The booster club Tiger Arts Patrons contributes additional funding to visual and performing arts at University School of Nashville while providing supporters with free admission to most music, dance, and theater performances. Register for annual TAP membership here for $100.
By Shana Small, TAP Co-Chair
Tiger Arts Patrons is the booster club that supports visual and performing arts across all divisions of University School of Nashville. Including the youngest artists and musicians and our High School performers, TAP helps provide the equipment and support that make arts experiences at USN truly exceptional.
Last year, TAP contributions funded important purchases for our arts programs, including new choir folders, an art projector, and stage lighting upgrades. These are the kinds of behind-the-scenes resources that directly benefit students every day in classrooms, rehearsals, performances, and exhibitions.
For the 2026-2027 school year, a $100 household membership helps continue this support and includes free admission to TAP-sponsored events, including:
"The Lion King," the Middle School musical
"The Addams Family," the High School musical
TAPstravaganza, our K-12 celebration of all the arts at USN
Whether your child participates in music, theater, visual arts, dance, or simply enjoys experiencing the arts, TAP membership is a wonderful way to support creativity throughout the entire USN community. We hope every arts-loving family will join TAP for the new school year. Thank you for helping keep the arts thriving at USN!
Students in grades 5-8 and their families can take USN Evening Class 702: Mah and Pah Jong and Me to learn to play a board game together while benefiting USN's need-based scholarship endowment.
The Helen Meador Summer International Fellowship funded a summer of professional development in South America for Lower School Naturalist Carrie Riley. Through this profound experience, she said she plans to bring these lessons into her teaching, grounding her voice in wonder, joy, and a commitment to protecting the natural world, which she loves.
The impact of USN’s Art Department is not confined to art studios in the Christine Slayden Tibbott Center. Students often engage with art in ways that transcend traditional classroom learning, such as at the opening reception for artist Yanira Vissepó's “Fantastical Views.”
Tiger golfers have officially qualified for the region tournament, and our other teams are not far behind. Volleyball sits near the top of the district, finishing up regular season play next week with Senior Night. Girls soccer continues to hold first place in the district after another 9-0 win, and our cross country runners are chasing after some school records. To round it all out, our mountain bike team traveled to Oakfield to continue to improve on their times for the season. There’s plenty more where that came from- so be sure to come out to the River Campus, Sperling Gym, or out on the road to cheer on our Tigers before their seasons end.
Middle School volleyball and tennis teams are nearing the final games of their seasons, with the competition heating up while the Tigers play to determine their HVAC rankings. Cross country was finally able to race at the River Campus despite the heat, and our mountain biking team traveled to Oakfield, Tennessee, for a high-temperature race weekend.
The MTB team returned to the the twisty trails of tranquil Oakfield, TN on Sept 13th to take part in the second race of the season, as part of the 5-race series hosted by the NICA/TICL League.
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.