GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Wednesday, April 19, 2017 – “N”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
State Exam Testing (English and US
History in regularly scheduled classes - see at bottom)
School Ops:
·
TESTING DISPLACEMENTS
TODAY: If you are in the following
classes your regular room is being used for testing. Report as listed below for today only:
o
Robbins' N1 AP Euro to
Media Center
o
Pariseau's N2 Alg 2 to Commons
o
Wang's N3 Chinese to Media
Center
·
Students – when you look at the
testing schedule each day it is there to remind you what subjects are
testing. We will only change the
schedule to test large groups at once on Monday, May 1. You should keep going to all your regular classes
at the regular time. If your class is
listed, it means you will take a portion of a state EOC that day in that class.
·
Congratulations to Christina
Varnes! She made the Governors
School for Voice for this summer!
Gryphons just keep achieving!!
·
Mark your calendars for next
Friday, April 28, go eat at the Chipotle’s on N Broadway (Fountain City)
between 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Tell them
you’re supporting L&N’s TSA and 50% of what you buy will go to our TSA
team! See the flyer attached for more
info and come out and support!
·
Don’t miss our choral music
concert this Thursday, April 20, at 7:00 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church,
414 W Vine Ave. Admission is free!
·
Friday, April 21 our PTSA invites
everyone to come to the dinner and silent auction here in our Commons! Doors open at 5:30, dinner (from Gondolier –
spaghetti w/marinara or meat sauce, salad, bread sticks, dessert) from 6:00 –
7:00. Auction closes at 7:30. Tickets can be purchased at https://squareup.com/store/l-and-n-stem-academy-ptsa/ for $12 adults & $8 kids 18 and under. Prices increase $2 each at the door.
·
This Saturday, April 22nd
SGA will be hosting a Spring Clean Up Day at school from 8 am - 12 pm. Come
help plant flowers, mulch, and beautify our school!
·
Sophomores: While your parents attend
our PTSA dinner and auction – come out for Laser tag Class social Friday, April
21 at 7:00 pm at Laser Quest Knoxville. A regular game is $8.50 and the number
of games played is up to player discretion but the plan is for 2 games.
·
After you go to the PTSA dinner,
you can go see Covalence, made up of L&N students, Carter Manson, Tad
Long, Harrison Hammett, and Gregory Croisdale at The Open Chord this
Friday, April 21. Doors open at 7:00
and the show starts at 8:00. Two other bands will be playing before us,
Jackknife Stilletto and Abisha Uhl. We should go on stage at around 9:45
and will be playing for an hour and 45 minutes. It's a 90s grunge show,
so they'll be playing songs from the 90s. All-ages are welcome. Tickets
are $5.00 in advance or at the door. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time at
the following link: https://www.openchordmusic.com/new-events/2017/4/21/90s-grunge-night For questions, we can be reached
at https://www.facebook.com/CovalenceKnoxville/ or email carteramanson@gmail.com
·
The L&N Bookstore is looking
for new staff members! The bookstore is a great opportunity to gain valuable
customer service skills and volunteer hours. Applications will be available
outside of the bookstore, so please stop by and pick one up!
·
Hey students! Have you noticed the
new green screen wall on the 2nd floor of the Depot building? It is in the vestibule outside the STEM
Space. We put it there for you to
exercise your creativity. If you post a
picture on Twitter or Instagram using it please tag the school @LNSTEMAC or
#LNgreenscreen so we can collect them!
Let your imagination take you everywhere with it!
·
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/
·
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. This promises to be an uplifting ceremony as we kick-off
the many graduation-related activities for the class of 2017.
·
The L&N Stem Academy staff and faculty will be honoring the 2017
graduates at their annual senior reception. This year's reception will be
held at the school on Sunday, May 7 at 4pm. Again, all
seniors and their families are encouraged to attend.
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
Looking for summer work? Here’s 2 opportunities!
o
Rita’s Italian Ice on Market
Square is looking for hourly help. See
the attachment “recruitment letter” for more info and how to apply.
o
The Knoxville Teachers Federal
Credit Union is looking for a rising senior to work this summer and through
next school year at the Hall of Fame location.
Starts at $8.50/hour. You won’t
be handling money, mostly clerical stuff.
Email Mrs. Ashe if you’re interested in applying.
·
More kudos to students earning
prestigious summer placements! Ethan
Duckworth was accepted into the Operation Catapult Honors Seminar at
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. in Indiana; and Sydney Juhl was accepted at
the LIM College lab program for fashion-related business in NYC. She
received a scholarship to attend.
·
Congratulations to senior Grace Smith – she was just selected as a Furman
Scholar –making her eligible for multiple scholarships if she attends there!
·
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 April 28, 2017.
·
Interested in taking Driver’s Ed over the summer? Knox County Schools is offering classes at 2
locations. Go here for more information. Pay attention to the registration
opportunities listed. There will be no
exceptions.
Quote
of the day from Nelson Mandela:
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life
that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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
Wednesday, schedule reminder:
Regular bell schedule
TODAY’S TESTS
|
Block
|
Subject
|
Teacher
|
Room #
|
|
N1
|
English 3
|
Norton
|
207
|
|
N1
|
English 1
|
Bell
|
214
|
|
N2
|
English 2
|
Blevins
|
216
|
|
N2
|
English 1
|
Bell
|
214
|
|
N2
|
US History
|
Griffin
|
207
|
|
N3
|
English 2
|
Blevins
|
216
|
|
N3
|
English 3
|
Norton
|
214
|
|
N3
|
US History
|
Griffin
|
207
|
|
N4
|
English 2
|
Blevins
|
216
|
|
N4
|
English 1
|
Bell
|
214
|
|
N4
|
US History
|
Griffin
|
207
|
Robbins’ N1 AP Euro to
Media Center
Pariseau’s N2 Alg 2 meet
in Commons
Wang’s N3 Chinese to Media Center
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