Sunday, April 30, 2017

5-1-17 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, May 1, 2017 – “M” day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
Testing today – Biology, Chemistry (all in M2), Alg 1 & 2 & Geometry (M4), AP Chem, APES, AP Psych

School Ops:
·      Notice special schedule today for testing.  Read below carefully to see where you should go for M2 and if your class is being displaced.  Please be very quiet in Depot hallways due to AP testing happening in D120.

·         Congrats to our Ultimate Frisbee team for winning the Knox Youth Ultimate City Tournament this weekend!  Way to represent!!

·         Seniors: We will be having one last Social on Tuesday, May 16. It will be held at a "Party Barn" where there will be lit up basketball courts and fields for football, soccer, ultimate, etc. Food and drinks will be provided. All students, please note that this is not a school sponsored event, but rather just a senior social.  The address is 655 N. East End Rd. Strawberry Plains, TN 37871.   If you are planning on going, please fill out the google doc below.   https://goo.gl/forms/sEsjZFjfVUFfkVxC3

·      Film Festival Call for Entries:  Entries are now open for the first annual L&N STEM Academy Film Festival! We are accepting entries for all films made by STEM Academy students from ANY year that you were enrolled here (graduates included). The film or films that you choose to submit can be anything ranging from a journalism piece to a short film to a documentary and more. If your film is outside the scope of the categories listed on the submission form, please list it under the “other” category.  

You may submit any amount of films that you choose. Your submissions will then be juried by a panel of judges made up of your peers and teachers. If selected to show at the festival, your film will automatically be nominated for our selection of awards that will be announced during the festival. The due date for entries is May 5th. The festival will be held on May 18th in the commons immediately following the spring play on the plaza (7 PM).  Submission Link:

·      Big shout out to Jaylen Foster , who was named MVP of field events at the Blue Ridge Classic track meet last weekend in Asheville, NC!  There were over 100 teams competing from around our region.  We also had several school and individual records set at this meet!!

·      Attention Seniors and Senior Parents!  The PTSA is sponsoring an interfaith baccalaureate service for graduating seniors and their families. This year's service will be held on Sunday, May 7, at 3pm at Immaculate Conception Church located at 414 West Vine Street.  The service is free of charge and promises to provide an uplifting ceremony for all religious backgrounds as we celebrate our graduates.  Students are asked to wear their graduation cap and gown.  Honors collars and club sashes typically worn with the gowns during graduation will not be worn during this service.  

·      The L&N Stem Academy staff and faculty will be honoring the 2017 graduates and their families at their annual senior reception.  This year's reception will be held at the school on Sunday, May 7 at 4pm.  All seniors and their families are encouraged to attend. 

·      Show your school spirit by for voting for our school in the School Spirit Contest.  The school with the most votes wins $2500. Tell your family and friends to vote, too! http://www.knoxnews.com/search/school%20spirit%20challenge/

Community  & Guidance Ops:
·      Shout out to Catherine Long for winning a Dean’s Scholarship and financial package that equal a full ride at the College of Wooster!  She also made the college’s softball team!  Way to go Cat!

·      As structures are being removed in Elkmont (in the Smokies), we need volunteers to help plant approximately 500 trees on May 13th from 11-3.  The event is geared mainly towards students and will count towards service hours if needed for Tennessee Promise.  More information attached.

·      Congratulations to LEXI Jones (note name correction from Friday), who was accepted into UTK’s BETS (Business Education for Talented Students) summer residential program for 2017!

Quote of the day from William James:
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one through over another.

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, Silver Medal 2017, Newsweek’s Top 500 “Beating the Odds” school

MONDAY schedule reminder:

TODAY’S TESTS

Modified Bell Schedule:
M1: 9:30-10:30
M2: 10:35-12:15 — EXTENDED FOR CHEM/BIO TESTING
M3: 12:19-2:05
M4: 2:10-3:30 — MATH TESTING

M2: Biology and Chemistry (Paper Testing): 75 min – students look for your class and last name below to see where to report for M2 testing in Biology and Chemistry

Subject
Last Names
Room #
Biology
Ahmad-Ellis
202
Biology
Eshleman-Kerr
203
Biology
Kilby-Rioux
205
Biology
Ritch-Younger
207
Chemistry
Aiken-Carter
213
Chemistry
Chapin-Griffin
214
Chemistry
Guinn-Logan
216
Chemistry
Lowe-Shafer
221
Chemistry
Sharp-Yarkhan
222

For Non-Testers ONLY:
  • Displaced Classes:
(NOTE: AP Exam testing in D120)
    • Crattie’s Research Lab (20) meet in Commons
    • Waxmonsky’s Research Lab (23) meet in D116
    • Fannon’s Research Lab (22) meet in Commons
    • Mangone’s Research Lab (24) meet in Commons
    • Stanish’s APHUG (16) meet in Commons
    • Brown’s APLIT (29) meet in D121
    • Grigg’s APGOV (27) meet in Commons
    • Robbins’ RTI (13) to Media Center

  • All other classes meet in their scheduled rooms.



Thursday, April 27, 2017

4-28-17 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Friday, April 28, 2017 – “N” day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
Testing today – Algebra 1 & 2, part 1; Geometry, part 1
No calculators on today’s tests!

School Ops:
·      Hey students!  Are you interested in politics?  Do you have questions about running for and serving in our state legislature?  Come to the STEM space (after checking in with your Advisory teacher) TODAY, at 12:20, to meet and hear TN Senator Becky Duncan Massey.  She will speak for about 20 minutes then take questions for another 20.  Come meet and greet!

·         Seniors: We will be having one last Social on Tuesday, May 16. It will be held at a "Party Barn" where there will be lit up basketball courts and fields for football, soccer, ultimate, etc. Food and drinks will be provided. All students, please note that this is not a school sponsored event, but rather just a senior social.  The address is 655 N. East End Rd. Strawberry Plains, TN 37871.   If you are planning on going, please fill out the google doc below.   https://goo.gl/forms/sEsjZFjfVUFfkVxC3

·      Film Festival Call for Entries:  Entries are now open for the first annual L&N STEM Academy Film Festival! We are accepting entries for all films made by STEM Academy students from ANY year that you were enrolled here (graduates included). The film or films that you choose to submit can be anything ranging from a journalism piece to a short film to a documentary and more. If your film is outside the scope of the categories listed on the submission form, please list it under the “other” category.  

You may submit any amount of films that you choose. Your submissions will then be juried by a panel of judges made up of your peers and teachers. If selected to show at the festival, your film will automatically be nominated for our selection of awards that will be announced during the festival. The due date for entries is May 5th. The festival will be held on May 18th in the commons immediately following the spring play on the plaza (7 PM).  Submission Link:

·      Big shout out to Jaylen Foster , who was named MVP of field events at the Blue Ridge Classic track meet last weekend in Asheville, NC!  There were over 100 teams competing from around our region.  We also had several school and individual records set at this meet!!

·      All students, this week and next, stop by the Media Center between 12:45 and 1:40 to hear our Senior Out of School Experience students talk about their experiences this year. Student will be delivering their SOSE Capstone Presentations for the next two weeks, and you're invited. You may come anytime during the second and third lunch, but please enter quietly, close the door behind you, and find a seat so you don't interrupt an ongoing presentation.

·      What are you having for dinner TONIGHT...?   Please help our L&N STEM Academy TSA Chapter by eating at the Fountain City Chipotle (4829 N. Broadway) and showing them the attached flyer or telling them your supporting our TSA. Chipotle will give our chapter 50% of the proceeds if you tell them you're supporting us!

·      A huge congratulations to the L&N STEMpunks FIRST Robotics team! They won the Imagery Award at the Houston World Championships this past weekend, in the Galileo-Roebling Division, over 130 plus teams. Across all six divisions, there were more than 400 teams with over 28,000 participants were in attendance at the Houston Championships, from all over the world. Way to represent on an international scale, STEMpunks!! Other East TN FRC teams in attendance at Houston this past week included: Secret City Wildbots (of Oak Ridge High School), HVA RoHAWKtics (of Hardin Valley Academy), Flagship (of Farragut High School), and Team FTW (of South Doyle High School).


·      Attention Seniors and Senior Parents!  The PTSA is sponsoring an interfaith baccalaureate service for graduating seniors and their families. This year's service will be held on Sunday, May 7, at 3pm at Immaculate Conception Church located at 414 West Vine Street.  The service is free of charge and promises to provide an uplifting ceremony for all religious backgrounds as we celebrate our graduates.  Students are asked to wear their graduation cap and gown.  Honors collars and club sashes typically worn with the gowns during graduation will not be worn during this service.  

·      The L&N Stem Academy staff and faculty will be honoring the 2017 graduates and their families at their annual senior reception.  This year's reception will be held at the school on Sunday, May 7 at 4pm.  All seniors and their families are encouraged to attend. 

·      Show your school spirit by for voting for our school in the School Spirit Contest.  The school with the most votes wins $2500. Tell your family and friends to vote, too! http://www.knoxnews.com/search/school%20spirit%20challenge/

Community  & Guidance Ops:
·      Shout out to Catherine Long for winning a Dean’s Scholarship and financial package that equal a full ride at the College of Wooster!  Way to go Cat!

·      As structures are being removed in Elkmont (in the Smokies), we need volunteers to help plant approximately 500 trees on May 13th from 11-3.  The event is geared mainly towards students and will count towards service hours if needed for Tennessee Promise.  More information attached.

·      Congratulations to LEXI Jones (note name correction from Friday), who was accepted into UTK’s BETS (Business Education for Talented Students) summer residential program for 2017!

·      The Knoxville Area Urban League is taking applications for the National Achievers Society.  The program is open to rising 10th-12th students of color, who have a 3.0 GPA.  Applications are in Guidance.  The deadline is TODAY, April 28, 2017.

Quote of the day from Yoda:
Do or do not.  There is no try. 

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

FRIDAY schedule reminder:

TODAY’S TESTS

Block
Subject
Teacher
Room #
N1
Geometry
Signore
222
N2
Algebra 2
Pariseau
221
N3
Algebra 2
Waxmonsky
202
N3
Geometry
Blamer
203
N3
Algebra 1
Signore
222
N3
Make-ups
45 min Subtests
221
N4
Geometry
Blamer
D113
N4
Algebra 1
Signore
222
N4
Algebra 2
Pariseau
202
Accommodations N1/N2 Green Room and War Room