GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Thursday, February 16, 2017 – “L”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School Ops:
· We’re
proud to announce the Knox County PTA winners in the annual Reflections
competition:
o Kate Jolly
(1st place), and Nina Klein
(2nd place) in Dance Choreography
o Mahogany James
(1st), Cinna Lockhart (2nd)
in Film Production
o Joanna Reed
(1st), Philip Shaffer and
Kendyl Nicely (Honorable Mention) in
Photography
o Trinity Terry
(1st), Abigail Rumpp (2nd),
and
Niquelle Mase (3rd) in
Visual Art
o David Krepps
– who won a Jablonski Family Memorial Scholarship for college!
· Come
on out to February's SOPHMORE CLASS Social @ the Knoxville Ice Bears game on Saturday,
February 25th at 7:30pm. We have been able to reserve an L&N section of
seating, tickets will be sold starting tomorrow for $14. Ticket price includes
a voucher for free hat! Please see a Sophomore class board member to get more
information!
·
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. Admission
is free and you can buy treats to support the SGA! Hope to see you there!
· And
MORE Gryphons are headed to Governor’s Schools this summer. Shout outs and congrats to:
o Four
students have been accepted to the Governor's School for the Arts: Lucy
Drinnen (film), Trinity
Terry (visual art), Ben Boney and Christina Varnes (both
in music).
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!
·
Blind Date with a Book is back! (Wednesday 2/15
to Tuesday 2/21)
Whether you had the perfect Valentine's Day
or not, visit our school library for another opportunity to fall in
love! Seriously, don't judge a book by its cover. Select a
wrapped book by reading the personal ads attached to it. Stop by the
library to see if you'll be lucky in love!
·
What do Anne Hathaway, Barack Obama,
Usher, Walter Payton and Tim Childers have in common? They sang
in their high school choir! Any students interested in participating
in a choir at L&N for the 2017-2018 school year should fill out
this form to be added to an email list by February 28. https://goo.gl/forms/8ZCbp7Qz9kDz6zZG3
Auditions for Ensemble will be in March.
· 
The Gryphon Bookstore's hottest new
item is an insulated travel mug.
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
· 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 Albert Einstein:
I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.
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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