Monday, April 9, 2018

4-10-18 Student Mission Briefing


GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, April 10, 2018 – L-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:
·      Did you look at the testing schedule email sent by Mrs. Ashe yesterday?  Just for clarification – when it says “makeup days” that means no testing is scheduled and we will meet all regularly scheduled classes.  It is still a school day and attendance is required.  Pass it on to your friends, please.

·      All students – The freshman class is sponsoring a movie night for everyone. Come join us this Friday (Friday the 13th 4/13/18) from 6-8:30pm for a movie night in the commons. We will be watching the movie “Freaky Friday” and be serving popcorn and drinks. There will also be a costume contest, come dressed like someone else, the best look-a-like will win. There will be NO charge for attending. Hope to see you all there and bring your friends!

·      Congratulations to our Science Olympiad team who went to the state competition this weekend and came home with these medals:  1st Place:  Helicopters - Charles Brush & Raymond Wysmierski, 4th Place:  Materials Science - Anna Wysmierski & Raymond Wysmierski, 4th Place:  Rocks & Minerals - Kassidy Gray & Piper Liggett, 4th Place:  Towers-Kassidy Gray & Connor McGinley, 5th Place:  Mousetrap Vehicle - Jakob Liggett & Piper Liggett

·      Our SGA attended the TN Association of School Councils’ State Meeting this weekend and came home with: Outstanding Member of the Year Award – Lucy Drinnen, AllStar AwardsAnna Horrocks, Lauren Morris, Ashley Waycaster, Above and Beyond Award – Anna Horrocks

·      Our students competed at the TN state level of National History Day – and continued the tradition of having at least one project moving on to Nationals!  Congrats to 1st place Senior Group Documentary winners Lucy Drinnen and Reed Freeman
Look for pictures from all these competitions and the tennis tournament and Washington DC trip to the Science & Engineering Festival on our school Twitter feed!

·      Sophomores! In case you haven't seen the posters up already, your class social will be at Main Event Entertainment (9081 Kingston Pike) on this Friday (April 13th) at 6 pm. Bring some money with you to play some games or grab a bite to eat, or just come and hang out! We hope to see you there!

SPECIAL EARTH WEEK OPS:
Climate Change is still a highly debated topic that over 97% of the scientific community believes is occurring. Here are today’s facts on Climate change!
·      The 16 hottest years globally have been recorded since 2000.
·      There has been a 30 percent increase in acidity of world’s oceans
·      The globally temperature has increased by 1.8o F in the last century.
·      The sea level has increased 7 inches since the last century with the trend being a few millimeters every year.

·      Included in Earth Week is a presentation on Climate Change TODAY, 4/10.  This will cover the Paris Climate agreement and other Climate Change issues. The presentation will happen during every lunch.  Please RSVP in which lunch you plan on attending using the link below.  Cookies will also be served for those who stay and listen: https://goo.gl/forms/hsXEFVvHMhZjsSjn2

·      Hey Gryphons! As part of Earth week this week the Powersave Energy Genius Hour is sponsoring a photo competition. Your assignment is to take an ORIGINAL photo demonstrating some form of pollution and submit a png file to s755125@student.knoxschools.org by Mon, April 9th. Please make the subject of the Email PHOTO COMPETITION. Any photo is accepted, your photo does not have to be local. You will be judged on clarity of subject, originality, and authentic display. There are 3 categories, land, air and water pollution. There will be monetary awards to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. There will also be a grand prize awarded to the overall winner based on a school-wide vote. All winning Photographs will be put on display. Winners will be announced on Thursday April 12th.

·      Energy GH is also sponsoring a short story competition. There will be no maximum or minimum page number, but remember that a reasonable amount of pages gives you a better chance of winning. Your prompt is, “In the near or distant future, what is happening on earth and what will the earth look like.” This must relate to climate and/or energy. You may submit a digital or hard copy. To submit digitally please email to s755125@student.knoxschools.org BY April 10th with a subject of Writing Competition. To submit as a hard copy please place your story in the cardboard box in the office ON April 10th. Your short story will be judged on creativity, knowledge of subject, and clear storytelling technique. There will be monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Also, ALL stories will be submitted to the English department for extra credit in your respective class.

Community  & Guidance Ops:
·      Systers: Women in EECS @ UTK (Systers) is a volunteer student organization at the University of Tennessee –Knoxville – is hosting an outreach event called “Little Systers” on Sat, April 14. This event will inform and inspire high school females about such possibilities for their futures through positive, firsthand experiences. Systers is afforded the opportunity to continue to inspire young women to pursue science, technology, and engineering through Little Systers. This event is limited to 90 student participants, so students should be sure to register soon! This event is free and lunch will be provided.
            Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/174874906452434/

·      [Knoxville] By Design - www.knoxbydesign.org  In  April the local architecture community will host fun events for the public. Students will be especially excited about very first LEGO competition Knox Bricks & Blocks. Students will be teamed with designers to create a unique tower in a limited amount of time, all while competing for various "best of" prizes. Check out the link.

·      Summer opportunity: The Young Scholars Program (YSP) is for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and it's a great opportunity to get some hands-on research in engineering before college. This is a competitive application process, so students will need to submit transcripts and 2 letters of recommendation, as well as a personal statement. That program runs July 2 - 27th, and information can be found here: http://curent.utk.edu/education/pre-college/youngscholars/  The program runs on campus at the University of TN through the CURENT group.  We’ve had students participate in the past and loved it!

·      Author visit coming soon!  Jeff Zentner (http://www.jeffzentnerbooks.com/) is coming to speak to our school on Monday, April 16th during M4. Many thanks to our wonderful PTSA for sponsoring this event! Check out one of his books! We have them in the library. Or better yet, order a copy to have him sign when he visits! (Seriously,you'll want your own copy for him to sign!) Paperback copies of both are under $10 and are linked here at  Amazon.com or speak to Ms. Ellis. Mr. Zentner will offer a Writer's Workshop from 3:35 to 4:30 for interested students. (Mark your calendars--a sign up is coming!)

Quote of the day from Ayn Rand:

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.


Practice L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry, & Design
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