GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, April 4, 2017 – “L”
day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School Ops:
·
Juniors and Seniors, this is
your last chance to turn in your guest forms for prom. Without these you cannot
receive your prom ticket and your guest will not be allowed into prom. We are
also missing many emergency contact forms. If you did not fill out an emergency
contact form at purchase or paid senior dues, please contact Riley (s960221@student.knoxschools.org).
·
Congratulations to Laura
Bretscher and Cameron Johnson who took 1st and 3rd places
respectively in the Digital Media, Video or Animation category at the
Roane State Academic Festival last week. The L&N STEM Academy was one
of over 30 high schools to compete, and our Gryphon film students did not
disappoint. Laura's 1st-place
video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZWvs8bka0
and Cameron's 3rd-place video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCEaNBzuhDI.
·
Seniors! Interested in joining
a campus ministry when you go off to college? The UTK BCM is hosting a night
for high school seniors on April 6th at 7pm to experience what a college campus
ministry is like. All seniors are welcome. This will be held on UT’s campus
(The Baptist Colligate Ministry, 1811 Melrose Ave, Knoxville), but is not just
for students attending UTK. For more
information email baptist@utk.edu or tori.bruinsma@knoxschools.org.
·
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!
·
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.
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
Juniors and seniors: the Guidance office will have a Dual
Enrollment Specialist available to answer questions about college classes while
still in high school on Wednesday, April 5, from 12:20 – 1:30 in room
G006.
·
All students – the President of
East TN State University (ETSU) will be on campus for a recruiting visit this Thursday,
April 6, from 10:10 – 10:45 in our Media Center. Email Mrs. Johnson in Guidance to sign up if
interested in attending (lyn.johnson@knoxschools.org)
·
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 Mark Twain:
Do not go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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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