GRYPHON ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Friday, October 24, 2014
“L” Day Classes
Early Release Schedule
School Announcements/happenings:
· Our athletes
continue to set school records – our first team to qualify for state
championships is our Girls Cross Country,
who placed 3rd in Region 1A-AA yesterday! Laura
Bretscher was 2nd place as an individual, and Brooke Foster was 13th –
placing both of them on the All-region team for Cross Country! Way to go runnin’ Gryphons!!
· Attention
Juniors and Seniors: A representative from the Pellissippi State Theater
Department at will be in the counseling office today at the beginning of Genius Hour. If you are interested
in attending PSCC and learning more about the Tennessee Promise, report to the
counseling office at 12:19.
· Big congrats to
the following student and coach who all made L&N history by being the first
all-district athletes and first coach of they year – Abbey Morgan, Jacob Samar, Nick Barnard were named to the
All-District Golf teams (girls & boys, respectively), Chris Kleinschmidt was named District MVP, and Coach Waxomsky was named boys’ golf coach of the year! Way to go and congratulations to all of you!!
· Sophomores and
Seniors – Josten’s will be back for last chance deposits on Monday, Oct 27!
· Are you a high
school girl interested in learning more about engineering? If so,
come spend the day with us, the Society of Women Engineers! Join
us at UT for "Tomorrow's Engineers Today ,"
on Nov 8th from 9AM-3PM for a day full of
engineering experiments, learning about the profession, and talking with
students and professionals. Registration is
open through today http://tet-fall-2014.eventbrite.com . Please
contact rkimberlin13@gmail.com or the Women
in STEM group here at school for more information!
· Spirit week is
next week!
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Monday – ‘Murica Day
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Tuesday – pep rally and class color war day
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Wednesday – Twin Day
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Thursday – Throwback Thursday
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Friday –Fandom Friday – be a fan girl/boy for the day!
Buy your dance tickets for the “Light the Night”
dance on Saturday, Nov 1, from 7:00 – 10:00 in our Commons. Tickets on sale at lunch everyday, $8 for
single, $14 for couple. ALSO – support your class by buying spirit links at
lunch, they are 25 cents each. All
monies go towards your class graduation fees.
Length of chains will factor into spirit week winning class
competition. Support your class!
· L & N STEM
3rd annual school-wide National History Day competition will be January 30,
2015. It is time to mark your calendar now and begin work on a
project for the topic "Leadership and Legacy in History"
. You are welcome to compete even if your teacher does not require a
project! The website for National
History Day has all the details. See Mrs. Robbins if you have
questions.
Opportunities to be active:
· The
Knoxville Football Club (soccer) is proud to announce the inaugural “Crush 4K”
that will take place on November 8th at Lakeshore Park. The aim of this race is
to provide a great opportunity for our players, parents, friends, and the
running community of Knoxville to support the Knoxville Football Club in their
effort to promote fitness, a healthy lifestyle, and support this non-profit
club in their goal of raising funds. For more information go to http://www.knoxvillefootballclub.org/home/837869.html
· Volunteers are
being sought for next spring’s Llama Races to be held again in World’s Fair
Park. Many positions are available and they are seeking volunteers.
Call 865-690-3323, or email aketron@casadesara.org or lsantoro@casadesara.org
From the Guidance Office:
· All seniors are
encouraged to sign up for TN Promise (even as a backup plan). Deadline is Nov 1 to sign up. Find more information at http://tnpromise.gov
Clubs and reminders:
· The eLemeNtal
Literary Magazine: Access our e-publication here: http://www.lntole.com/featured-student.html Want to be
featured or included in the next issue? Next issue’s theme is “Winter
Wonderland”. Students are invited to submit their work to lntole.stem@gmail.com
· Every summer has
it's story... and we want to hear yours! Please send in your fun filled summer
photos and what you did to s942827@student.knoxschools.org for a
chance to be in the Yearbook! Also, if you worked or volunteered over the
summer, please email s896132@student.knoxschools.org a
description of what you did and some awesome photos.
Community
happenings:
· An organization
that promotes aviation safety and youth in aviation, the EAA, is hosting a
banquet with an extremely accomplished astronaut and aviator, Robert “Hoot”
Gibson on Saturday, November 15 at noon. He’s
flown the space shuttle 5 times as either crew or commander, raced at Reno, and
had over 300 “traps” – the term for landing on a carrier where the tailhook has
to trap an arresting cable or the plane and pilot go swimming.
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Doors open at 11:30 AM
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Where: Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall
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5806 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
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Cost: $24.00 Adults, $20.00 18 and under.
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Door prizes, including a ride in Waco Bi-plane
Quote of the day from Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Practice
L&N Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Design, Innovation,
Inquiry, & Professionalism
L&N STEM
Academy – TN’s First Apple School of Distinction, 2-time TN Reward School for
Performance (2012 – 2014)
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