March 8, almost a snow day
photo by George Flatau
Find out which books USN students voted to receive the Volunteer State Book Award.
Putting a Face on Technology
With able assistants Leah and Joy by her side or in her lap, HS Administrative Assistant Debbie Fulcher prepares to retrieve the latest batch of conference requests submitted online by HS parents. Read more, or schedule a conference.
 The library celebrates women’s history month with a scavenger hunt. Read more.
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Remember to sign up for USN summer camps. This week, take a look at Baking and the Women's Soccer Academy. Check out all the camps and register online.
MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute
In addition to the wide variety of summer camps for K-12 students, the MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute will offer intensive language classes for adults (also open to rising 7th graders and older students). Sponsored by the Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition at MTSU, language offerings include: German, Arabic, Chinese/Mandarin, French, Scottish Gaelic, and Spanish. Find out details and dates at www.usn.org/summer. Please note that language camps are also available to children Grades 1-6 as part of the 2008 USN Summer Camps. All information and online registration is available at www.usn.org/summer.
Grant Eidam, a 6th grader, is asking USN families to donate sleeping bags to send to children in Uganda who sleep in groups in the streets to avoid being forced into the army. He is collecting sleeping bags through April. Read more.
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Thursday, March 13
Spring break begins at end of school day
HS Boys’ Tennis vs. Ravenwood, 4:15, River Campus
HS Baseball vs. Lighthouse Christian School, 4:30, River Campus
MS Track vs. MLK, 4:00, River Campus
MS Baseball vs. Clarksville Academy, 4:30, away
Friday, March 14-Sunday, March 23
Spring break
Monday, March 24
Classes resume
View complete Master Calendar
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Professor Dan Cornfield of Vanderbilt University (father of Hannah ’08) speaking to juniors and seniors about the American Dream at last week’s Buhl Lecture.
USN’s high school dance department with visiting artist Rebecca Enghauser (upper right), assistant professor of dance at the University of Georgia, who choreographed a piece for them last week.
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Cabaret Night has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 3, 6:00-9:00.
Register Online for Conferences
Information about high school conferences was mailed home last week. We hope you have scheduled an appointment for either Thursday, April 3 or Friday, April 4. Register online through Sunday, March 23.
Goodlettsville Driver Training is offering Driver Education Classes at USN this summer. The course consists of 30 hours of classroom instruction and 6 hours of time behind the wheel. You may choose either of two sessions: June 2-5 or July 7-10, 8:00-4:00. The discounted fee for USN students is $350. For a registration form or information, call (615) 430-7556
or email teendriver@bellsouth.net.
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Michael Landsman ’08 and Sam Fishell ’09 with Mallory Koch, their competitor in the first round of the Duke Moot Court Competition. Against 38 mostly experienced teams from across the U.S., Canada, and South Korea, novices Sam and Michael reached the quarterfinals, arguing before judges on habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees.
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In 8th grade English, students in Dr. McCoy’s class celebrated their 100th journal topic by working in groups and writing their 100 favorite words. Dictionaries were consulted. And the ensuing riot of words included such doozies as methinks, wharf, hobble, waffle, karma, gurgle, polysyndeton, and proboscis. What are some of your favorite words?
Students in MS P.E. learn hula hoop fitness, and here a small group performs at Town Meeting: Mitchell Lutz, Cyrus Shick, Matt Hoffman, Lizzie Allan, Ria Jagasia, and Yashwina Canter.
 Spring Soccer Clinic for boys in grades 1-7 at the River Campus, Sunday afternoons beginning March 30. Read more. Click here for a registration form.
 Boys in grades 5-7 are invited to free basketball clinics resuming Sunday, March 30. Read more.
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At MS Writers’ Night February 28, students read aloud to one another what they wrote that night. English teachers Susan Godwin (5th) and Karen Knox (6th) have sponsored this writers’ group for several years. Though this year’s group includes only USN middle schoolers, for several years students and faculty from other schools participated in the group.
Fifth graders frolicked in the snow when it fell during the school day last month.
photo by Wilson Hubbell
Boys in grades 4-6 can learn to play lacrosse this spring on Sunday afternoons at the River Campus. Read more.
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On Internship Day, eighth graders explore various careers. These girls visited Manuel’s, Couturier to the Stars (l. to r.): Anne Coogan, Jodie Weil, Sarah Baum, and Rebecca Ewing.
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Fourth grade parents, you’re invited to get together for fun on Sunday, March 30. Read more.
Kindergarten children went outside this week to look for signs of spring, and they found some.
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Lower and middle school children voted for their favorite books on the ballot in the Volunteer State Book Award election last week. Here a kindergarten child, Alex McDonald, tries out a voting machine. Read more.
Spring Soccer Clinic for boys in grades 1-7 at the River Campus, Sunday afternoons beginning March 30. Read more. Click here for a registration form.
Boys in grades 4-6 can learn to play lacrosse this spring on Sunday afternoons at the River Campus. Read more.
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Athletes in winter sports gathered last week to celebrate their accomplishments. Read the award recipients for each sport.
HS Girls’ Lacrosse drops two
HS Boys’ Lacrosse wins again
MS Boys’ Lacrosse loses close game
MS Girls’ Lacrosse loses to Grassland
MS Baseball Results for March 1-March 6
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.
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Erin Drake ’10 and Ricky Coleman ’09, who received awards for their basketball playing at last week’s Winter Sports Awards Evening
Swimmers George Wright ’08, Ann Waller Curtis ’08, and Elizabeth Johnston ’09
photos by Adair Freeman
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