GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Thursday, April 27, 2017 – “L”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
Testing today – Algebra ½, part 1;
Geometry, part 1 –
No calculators on today’s tests!
School Ops:
·
Come out to the TN Amphitheater
tonight (Thursday), from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. for our school’s Spring Awards
Ceremony. Celebrate excellence in all
its forms with us!
·
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 on Friday...? 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).
·
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) this Friday,
April 28, 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!
·
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:
·
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 THIS FRIDAY, April 28, 2017.
Quote
of the day from Conrad Hilton:
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
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
THURSDAY schedule reminder:
TODAY’S TESTS
|
Block
|
Subject
|
Teacher
|
Room #
|
|
L1
|
Geometry
|
Blamer
|
214
|
|
L1
|
Algebra 1
|
Signore
|
222
|
|
L1
|
Algebra 2
|
Pariseau
|
D113
|
|
L2
|
Geometry
|
Blamer
|
202
|
|
L2
|
Algebra 2
|
Pariseau
|
207
|
|
L3
|
Algebra 1
|
Signore
|
D113
|
|
L3
|
Algebra 2
|
Pariseau
|
222
|
|
L4
|
Geometry
|
Signore
|
222
|
|
L4
|
Make-ups
|
50 min
Subparts
|
D121
|
Accommodations in the War Room and Green Room L1/L2
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