in classrooms, the Sperling Gym & Cafeteria, Hassenfeld Library, Tibbott Center, Gordon Wing, West Wing, Outdoor Classroom, Edgehill lawn, breezeway, backfield, and playground.
“We decided to do it just for fun,” said Alexander. “This was a really fun project that we all got to work on.”
They customized the game with attributes, like exchanging a phone to borrow a calculator from Science Teacher Pamela Malinowski, functional lockers, open vocabulary books on desks in English Teacher Thorunn McCoy’s classroom, and a coffee maker in Social Studies Teacher Jared LaCroix’s room. In the cafeteria, gamers can purchase some of their favorites like fried fish, a chicken sandwich, and ice cream.
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Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-321-8000
Fax: 615-321-0889
Email: info@usn.org
River Campus
1200 County Hospital Road
Nashville, TN 37218
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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.
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.