With 5 Gold Keys, 6 Silver Keys, and 7 Honorable Mentions, USN students racked up awards at this year's Scholastic Regional Art Awards.
By Andy King, HS Art Teacher
Students earned 5 Gold Keys, 6 Silver Keys, and 7 Honorable Mentions at this year's Scholastic Regional Art Awards.
The Scholastic Art Competition is the most competitive and renowned student art competition in the U.S. Middle School and High School students ages 13 and up submitted over 1800 artworks from the Middle Tennessee region this year. Of those submissions, 128 Gold Keys, 141 Silver Keys, and 301 Honorable Mentions were recognized. The Gold Key winners will be on display at Cheekwood from Saturday, February 7, to Sunday, March 8.
GOLD KEY Wyatt Block ’26, Sculpture Bridget Beem ’27, Painting Katie Jane Bruehl ’30, Painting Mac Perry ’30, Ceramics Theo Burgess ’27, Printmaking
SILVER KEY Elliott Carlson ’29, Sculpture Eunice Ponce ’27, Ceramics/Glass Imaan Salad ’29, Photography Kavya Shah ’30, Photography Porter Ratliff ’26, Comic Art Theo Burgess ’27, Printmaking
HONORABLE MENTION Chase Small ’31, Photography Claire Dehner ’29, Photography Jayger McDowell-Levin ’30, Ceramics Jones Crumpton ’26, Painting Katie Jane Breuhl ’30, Painting Mac Perry ’30, Sculpture Mars Bredesen ’29, Sculpture
Allison Van Konynenburg returns to USN as Interim HS Dean of Teaching and Learning. Taking on additional responsibilities this academic year, Justin Fitzpatrick is now Interim HS Dean for Academic Affairs and Laura Snow is the High School Academic Operations Manager.
Please join us in welcoming to USN: LS Spanish Teacher Connor Mitchell, LS Music Teacher Marisa Frank, LS Learning Support Specialist MacKenzie Grant, Fourth Grade Teacher Alexis Novotny, Second Grade Teachers Cara Bishop and Lindsay Moates, First Grade Teachers Marisa Depke and Molly Roth '10, and Kindergarten Teacher Ellen Haber '00. Also, Naturalist Carrie Riley transitions to LS from the HS Science Department.
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.