Last week’s International Fair, sponsored by the high school International Club, entertained a crowd. More photos available soon.

The spring instrumental concert is tonight, with performances by the high school concert band, chamber ensemble, and jazz ensemble.  Read more.



Volunteer to help with the annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Luncheon on May 22: chefs, hosts, and workers needed. Read more.

The Dance Concert is this weekend, April 25 and 26 at 7:00 in the Ingram Concert Hall at Blair. Tickets are $6 for students and $7 for adults. Read more.



Remember to bring in sleeping bags to donate to Ugandan children. Sixth grader Grant Eidam is collecting them throughout April.

Members of Cum Laude at the induction of new members into the honor society Tuesday evening. Read more, including the names of the students.



Your child can discover this summer that learning a new language is fun—classes for 1st through 6th graders held at USN are taught in the TPR method which aims to duplicate the effortless way we acquire our first language as babies. Read more.

Check out all the USN summer camps and register online. This week’s featured camps are baseball and girls’ soccer.



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 Alumni Art Show has its opening reception tomorrow evening, April 25 in the Tibbott Center.  Read more.

“Do the Dance,” the high school dance concert this weekend, features more than 50 dancers and much original work.  Read more.





Some USN ninth graders have discovered a surprising way to improve their own writing skills by focusing on someone else’s. Read more.





High school Community Service Club members thanked alumni of USN and Peabody Demonstration School for their generosity. Read more.

A plea to parents of graduating seniors: we need your help creating a “wall of memories” for the lobby. Read more.



Ninth grade parents, plan to have dinner together May 7 at Carrabba’s in Green Hills.  Read more.



Parents of juniors, will you volunteer to help with graduation events so that parents of seniors can enjoy the festivities? Read more, or email lgfishel@comcast.net to volunteer.





Under the capable leadership of Aliza Sir, center (flanked by Lily Alberts and Ali Friedman), the HS Community Service Club collected more than 500 pairs of shoes for Soles4Souls. These shoes will be distributed all over the world.



Do you know what FCD is? Read more.

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USN’s sixth grade math teams took second and third in the Akiva School math contest recently. Back row: Nicholas Ng and Daniel Pannock. Front: Matthew Hays, Sam Bollen, Will Jones, and Zack Stern. Read more.





One of six fifth grade field groups tackles the challenge course last week at Wesley Woods in the Smokies. Here, they ingeniously figure out how to get all 13 on a small platform with at least one foot on.

USN’s eighth grade gathers around the statue of Einstein on the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences on their trip to Washington, D.C. last week.





“Sugar,” from the rescue organization Freedom Farm, presented her case to the fifth grade Penny Harvest roundtable of Lena Friedman, Katie Roth, Anjali Mukherji, Alexandria Yu, and their high school leader Elizabeth Allen ‘09. Read more.



8th grade parents: Please join us for a get-to-know High School evening next Tuesday, April 29, at 7:00 p.m. We’ll meet in the auditorium, then move to different classrooms (a la Parents’ Night) to hear from administrators and 9th grade teachers about freshman year.

Transition to 5th Grade!
Who: 4th grade USN parents
What: Introduction to 5th grade team and classrooms
When: Tuesday, April 29, 5:00, finishing by 6:15
Where: Gordon Wing Multipurpose Room






Coach Kevin Baynham enjoys a relaxing manicure (perhaps his first) and sips a lemonade, goods and services he purchased at the second grade’s Market Day. He may have had something done to his hair as well. Read more.

All lower school children are invited to the library’s second annual Reading Book Swap beginning April 28-May 1. Read more.



If you’re the parent of a second grade girl who’d like to play softball in the Green Hills Y league, please email Kevin Baynham, who is coaching a team: kbmuscle@comcast.net. Signups are through April 30.



Is your child interested in baseball? Are you interested in baseball? Lower school children and their families are invited to the varsity game against Mt. Juliet Christian next Wednesday, April 30 at 4:30 at the River Campus. It’s the first “Lower School Baseball Appreciation Day.” Come mingle with the players! Call Coach Kevin Baynham if you have questions: 430-7395.

Vanderbilt will offer free physicals to USN student-athletes on May 3, starting at 1:15. This is a good way for athletes to complete their required annual physicals. The address is Vanderbilt Sports Medicine, Medical Center East, South Tower, Suite 3200. If you have questions, email jscouten@usn.org.



HS Baseball team sweeps St. Andrew’s; Ricky Coleman hits for cycle versus Glencliff

HS Boys’ Lacrosse team loses tough one at Houston, bounces back against Webb

HS Girls’ Lacrosse team falls at St. George’s, gets first win ever against Father Ryan

HS Soccer team continues to play well in region

MS Track 6th graders compete well



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HS baseball player
Alex Boone ‘11



MS baseball player
Chanse Jones ‘13
Baseball photos by Michael's Photography



For USN’s Ultimate teams, it was the Monkey Bowl this weekend. Read more.