University School of Nashville
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| University School of Nashville | |
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| Established | 1975 |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Director | Vincent W. Durnan |
| Location | Nashville, TN, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Enrollment | 999 |
| Faculty | 84 full-time
12 part-time |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Blue |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Homepage | www.usn.org |
University School of Nashville is a private K-12 school located in Nashville, Tennessee.
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[edit] General Background
Referred to as USN, it was founded in 1892 first as Winthrop Model School and later as Peabody Demonstration School, a part of Peabody College intended to demonstrate the operation of a school. While it was Peabody Demonstration School, it became one of the first high schools in Nashville to be desegregated (after Father Ryan High School). The demonstration school was closed in 1974 when Peabody merged with Vanderbilt University. The students' parents bought the school, and established University School of Nashville. A small school, it has an enrollment of approximately 1000 students. The tuition is $14,000 a year. Famous alumni include Stanford Moore, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert K. Massie; pianist Gabe Dixon; musician Shooter Jennings; former WNBA player and current coach Jenny Boucek; and Rhodes scholar Ben Lundin, among others.
University School's current director is Vincent W. Durnan.
[edit] School Philosophy
The school's mission, as stated on the USN website,[1] is:
University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic tapestry of Greater Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.
[edit] Facilities and Campuses
Perhaps the largest addition to the school in its history came in 1998, when an 80-acre external campus was purchased for the purpose of housing athletic facilities. The Wetlands Campus currently houses a baseball field, a softball field, a full sized track, and 5 multi-purpose fields that a rotated between men's and women's soccer, lacrosse, and ultimate frisbee. Plans for new tennis courts have been laid out, but not confirmed. In addition, this site happened to have a 15-acre sum of wetland, situated on the Cumberland River.
In 2003, USN, with the intention of furthering its mission, opened the Christine Slayden Tibbott Center for the Visual Arts. The center also included a sizeable fitness center.[2]
In 2004, USN opened the Hassenfeld Library. This 20,000-square-foot addition now houses 25,000 books, 2400 educational videos, and 147 periodicals.[3]
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