Cum Laude Society welcomes 19 seniors
Congratulations to the Class of 2026 inductees of the USN Cum Laude Society: Isabella Louise Aulino, Benjamin Wyatt Block, Eva Isabella Choe, Binyam Fisher Dunne, Saawan Suhaan Duvvuri, Uma Bela Ehrig, Cody James Farr, Erin Elise Ilagan, Amelia Casey Keuler, Henry Fisher Knowles, Meredith Anne Kojetin, Alice Boyd Littlehale, Agnes Adeliza McLemore, Ismaeel Moskinzada, Paulo Saoud, Ida Cecilie Schmidt, Evelyn Maeve Stevenson, Claire Emma Ward, and Lin Zheng.
By Juanita I.C. Traughber, Director of Marketing & Communications
High School administrators inducted 19 members of the Class of 2025 into University School of Nashville's Cum Laude Society on Wednesday, October 8 in the Gordon Multipurpose Room. The newest members are: Isabella Louise Aulino, Benjamin Wyatt Block, Eva Isabella Choe, Binyam Fisher Dunne, Saawan Suhaan Duvvuri, Uma Bela Ehrig, Cody James Farr, Erin Elise Ilagan, Amelia Casey Keuler, Henry Fisher Knowles, Meredith Anne Kojetin, Alice Boyd Littlehale, Agnes Adeliza McLemore, Ismaeel Moskinzada, Paulo Saoud, Ida Cecilie Schmidt, Evelyn Maeve Stevenson, Claire Emma Ward, and Lin Zheng.
Adrienne Battle, Ed.D. was the guest speaker at the ceremony. Dr. Battle has served as superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools since 2019. Her leadership and vision have helped drive MNPS to being named a Level 5 district in the Tennessee Value Added Assessment System every year since 2022. She led MNPS through its recovery from devastating tornadoes in the spring of 2020 and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which required the district to meet educational and humanitarian needs across Nashville and Davidson County while managing new budgetary restrictions. A Nashville native, Dr. Battle is a graduate of the district’s John Overton High School, Missouri State University, and Tennessee State University, where she earned her master’s, education specialist, and doctorate degrees in Educational Administration and Supervision.
A national organization begun in 1906, the Cum Laude Society recognizes those students who, throughout their high school years, have distinguished themselves for academic excellence. The society makes clear that academic excellence does not refer only to superior scholarly achievement, but also to the qualities of dignity
and honor in pursuit of those achievements. The Cum Laude Society’s motto is Areté, Diké, Timé and means “excellence, justice, and honor.”
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High School administrators inducted 19 members of the Class of 2025 into University School of Nashville's Cum Laude Society on Wednesday, October 8 in the Gordon Multipurpose Room. The newest members are: Isabella Louise Aulino, Benjamin Wyatt Block, Eva Isabella Choe, Binyam Fisher Dunne, Saawan Suhaan Duvvuri, Uma Bela Ehrig, Cody James Farr, Erin Elise Ilagan, Amelia Casey Keuler, Henry Fisher Knowles, Meredith Anne Kojetin, Alice Boyd Littlehale, Agnes Adeliza McLemore, Ismaeel Moskinzada, Paulo Saoud, Ida Cecilie Schmidt, Evelyn Maeve Stevenson, Claire Emma Ward, and Lin Zheng.
Adrienne Battle, Ed.D. was the guest speaker at the ceremony. Dr. Battle has served as superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools since 2019. Her leadership and vision have helped drive MNPS to being named a Level 5 district in the Tennessee Value Added Assessment System every year since 2022. She led MNPS through its recovery from devastating tornadoes in the spring of 2020 and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which required the district to meet educational and humanitarian needs across Nashville and Davidson County while managing new budgetary restrictions. A Nashville native, Dr. Battle is a graduate of the district’s John Overton High School, Missouri State University, and Tennessee State University, where she earned her master’s, education specialist, and doctorate degrees in Educational Administration and Supervision.
A national organization begun in 1906, the Cum Laude Society recognizes those students who, throughout their high school years, have distinguished themselves for academic excellence. The society makes clear that academic excellence does not refer only to superior scholarly achievement, but also to the qualities of dignity
and honor in pursuit of those achievements. The Cum Laude Society’s motto is Areté, Diké, Timé and means “excellence, justice, and honor.”
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Cum Laude Society welcomes 19 seniors
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