GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Wednesday, February 3, 2016 – “N” classes
2015-16 L&N Student Mission – Own it!
School Ops:
·
Prom tickets for the Junior/Senior Prom are available for purchase
during lunch. Single tickets are $50 and a couple tickets are $90 until
February 29.
After that there is another price increase - so get your tickets now!
Theme: A
Red Carpet Romance Location: Gettysvue Country Club
Date: Saturday,
April 23, 2016 Time: 7-11 pm
·
Congratulations to L&N Advanced Art student and NAHS member Abigail
Rumpp for winning first place in the high school division and the Grand
Prize in the Tennessee Youth Art Month (YAM) flag design competition! Her
design will be used to create the flag representing Tennessee at the National
Art Education Convention in Chicago in March (Youth Art Month). In addition,
she, a parent and Ms. Jorgenson, will be flown to NYC this summer for an award
ceremony and tour of art museums. In addition, Abigail and our art department
will receive art supplies provided by Sargent Art, the competition's
sponsor. Well done Abigail!!
·
Help the Senior Class
raise money and plan on inviting everyone you know to the STEM Around the World
event, Saturday, Feb 27, from 12:00 – 4:00.
See the attached flyer for more info.
·
The Science Bowl
team (Alec Bissell, Ben Kaman, Jacob Samar, Jacob Siler, and Kishan
Tailor) placed 2nd of 10 teams at the Oak Ridge Invitational last Saturday,
narrowly being defeated by Farragut in the championship round. They
will compete again at the state tournament on February 27. Good luck!
·
Congratulations to the
following students who have been invited to participate in UT Physics Dept
first ever student Open House. They only
invited 13 from across our entire county – and L&N has more than half the
seats! “Way to go” to : Emily Chapin,
Thomas Coppock, Jolie Fogel, Ben Kaman, Julia Pavon, Joanna Reed, Ethan Ritch, and
Jacob Samar.
·
Governor’s School
programs are starting to announce acceptance:
Congrats and best wishes to each of the following students announced so
far: Chloe Taylor, School for Science, Kishan Tailor, School for
Engineering, Emily Chapin, School for Engineering! As more of you get your acceptance letters,
please let your counselors know so we can recognize your achievements!
·
Our robotics team, the
L&N STEMpunks, will be selling new 2016 shirts in the commons this week!
Shirts are $20 and help the team pay for their $9000
competition registration fees and $5000 robot! You can also email
Daniel Bueckman at: daniel@lnstempunks.org
if you want a shirt. Shirt design at
bottom of announcements.
·
The L&N STEM PTSA is having a T-shirt design contest and we need
lots of entries.... there's a $50 prize for the winning shirt
design!...plus a free T-shirt! T-shirt
will have the L&N school crest on the front left chest, so the design will
be for the back of the shirt. Design
should be something that represents our school or it’s culture.
· no more than 2
colors of ink (white counts as a color if the shirt is not white)
· color of the
T-shirt is up to the designer so please state your color on the entry
· deadline is
February, 8th, 2016
Community & Guidance Ops:
· Leadership Knoxville is
seeking applicants for the 2016-17 Youth Leadership Class. Must be a current sophomore to be
eligible. Find out more about the
program at www.leadershipknoxville.com/programs-services/youth-leadership-knoxville. Email Mrs. Ashe if you’re
interested in applying. Deadline is Friday, Feb 26th.
Quotes
of the day from Napoleon Hill:
When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman
powers to achieve.
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 – 2015)
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