GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Thursday, April 12, 2018 – L-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
·
There's
still time....! Read
one of his books before he comes on Monday...! Author and Nashville native Jeff Zentner
will be speaking to our school on Monday during M4. Stop by the library to
check out one of his books (The Serpent King or Goodbye
Days). Or better yet, get your own copy so he can sign it on
Monday!
·
Calling
all writers: Author
Jeff Zentner will be offering a writing workshop for anyone interested
during our early release hour! Seriously, don't miss this opportunity. Sign up here to attend. Location
on campus will be announced later.
·
Congratulations
to Campbell Maben (9th Grade Violin)
and Kieran Maben (9th Grade Double
Bass) on their excellent auditions at TMEA All-State Orchestra! Campbell placed
8th out of 18, and Kieran placed 3rd out of 9! This is an extraordinary
accomplishment for 9th grade students. They will be performing with the top
orchestral musicians in Tennessee this Saturday in Nashville. Four years
straight of our musical Gryphons making state!
·
Get ready for
some delicious ice cream during early release on Monday, April 16th.
Cruze Farms generously donated ice cream to be sold for only $3
(cash only). This is the Junior Class Fundraiser for the year. Grab some
delicious ice cream and help the Junior Class raise money for their senior
gift. I look forward to enjoying this treat with all of you!
·
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 Awards – Anna 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:
Pollution
is a gigantic problem, no matter where you go. Pollution is seen throughout our
day-to-day activities and can have negative effects on everything from health
to climate.
·
Each year
1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, storm water, and industrial waste are
dumped into U.S water.
·
46% of the
lakes in America are too polluted for fishing, aquatic life, or swimming
·
Americans
produce 258 million tons of solid waste every year.
· 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:
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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.
·
[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.
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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!
Quote of the day from Epictetus:
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you,
whose presence call forth your best.
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, TN Reward School (2014, 2015, 2017)
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