GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Thursday, May 4, 2017 – “L” day
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
Testing today – State EOC make-ups:
AP US Gov
School Ops:
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Make plans now for a big Friday
night – the air will be alive with music!
Two events going on – one is our instrumental music spring concert at
the Knoxville Convention Center beginning at 7:00 p.m. The other is our own Treasure Rowe going up
against students from all other high schools at the system’s CTE Goes Live event
on Market Square. Both are free admission. Choose your activity and come out to support
your classmates!
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On Tuesday our Field event
athletes competed in the KIL Track and Field Championship at HVA. Jaylen Foster won both the Long
Jump and Triple Jump events to become the first athlete from the L&N STEM
Academy to be KIL Champion! Paul Schwartzentraub took runner-up in the
Pole Vault, and David Smith finished 6th place in the Shot Put. Congratulations to all of them for these
achievements! The Boys team is currently
in 4th place overall in the 17 team competition after the field events.
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Big shout out to our Tennis
team, racking up the following District A/AA honors – and on Wednesday they
repeated their victory to become District A/AA Champions for 2017 (second year
in a row!):
Boys Player of the Year: Rory Glatt
Boys All District Team: Walker Lee & Riley Forrest-Bank
Girls All District Team: Armani Hall & Ansley Parker
Boys Coach of The Year: Geoff Duggan
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Looking for return of a MacAir
charger that a male underclassman borrowed from Madison B. during lunch on
Monday. She was nice enough to lend it,
and the borrower forgot to return it!
Please return it to the office if you know where it is!
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Congratulations to the following
students for their excellent performance on the 2017 National Latin Exam!
Silver Medals: Nick Brison, Latin II; Hyatt Christenberry,
Latin III
Magna Cum Laude: Macy Hudson and Connor McGinley, Latin II;
Brice Ard, Latin IV Prose
Cum Laude: Abi Calderon, Travis Gardner, Isabelle Toth, Emma Fox,
Kaylin Fleenor, Jenna Rochelson, Latin II; Emmanuel Sosa-Cruz and Grace
Smith, Latin III; Monique Armstrong, Latin IV Prose
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It’s that time of the year!
Yearbook Distribution Day!
Yearbooks will be distributed on Monday, May 15th at 3:30 on the
Plaza. If you have ordered a yearbook, please make plans to pick it up at this
time. Be sure to know if you’ve purchased personalization so you get the right
book. If you have yet to purchase a yearbook but would like to, there is
a limited quantity available on a first come, first serve basis.
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This Sunday, May 7th, is
L&N's Baccalaureate Service. Seniors, remember to arrive by
2:00. We will have a brief "run-through" of the service before
the prelude music begins at 2:45. Seniors, bring only your cap and gown
as no honors will be worn for this service. This will be a memorable
service with music provided by L&N's brass ensemble and a cappella
choir! Everyone is invited! The staff and faculty are holding a
reception for the graduates and their families directly after the service at
the school at 4:00.
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Seniors and Parents: The Class of
2017 will have their Senior Event at Pigeon Forge Community Center
overnight on Friday, May 12, from 9:30 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.
Additional details are being provided in the PTSA newsletter "Around the
Station", via a flyer being sent home with students, and on the PTSA
Facebook website. We have created a Signup Genius to ask for chaperones
and snack donations. Please sign up to help make this a fun and memorable
event for our students! Additional questions may be directed to Ms. Kelly
Marston at kjmarston@bellsouth.net. Sign up at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0A4EAEA62AAAFC1-senior
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Seniors: We will be having one last Social on Tuesday, May 16. It will be
held at a "Party Barn" where there will be lit up basketball courts
and fields for football, soccer, ultimate, etc. Food and drinks will be
provided. All students, please note that this is not a school sponsored event,
but rather just a senior social. The
address is 655 N. East End Rd. Strawberry Plains, TN 37871. If you are planning on going, please fill out
the google doc below. https://goo.gl/forms/sEsjZFjfVUFfkVxC3
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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:
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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:
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Congratulations to Julia
Pavon! She won a renewable $5,000 scholarship from Disney.
She was one of only 100 students selected from around the nation!
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More scholarships! Jaden Stone has been offered a
basketball scholarship to play at Lyon College in Batesville, AR! He’ll be the first ever basketball
scholarship player out of our school!
Woot woot!
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Shout out to Catherine Long for winning a Dean’s Scholarship and
financial package that equal a full ride at the College of Wooster! She also made the college’s softball team –
first one from the L&N! Way to go
Cat!
Quote
of the day from Albert Einstein:
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
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, Silver Medal 2017, Newsweek’s
Top 500 “Beating the Odds” school
THURSDAY schedule reminder:
TODAY’S TESTS
All make-ups. If you’ve missed any subpart of any test you
should have received an email calendar invite from Mrs. Salerno. Check your email! Don’t miss this chance – these will make up
10% of your final grades in these courses!
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Block
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Subject
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Teacher
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Room #
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L1
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35 min Math
Subpart 1 Make-ups
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N/A
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STEM Space
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L2 and 1st
lunch
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Chem/Bio
Make-ups
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N/A
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STEM Space
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L3/L4
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Math
Subparts 2 & 3 Make-ups
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N/A
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STEM Space
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