GRYPHON ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Tuesday, January
28, 2014
“L” Day
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Are you the person that people go to when they
have an iPad/Computer problem? Mr. Acosta is looking for tech savvy, or that
want to become tech savvy, students to join the STEM Tech Help Desk! The STEM
Techs will meet every morning to help students and faculty with any school
technology issues they might have. Kind
of like a Gryphon Genius Bar! For more information or to send in your
application clickhere https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pCL_sM4mPueI6uTl4hkJhWsukIy4ld3ezMsR2qW64a0/viewform
or email sebastian.acostanijamkin@knoxschools.org
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Interested in writing for the newspaper? The
Gryphon Gazette is now accepting article submissions for its upcoming
edition. If you have a topic you feel passionately about, a news story you want
to make known, or you just love to write, email s050128@student.knoxschools.org.
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Do you need
advice on student issues but wish to keep your identity a secret? The Guiding
Gryphon, a column of the Gryphon Gazette, provides anonymous advice on STEM
student daily lives, relationship issues, dealing grades, and other various
tips and tricks to be featured in the school newspaper. Email darryl.fannon@knoxschools.org with
your question and it will be kept completely anonymous; only Mr. Fannon will
see your name.
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If you would like to participate in the
Flag-Football 2014 Spring Season you need to email s017899@student.knoxschools.org
or s806678@student.knoxschools.org.
The deadline to sign up will be January 31st.
Use the same contacts if you have any questions.
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Juniors/Seniors: Buy your prom tickets! Price is $45 for singles/$80 for couples
until Jan 31, then they go up $5 each.
See Mrs. Brown or Ms. Stanish for tickets, questions, or an application
to bring someone from outside the school.
Prom is April 12 at the Square Room.
Be there!
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Join us for book club! Our next meeting is
on Wednesday, February 19th, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Media Center.
Because it will have been a couple months since we last met, we selected
several books to read to keep us busy. Feel free to read one or more of
the following and join us on February 5: Life as We Knew It by
Susan Pfeffer, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Evermore
by Alyson Noel, and The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. Everyone is
welcome!
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The Social Studies Department is proud to
announce the following winners of our school National History Day qualifying
round. Each of these projects will be
heading to the regional competition at UT on March 7. The categories for
Website and Essay will be judged in the next few days off campus, so we do not
yet have results for those categories. Congratulations to the following:
o
Individual Performance: "The Life and
Times of Elizabeth Cady Stanton" - Lydia
Barbour
o
Individual Exhibit:
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"The Band That Played On" - Ella Marston
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"Woodrow Wilson's Decision to Enter World
War One" - Ben Hall
o
Group Exhibit:
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"The
Rights and Responsibilities of Women Athletes Before and After Title IX"
- Emily Bretscher, Emily Chapin,
Sara Anderson, Molly Armstrong
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"The Strike That Shook America: The
Lawrence Strike Transforms Labor Rights" Jeremiah Branson, Justin Cross, Noah Dunlap
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"The Bielski Partisan: Surviving WWII
in German Forests" Solana
Forrest-Bank, Alex Hendrix, Connor Sweat
A huge "thank
you" to everyone who participated so very professionally Friday. It
is a pleasure working with each and every one of you!
From
the guidance office:
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Juniors/Seniors
don’t miss out. Keep checking the
Guidance page on our website. They
update scholarship opportunities on a regular basis and there are a whole bunch
with Feburary deadlines. Don’t miss out!
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A mini college
fair will be held at STEM on January 30th during 4th block. Sophomores,
juniors, and seniors are encouraged to attend. Students will be dismissed
in groups to attend for 30 minute time slots.
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SENIORS: A
representative from TN Student Assistance Corporation will be set up in the
Media Center to help you and your parents complete your FAFSA if you have not
already done so. Details on what information students/parents will need
to bring can be found on the College and Career page of STEM's website.
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Seniors – time
to start filing your FAFSA forms for financial aid for next year. Here are some help sessions scheduled to help
you:
o Thursday,
January 30 4p, - ?pm Tusculum
College west Knox campus
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UT College of Engineering (CoE) will host a
series of summer engineering programs during the summer of 2014. All
students are encouraged to apply. Our mission is to provide students who show
an interest in engineering studies an early exposure to and preparation for
scientific study and research. All
applications must be received by their deadlines. For more information, please
visit our website at http://www.engr.utk.edu/diversity/pre-college/.
Clubs and
Organizational happenings:
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Girl Talk next meeting is Tues, 1/28, in room 216 at 8:45.
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Equality club meets Tuesday mornings 8:50 – 9:15 in room
104.
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Come learn how to crochet/knit or come to share with others
who do on Wednesdays from 4:30 – 5:30 in the Commons Area. All students and faculty are invited to
attend! Bring a project or just some
yarn and a crochet hook!
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Teens for Christ, Monday mornings in room D112.
Quote of
the day from Eleanor Roosevelt:
Remember
no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Practice L&N Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical
thinking, Design, Innovation, Inquiry, & Professionalism
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