GRYPHON ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Thursday, January 31, 2013
"L" Schedule Day
Advisory Day
·
Student has lost a brown box Monday in Mr.Woods room. It has
a fist on the front and cards with a 20 sided dice inside. If found, please
return to the front office.
·
Five Gryphons from our band program were accepted into the
KCS Honors Band program this year. This is a big deal to be selected from
among all 14 high schools. They are: Alec Bissell – Euphonium, Donnie Carter – Bassoon, Faith Harris – Percussion, Nate Paul – Tuba, Sean Watkins – Trumpet
·
The yearbook staff is featuring throwback
pictures, photographs taken before 9th grade, submitted by the students. This
includes old sports photos, school pictures, summer pictures, and baby
pictures. If you would like to be in the spread please submit your photos to S052215@student.knoxschools.org
or S739964@student.knoxschools.org.
·
What do you do to stay fit? Do you go to YMCA during gym? Do
you play tennis? Do you rock climb? What kinds of interesting activities do you
do stay fit? If you want to share your fitness activities and be featured in
the yearbook, then email S039856@student.knoxschools.org
or S022925@student.knoxschools.org
.
·
New club team forming! Anyone interested in joining a new
water polo team please email S045202@student.knoxschools.org
for more info.
· Prom is
just around the corner this spring!
First, the prom committee could use more help in planning – it’s not too
late to join, next meeting is this Friday.
Here’s a chance to shop for your prom dress and do some good. Fierce and Fancy Formals is an event that
sponsors new and slightly worn promwear at a great price. It will be hosted at the Women’s basketball
Hall of Fame on Feb 9 this year. Tickets
can be purchased at the eventbrite site below and you can find more information
on the facebook link. All proceeds from
the dresses goes to “Outreach Haiti project.”
See Mrs. Stewart if you have questions.
·
There will be a mini College Fair at STEM on
Thursday, Feb. 7th during Advisory in the STEM classroom. All 10th and
11th grade students will be attending the fair with their Advisory class.
Representatives from area colleges and universities will be available to talk
with students and provide information about the unique opportunities offered at
their schools.
Brown Bags:
·
Special Brown Bag this Friday – Spencer Joy, from Pellissippi State Community College, will be talking
about Dual Enrollment opportunities and pathways for next year. ALL SOPHOMORES will go to your regular lunch
but NO ENRICHMENT. During your regular
scheduled Advisory time, you’ll go to the STEM space to hear this important
speaker. Juniors are invited to listen
if interested.
College/career
news:
·
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
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 Albert Schweitzer:
An optimist is a
person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red
stoplight. The truly wise person is
colorblind.
Practice L&N
Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Design, Innovation,
Inquiry, & Professionalism
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