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Jacob Rothman '23 nominated Josephine Huang-Yeh, who has taught Chinese at USN for 16 years.

Twenty-eight students, faculty, and administrators represented University School of Nashville at the National Association of Independent Schools’ People of Color Conference and the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.

The catalog for this season's USN Evening Classes is available at eveningclasses.org. Registration will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday, December 12.

Following Thanksgiving Break, all exterior doors will remain locked when school is in session — as per state law (Tennessee Code § 49-6-817). All families, vendors, and other guests must ring the doorbell at the 19th Avenue entrance and present an ID to enter USN. We also will welcome Sgt. Anthony Jones and Cpl. Robert Gibson as School Resource Officers patrolling the Edgehill Campus and the River Campus.

Join our athletic booster known as Tiger Club for access to this season's basketball, swimming, and hockey games and to support all teams at USN. Membership is $100/year per household and can be purchased here. Tiger Club helps pay for upgrades to our athletic facilities, coordinates concessions sales, and sponsors sports recognition evenings. And save these dates:
- Friday, December 8 for Spirit Night
- the week of January 9-12, 2024 for Homecoming

The Artclectic 2023 chairs recruited talented committee volunteers, selected participating artists, solicited sponsors, planned parties, and ensured that there was something for everyone at our annual art show. The result: in its 27-year history, only two shows resulted in more sales than Artclectic 2023.

Join the USN community for Spirit Night on Friday, December 8 in Sperling Gym. High School basketball games begin at 3:30 p.m. The last tipoff is at 7:45 p.m. There will be fun activities for all ages during the games.

Join USN's Peabody Players on the yellow brick road. Tickets are on sale for "The Wizard of OZ" in the Durnan Auditorium through Sunday, November 19.

USN harriers had their best performances at the state championships on Thursday, November 2, only thwarted by strong teams ahead of them.

University School of Nashville is partnered with the Malone Schools Online Network to offer students a variety of academically challenging courses beyond what is available to them on campus.

Join USN's Art Department as it celebrates the opening of mikewindy's collection, "Where All The Things I Forgot Go," in the Christine Slayden Tibbott Center Art Gallery on Thursday, November 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. His exhibit will feature an interactive public rubber stamp station created in collaboration with Middle School students from Art Teacher Andy King's drawing class.

The eighth grader, who plays piano, auditioned with over 110 students and was one of the 44 students selected to join two 22-piece big band jazz performance ensembles.

Our Middle School Quiz Bowl will send two teams to the Middle School National Championship in May following qualifying finishes at the 12th Annual Gallatin Middle School Fall Invitational.

Read about how faculty integrate technology into academics during Digital Citizenship Week, October 16 to October 20.

Director of Enrollment Scott Collins and Director of Marketing & Communications Juanita Traughber are featured in The Nashville Ledger front page article, “But can we afford it? Financial assistance is available for private schools; securing it can be hard.” The article published Friday, October 6 covers our robust financial aid efforts to make USN socioeconomically diverse. This year’s budget is $4.3 million, assisting one in five students.

During this event, prospective families can tour the Edgehill Campus and speak with students, faculty, and administrators to learn about our K-12 school's academic, athletic, and arts offerings. You can help share the word about our school by picking up a yard sign from the Office of Enrollment Management (previously the Admissions Office). Also, share our new nine-part video series with prospective families.

University School of Nashville's annual art show continues with ARTbash for adults from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, October 20 and ends Saturday, October 21 with Discovery Day, a family-friendly day with craft activities for children and food options complimentary and for purchase.

Max Haber ’31 was surprised to discover a question he submitted to “Mystery Science” as a fourth grader during the 2022-2023 school year received an answer in October from Guide Esther Ikoro. Watch Max’s appearance with Tiger spirit as he asks, “Who invented the high five?”

Chess Club members from High, Middle, and Lower Schools receive notable placements following the 2023 Lipscomb Academy Nashville City Qualifier Tournament on Saturday, September 23.

The Nashville-based bestselling author spoke in Durnan Auditorium on Tuesday, September 26 and challenged the Nashville community to use his lessons from the bench to ignite change.

In September, Director Amani Reed shared three changes on the Administrative Team with the University School of Nashville community.

University School of Nashville’s annual book sale Fall Book Frenzy is open to the public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 30.

Business Office Manager Sarah Dey, Assistant Director of Annual Giving Justin Gung, and Special Gifts & Donor Relations Director Carolyn Hecklin Hyatt '02, and Middle School Athletic Trainer Anna Unnasch joined USN after the start of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Fall Book Frenzy preparations are underway with the collection of pre-loved books, puzzles, and games. Tuesday, September 26 is Author Night, a lively evening with Tyler Merritt, author of the best-selling book “I Take My Coffee Black.” The book sale takes place in Cheek Gym from Thursday, September 28 through Saturday, September 30. It benefits the Hassenfeld Library and USN’s K-12 need-based scholarship program and allows local nonprofits and public school teachers to refresh their bookshelves at little to no cost.

Facilitated by members of PFLAG Nashville, this information session introduces High School parents to the essentials of teen LGBTQ+ health and well-being at 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 20 in the Gordon Multipurpose Room.

The independent school earned several awards from the National School Public Relations Association and Public Relations Society of America for the summer 2022 campaign to introduce Director Amani Reed as the new head of school.

USNA is thrilled to announce Tyler Merritt has agreed to be our celebrated author for Fall Book Frenzy 2023 Author Night on Tuesday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. in Durnan Auditorium. Tickets may be purchased for $20 here.

Tiger Arts Patrons and Student Theatre Guild hosted a beautiful evening promoting USN artists and performances for the 2023-2024 school year on Friday, August 25 in the Durnan Auditorium.

Painter Melodie Provenzano’s “Seeing Oneself in Others II” art collection will be on exhibit from Tuesday, September 5 through Friday, September 29 in the Tibbott Gallery.

University School of Nashville invites all public, private, and charter high school students and their families to meet admissions officers from historically Black colleges & universities and "The Guide to College for Black Families" authors Tim Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown.

Capt. Aerin Washington, a commissioned law enforcement officer with extensive experience in higher education, will return to University School of Nashville as an administrator overseeing the K-12 school’s comprehensive physical security plan.

High School World Languages Teacher Waldir Sepulveda and High School History Teacher Anna Stern recall their recent travels funded by USN’s Helen Meador Summer International Travel Fellowship to enhance their curriculum and teaching.

Several student-athletes were mentioned in local news in June and July. Congratulations to Alima Kassim ’24, Ainsley Moore '24, Kate Vaugh ’24, Ryder Ortner ’26, and Anna Hulan '25.