University School of Nashville
Programs
Description
The academic program of the Middle School emphasizes a diverse range of learning skills. Subject area content serves as a vehicle through which students develop their capacities to read, write, speak, listen, and think, as well their abilities to manage their time, materials and ideas. A grade-level team approach allows for interdisciplinary, theme-based units in which students are encouraged to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways, seeking always to take best advantage of their strengths as a learner. All USN middle schoolers have time each day dedicated to math, English, social studies, and science; 7th and 8th graders also take foreign language daily.
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The academic program of the Middle School emphasizes a diverse range of learning skills. Subject area content serves as a vehicle through which students develop their capacities to read, write, speak, listen, and think, as well their abilities to manage their time, materials and ideas. A grade-level team approach allows for interdisciplinary, theme-based units in which students are encouraged to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways, seeking always to take best advantage of their strengths as a learner. All USN middle schoolers have time each day dedicated to math, English, social studies, and science; 7th and 8th graders also take foreign language daily.
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Description
The Lower School provides a warm, friendly, and stimulating environment where children from kindergarten through fourth grades can learn and grow. The curriculum reflects our understanding that children are active learners who develop, test, and refine concepts by interacting with a wide variety of materials and with other children. Through careful observation and assessment, teachers determine the level of complexity and challenge appropriate for each individual and design tasks that can be done well but not too easily. With this guidance children can learn to tolerate mistakes and to value the effort needed to reach the next level of mastery. To give teachers scope to accommodate a range of abilities, skill levels and interests, we keep class size small (sixteen in kindergarten, eighteen in first through fourth grades) and use half-day assistant teachers in kindergarten, first and second grades.
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The Lower School provides a warm, friendly, and stimulating environment where children from kindergarten through fourth grades can learn and grow. The curriculum reflects our understanding that children are active learners who develop, test, and refine concepts by interacting with a wide variety of materials and with other children. Through careful observation and assessment, teachers determine the level of complexity and challenge appropriate for each individual and design tasks that can be done well but not too easily. With this guidance children can learn to tolerate mistakes and to value the effort needed to reach the next level of mastery. To give teachers scope to accommodate a range of abilities, skill levels and interests, we keep class size small (sixteen in kindergarten, eighteen in first through fourth grades) and use half-day assistant teachers in kindergarten, first and second grades.
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Description
The High School provides a dynamic college-preparatory curriculum in the tradition of the Liberal Arts, emphasizing breadth and depth of study in a range of disciplines. Most important, the academic program promotes both independent and cooperative learning, providing ample opportunities for students to design independent study courses and to pursue advanced study in areas of particular interest and expertise. One fourth of the high school's academic courses are accelerated and Advanced Placement. In recent years, more than 90% of scores of AP exams have been 3 or above, with 5 (the highest possible) being the most common score at USN.
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The High School provides a dynamic college-preparatory curriculum in the tradition of the Liberal Arts, emphasizing breadth and depth of study in a range of disciplines. Most important, the academic program promotes both independent and cooperative learning, providing ample opportunities for students to design independent study courses and to pursue advanced study in areas of particular interest and expertise. One fourth of the high school's academic courses are accelerated and Advanced Placement. In recent years, more than 90% of scores of AP exams have been 3 or above, with 5 (the highest possible) being the most common score at USN.
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