USN e-news

Thursday, January 31
K-8 dismissed at 11:30; parent conferences in the afternoon

MS Girls’ Basketball (A Team) vs. CPA, 4:00, away

MS Boys’ Basketball (A Team) vs. CPA, 5:00, away

MS Boys’ Basketball (B Team) vs. CPA, 6:00, away

Friday, February 1
No school K-8, parent conferences

HS Girls’ Basketball vs. Davidson Academy, 6:00, away

HS Boys’ Basketball vs. Davidson Academy, 7:30, away

Saturday, February 2
MS Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball (B Team) Tournament, all day at USN

Gathering of Families, 5:00, auditorium

Monday, February 4
HS 20/20 Day

MS Girls’ Basketball (B Team) vs. Page MS, 4:00, away

MS Girls’ Basketball (A Team) vs. Page MS, 5:00, away

MS Boys’ Basketball (B Team) vs. Page MS, 6:00, away

MS Boys’ Basketball (A Team) vs. Page MS, 7:00, away

HS Girls’ Basketball vs. DCA, 6:00, away

HS Boys’ Basketball vs. DCA, 7:30, away

Tuesday, February 5
MS Girls’ Basketball (B Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 4:00, Sperling Gym

MS Boys’ Basketball (B Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 5:00, Sperling Gym

MS Girls’ Basketball (A Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 6:00, Sperling Gym

HS Girls’ Basketball vs. St. Andrew’s Sewanee, 6:00, away

MS Boys’ Basketball (A Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 7:00, Sperling Gym

HS Boys’ Basketball vs. St. Andrew’s Sewanee, 7:30, away

Wednesday, February 6
MS Baseball Parent/Coaches Meeting, 4:00, Gordon Multi Purpose Room

View complete Master Calendar

Everyone is invited to the sixth annual Gathering of Families, USN’s celebration of Black History Month, on Saturday, February 2. This year it honors journalist Dwight Lewis (former USN parent) and features music by Billy Kirsch and Piper Jones ’08. Read more. Ben Folds invited some high school fans onto the stage at Music Night last weekend. Vince explains why this newsletter looks a bit different from the one that landed in your in-box last week. Read more. Are you beginning to wonder how you will keep the children occupied and happy this summer? USN has the answer, K-12, with its new Summer Camps. Read the complete list of offerings, week by week: Chinese, needlepoint, cooking, sports, songwriting, Gaelic—and many more. What if you woke up one morning and discovered that the world you are living in and the face looking back at you in the mirror are not what you have believed for a lifetime? “Incognito” attempts to answer this question. Read more. This summer you and your child can learn a language at USN, thanks to the MTSU Summer Language Institute. USN will host classes in Spanish, Chinese, and more, for ages kindergarten through adult. Read more.	Last week USN’s Lee Ann Merrick presented a check for $1,500 to the Food Security Fund at the Community Foundation to Lani Wilkerson Rossman and another check for $1,500 to the Food Security Partners, money raised by USN students, families, and friends through USN’s Empty Bowls project. Spotlight on Evening Classes instructors: this week it’s retail businesses and their owners. Please read this list of those who generously donate their time and talents so you can thank them on behalf of USN. The Red Cross Blood Drive has been rescheduled for tomorrow in the Gordon Multipurpose Room. Read more. Homecoming spaghetti dinner Hear Afro-Peruvian jazz right here in Music City, indeed at USN, next month. Read more.	Thursday, January 31 K-8 dismissed at 11:30; parent conferences in the afternoon MS Girls’ Basketball (A Team) vs. CPA, 4:00, away MS Boys’ Basketball (A Team) vs. CPA, 5:00, away MS Boys’ Basketball (B Team) vs. CPA, 6:00, away Friday, February 1 No school K-8, parent conferences HS Girls’ Basketball vs. Davidson Academy, 6:00, away HS Boys’ Basketball vs. Davidson Academy, 7:30, away Saturday, February 2 MS Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball (B Team) Tournament, all day at USN Gathering of Families, 5:00, auditorium Monday, February 4 HS 20/20 Day MS Girls’ Basketball (B Team) vs. Page MS, 4:00, away MS Girls’ Basketball (A Team) vs. Page MS, 5:00, away MS Boys’ Basketball (B Team) vs. Page MS, 6:00, away MS Boys’ Basketball (A Team) vs. Page MS, 7:00, away HS Girls’ Basketball vs. DCA, 6:00, away HS Boys’ Basketball vs. DCA, 7:30, away Tuesday, February 5 MS Girls’ Basketball (B Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 4:00, Sperling Gym MS Boys’ Basketball (B Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 5:00, Sperling Gym MS Girls’ Basketball (A Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 6:00, Sperling Gym HS Girls’ Basketball vs. St. Andrew’s Sewanee, 6:00, away MS Boys’ Basketball (A Team) vs. St. Edward’s, 7:00, Sperling Gym HS Boys’ Basketball vs. St. Andrew’s Sewanee, 7:30, away Wednesday, February 6 MS Baseball Parent/Coaches Meeting, 4:00, Gordon Multi Purpose Room View complete Master Calendar
High School [back to top of page]
High school students (KnitWits, they call themselves) have found a creative way to raise money to help children in Vietnam. Read more. See for yourself how high school biology students use the web to learn about nutrition. Read more.	High School offers brown bag lunches for parents, with Jim Schleicher discussing topics of interest to them. Read more. USN’s delegation returns from Model U.N. at Yale with many honors. Read more. Nashville Young Writers Festival offers high school writers a chance to learn from professionals and from each other. Read more.
Middle School [back to top of page]
Seventh grader Cyrus Shick (l.), Geography Bee winner and Spelling Bee runner-up, and eighth grader Sam Douglas, Spelling Bee winner.	It’s been bee season in middle school. Read more. ______________________________________________________ Is your child missing an item of clothing? A lunchbox? Anything from home? Read more. ______________________________________________________ “But Everyone’s Doing It: How Student and Family Perceptions Influence Our Kids’ Social Choices”: a talk for parents of 7th and 8th graders on February 15. Read more.
Lower School [back to top of page]
The USN Chess Team enjoyed a day of success at the Percy Priest Elementary School chess tournament on January 21. Read more. February 7 Parent Education Evening for 2nd grade parents explores friendships. Read more.	Lower School children can run the Country Music Marathon in their P.E. classes this spring. Read more. Any parents who would like to join the USN branch of Gilda’s Gang for the CMM, email Betty White or Janet Schneider.
Tiger Sports News [back to top of page]
Boys’ Basketball team wins two region games at home HS Girls’ Basketball team cruises HS Swimming places 8th in Region Swim Meet Middle School “Tigers of the Week” Boys’ Basketball: Ashton Hood was the catalyst in the turnaround in our MBA game, when he scored 15 of our 28 points, the most we have scored as a team since Jan 11. Girls’ Basketball: Jameice Holmes played a great defensive game vs. FRA, and Sarah Elliott has been giving her all every day throughout the season. Swimming: Ria Jagasia is willing to swim wherever we place her in the line-up. Last meet, she volunteered to swim the last leg of her relay team when no one else stepped up. Dylan Young is usually the first one in each day and has greatly improved during the season. Health Forms Needed All high school and middle school athletes must have a health form on file with the athletic department before they engage in team practices. Forms are on the USN website and should be returned to Josh Scouten in the athletics office. Email jscouten@usn.org if you have questions.		Cheering the Tigers to victory at the homecoming game Lacrosse is a spring sport, but practice has begun at the River Campus.