GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, April 3, 2017 – “M” day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
Early Release Schedule
School Ops:
·
Seniors – don’t forget your
last TN Promise meeting this morning (Monday) from 8:00 – 9:00 in the STEM
space! Meeting is required!
·
Make plans to join us as we
host an outdoor screening of the Jane Austen classic, Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow on our plaza in conjunction with the
University of Tennessee’s multi-day event, AustenFest. No charge, just bring a lawn chair! Movie will start as close to 7:00 as the
light allows.
·
Congratulations to Angel Quay whose
mission patch design was chosen to represent us on Space Mission 11 for the Student
Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). Her winning design will take
flight into space and travel on the International Space Station, accompanying
an experiment that will be designed by KCS students and selected by a
scientific panel. Upon return back to space, the patch will be stamped as
having flown to space with NASA and returned to her. Thank you, Angel, for
representing the L&N and Knoxville so well!
·
Kudos to senior Kieran Phelps for acceptance into the NSLI for
Youth program. This summer he will spend
6 weeks in Morocco studying Arabic. That
makes 2 years in a row the for L&N as last year Riley Hester
participated in the same program and went to Moldova to study Russian. STEM is truly worldwide!
·
Have you heard of STEM Fruved? We are a health-based
student organization that has grown across college campuses that focuses
on helping students manage their weight and live healthier by focusing on
improving dietary intake, increasing physical activity, and improving overall
stress management skills. The lead team at UT’s chapter wants to begin
groups at high schools and we are their national pilot. Your involvement will help them create a
program that is attractive and useful to high school students across the
country. Please consider contributing to
this prototyping by joining the group for its next meeting. We meet in the STEM space on Monday’s from 3:30-4:30pm.
·
Calling all artists! How would you
like your work featured in permanent paint on a public stormdrain in Knox
County? Seriously! Knox County is looking for artists to paint
storm drains to educate people about environmental issues. There is a cash prize, and up to 10 artists
will be chosen. Applications are due May
1. You can find more information here: https://www.knoxcounty.org/stormwater/strong_streams_art.php
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
This is the last week to
request classes for next year! If you
have questions plan on going to see your counselor (with teacher permission)
Tuesday and Thursday this week from 12:30 – 3:30 (no appointment necessary) OR
Wednesday from 9:30 – 12:30. Follow
directions that were given to you in Advisory last Friday!
·
A big “well done” to sophomores Joey Motto and Logan O’Neal
who have both been accepted into UTK’s eVOL10 program this summer. They’ll spend time on campus interacting with
hand-picked future engineers from across the state and UTK’s faculty and grad
students. Way to represent the local
crowd guys!
·
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 Oprah Winfrey:
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re
willing to work.
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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