GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, April 9, 2018 – M-day
EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
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Join
ProjectU on the plaza today at Early Release for a little spring fun on this last
Monday before state End of Course tests begin.
Fun activities – come join us!
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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
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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
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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!
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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:
Here are
some quick facts about Transportation, which is Knoxville’s biggest energy
concern!
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One person
with a 20-mile round trip commute who switches from driving to public transit
saves around 10,000 dollars a year!
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A bus with
as few as seven passengers is more fuel-efficient than the average
single-occupant auto used for commuting.
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Buses emit
only 20% as much carbon monoxide per passenger mile as a single-occupant auto.
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Included
in Earth Week is a presentation on Climate Change on Tuesday, 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.
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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.
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Here are some
opportunities for students interested in design or architecture:
o The Explorer Post sponsored by the local American
Institute of Architects offers to all high school students a tour of the newly-designed
facility at Beardsley Farm. Monday April 9, 6:00 - 8:00pm. Contact
Josh Shaffer at designexploring901@gmail.com
o [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!
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Want to spend the
summer in the Smoky Mountains and get paid for it? GSMNPark is recruiting
for 10 paid high school internships for the summer. Click
here for the application and directions to submit. You must use your
knoxschools.org email address.
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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 Dexter Yager:
You will never leave where you are, until you decide where
you’d rather be.
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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