GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Thursday, December 7, 2017 – L-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
· Plan to join us for our music program
Winter Concerts – free admission!
o Choral Music: Tonight (Thurs), 12/7, 7:00 p.m., Immaculate
Conception Church, 404 W Vine Avenue
o Instrumental Music: Fri, 12/8, 7:00 p.m., Knoxville Convention
Center Auditorium
·
Don’t forget to turn in the Student Information
Sheet you received in Advisory class on Friday. If all the information is
correct, just have your parents sign and return. If needed, make
corrections, have your parents sign and return to the front office.
Students may not sign their own sheet, even if you are 18.
· Going
on through Dec 18th: L&N projectU is sponsoring a Holiday Food Drive
to donate food baskets to students in need within our school, students in
the KCS community & other organizations! Our goal is to put together
at least 10 food baskets or more. Donation containers are in the Commons area
& contributions of $1.00 each will help to purchase a ham or turkey for
each basket. Your Club or Organization can also donate an entire basket or two!
A $50 donation will purchase all food items including the turkey or ham for
each basket. Look for Club/Organization donation information in the
Commons drop-off area and make your contribution donation before December 18th!
· Our Key
Club is participating in two projects and needs YOUR help collecting
items!
1) Toiletries
Drive for Beaumont Magnet Academy's
local community--We've learned that many public assistance programs don't
cover hygiene products for those in need. We're working with Beaumont
Magnet Academy to collect all hygiene products but especially
shampoo, soap, hand or body lotion, antiperspirant/deodorant,
and feminine products. Any sizes and quantities are welcome (including
travel size)! Please drop them off in the collection bin in the Bookstore
Hallway.
2) Plastic
Grocery Bags Collection: We'll be collecting disposable
shopping bags all year to create lightweight sleeping mats to
distribute to our homeless community. (Here's a video if you're interested.) Each mat requires
about 700 disposable shopping bags (what you'd get from Wal-Mart or a grocery
store). Please drop off your extra bags in the collection bin in
the Bookstore Hallway.
Community & Guidance Ops:
· Seniors we are almost there! 70%
of you have completed your FAFSA. Ask your friends if they have – let’s
reach 100% before end of the semester, because friends don’t let friends lose
money by missing the FAFSA deadline!!
Quote of the day from Thomas D. Wilhite:
Let your life mean something.
Become an inspiration to others so that they may try to do more and to
become more than they are today.
Practice
L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical Thinking, Collaboration,
Innovation, Inquiry, & Design
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of
Distinction, 3 time - US News & World
Report medalist – Silver 2017, Gold 2016, Bronze 2015, 3 time - Newsweek’s Top 500 American High Schools
2015 – 17, TN Reward School (3 times)