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.
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.
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.