GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, October 17, 2017 –L-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
·
Seniors who
registered will be taking the ACT during school on Tuesday, October 17th. You should be in your testing room by 9:15
a.m.! ALL students who have L1
or L2 classes and Genius Hours that meet in rooms 216, 221, and 222 will be
displaced today. Your teacher should communicate with you about where you will
meet instead. These are the classes affected:
o Room: 216: Displaced
Classes: L1 Webb’s Etymology and L2 Wax’s Stats
o Room: 221: Displaced Classes: L1 Pariseau’s Alg 2 and L2 Stanish’s AP
Human Geog
o Room: 222: Displaced
Classes: L1 Crattie’s Latin 2 and L2 Blamer’s Int Math
·
TRAFFIC NOTES: Worlds Fair Park Drive will be closed until
9:00 a.m. today. Please plan your route
to school accordingly. Also, due to an
event at the Foundry on Wed, 10/18, they will be using our parking lots as soon
as buses leave. Just know you will not
be alone if your car is still in the lots!
·
This week is National School
Bus Safety Week. Each day we will share with you a bus safety tip, so pay
attention! Today’s tip is: Be at your
assigned bus stop five minutes early; this allows your bus driver to see you
clearly and ensures that you aren’t running after your bus, which can be
dangerous. Only cross in front of the bus when getting on or off so that your
bus driver and other motorists can easily see you. It is incredibly important
to always board the bus in an orderly fashion.
·
10th – 12th
grade Students: We have a chance to
visit the US Naval Academy for a college visit in Annapolis, MD. The USNA Trip is scheduled for Thursday 2
November - Saturday 4 November. Mr. Foy will lead an informational meeting
during Genius Hour, Thursday 19 October
in the middle STEM space for interested sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Any student who wishes to go on the Campus visit, must attend the 19 October
meeting. USNA is an engineering school and is the 5th rated STEM undergraduate
program in the nation. Graduates of the Naval Academy serve as Officers in the
U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. Foy will describe both Academy life
and service as a sea-going officer at the meeting. The field trip is
completely paid for by the Academy; student qualifications for participation
include: an interest in studying engineering, an interest in serving in the
Armed Forces, and students must have "C" or above in all L&N
courses.
·
Support L&N Choirs by
doing some holiday shopping at www.cherrydale.com/LNSKT.
Click SHOP, teacher is PHILIPS, type in the name of a choir student
to support or retype "Philips" in any grade, choose your shipping
option (free to school, fee to home), then shop! Please share with your
own family and friends to help us raise money for our program! Store is
open now through October 27. For more information, talk to an L&N
Choir student or email katie.philips@knoxschools.org.
·
Bowling Team practice - Monday at 4
p.m. Our first matches are this
week:
o Tuesday,
10/17 vs. HVA, 5 p.m at Fountain Lanes on
Broadway.
o Thursday, 10/19 vs. Catholic, 5 p.m. at Fountain Lanes as
well.
Please come
watch our first bowling matches in L&N STEM Academy history. We
have a girls and a boys team. Our teams will bowl 3 games to
complete the match. The team is very excited to represent their school so
come support them if you can. Thanks.
·
Congratulations to the L&N
Art Honor Society, who won the People's Choice Award (and 2nd Place in High
School Collaborative) at the Oak Ridge Street Painting Festival. Thanks
to Desiree Dobbins, Savannah and Josie Bresler, Hila Williford, Ayesha
Ahmed, Nina Klein, Destiny Large and Channing Gentry for your hard work.
Their artwork was inspired by a photograph by Cinna Lockhart of student Kloi
Blue. Way to represent the L&N!
See their award-winning design below. Congratulations also to
L&N NAHS Alumni Kati Ellis and Dagon
Uselton who won first place in the Adult Collaborative category!
Proud of them!
·
Spirit week is coming up and the
themes for the spirit week days are below so make sure to plan ahead, participate,
and have some fun!
o Monday,
October 23rd - Color Wars. Each class
will dress up as their assigned color. Wear as much of your class color as you
can, also a great time to wear your class shirt.
§ Seniors- Yellow
§ Juniors- Green
§ Sophomores- Blue
§ Freshman- Red
o Tuesday,
October 24th – Toga
Tuesday
o Wednesday,
October 25th - Students
will choose a stage of life that they wish to display. Examples could include
baby, teenagers, parents, or grandparents.
o Thursday,
October 26th - Dynamic Duo. This is a day to dress up with friends as
dynamic duos. Examples of this could be chips and salsa, milk and cookies, or
Tom and Jerry.
o Friday,
October 27th - Freaky Friday. Since Friday night is Haunted Station,
students are encouraged to wear character costumes then spend the night at the
Haunted Station.
o All of Spirit Week- Boxes for scarf donations to the
homeless, sponsored by key club, will be decorated. The class with the
best decorated box and most scarves donated gains extra points
for their class. The themes for the boxes are elements:
§ Seniors- Fire
§ Junior- Water
§ Sophomores- Earth
§ Freshmen- Wind
·
Rules: All costumes and outfits
must follow Knox County Schools’ dress code. No masks may be worn that completely
cover the face. Students who choose to wear full body suits may wear a full
suit—including mask—only during the Pep Rally.
· Yearbooks for
the 2017-18 school year are officially on sale! Pick up an order form from the
office any time or order yours from www.jostensyearbooks.com. The price per
book is $55 now through September 15th. The longer you wait to order yours, the
higher the price goes up, so make sure to order yours as soon as possible
to save up to $25 this school year! Seniors:
you can purchase a yearbook for $50
if you order before Nov 1. Special price does not apply to a customized
order.
Community
& Guidance Ops:
·
Have you ever thought of attending
West Point for your college education? The regional commander for admissions in TN
will be here, Thursday, Oct 19, fro 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. for an informational
meeting.
·
These college recruiters will be
on campus to talk to you about their programs.
All meetings are in the guidance office at 12:15 unless otherwise
noted. Email lyn.johnson@knoxschools.org to
get more information and sign up for any of them:
o Mon, 10/23 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
o Tues, 10/31 - Austin Peay State University, Clarksville
TN
·
The Race for the Cure needs
volunteers to help prepare for the race this Saturday. Contact Nicole
Taylor (ntaylor@komeneasttn.org)
if you can help Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. These would be appropriate for scholarship/TN
Promise volunteer hours!
·
Sophomores and Juniors – Governor’s
School for the Arts at MTSU applications are open! The School for the Arts will be held June 1 –
June 24, 2018. Auditions will be held @
MTSU on Jan 13 & 14th.
You must select your preferred date on the student data form. There will be a short informational meeting
for those interested on Wed., October 18
from 12:25 – 12:45 in the Counseling Center. Applications must be completed by students and
returned to Mr. Sudderth by Oct. 31, 2017.
This is a hard deadline, no exceptions.
For more info, visit http://gsfta.com
· Applications are
now open for the United States Senate Youth Program. The program offers high school
students in their junior or senior years the opportunity to participate in an
annual Washington Week event in March, which includes a variety of events that
promote a unique understanding of the structure of our national government. The
Hearst Foundation also offers selected state finalists a $10,000 undergraduate
scholarship. The student application and instructions for applying are
available here. The deadline to
apply is Oct. 27.
Quote
of the day from Winston Churchill:
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it
takes to sit down and isten.
Practice
L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical Thinking, Collaboration,
Innovation, Inquiry, & Design
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of
Distinction, 3 time - US News & World
Report medalist – Silver 2017, Gold 2016, Bronze 2015, 3 time - Newsweek’s Top 500 American High Schools
2015 – 17
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