4-17-18 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Tuesday, April 17, 2018 – L-day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·      See the EOC testing schedule at the bottom for today’s tests and locations.  Remember to bring your computer, fully charged, to testing daily.

·      Plan on coming this Friday night to our PTA Spring fundraiser!  Bring your parents, $5 entry fee gets you 2 music shows on the plaza, food trucks where you can buy dinner, and a wide variety of items to bid on – including a student parking pass on campus for 2018-19 school year (student does not have to be a senior to win)!

·      Congrats to Hali Davis, Noah Rivera, and Marianna Simmins, who represented the L&N at the TN State Destination Imagination Tournament in Nolansville, TN last weekend.  They gave a great performance.  We’re looking to expand the team next year – ask them how to join!

·      Shout out to our TSA state competition team who competed last weekend in Chattanooga.  This team of talented 15 brought home 6 different trophies as they qualified for Nationals to be held this summer in Atlanta.  Good luck TSA!

·      Any boys or girls interested in playing golf next fall contact Mr. Waxmonsky.  The season starts before the first day of school. You can talk to him in person or at mark.waxmonsky@knoxschools.org for information about tryouts.

·      Make sure that from the 16th-27th you bring in canned pet food, bagged dry pet food, peanut butter, and other pet supplies to help out our local Young Williams Animal Shelter! Bring in your donations to a table in the commons and record on this google form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRGBMKiatZS2bETBGr1k4oAWiZayQ08_Dl8Okd2ddlyE8veg/viewform?usp=sf_link ) how much you bring in for your advisory. The advisory with the most donations by the 27th will win a doughnut party! 

Community  & Guidance Ops:

·      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 John C. Maxwell:

The greatest detriment to many people’s success tomorrow is their thinking today.

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)

Tuesday, April 17, Testing Schedule

Testing	9:30 – 11:10
Test subject(s)	English I, II, and III
L1	11:15 – 12:19
L2	No L2 class today
GH/ L3/ L4	Regular schedule

At 9:30 – if you are in these classes, report here (this will be the same room Tues - Thurs)

Subject	Class	Teacher	Room #	Proctors
Eng 1	L1	Bell	202	Daugherty Foy
Eng 1	L3	Bell	203	Bays Stanish
Eng 1	L4	Bell	205	Hawkins Philips
Eng 1	N1	Bell	207	Blythe Theele
Eng 1	N2	Bell	214	Elliott Ottinger
Eng 1	N3	Bell	216	Griffin McCluney
Eng 2	L3	Bays	221	Signore Jorgenson
Eng 2	N3	Bays	222	Arnold Sirek
Eng 2	L2	Daugherty	D121	Bell LaFollette
Eng 2	N2	Daugherty	D120	Waxmonsky Webb
Eng 2	N4	Daugherty	D113	Blamer Coley
Eng 2	N1	Bays	D119	I Pariseau Gibson
Eng 3	N1	Blevins	STEM space	B Schultz
Eng 3	N2	Blevins	STEM space	Mangone
Eng 3	N4	Blevins	STEM space	Bretscher
Eng 3	M3	Blevins	STEM space	Crattie

Seniors report to the Commons area during testing.  AP Language students will report to Lawson McGhee with Mr. Blevins