GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, February 21, 2017 – “L”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School Ops:
·
Students – thanks for the great talent
on display at Open Mic night last Friday!
Knox County CTE holds a
systemwide competition called “CTE Goes Live” in May. It is held in front of a live audience on
Market Square. We need to select our
representative from the L&N. To be
considered, you need to upload a video of you singing – has to be individuals
(no groups) singing (no instrumentals only) – then send Mrs. Ashe the link to
your video. We will send out a ballot
and vote in Advisory on Friday, March 3.
·
Jaylen
Baylock and Alexander
Yarkhan were recently in the News
Sentinel for participating in the Knoxville Chamber's Young Entrepreneurs
Academy. They will be presenting their business ideas to a local panel. Jaylen's project is called Heart-to-Heart, a
community building, story-sharing website. Alexander's is called
RefugeeLikeMe, a website to humanize refugees and raise funds for local refugee
agencies. Congrats to both Gryphons modeling that innovative Gryphon spirit!
·
Ever wonder what it would be like to
travel around the world? What if you could do it in one day? Well it turns out
you can! STEM Around the World is an amazing event where you can come and
explore the continents and try their food! This is all going on February 25th,
but the senior class needs your help! This Friday, February 24th, we need your
help in setting up this event. Please help out if you can!
·
Our Model UN delegations received 3
awards and passed numerous resolutions into General Assembly at this weekend's
VOLMUN II conference.
o Hyatt Christenberry
received Best Delegate for the Economic and Social Committee.
o Haley Folsom
and Gregory Croisdale received
Honorable Mention for Best Delegate in the Social and Humanitarian Committee.
·
Shout out to our talented creative
students! Here are our 2017 Regional Scholastic Art Winners! We had five winners this year!
o Christopher
Sconion won a Gold Key (Drawing).
o Silver Keys were won by: Desiree Dobbins
(Photography), Meliya Evans
(Drawing), and Erin Victorson (Sculpture).
o Austin
Bradley won an Honorable Mention (Mixed Media).
Christopher's
gold award winner will progress to the national level competition. He was the
only Gold Key winner from Knox County Schools.
Way to go!
·
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 – look for them at
lunch today on the plaza to buy tickets – available for anyone, not just sophomores!
· 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.
·
We are in the last week 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:
·
Little
Systers: An Event for High School Girls
Event Date: Saturday, February 25th, 2017 - 10am -
4pm
Location: Dept.
of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Min Kao Building, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville
Little Systers is a free event
for high school girls (9th through 12th grade) to learn the basics about
Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science;
opportunities you could have with these degrees; and how to be successful as a
woman in engineering. During
this event participants will attend many different sessions, lunch will
be provided for participants, no experience is required, and it is completely
free. This event will inform and inspire high school girls
about possibilities for their future! Find out more by clicking
here.
Quote
of the day from Doug Firebaugh:
Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
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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