GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, April 30, 2018 – M-day
EARLY RELEASE AND STATE EOC TESTING
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
·
Today’s
state tests are Biology and Chemistry.
See the schedule at the bottom of announcements. Be sure to bring your laptop and charger if you have testing today!
·
Congratulations
to Harry Channing, senior, for
winning the UT Simms Foundation Merit 4-year Scholarship to UTK! Only one is given and it went to Harry! Way to represent the L&N!
·
AP
students – did you register for an AP exam this year? If yes – you need to attend a pre-fill
session to prepare for testing in the STEM space from 3:30 – 4:30, TODAY (Mon,
4/30)!
·
Gryphons!
It's that time of the year again, and the general application to join Gryphon
Guides for the 2018-19 school year, is now open! Everyone has the chance to
apply, even if you are not currently in the club. The application will close
May 4th, so be sure to apply soon! https://goo.gl/forms/LoWgGxIPdMO4wQTz2
·
The Second
Annual STEM Film Festival will be held TONIGHT, Monday, April 30th 7-9pm. Come
see films directed, written, and produced by students during the 2017-2018
school year, all of which star some of L&N’s most talented Gryphons! Films
will be judged by a panel of student experts from both Theatre Arts and
Journalism. Our students are eager to show you what they have produced this
year, so be sure to meet us in the Commons Monday night at 7pm!
· If
you are interested in trying out for the Bowling Team for the 2018-19 season
please see Mr. Parker during Genius Hours, or before/after school in the
PE room. Bowling season starts in early
August.
· Are
you interested in math? All students who have completed at least 2 math
classes and have a current math GPA of 3.25 are welcome to join the school’s
chapter of the Mu Alpha Theta, a national math honor society. If you have only
completed 1 math class, you can still join as an Associate member. As a member
of Mu Alpha Theta, you will have the opportunity to participate in math
challenges and competitions. If you are eligible and wish to join, please
fill out the interest form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5pOWWcx4ybpDObLhLuUIhnZgaimDI8GhhPDUnntnuLasXVw/viewform?usp=sf_link
· 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.
Community & Guidance Ops:
HITES12 is a residential program for rising twelfth grade students
focused on engineering with current openings this summer for females. Girls must be a rising twelfth grade student
and hold a “B” average in both math and science to be eligible for
application. All applicants must have a minimum ACT math score of 25
(SAT math score of 590).
To apply, the student will need to access the updated link at: https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_escX7563bbvVeTj.
The new deadline to apply is Wednesday, May 9, 2018. If you have any questions,
please feel free to email pre_eng@utk.edu.
Quote of the day from Arnold Schwarzenegger:
The mind is the limit. As long
as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as
long as you really believe 100 percent.
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)
TESTING SCHEDULE,
MONDAY, 4/30
Biology and
Chemistry
9:30-11:15 M1: Biology TESTING (see rooms below)
11:20-12:15 M2 shortened
12:19-1:41 M3: shortened (lunches at regular time)
1:41-3:30 M4: Chemistry TESTING (see rooms below)
Students not testing will
report to your regularly scheduled classes. If your scheduled room
is being used for testing – report to the Commons area.
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Subject
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Teacher/Period
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Report to:
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Biology
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Sirek – L1
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D215
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Biology
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Hawkins –N1
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STEM space
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Biology
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Hawkins – L2
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STEM space
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Biology
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Hawkins – L3
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D113
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Biology
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Hawkins – N2
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STEM space
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Biology
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Sirek – N4
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STEM space
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Chemistry
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Arnold – L1
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STEM space
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Chemistry
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Arnold – N1
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D214
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Chemistry
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Arnold – N2
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STEM space
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Chemistry
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Elliott – L4
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STEM space
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Chemistry
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Elliott – N4
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D121
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