GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, November 10, 2014
“L” Day Classes
School Ops:
· Our Aquatic
Gryphons won their first swim and dive meet of the season this weekend with
victories over Catholic and CAK.
Swimmers were excellent and divers were undefeated. Go Gryphons!
· Mark your
calendars now – Thanksgiving menu for lunch in the cafeteria on Thursday, Nov
20 (a week from Thursday).
· Don’t forget to
watch the weather and dress appropriately for being outside tomorrow for the
Veterans’ Day Parade. You will go to 1st
period for an hour then report to your Advisory. You will walk with your Advisory class to a
designated viewing site and return to school in time for lunch. This is
not required and you or your parents may opt out of it. Those who do not
go will remain supervised in the Commons Area for quiet study. Students
will go to 1st period then to the parade. You will return to
Genius Hour then 2 – 4th periods. Those with SOSE and DE need
to adjust accordingly. A schedule for Tuesday is at the end of this
briefing.
· FYI – the
pedestrian walkway over Henley St is scheduled to be closed for three
months. Just please use extra caution
when crossing the main thoroughfare!
· Morning
supervised make-up sessions – come to room 214 in the Station from 8:00 – 9:15,
every Wednesday and Friday morning for quiet study space or to make-up
prearranged work for your classes. Keep
in mind that this grading period ends next Monday, Nov 17!
Research Ops:
· Attention Sophomores: You’ll be receiving test results from the
PLAN test you took in October in your 4th block tomorrow
(Tuesday). Please be sure these make it
home to parents and then mark your calendars to have your parents come to a test-information
night this Thursday, 11/13, from 5:30 – 6:30, in the Commons to learn what the
scores tell us.
Community Ops:
· STUDENTS NEEDED
TO HELP GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK on Saturday, November 22nd!
Students, recent graduates, and their families are needed to participate in
our next Student Volunteer Day! Parent/teacher participation is NOT
REQUIRED for college & high school students. Please join us Saturday,
November 22 for a bird monitoring project (RSVP for logistics)! There will be
more Student Volunteer Day opportunities next spring! ALL INTERESTED
PARTICIPANTS MUST RSVP PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION! This is needed to make an
accurate count for tools, etc. Once we have received an RSVP, we will add
you to our list, and then forward all participants any necessary logistical
information about the Volunteer Day. Please
contact Emily Guss ( Emily_Guss@nps.gov
, 865-436-1713).
Projects include joining Park Rangers,
scientists, and educators in collecting scientific field data such as
salamander monitoring, tree identification and mapping, and water quality
assessments or participating in a service project such as trail building,
stream restoration, and clean-ups. Projects usually last 3-4 hours. These Student
Volunteer Days can be counted as community service hours!
All students must have filled out the Volunteer Agreement Form prior
to participation! If student is under 18, a parent/guardian must sign the
form! These forms only need to be filled out once, even if participating
in multiple events. If needed, please request form when contacting for
reservation.
· 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
Quote of the day from David Brinkley:
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks
others have thrown at him.
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)
Schedule for Veterans Day,
Tuesday, Nov 11
9:30 –
10:25 1st block
10:30 meet with
Advisories, walk to parade viewing site
12:19 –
1:41 Genius Hour – same schedule as usual
1:41 – 2:36
2nd block
2:41 –
3:36 3rd block
3:41 –
4:30 4th block
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