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Thursday, April 3
ERB testing grades 5-8

Parent/teacher/student conferences in grades 9-12 at end of school day

HS Tennis vs. Webb, 4:15, River Campus

HS Soccer vs. David Lipscomb, 5:00, River Campus

MS Track and Field vs. FRA-BGA-HA, 4:00, Franklin Road Academy

MS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Woodland, 4:30, away

Cabaret Night, 6:00, auditorium

Friday, April 4
No school grades 9-12, parent/teacher/student conferences

ERB testing grades 5-8

HS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. St. Agnes, 4:00, away

HS Soccer vs. Harpeth HS, 5:00, River Campus

HS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Christian Brothers, 6:00, away

HS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. St. George’s, 7:00, away

MS Baseball vs. Hendersonville Christian (DH), 4:30, Drake’s Creek Park

Saturday, April 5
Playground Work Day, 8:00-5:00, playground

HS Track and Field, McCallie Mid-South Invitational, 9:00, away

HS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Lausanne Collegiate, 9:00, away

HS Soccer vs. Pigeon Forge, 9:00, River Campus

HS Baseball, Walking Horse Tournament, vs. Community, 9:00, Shelbyville

HS Baseball, Walking Horse Tournament, vs. Gatlinburg-Pittman, 11:00, Shelbyville

JV Boys’ Lacrosse vs. St. George’s, 12:00, away

MS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Webb Bell Buckle, 11:00, away

Junior/Senior Prom, 8:00, auditorium

Sunday, April 6
Playground Work Day, 8:00-5:00, playground

Boys’ soccer clinic, 3:00, River Campus

Monday, April 7
HS Boys’ Tennis vs. Ravenwood, 4:15, River Campus

HS Baseball vs. Davidson Academy, 4:30, River Campus

MS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Hendersonville, 4:30, River Campus

Tuesday, April 8
Second Tuesday lunch, noon, Gordon Multipurpose Room

HS Track and Field vs. FRA-BGA, 4:00, River Campus

HS Tennis vs. Ensworth, 4:15, River Campus

HS Baseball vs. Davidson Academy, 4:30, away

HS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Franklin, 5:00, River Campus

HS Soccer vs. Davidson Academy, 5:00, River Campus

Wednesday, April 9
USNA meeting, 1:00, Morris Conference Room

HS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. JPII, 4:30, River Campus

MS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Harding Academy, 3:30, River Campus

College Counseling meeting for parents of juniors, panel of college admissions officers, 7:30 p.m., auditorium

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In April, 2nd Tuesday Coffee will become 2nd Tuesday Lunch. At noon on April 8, bring your lunch to the Gordon Multipurpose Room for discussion with Vince Durnan and other administrators. We’ll provide drinks, cookies, and interesting conversation about USN. Babs Freeman-Loftis (photo by Beckie Stokes) Veteran assistant lower school head Babs Freeman-Loftis has taken a job with the Northeast Foundation for Children. Read more. Our playground needs you! Above: the USN community building the playground in 1991. Read more about the Work Day and see more photos of the playground being built by everyone at USN. Get rid of the shoes you no longer wear in the HS Community Service Club’s “Soles 4 Souls” shoe drive. Through April 11 you can bring your unwanted shoes to either parking lot to donate them. Read more. The Sustainability Committee invites students to design a logo for USN’s commitment to the environment. Read more. USNA is searching for next year’s leaders. Read more. USNA thanks its volunteers at its annual Appreciation Breakfast on Friday, May 2. Read more. Click here** to see a clip from the HS Theatre Guild's production of Zombie Prom, which had a successful run last weekend.** (3.2 mb QuickTime file)	Claire Casstevens ’08, mixed media, Remembering Eleven Million Claire Casstevens ’08 and George Rayson ’12 have won awards at the national level of the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. Read more. George Rayson ’12, painting, Looking Up The Food for Thought Series Social Intelligence: an hour with Jim Schleicher Jim will finish his High School Parenting series by looking at what “social intelligence” means in today’s teenagers. Interested middle and lower school parents are invited to join us too: Thursday, April 10, 11:30-12:30 in the Hassenfeld Library Classroom on the Lower Level. This week, take a look at Baseball Camp and Creative Movement. Check out all the USN summer camps and register online. MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute The MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute offers intensive language classes at USN 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. The Dance Concert is April 25 and 26 at 7:00 in the Ingram Concert Hall at Blair. Tickets are $6 for students and $7 for adults. Do you like international food? Dancing? How about international games? What if you had them all together? Read more about the International Fair, coming up in two weeks. (photo of Priya Chaturvedi '07 by Chad McClarnon) Remember to bring in sleeping bags to donate to Ugandan children. Sixth grader Grant Eidam is collecting them throughout April.	Thursday, April 3 ERB testing grades 5-8 Parent/teacher/student conferences in grades 9-12 at end of school day HS Tennis vs. Webb, 4:15, River Campus HS Soccer vs. David Lipscomb, 5:00, River Campus MS Track and Field vs. FRA-BGA-HA, 4:00, Franklin Road Academy MS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Woodland, 4:30, away Cabaret Night, 6:00, auditorium Friday, April 4 No school grades 9-12, parent/teacher/student conferences ERB testing grades 5-8 HS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. St. Agnes, 4:00, away HS Soccer vs. Harpeth HS, 5:00, River Campus HS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Christian Brothers, 6:00, away HS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. St. George’s, 7:00, away MS Baseball vs. Hendersonville Christian (DH), 4:30, Drake’s Creek Park Saturday, April 5 Playground Work Day, 8:00-5:00, playground HS Track and Field, McCallie Mid-South Invitational, 9:00, away HS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Lausanne Collegiate, 9:00, away HS Soccer vs. Pigeon Forge, 9:00, River Campus HS Baseball, Walking Horse Tournament, vs. Community, 9:00, Shelbyville HS Baseball, Walking Horse Tournament, vs. Gatlinburg-Pittman, 11:00, Shelbyville JV Boys’ Lacrosse vs. St. George’s, 12:00, away MS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Webb Bell Buckle, 11:00, away Junior/Senior Prom, 8:00, auditorium Sunday, April 6 Playground Work Day, 8:00-5:00, playground Boys’ soccer clinic, 3:00, River Campus Monday, April 7 HS Boys’ Tennis vs. Ravenwood, 4:15, River Campus HS Baseball vs. Davidson Academy, 4:30, River Campus MS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. Hendersonville, 4:30, River Campus Tuesday, April 8 Second Tuesday lunch, noon, Gordon Multipurpose Room HS Track and Field vs. FRA-BGA, 4:00, River Campus HS Tennis vs. Ensworth, 4:15, River Campus HS Baseball vs. Davidson Academy, 4:30, away HS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Franklin, 5:00, River Campus HS Soccer vs. Davidson Academy, 5:00, River Campus Wednesday, April 9 USNA meeting, 1:00, Morris Conference Room HS Boys’ Lacrosse vs. JPII, 4:30, River Campus MS Girls’ Lacrosse vs. Harding Academy, 3:30, River Campus College Counseling meeting for parents of juniors, panel of college admissions officers, 7:30 p.m., auditorium View complete Master Calendar return to top of page

(l. to r.) Vince Durnan, Beth Interlandi, Alex Spieth ’09, and last year’s Interlandi Scholarship recipient Ellen Coble ’09. This year’s recipient of the Interlandi Scholarship to study at Interlochen is Alex Spieth ’09, who will be in the Repertory Theatre program. Read more.	The high school’s Cabaret Night is tonight. Read more. (photo by Chad McClarnon)	The USN Knitwits, along with Hillsboro High School’s knitting club, have already made over $1,500 for Saigon Children’s Charity. We made $1,300 at our knit sale at Threaded Bliss before spring break and have continued to sell items at school. If you’re interested in purchasing any of the items in the picture or would like to see some of the other things we have, please contact Robin Lynn Woo or Sallie Swor. return to top of page

Seventh graders improved their taxonomy skills at the Nashville Zoo. Read more. Paul Wu and a Madagascar hissing cockroach at the zoo. Making Elizabethan England and Shakespeare come alive, Queen Elizabeth I (aka Susan Godwin) speaks to the fifth grade about her dramatic family history, her reign, and the Globe Theatre. Students have just begun reading The Shakespeare Stealer. Long live the Queen!	Middle School Family Weekend this spring will be April 18-20. Middle School designates one weekend each trimester as “Family Weekends,” where no homework is assigned and families are encouraged to plan events that they can enjoy together. Middle school lacrosse players Asha Mehrotra (l.) and Mary Frances Noser Nearly all Middle School spring sports teams were in action on our first annual Sports of All Sorts Day last Saturday at the River Campus. Dozens of students and parents came out to support the Tigers and enjoy lunch between events, many wearing their celebratory t-shirts (given to all faculty and students earlier in the week) in acknowledgement of the special day and the ever-increasing levels of school spirit.	return to top of page

Lower school students explore the XO computers known as “hundred dollar laptops.” Read more.	return to top of page

HS Baseball finds mixed results Tennis teams are winning HS Boys’ Soccer results HS Girls’ Lacrosse team’s weekend games HS Boys’ Lacrosse team vs. Brentwood MS Boys’ Lacrosse results MS Track and Field results MS Girls Lacrosse results MS Tennis loses tight match with MBA MS Baseball results Middle School Tigers of the Week 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. return to top of page		Ricky Coleman ’09 (photo by Michael's Photography) MS track action at “Sports of all Sorts”