Both the girls’ and the boys’ high school cross country teams won the state championships on Saturday. Read more.

Fall Sports Cornucopia Vince shares (and explains) the good news about USN fall high school sports. Read more.





Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine, with last year’s fifth graders.

Little Rock Heroes: A Fifth Grade Journey
The fifth grade learns about a defining moment in American history. Read more.



Read about this “Wheel of Caring,” created by middle school students preparing for the Penny Harvest drive.

Admissions Open House
For grades 5-12: Saturday, November 17 at 10:00 a.m.
For K-4: Sunday, November 18 at 2:00 p.m.

Does your USN child have a sibling you’d like to have at USN? Kindergarten sibling assessments take place on December 4, 5, and 6. Email lmosby@usn.org or call 327-3812 to schedule.

Fourth grade USN parents, are you curious about 5th grade at USN? You can pick a day to learn all about it. Read more.

Second Tuesday Coffee is November 13 at 7:45 a.m. in the Gordon Multipurpose Room. Come for informal discussion about USN with Vince, division heads, and other administrators.

Calling all Fifth Grade Parents: come to the Parent Network meeting this evening. Read more.

Music Night 2008
Come to the USNA meeting next Wednesday, November 14 (1:00, Morris Conference Room) to be the first to know who the star performer is and to buy your tickets before they sell out.

HS Community Service Day chairs Hannah Cornfield ‘08 and Lily Alberts ‘09 with their opening speaker Mayor Karl Dean and USN parent and board member Irwin Kuhn. Mayor Dean was asked to open Community Service Day when the chairs realized that their theme and his matched: Bridging Cultures. Read more.

Conversations at USN

Wednesday, November 14
Social historian Professor Howard Chudacoff of Brown University, author of Children at Play, speaks. Read more.



During the fourth grade Immigration Unit, students interviewed parents and grandparents about their immigration experiences. Jessica Awh’s grandparents, Robert and Pongsoon Awh, answer questions and share their immigration story with Ms. Hunt’s class.

Parents of USN 8th graders, get to know our exceptional high school. Read how.

Of Thee I Sing, the high school musical, runs tonight and Saturday with a matinee Sunday. Read more.

Book Fair Thanks
Thank you for supporting the Hassenfeld Library at the Davis-Kidd Book Fair. Read more.



Dr. Rich Berkman talked to the high school psychology class about problems he sees in his neurosurgery practice, showing films of damage from tumors, cocaine, Parkinson’s Disease, and strokes.

USNA-sponsored 2nd Grade Parent Get Together is this Sunday, November 11 at the home of Joe and Leslie Freedman. Read more.

Volunteer to help with registration or hospitality for USN’s Evening Classes. Read more, and learn how to sign up online.



This week’s Putting a Face on Technology: Fifth graders create a newspaper. Read more.

Honor Choir
Congratulations to Katie Bryant, Yashwina Canter, and Elizabeth Dossett for their successful auditions to this year’s Middle Tennessee Vocal Association Honor Choir. Over 500 singers competed for places in the 120-voice choir. The Honor Choir festival is Tuesday, March 4.

Thursday, November 8
Late registration deadline for December 1 SAT

Red Cross babysitting certification class, 3:00, Hassenfeld Library

HS Bowling vs. BGA, 3:45, Hillwood Strike and Spare

MS Boys’ Soccer B vs. MBA, 3:45, away

Kindergarten Parent Education evening, 5:00, Gordon Multipurpose Room

Of Thee I Sing, HS musical, 7:00, auditorium

Friday, November 9
Library search strategies training, 7:30-3:30, Hassenfeld Library

MS Boys’ Soccer B vs. Woodland MS, 3:45, River Campus Field 4
(A game cancelled)

MS Swimming vs. Cleveland, 4:45, away

HS Girls’ Basketball Jamboree vs. Glencliff, 6:30 at Hillwood

Saturday, November 10
HS Girls’ Basketball vs. Martin West View Playday, away

1st grade parent social, 5:30, home of David and Ann Kloeppel

Of Thee I Sing, HS musical, 7:00, auditorium

Sunday, November 11
Of Thee I Sing, HS musical, 2:00, auditorium

2nd grade parent get-together, 6:00, home of Joe and Leslie Freedman

Monday, November 12th
Library search strategies training, 7:30-3:30, Hassenfeld Library

Reception for Minnijean Brown-Trickey, 3:30, Gordon Multipurpose Room

HS Bowling vs. Brentwood Academy, 3:45, Hillwood Strike and Spare

MS Girls’ Soccer HVAC Tournament at BGA

6th Grade Girls’ Basketball vs. Goodpasture, 5:00, Cheek Gym

6th Grade Boys’ Basketball vs. Goodpasture, 5:00, Cheek Gym

HS Boys’ Basketball vs. DCA (TSSAA Hall of Fame Game), 6:30, Sperling Gym

Tuesday, November 13
2nd Tuesday Coffee, 7:45 a.m., Gordon Multipurpose Room

K-12 faculty meeting, 3:30, auditorium

HS Bowling vs. Father Ryan, 3:45, Hillwood Strike and Spare

MS Girls’ Soccer HVAC Tournament, BGA

6th Grade Boys’ Basketball, Nike Hoops, 5:00, Cheek Gym

MS Boys’ Soccer A, HVAC Tournament, 6:00, MBA

HS Fall Sports Awards Evening, 6:30, auditorium

Wednesday, November 14
USNA meeting, 1:00, Morris Conference Room

Howard Chudacoff lecture, 4:30, auditorium

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An information meeting about the Mary Interlandi Arts Scholarship to Interlochen Summer Arts Camp is Friday, November 16 at 4:00. Email lmerrick to learn more.