USNA

University School of Nashville

University School of Nashville Association

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My dozen years of volunteering with USNA started by taking homes of faculty and staff while keeping a social distance. baby steps as a room parent, picked up speed as the Bonus Bucks Coordinator, More and more challenges steadily mounted and culminated in earning my black belt on the horizon as the pandemic stretched in volunteering as Artclectic Chair, USNA into the summer. Zoom went from weird Service Vice-Chair, and USNA President. to familiar as we tried to plan for the school Knowing everything that I know now, and year ahead while adapting to our new even despite a pandemic, I would do it normal. I am so thankful for the support again. from the school, USNA Board, and parent I especially loved working in roles that individual pandemic disasters and disapconnected me to parents in my children’s pointments — jumped in to rethink and grades and in all the other grades, new par- shape the new realities of USNA in 2020. ents, and seasoned USN veteran parents. Anna Cramer and Joanna Hall have emThese interactions made me fall in love braced the challenges that they were faced with our USN community all over again Kobie Pretorius and her family: husband Mias, Mia ’19, and Stefan ’21 with as incoming USNA Co-Presidents, and and left me in awe of the talent, kindness, with pup, Leo. I am grateful for their steady leadership. wit, and enthusiasm that USN parents bring to the table. I made friends for life. It now seems like the pandemic will leave nothing untouched and that With not-so-perfect hindsight, it seems like an understatement to say have time to rethink our projects, work smarter, and listen harder. I’m that this past spring was a wild one. One minute we were celebrating looking forward to the day we can again hug each other in the halls of the records set by Artclectic 2019, marveling at sold out Evening Class- USN, pack a crowd into the backfield while the Dads’ Alliance grills es, and dancing to Colin Hay from Men at Work in the Auditorium. hotdogs, and enjoy a hot and sweaty graduation with our seniors under The next moment we were wondering how to pivot from an in-person the big tent. We will do this together. Faculty/Staff Appreciation Luncheon to a safer alternative, resulting volunteers who — while dealing with their we will all emerge a little different than before, including USNA. We in a team of masked volunteers delivering 230 boxes of cookies to the Kobie Pretorius, 2019-2020 USNA President

Fall Book Frenzy 2019 Music Night 2020

Report on Philanthropy 2019-2020

Fall Fest 2019

USNA 2019-2020 Executive Committee

President Marketing Vice Secretary Kobie Pretorius Presidents Laurie Palmer Fleming ’89 Christie Laird Presidents-elect Michelle Rosen Treasurer Anna Cramer Sarah Shuster Joanna Hall Service Vice Presidents Laura Hauser Melissa Cohen Rittenberg ’88 Volunteer Coordinator Shalene Gray

Step-up Volunteer Coordinator Elena Goss Artclectic 2019

USNA 2019-2020 Fundraising Totals

Artclectic $ 103,581 Evening Classes $ 52,234 Music Night $ 17,222 Fall Book Frenzy $ 14,758 Tiger Arts Patrons $ 7,375 Bonus Bucks $ 7,004 Tiger Club $ 2,163

Total Fundraising $204,338

Cultural Collaborator Tamara Ozenne

Ex-Officio/ Past President Tonia Klein Members-at-Large Dandan Liu Andrea Clancy Kimberly Haddox Terrence Brooks Ritu Joseph

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