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The USN Quiz Bowl team won the state championship for the third year in a row. Congratulations to Ophelia Cherry-Pulay ‘25, Penelope Graham ‘25, Daniel Guo ‘25, Rohan Ramachandran ‘25, Evan Giles ‘26, Jackson Green ‘26, Clover Horwitz ‘26, Mason Lack ‘26, Lucia Gellert ‘27, and Liam Mooney ‘28.

USN sent two teams to the District Mock Trial Competition in February, and our A Team secured an invitation to the state tournament. Congratulations to Most Valuable Players Evan Giles ‘26 and Bronson Schmidt ‘25 as well as Ophelia Cherry-Pulay ‘25, who was awarded Best Attorney for the Defense for the entire tournament.

Help us pack the stadium at Hawkins Field and cheer on our High School boys baseball team as the Tigers take on Franklin Road Academy on Monday, March 24.

Congratulations to Margaret McKay '25, Eva Choe '26, Binyam Dunne '26, Alondra Martinez Ordaz '26, Paulo Saoud '26, Cecilie Schmidt '26, Maeve Stevenson '26, and Maddie Womack '26 for their induction into the French Honor Society.

Henry Knowles '26, Carmen Gaskin '25, and Bronson Schmidt '25 took home awards at this year's THSPA Awards ceremony.

This past week, students in 9th and 11th grades were treated to a visit from Alix Harrow, our 2024-2025 Author in Residence. Harrow is a New York Times bestselling author whose most recent novel is "Starling House."

USN Director of Diversity and Community Life, Roderick White shares his perspective on Black History Month and how USN is marking the occasion. Click here to help us recognize the many holidays and cultural observances celebrated within the USN community.

The Hassenfeld Library is working to build a World Languages collection that serves the needs of our students and families. To that end, we're gathering information about which languages and materials would be most useful for us to provide to our community. If your family speaks a language other than English, we invite you to fill out this survey to help us build this collection. We're also sending this survey out through our student and parent affinity groups. Thank you for your participation!

USN Parent Luma Kharabsheh (Ayman ‘32 and Hashem ‘34) explains the origins of Ramadan and how USN families are marking the occasion. Click here to help us recognize the many holidays and cultural observances celebrated within the USN community.

General admission tickets for Music Night are sold out, but sponsorships are still available here. All proceeds for this adult-only concert featuring Dashboard Confessional will support the arts and athletics departments.

Rohan Ramachandran ‘25 and Lin Zheng ‘26 presented their research at the oral and poster competitions, respectively, of the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

Former Tiger athletes Mahoney Daunic ’24 and Cameron Wooten ’23 explained the athletic recruiting process with student-athletes during a recent virtual lunch and learn in Payne Library Room.

During a fun, cross-division lesson, students from HS History Teacher Ayesha Nawaz’s class came together to tell the story of Native American displacement to Social Studies Teacher Connie Fink’s fifth graders.

Chris Carrabba, legendary artist and father to USN students Caden ‘27 and Alexa ‘29, will perform an acoustic set on Saturday, March 29 for Music Night, our annual adult-only concert in Durnan Auditorium. Tickets are available now for this fundraiser, which supports the arts and athletics at USN.

On National Signing Day, Uma Peters '25 signed with Illinois Tech to continue her basketball career.

USN took home three Golds, fold Silvers, and eight Honorable Mentions at the Scholastic Art Competition.

Nineteen students were recognized in the regional Scholastic Writing competition. The two Gold Key pieces, Amelie Soslow's ’25 writing portfolio and Mei Tyson's ’26 poem, will go on to national judging.

During the annual MLK Day lecture, State Rep. Justin Jones spoke with High Schoolers about activism, community building, and Tennessee’s legislative agenda.

Clay Payne '25 will play basketball at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Olivia Barbieri '25 will swim for Denver University, and Alexander Peck '25 will play baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Angus Galloway brings his incredible experimental drawings to the Tibbott Gallery at USN with an opening reception at 4 p.m. Thursday, January 30.

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Dive into the heart of Louisiana tradition with the USN Evening Class Crawfish Boil 101. Proceeds benefit University School of Nashville’s K-12 need-based scholarship endowment.

Following a week of fun dress-up days, K-12 Tigers and their families can share their school spirit by returning to campus Friday, January 24 for the spaghetti supper and homecoming basketball games.

During Read Across USN Week, K-12 students, families, faculty, and staff will strive to read 250,000 pages in one week. Everyone who turns in a tracking sheet will be entered into a raffle for a bookish prize. And save the date: Thursday, January 16 is Community Night in the Hassenfeld Library.

Click here to preview the camps USN will offer in 2025 and plan for warmer days. Registration opens at 12 p.m. Monday, January 6 at usn.org/summer, and waitlists are available for sold-out camps. USN Summer Camps will run Monday, June 2 through Friday, July 11. There will be no camps on Juneteenth or Independence Day. The popular Dog Days of Summer return to the River Campus from Monday, July 21 through Friday, August 1.

USN parent and legendary artist Chris Carrabba will perform an acoustic set on Saturday, March 29 for Music Night, our annual adult-only concert in Durnan Auditorium. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 24 for this fundraiser, which supports the arts and athletics at USN.