5-9-18 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Wednesday, May 9, 2018 – N-day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·      Students – go online and vote for your freshman classmate, Evan Carr.  He’s been nominated for this week’s Prep Xtra Player of the Week for his great tennis performance!  Go here to vote.

·      Students interested in running cross country next school year – there will be interest meetings held TODAY, May 9.  Choose the time that fits your schedule, either: 8:45 – 9:15 in room 214 in the Station, or 4:40 – 5:10 in the Commons.  Contact Coach Daugherty if you have questions.

·      Huge congrats to Haley Folsom, who graduated with her Associate’s Degree from Pellissippi State Community College last Friday – 2 weeks before she’ll earn her high school diploma from L&N!  For more information, click here for an article from PSCC about it.  Way to go Haley!

·      Congratulations to the STEM Ultimate Frisbee team!  They won the TN State Championship for the 2^nd year in a row over the weekend!  Well done team!

·      Students – as we enter the last 2 full weeks of school you should have a good idea where your grades will wind up for the year.  There will be a meeting on Monday, May 14, at 5:30 p.m. in the Commons for all information and registration for summer school courses.  Summer school will run as in years past at the L&N where all students start out working daily on campus and once you’ve made adequate process you can complete the course from home.  Summer school runs from May 29 – June 29 and costs $10 per course.  You may take 2 courses per summer.  Other questions? Come to the meeting on the 14^th!

·      Do you need last–minute help studying for end–of–course exams? Do you need to improve your grades? National Honor Society is hosting tutoring sessions from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the STEM Space on Tuesday, May 8, and Wednesday, May 9. You are welcome to stop by at any time!

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 TODAY, May 9, 2018. If you have any questions, please feel free to email pre_eng@utk.edu.

Quote of the day from Conrad Hilton:

Success seems to be connected with action.  Successful people keep moving.  They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.

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)