GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Wednesday, March 2, 2016 – “N” classes
TNReady Testing Schedule*
2015-16 L&N Student Mission – Own it!
School Ops:
·
*Today’s schedule:
o N1: 9:30-11:30 (extended for testing)
o N2: 11:36-12:19 (shortened)
o GH/Lunch: 12:19-1:41 – regular schedule p.m.
·
Hey Gryphons! Its testing week - Wednesday the bookstore
will be selling L&N sweatpants for $10. We challenge the students to wear
their sweatpants in order to "sweat it out" during their testing. The
sweatpants will be available for the remainder of the week every morning before
class and during all lunches.
·
Wondering what your local
STEMpunks have been up to? After six weeks of hard work, they're ready to show
off what they've built. Check out their brand new robot for this year's
competition, Duke of Defenses! https://youtu.be/rdqBdk_a5VU
·
The L&N Science Bowl team (Alec
Bissell, Ben Kaman, Kishan Tailor, Jacob Samar, and Jacob
Siler) competed at the Tennessee Science Bowl on Saturday, 2/27.
The team scored 7 wins and 2 losses, defeated only
by Cedar Springs Homeschool and Oak Ridge High School (who
would later win 1st and 3rd place, respectively). Our team's performance placed
them in the top 8 of 58 teams from across the state. Well done team!
· Its time for us
to select our candidate from the L&N for the CTE Goes Live systemwide talent contest! If you’d like to be considered, send Mrs.
Ashe a link to a video of you performing (YouTube works great). We’ll send a single link to all of the videos
during Advisory period Friday, March 4 (next Friday) so everyone can watch and
cast your votes for our rep to this big contest. Email if you have questions – good luck!
(must be solo acts only – no groups or bands, sorry, that’s CTE contest rules).
· Autumn is the
best time of the year for a trip to NYC!
There will be an interest meeting about our fall break trip to NYC on
NEXT Wednesday, March 9 from 6-7 p.m. The trip will take place Saturday
morning, October 8-Thursday morning, October 13, 2016. We will see: the
Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue, Grand Central Station, Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island, 9/11 Memorial, Greenwich Village,
Soho, Chinatown, Little Italy, the Museum of Modern Art, Central Park & the
Zoo, Times Square, High Line, the American Museum of Natural History/Hayden
Planetarium, a Broadway and an off-Broadway Show. If you are interested, please
answer the survey at: http://goo.gl/forms/rDYWbvQdkX
(If you have
already done this, please DO NOT do it again. Thanks.)
Chaperones will
be Mr. Bell, Mr. Childers, Mr. Crattie, Ms. Ellis, Ms. Morrell and Ms.
Jorgenson.
· REMINDER: Your
$300 balance is DUE if you are going (and have already paid your deposit) to
the National Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. April
13-17. Please bring your payment to Ms. Jorgensen or Ms. Ellis before March 4.
If for any reason, you cannot come, please let us know right away.
Note: Because of
hotel room arrangements we have two additional slots for male students
available on the DC Field Trip. First come, first served. E-mail cheri.jorgenson@knoxschools.org if you decide
to go. Bring your $400 (total cost) and filled out field trip permission form
(attached). Ms. Jorgenson will also be taking a team of art students to explore
the wonderful (and free) art museums. For more information, see http://www.usasciencefestival.org.
· SENIORS: There's only 2 weeks left to pay Senior Dues! Don't
delay! Full dues are $140. See breakdown of price below. Don't
forget your $25 Senior Fee. This is not included in the dues! Dues
and Fees can be brought to Ms. Stanish or Mrs. Brown.
Senior Dues Breakdown: (fee waiver
CANNOT be applied)
1) $50
Yearbook (discounted $20)
2) $40 Prom
ticket (discounted $15)
3) $50 Senior
Luncheon and 10 custom Thank you Cards
Senior Fees: (fee waiver CAN be applied)
$25 for diploma and diploma cover
· On Monday, March
7th, you can support our school and help the community (and so can your
parents!) at our annual MEDIC Blood Drive. Here’s a link to
sign up for your donation time:
There is a form
you need to complete and bring with you on the day of donation. It is attached.
·
Make plans to join us
for a pancake breakfast fundraiser hosted by SGA on Saturday, March 5th,
from 8:30 A.M. to 10 A.M. The fundraiser will be held at the Chili's restaurant
located in North Knoxville at 6635 Clinton Highway. Tickets are $8 for
adults and $4 for children 12 and under. All proceeds from the event will
benefit the Great Starts program at the Helen Ross McNabb Center. Tickets can
be purchased at the door or online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pancake-breakfast-fundraiser-tickets-21053284942?aff=ebrowse. Bring your family and friends and help us
give back to our community!
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
Knox County Youth Health Board is
seeking applicants. The Youth Health
Board is a diverse group of young people from across Knox County. Two reps from each high school will be
accepted. Students who are selected will
be able to explore the field of Public Health and expand their knowledge by
working with numerous health professionals.
Members will work with their community to address issues that they are
passionate about. Deadline to apply is
April 1, 2016. See front office for more
info and applications.
· Current juniors
– are you interested in having a voice in our system? Applications are now open for the Student Rep
on the Knox County School Board. Pick up
an application in the office. Deadline
is March 11.
Quotes
of the day from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Do not go where the path my lead; go
instead where there is not path and leave a trail.
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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