Eleven members of the class of 2015 were named National Merit semifinalists, and thirteen were commended.
Including the students named National Achievement semifinalists and commended and the National Hispanic Recognition Program (to be announced in next week's newsletter), 31% of the senior class was recognized.
National Merit semifinalists are Hannah Aaron, Jessie Baskauf, Isabella Christianson-Galina, Douglas Corzine, Connor Crenshaw, Lena Friedman, Nora Lee, Kelly McHugh, Eric Rosenthal, Alexandria Yu, and Neil Zheng. Commended students are Elise Blackburn, Maurice Chiang, Esteban Chittester, Rebecca Clark, Chandler Floyd, Nick Gregory, Jessica Hanks, Maggie Kidd, Anya Li, Jordy Moore, Alden Neely, Nishant Upender, and Anwen Wilkerson.
Nationally 16,000 students have been named semifinalists, with 1.4 million entering the competition. Semifinalists represent less than one percent of seniors in the US.
Connor Crenshaw, Alexandria Yu, Jessie Baskauf, Hannah Aaron, Lena Friedman, Kelly McHugh, Isabella Christianson-Galina, Douglas Corzine, Nora Lee, Neil Zheng. Not pictured: Eric Rosenthal
Librarians invite the USN community to celebrate Read Across USN Week from Friday, January 9 through Friday, January 16 and read 300K pages. Click here to volunteer during Community Night in the Hassenfeld Library, when we celebrate this week of literacy 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, January 15.
The Quiz Bowl team traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to face several top teams from across the country at this year's South Warren Tournament. USN's second-place finish earned the team an invitation to the National Academic Quiz Tournaments' National Championships in May.
In an inspiring new initiative, USN's health care career spotlight, organized by Ruchika Ramachandran ’27 and Yvonne Wang ’27, brought a wealth of alumni back to the school for an evening of shared expertise and personal stories. This first-of-its-kind event was a great example of the power of connection, mentorship, and community evident throughout the USN community.
USN Mission: 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.