GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, March 20, 2017 – “M”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
Early Release Schedule
School Ops:
·
Congratulations to Claire
Menefee (senior class) who won a scholarship from AFS. This summer, Claire will join other winners
in traveling to Guatemala to implement a sustainability-focused project
involving educating children about their environmental impact. Way to go, Claire!
·
Watch for a separate email
tomorrow with your activities for Tuesday, March 21. These are the ones you signed up for via
email survey from Mr. Bell the week before spring break. If you did not answer your email, you were
placed in an activity, you will not be able to switch activities – lesson: read
your emails daily!
·
Students: Did
you receive a packet that you are eligible to apply for NHS membership this
spring? Don’t forget – deadline is
tomorrow, Monday, 3/20, at 9:30 a.m.
Don’t be late!
·
You have until midnight, Monday
night, to help our TSA team beat Farragut’s SGA in a video contest that could
net them $500 to help get to nationals.
Go here and follow directions to vote: https://www.facebook.com/KnoxACTprep/?pnref=story
·
Do you love to eat, shop
or read? Do you need a gift for spring, graduation, Mother's day or
just because? You should check out the L&N Choir Online Store! It
will be open through this Friday, March 24. You shop and pay online
then it will be delivered straight to your door! Help them raise money for
the choral program to purchase new music! Here is the link: http://www.pepperfundraising.com/program/lnmusic
·
Big congrats to our L&N
STEMpunks FIRST Robotics team! They
won the Imagery Award for aesthetics in engineering and team marketing at the
Miami Regional tournament the first weekend of spring break. They were also invited, for the first time in
school history, to compete at the National FIRST Robotics tournament, which will
be held in Houston later this spring.
Way to go STEMpunks!
·
Did you go to a beach over
spring break? Did you remember to bring
back sand for the Geology class? Don’t
forget to drop them off in the office labeled with where they are from! Thank you for helping our Geology students
study sand and soil composition from other places!
·
Students, parents, and teachers,
mark your calendars to give the "gift of life" and participate in our
MEDIC blood drive on Monday, March 27th. Students 16 and over are
eligible to participate. If you're 16 and 120 lbs you may donate
with parental consent. (Please use the form attached to the mission
briefings or come pick one up from Ms. Ellis in the Media Center.)
Seventeen year olds who weigh 110 lbs or more may participate as well and ALSO
need consent this time. (Please be aware that all students 16 and 17 will
need to turn in a parent consent form this time because of a temporary rule
change with MEDIC.) Note: EVERYONE donating
blood must have ID with them as well as a list of medications if
appropriate. Giving blood will take more
than the 15 minutes indicated by the time slot. The time slot is used to
indicate when you should come to sign in with the MEDIC staff. Make sure you share
your plans to donate blood with your teacher if you have a scheduled class
during this time. Please encourage
your family and friends to contribute during our blood drive. By
donating blood, you'll be helping our community, as well as our school,
because MEDIC donates money to our school for each pint of blood
collected. Here's the link to sign
up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0E4BADA623A20-spring
·
THIS SATURDYA! Make plans to join us for a pancake breakfast
hosted by the Student Government Association on Saturday, March 25th,
from 8:30 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. The event will be held at the Chili’s
restaurant located in West Knoxville at 7304 Kingston Pike. Tickets are $8
for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. All proceeds benefit the
Great Starts program, a service of the Helen Ross McNabb Center providing
integrated substance abuse and mental health services to recovering pregnant
and parenting women. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online here. Bring your family and friends and help us give back to our
community!
· Juniors – its time to apply to be the student
representative to next year’s Knox County School Board! Student must be a rising senior in good
standing. Application is attached.
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
Will you be at least 16 years
old this summer? Do you like to be
outdoors? Would you like to have a paid
summer internship to build your resume while earning a little cash, and serving
wildlife in the process? Apply for One
of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park summer internships available. Flyer and application attached.
·
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 George Bernard Shaw:
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are, I don’t
believe in circumstances. The people who
get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances
they want. And if they can’t find them,
make them.
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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