Over 165,000 manuscripts were submitted to the Region-at-Large for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2010; 1,111 of those received Gold Key awards, and six of those went to USN high school students.
Seniors Lauren Coleman and Rachael Durnin were both recognized with Gold Key awards for their General Writing Portfolios; junior Eliot Linton received a Gold Key for his Short Short Story, "Colic." Three students-- junior Susie Ward and sophomores Rebecca Ewing and Marlo Kalb-- were recognized with Gold Key awards for their sets of poems. All of the recognized work will go onto national judging this month.
The English Department and Hassenfeld librarians share summer reading lists for rising grades 5-12 and AP courses. View their suggestions at usn.org/reading. Lower School reading lists will be published before the last day of school.
15 members of the USN Science Olympiad Team traveled to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville for the state competition and returned to USN with several medals for their stellar performance.
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