STEM STUDENT Announcements for 1/16/13

GRYPHON ANNOUNCEMENTS

For Wednesday, January 16, 2013

"L" Schedule Day

Enrichment Day

·      Model UN meeting, Friday, January 18th at 8:45am in room 207

·      Gryphon Track Team (from Coach Pickle): No conditioning at STEM, 1/16 Wed.  We will have conditioning 1/17 4:50-6:00.  No conditioning at STEM 1/18 Fri or 1/21 Mon.  We will have conditioning 1/22-1/25 4:50 -6:00.  On days that we are not scheduled find a partner, swim, play basketball, ride a bike etc. Oh, and get your studies up to date.  Conditioning at track at West HS begins Monday 1/28.

·      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.

·      Next prom committee meeting is next Thursday, Jan 17 at 8:45 in room 221.  Any sophomore or junior interested is welcome to attend!

·      Order your yearbooks now!  Click here for link.  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. 18 - Dr. Dave Clarke, UT Center for Transportation Research, High Speed Rail Technologies

o   Jan. 25 - Chris Dager, UT Professor, Asian Carp, the Great Lakes and Transportation Impacts

College/career news:

·      ACT Question of the day http://www.act.org/qotd/

·      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

·      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 Bob Newhart

Laughter gives us distance.  It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

Practice L&N Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Design, Innovation, Inquiry, & Professionalism