GRYPHON ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Thursday, March 6, 2014
“L” Day ACT Testing Schedule
Remember JUNIORS you must be in your testing
area by 8:00 a.m. Everyone be sure to go
to the cafeteria for free breakfast (French toast sticks and syrup) in
celebration of National School Nutrition Week, available beginning at 7:30.
Bell Schedule:
1st Block: 9:30-11:28 (stay in 1st
block through Advisory time on regular day)
2nd Block: 11:34-1:26 (please note: 1st
lunch begins at BEGINNING of block!)
1st Lunch 11:34-12:04 (students report directly to
cafeteria!)
2nd
Lunch 12:04-12:34
3rd
Lunch 12:34-1:04 (students will go back to 2nd block after lunch!)
3rd Block: 1:32-2:54
4th Block: 3:00-4:30
Lunch Schedule:
-Classes will report
to normally scheduled L Day lunches. Exception: Napier’s, Ogden’s, and Bretscher’s classes will go to 1st
lunch with all other Depot classes!
-11th
Graders who normally eat 1st lunch will go to 2nd lunch
immediately following testing. All
others will eat at their normally scheduled time with their 2nd
block class.
1st Lunch:
Orrick, Bretscher, Neudenberger, Hawkins, Sirek, Arnold, Brown,
Waxmonsky, Foy, Napier
2nd Lunch:
Robbins, Stanish, Holt, Wilsey, Ogden, Cheng, plus 1st lunch
11th graders
3rd Lunch: Crattie, Webb, Mangone, Jorgenson, Nelson,
Blevins, Jones
·
STEM Track & Field Fundraiser: Donate a minimum of $5 for a chance to win a
$100 gas card! Phone number is required. Run/walk is held on Wednesday the 5th,
from 4:30-6:00 pm, at the Worlds Fair Park. Participants are not required to be
present to win, but you must at least donate the minimum amount. All funds
received will help pay for meet entry, uniforms, and bus fares. See any track or field athlete to purchase.
You can also show support by attending their first practice meet at Karns High
School this Saturday, the 8th, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Admission is $2 for students.
·
Calling all writers: We are pleased to
announce that registration is now open for the 21st Annual Brian M. Conley
Young Writers’ Institute. The YWI is planned for Saturday, March 29th,
2013, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the UT-Knoxville campus. The YWI is
a free, one-day event that offers creative writing workshops for both high
school students and their teachers. We hope you will help us make this
year's YWI successful by encouraging your students and fellow teachers to
attend. The full list of classes offered, on a first registered, first served
basis, is: Poetry; Fiction; Screenwriting; Songwriting;Performance
Poetry; Journalism; and Blogging. If you are
interested, email Ms. Norton at Tressie.Norton@knoxschools.org
with your top 3 choices. The last day to register is this Friday, March
7th.
·
Everyone put your best photo-face forward. On Friday
during Advisory time we will be gathering for a whole-school photo for
inclusion in the yearbook.
·
Need service hours? The Friends of the Library is holding a used
book sale at the Convention Center and needs help. You can go to SignUp Genius
(free account if you don’t already have one) to find the times and dates they
need help. This is great for NHS,
scholarship, or any service hours you need to earn. All dates/times are on weekends. Go to
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B0E4BADA623A20-friends
·
The National Honor Society is holding tutoring
in the Guidance Office during advisory on Mondays and Fridays. To
participate, you must let your
advisory teacher know before coming to Guidance. Everyone is welcome!
Whether you need help studying for a test or proofreading a paper, NHS is
there to help. Ask about our Advanced-Level Tutoring system to explore
subjects beyond the classroom.
·
Big Orange STEM Symposium: High
school students are invited to the University of
Tennessee's Big Orange STEM Symposium on Saturday, March 29
from 10:00am-3:00pm at Hodges Library. This program will introduce local
high school students to careers and research exploration in STEM disciplines
through active engagement, networking, and hands-on presentations from experts
in the field and community. Registration is free at http://s.lib.utk.edu/19s and
includes a FREE LUNCH. Please also email Ms. Ellis if you're attending.
Clubs/organization news:
·
Chess club meets Wednesday mornings from 8:30 –
9:15 in room 202.
·
Equality club meets Tuesday mornings 8:50 – 9:15
in room 104.
·
Yarn Arts group meets Wednesdays from 4:30 –
5:30 in the Commons Area. All students and faculty are invited to attend
– if you don’t know how to knit or crochet, come and learn! Bring a
project or just some yarn and a crochet hook!
·
Teens for Christ, Monday mornings in room D112
From the guidance office:
·
AP Registration forms are now available on the school
counseling webpage under the guidance form section. These will need to be
printed, signed, and returned to the guidance department prior to the deadline
of March 14th.
· The
L&N will be hosting a rising junior, dual enrollment, and senior night on March
10th. Rising Junior presentation will begin at 5:30, the Dual
Enrollment session will begin at 6:15, and the Rising senior presentation will
begin at 7pm. All rising juniors, those interested in dual enrollment and
all rising seniors should plan to be there with your parents. Meetings will focus on important information
about the junior/senior year timeline, important dates, college application
process, college entrance testing, etc. We will not be focusing on course
selection at this time because students will be bringing home their course
request sheets to parents in a couple weeks to look over then.
Quote of the day from Woodrow Wilson:
You are not here merely to
make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply,
with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here
to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Practice
L&N Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Design, Innovation,
Inquiry, & Professionalism
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