GRYPHON ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Tuesday, October 1, 2013
“L” Day
Schedule
·
Juniors and seniors attending College Fair –
please check in with your first period teacher then report to the bus drop off
location by the flags at World’s Fair Park at 9:30.
·
Instructions for applying to TN Governor's
Schools can be found in an email sent to all 10th and 11th grade students as
well as on the School Counseling page of the website. Applications are now
available for the Governor’s School programs for summer 2014. Go to this website http://www.tn.gov/education/govschools/index.shtml
for
more information about all the different programs (ranging from Arts to
Sciences to Engineering and Scientific Models).
They are held across the state and financial aid is available to help
with costs.
·
Picture remakes for the yearbook are Tuesday,
Oct 1. Pick up order forms from the
front office desk. You do not have to
order, but you can if you want (payment is due with the order), and you will
need to bring the order envelope with you to have your picture made with your
name and Advisory teacher on it to be properly identified in the Yearbook
(whether you order or not).
·
Want to show your game skills? We’ll be hosting a video game tournament with
NCAA13 on an Xbox, Friday, Oct 11, in our Commons Area starting at 5:30
p.m. Cost will be $8 to play (includes
pizza dinner, soda, and snack) or $4 to come to watch (includes same food). Students will be able to purchase wristbands
to participate beginning Oct 7 in the bookstore. Proceeds will go towards schoolwide event
costs. Questions? Email S727438@student.knoxschools.org
· UT
College of Social Work will be providing classes on 10/12, 11/2, 11/16 and 12/7
that help teens with skills to make smart choices about sex
and drugs. For attending the class they receive a $60 Walmart gift card.
Interested students or parents should call 974-9217 or email svcurtis@utk.edu.
Please note: you MUST have a parent call or email prior to the first
class in order to be able to participate.
· Join SGA and the STEM Academy in helping support a cure
for breast cancer in our own backyard! Everyone is welcome (family, friends, students, teachers,
parents, etc.). Join our school team for the Susan G. Komen Race for
the Cure held on Saturday, October 26, 2013, in World's Fair Park. Sign up
here to participate or daonate: http://knoxville.info-komen.org/site/TR/RacefortheCure/KNX_KnoxvilleAffiliate?team_id=269911&pg=team&fr_id=3625 Our team is
the L&N STEM Academy Gryphons. Walk or run, it's sure to
be fun!
·
The
Reflections program is an arts enrichment contest sponsored by the National
PTA. Last year the L&N STEM Academy had 8 students place at the county and
6 at the state level and even had a few entries forwarded to the national
level. This year’s Reflection's theme is “Believe, Dream, Inspire”.
Tennessee PTA sponsors two other enrichment programs. This year’s themes are “Red White and
Blue for You” for the Citizenship Essay contest and “Don’t be Safety
Blinded, Be Safety Minded” for the Safety Multi-media contests.
Rules and guidelines for all three contests may be found in the PTSA section of
the school website. The entry forms for the contests will be posted in the same
section in October. The deadline for all PTA student contest entries is Monday,
November 4 at 9:30 am. All entries should be turned in to the front office
or to Mrs. Jorgenson. All entries should have a completed entry form. If you
have any questions, please contact Nina Smith, L&N STEM Academy PTSA
Contests Chair, at ninasmith@comcast.net
or 947-8993.
·
Last
week we congratulated several of our students who won First Place in the
Knoxville Film Festival high school division for a short documentary called
“Cemetery of Life.” Here’s a link so you
can see their entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybo-GvrGuLs. Or, you can go to YouTube and search for
“Knoxville Film Festival Cemetery of Life”.
Congrats again to our winning film producers!
Opportunities to be involved with your school:
·
SGA is holding a general meeting on Wednesday, October
10 in the morning and the afternoon (come to whichever time works best). The
morning meeting will be held in Rm. 104 at 8:45 a.m. and the afternoon meeting
will also be in Rm. 104 at 3:40 p.m. This meeting is for all members.
·
Girl Talk group will meet Tuesday, Oct 1 at 8:45
in room 214.
·
Gryphon Film Club is having meetings
again. We are meeting on Thursday afternoons from 4:45 to 6:00 in room
214.
·
Gryphon Gaming Club, Fridays, from 8:45 – 9:15
in room D119. Emphasis is on video gaming, but all gamers are welcome!
Health Environmental Issues Organization
(HEIO) meets Wednesday mornings from 8:45 – 9:20 in D116.
Teens for Christ meets Monday mornings at
9:00 in room D113. All are welcome.
GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) meet 8:45 – 9:15
on Thursday mornings in room 222. All are welcome.
Young Life meeting Thursdays at 8:43 in room
D112.
College admissions/visits information:
·
September 30th-October 4th is Tennessee's
College App Week. This is a great time to begin thinking about
college no matter what grade you're in! There will be a variety of
opportunities for students this week including attending Knox County's college
fair (juniors and seniors), Advisory lessons geared towards thinking about
college options and admissions, senior college workshops, college reps coming
to STEM to meet with students, and college application sessions for seniors.
There will also be a college fair
open to ALL students and their families at
Bearden High School on Tuesday, October 1st from 6:30-8:30 pm. This
fair will host reps from over 100 colleges and universities from around the
country.
Quote of the day: from Annie Gottlier:
It’s so hard when I have
to, and so easy when I want to.
Practice
L&N Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Design, Innovation,
Inquiry, & Professionalism
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of Distinction,
2012-13 TN Reward School
