GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Friday, April 7, 2017 – “N” day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School Ops:
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Best wishes for two teams
competing at the state level this weekend trying to win their way to nationals:
TSA is competing in Chattanooga and National History Day is competing in
Nashville. Looking forward to lots of
qualifiers out of these efforts!
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Looking forward to a safe and
memorable prom this weekend at the Knoxville Downtown Hilton, from 7:00 – 11:00
p.m. Make good choices!
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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 using it please tag the school @LNSTEMAC or #LNgreenscreen so we can
collect them! Let your imagination take
you everywhere with it!
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Bonam Fortunam to L&N’s Ethics Bowl team consisting of Sonaz Jazny, Patrick
Juhl, Alex Seaver, Connor Shields, Witt Spiller, and Bryce
Lane as they head to the University of North Carolina this weekend to
compete in the 2017 National High School Ethics Bowl! The impressive
field of 24 teams includes Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Chicago, Ill., The
Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, N.Y., Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington,
D.C., Stanford Online High School, Stanford, Cal., and Seattle Academy,
Seattle, Wash. Teams will argue, among other cases, the ethics of drone
strikes, the Implicit Association Test, Nonhuman animals in biomedical research,
and Ta Nehisi-Coates’ “The Case for Reparations.” Go Gryphons!
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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.
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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.
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We are so proud of our first
National Industry Certification credential earned by an L&N student while
enrolled at our school. Big “well done!”
to Ryan Barrick for earning his PC Pro Certification through our
Computer Systems class with Mr. Colby!
We know there will be more to come!
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News from the Arts:
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Congratulations to Austin
Bradley, who won second place in the Rhythm & Blooms Guitar Design
Contest with his entry, "American Woman". Austin will receive a cash
award and tickets to the festival this weekend. Please go to
Awaken Coffee at 125 W. Jackson this week and vote for Austin's guitar for the
People's Choice award.
o
Visit Ijams Nature Center this
month and enjoy the L&N AP/Honors Art Show on display there. Ijams'
Visitor Center is open Monday – Saturday 9 am to 5 pm and Sunday
11 am to 5 pm. The exhibit will be up for the month of April.
o
Thanks to NAHS members Ayesha,
Savannah, Travis, Desiree, Meliya and Ben for representing us in the
Dogwood Arts Festival Chalkwalk Festival. Desiree's image was beautiful and
they made us proud.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Volunteer Opportunity-Tennessee
Promise hours-YMCA Community Garden is having a workday, Saturday, April 8,
9-12 at Cansler YMCA. Wear clothes that can get dirty and bring gloves.
Everything else is provided. Students/parents may just show up, but if you have
questions contact Sally or Ellen at 637-9622 (expect to leave a message and get
a call back).
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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.
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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 Benjamin Franklin:
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
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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