GRYPHON ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Thursday, January 10, 2013
"L" Schedule Day
Advisory Day
·
Students interested in being a morning announcer for the
Pledge and moment of silence, please respond to Mrs. Ashe by email. Students will be assigned one week each to do
the announcements, beginning next week.
·
Learning Lab continues this week tomorrow and
Friday morning. Beginning next week,
1/15, the Depot upstairs will be open from 8:00 – 9:15 for tutoring or make up
work every day Tuesday – Friday for the rest of the semester.
·
Students
who arrive on campus before 8:00 a.m.: Beginning
today (Thursday) you will need to come around to the front office door to come
in the building. The chains will still
be on the staircase coming from the World’s Fair site and the Verandah door
will be locked until 8:00 a.m.
·
Congratulations to the L&N STEM Students who
won in the Knox County Schools PTA Reflections Contests:
o
Anna Tenpenny (Photography)
o
Ryan Flint (Musical Composition)
o
Morgan Abell (Magic of the Moment Video)
o
Megan Samples (Dance Choreography)
o
Jonathan Glenn (Visual Art)
o
Owen Sanders, Allie Lapps, & Ben Croisdale
(Safety Multimedia videos)
·
Gryphon Studios will be having a special guest speaker TODAY
(1/10) from 4:45 PM till 6:00 PM. His name is Stephen Ballast, and he is a
local filmmaker who will be showing one of his films, as well as speaking on
indie filmmaking. If you are interested, please contact us at s942828@student.knoxschools.org
· PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: First Semester progress reports will not be distributed at
school. They are being mailed to your
parents. New enrichment stickers are
included in the envelope for those who qualify.
We will start validating (looking) for the new Gryphon color on
Monday. Early Release Wednesdays will
start again on Wed., Feb 6.
· Click here to order a yearbook. Cost will increase to $70 on Feb 1. Order now!
Brown Bags:
·
RSVP to Mr. Smith for Brown Bag chats. Everyone is always invited during lunch
(bring yours with you) in the STEM Space in the Depot:
o
Jan. 11 - Carl
Wheeler, Electrical Engineering, an Electrical Engineer & Adjunct Professor
at Pellissippi State CC
College/career
news:
This new feature will be included
every day. Click on the link and it will
take you to the ACT practice site. Every
day there is a different question from different portions of the ACT. Click on the letter of any answer to see if
you are correct along with an explanation of why the correct answer is the
best. Challenge yourself to see how many
you can get right!
·
For students interested in law enforcement, the
Knoxville Police Department Explorer Program will be holding orientations on
January 14th and January 21st at 6:30 pm at 800 Howard Baker Jr. Avenue.
Prospective recruits should bring a parent/guardian to one of the
orientation sessions. Please visit the following website for more
information: http://www.cityofknoxville.org/kpd/explorers.asp
·
MTSU Honors College Open House--On
Monday, February 18th, MTSU Honors College is hosting an Open House for
interested students and parents on MTSU's campus. Please visit the
following link for more information.
mtsu.edu/honors/OpenHouse.php
mtsu.edu/honors/OpenHouse.php
·
The University of Tennessee will once again be hosting the
College of Business Administration Business Education for Talented Students
(BETS) Program June 13-22, 2013. Interested juniors can obtain more information
on the program by visiting the Guidance page of STEM's website and looking
under "Resources" at the bottom of the page. Please see Mrs.
Salerno if you have any questions.
Club
Meetings:
·
Asian Culture & Language Club (ACLC): Wednesday during Enrichment in D223.
·
Chess Club meets on Wednesdays
from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. in the media center.
·
Gryphon Studios, film
club, on Thursday afternoons 4:45 –
6:00 PM, in Room 214 in the
Station.
Quote of the day: from Robert K. Cooper
There is a call
within every one of us, a call to do something, however unpopular or unnoticed,
to make the world a better place.
Practice L&N
Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Design, Innovation,
Inquiry, & Professionalism
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