GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, February 14, 2017 – “L”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School Ops:
· And
MORE Gryphons are headed to Governor’s Schools this summer. Shout outs and congrats to:
o Trinity Terry
for joining Ben Boney at the
Governor’s School for the Arts, and
o Anna Ward
for getting into the Governor’s School for Scientific Exploration of TN
Heritage and
o Nick Duncan accepted
for the Governor’s School for Computational Physics!
Let
us hear from you when you get your acceptance letters, please!
·
BIG congrats to our STEM swim & dive
team, which finished 4th place in the High School
State Swim and Dive Championships (TISCA). There
were over 100 teams represented at the meet.
L&N STEM State
Champions:
o Jacob Siler -
Men’s 1M Diving - Diver of the Year!
o Alex Hines –
Men’s 200 Individual Medley and 100
Breaststroke
o Emily Bretscher –
Women’s 1M Diving - Diver of the
Year!
Other
STEM state Finalists: Nick Cassell, Eddie
Ceausu, Mike Cho, Daniel Eshleman, Sydney
Goodman, Macy Hudson, Ethan Marsh, Abigail
Rumpp , Ethan Sanders, and Lindsey
Sanders. Way to go Gryphons! See the team (most of them) picture below!
·
Girls – our school is taking a field trip
to the "Introducing a Girl to Engineering" conference in Oak Ridge on
Thursday February 23rd leaving around 11 and returning before the busses at
4:30. Only cost to participate is your lunch. Any girls that are interested just need to
see or contact either Mrs. Signore or Mrs. Pariseau.
·
The
Gryphon Bookstore's hottest new item is an insulated travel mug. These
stainless steel tumblers keep hot
drinks hot and cold drinks cold.
Limited Supply - $9.00
· The yearbook still needs your baby
pictures! Bring the hard copies into Ms. Brown as soon as possible and
we will return them to you as soon as we’re done copying them. You can email
the digital copies to misty.brown@knoxschools.org or upload them to the ReplayIt app.
Thank you for your help
·
Come join the fun at Open Mic Night on
February 17th from 6pm- 9pm. The SGA encourages everyone to come out and
support your peers as they perform. If you would like to sign up to perform,
here is a link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f49adac2ba7ff2-open.
UPDATE: Everyone who wants perform needs to sign up by February 10th.
Admission is free and you can buy treats to support the SGA! Hope to see you
there!
· We are in the last month of yearbook
sales! You have until Friday, February 24th to order yours for $70- after that,
we MAY have a limited number of copies available for purchase on distribution
day for $80, but order yours ASAP to make sure you get a copy!
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
Girls – you are
invited to expand your understanding of a career in Engineering at the 2nd
Biennial WomEngineers Day at UT campus on April 22. Check out details and register (for free) at http://womengineersday.org .
Quote
of the day from Napolean Hill:
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Practice
L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical Thinking, Collaboration,
Innovation, Inquiry, & Design
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of
Distinction, US News & World Report
Gold Medal 2016, Newsweek’s Top 500
“Beating the Odds” school
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| Swim/Dive Team - 4th place finish at TN Championship! |
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