GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, February 27, 2017 – “M”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
EARLY
RELEASE SCHEDULE
School Ops:
·
FRUVED Meeting Monday
2/27/17 in STEM Space at 3:30.
Come be a part of this new student club.
FRUVED
Mission : What is Fruved?! We’re glad you asked! We are a USDA
grant-funded project at 4 universities across the country (University of
Tennessee, University of Florida, West Virginia University, South Dakota State
University). Our study’s goal is help students manage their weight and live
healthier by focusing on three specific areas:
Improving dietary intake
Increasing physical activity
Improving overall stress
management skills
http://fruved.com/ Questions- ask Dr. Bretscher
·
Students - 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.
·
One of our advisory classes
really needs your help in an upcoming hygiene product drive in our school. For
the next two weeks (February
27th through March 9th), we will be collecting items to be donated to KARM
Ministries. Items that are needed include things that you would use on a daily
basis: deodorant, tooth paste, tooth brushes, bar soap, body wash, conditioner,
shampoo, feminine products (tampons and pads), lotion, etc. Please remember
that the items you donate need to be new and unused. Travel sizes and family
sizes are both needed. Any and all donations should be dropped off in the
library. So next time you are at the store, try and pick up a couple of items
off this list, and help someone in our community that is in need. Thank you, in
advance, for your corporation in this project.
·
We know the weather seems to be
turning off warm – please save your short shorts and cold shoulder tops for
spring break! This is a reminder that
all shorts (boys & girls) should come at least to the tips of your fingers
when placed at your side. And there
should be no bare midriffs, backs, or shoulders with straps smaller than 3
fingers wide. Let’s keep it covered up,
folks. When you get dressed – think –
would I want to see a teacher wearing this to teach me? If the answer is “no” – your teachers don’t
need to see you wearing it to learn in their classes! We have plenty of disposable scrub suits
waiting to be worn by those who choose to dress inappropriately!
·
The L&N STEM PTSA is having a T-shirt design contest and we need lots
of entries.... there's a $50 prize for the winning shirt
design!...plus a free T-shirt! T-shirt will be screen printed in 2
colors (max) on a color shirt and have the L&N school crest on the front
left chest. The design will be featured on the back of the
shirt. Design should be something that represents our school or its
culture. The shirts with the winning design
will be made available to our current STEM family as well as incoming freshmen
this Spring.
Please include your name, a brief artist's statement, your
suggested shirt color and two ink colors (black and white count when on a color
shirt). Submissions must be received no later than 11:59
pm, Monday, March 6. Winner will be chosen by the PTSA board of
managers.
· 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.
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
The deadline to apply for the Y-12 FCU Bill T Hicks Scholarship is only a
week away (March 1st). There are
brochures and applications available in the guidance office, at the credit
union pod (when our bank is open), andin the front office. The scholarship is
$1000. To be eligible to apply, students must be a member of Y-12 (membership
applications available at the bank on Friday in case any last minute students
want to open an account to apply), have at least a 2.5 gpa, and must have been
accepted to an accredited 2 or 4 year college.
Applications can be given directly to bank personnel, sent via email, or
mailed to the credit union. We will accept all that have been postmarked by
March 1st.
·
All graduating L&N seniors are encouraged to apply for the Merlin
Scholarship and the The Rebekah Ellis Honorary Scholarship for Service each
worth $1,000. One winner for each will be selected and announced at the
awards night in April. All submissions
must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 7. Follow this link to learn more
about the scholarships, essay prompts and to apply.
Quote
of the day from Viola Davis’ Oscar acceptance speech for Best Supporting
Actress in Fences, 2017:
The single place with the greatest collection of people and potential is
a graveyard.
Which
means - chase your dreams and make them reality because if not, you take all
your potential to the grave and no one benefits!
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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