Congratulations to Caroline Keiper '25, Collin Chan '25, Ophelia Cherry-Pulay '25, and Rohan Ramachandran '25 who placed 16th in the nation at the National Academic Quiz Tournament's Middle School National Championship. Rohan placed 11th individually, as well.
By Richard Rosenthal, MS Quiz Bowl Advisor & Latin Teacher
Middle School Quiz Bowl took two teams to the NAQT 2021 Middle School National Championship Tournament held virtually on May 1–2 finishing an outstanding season with a strong finale.
112 of the nation's best teams faced off in the tournament. Collin Chan '25, Caroline Keiper '25, Ophelia Cherry-Pulay '25, and Rohan Ramachandran '25 went 6-2 in the preliminaries, thereby earning them the 10th seed in the playoffs. They won two matches in the playoffs, ultimately tying for 16th in the country. Individually, Rohan was the 11th highest scorer in the tournament and was named a Quiz Bowl All-Star, as a result.
John Bivens '25, Beckett Dahir '25, Jackson Green '26, Alice Littlehale '26, and Brendan West '25 went 3-5 in the preliminary round. While the team will say farewell to several key members as they advance to the High School, MS Quiz Bowl has many promising, young members and looks forward to next season.
Aliza Ahmed '26, Uma Ehrig '26, Victor Peng '26, Ruchika Ramachandran '27, and Yvonne Wang '27 participated in the Asian Educators Alliance conference this year in Atlanta, Georgia.
Anna Brook '30, Claire Yu '30, Clio Cherry-Pulay '29, and Liam Mooney '28 took him the championship during the 4th annual USN Middle School Quiz Bowl Championships. Two teams will travel to Chicago to compete in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments Middle School National Championships on Saturday, May 10.
Cpl. Robert Gibson joined University School of Nashville in November as a School Resource Officer, a certified police officer who is primarily assigned to a school and provides safety and security-related functions, including emergency response, safety training, traffic direction, and patrol functions.
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