Mayor, Metro Council recognize USN students’ big dreams
Several University School of Nashville students were honored for sharing their ideas through visuals and short essays on the future of Nashville in a citywide contest hosted by Kidizenship. Congratulations to Mattie James Bass ’29, Essie Boehler ’31, Ophelia Cherry-Pulay ’25, Julia Dryden ’32, Henry Gatto ’25, Elliot George ’29, Harper Hughey ’29, Elise Jahangir ’32, Ansley Martin ’27, and Adella Schwartz ’32.
University School of Nashville students were among the two dozen finalists for Kidizenship's "Show Us YOUR Nashville" contest. Congratulations to the following students:
- Ophelia Cherry-Pulay ’25, Finalist
- Henry Gatto ’25, Finalist
- Ansley Martin ’27, Second Place
- Mattie James Bass ’29, Ambassador
- Elliot George ’29, Finalist
- Harper Hughey ’29, Third Place
- Essie Boehler ’31, Finalist
- Julia Dryden ’32, Finalist
- Elise Jahangir ’32, Finalist
- Adella Schwartz ’32, Finalist
On the heels of the city’s election for a new mayor and councilmembers, USN parent and Kidizenship founder Amanda Little, Vanderbilt University's Project on Unity and American Democracy, and the YMCA's Center for Civic Engagement hosted the contest to provide students ages 8-18 an opportunity to dream up big ideas about the future of Nashville. Students across the city were invited to share a visual representation of the idea and a written description. Judges included State Rep. Justin Jones, former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Adrienne Battle, and artist Ruby Amanfu.
Finalists met with Mayor Freddie O'Connell at the Metro Courthouse and presented their extraordinary visual and written submissions depicting ideas for the future of Nashville. Their submissions focused on topics as varied as affordable housing, food security, bail reform, gun law reform, and school safety. These students workshopped their ideas with the mayor and were celebrated in a Memorializing Resolution introduced and approved by the Metro Council on Tuesday, November 7 following an invocation given by Janaki Hargis ’33 and Nithya Hargis ’36.
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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.Read More -
MS Quiz Bowl team heads to national championships
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.Read More -
Alumni return to share insights with students
Read MoreIn 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.
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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.