GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, January 6, 2015
“L” Day Classes
Students – remember 2nd
semester classes are “flipped” so now “L” classes are on Tuesday/Thursday and
“N” classes are M/W/F!
School Ops:
·
If you’re up early Tuesday morning, Jan 6,
go to NASA tv or NASA.gov/multimedia to watch the launch of the SpaceX rocket
carrying our students’ experiment to the International Space Station! Launch is currently “go” at 6:20 a.m.
tomorrow morning from Cape Kennedy!
·
We will be in Advisories for lunch this whole
week. We’ve had to reassign a few
advisories so please check the attached list to see where you should go after 2nd
period today!
·
Tune into your local PBS TV station at 5:30
this Wednesday, Jan. 7 and again on Feb 3 to watch students from the L&N
Scholar’s Bowl Team compete at the 31st annual East TN PBS Scholar’s
Bowl! Go Gryphons!
·
It is flu season and Knoxville is #4 in the
country in reported cases of it! Please
– if you have a fever or other symptoms – stay home and FaceTime in to class or
just log in to Canvas to check in. Don’t
get your classmates and teachers sick by bringing it to school!
·
Congratulations to Erykah
Carter for advancing to the final round of actors who will compete in January
for the Bijou Awards. Erykah is one of 5 young ladies who will compete
live at the Bijou Theater on January 16, at 7 PM. Best of luck to Erykah
as she goes into the final round of acting that offers $1000 to the winner and
$500 to the school.
·
New club forming - D&D
club! Ever wanted to fight mighty dragons? Beat evil necromancers? Want to
become the evil necromancer? Join NOW!!! Starting this week, every
Wednesday, from 4:30-5:30. Campaigns started during Dungeons and
Dragons genius hour may be continued, or new campaigns started. If you
desire to join this club, please respond here https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RF39QHG
·
SGA is sponsoring a
Winter Formal dance on Saturday, Feb 7, 2015 here at the school. The
theme is Winter Wonderland. Will be open to all grades, unlike the
prom. Dress will be semi-formal, which means long dresses/gowns for the
girls and suits for guys – no tuxedos.
Tickets will be $10/single and $18/couple – on sale soon.
Research Ops:
· Next
ACT test date is February 7th. The deadline to register is this Friday,
January 9th. Juniors – stop by guidance to get your voucher to pay for
your test when you register for free! Please
make sure not to miss this important requirement for college admissions!
Community Ops:
· 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 Sally Berger:
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
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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