Sunday, September 30, 2018

10-1-18 Student Mission Briefing


GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, October 1, 2018 – M-day
EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:
·         IMPORTANT SCHEDULE INFORMATION:  THE ACT THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR SENIORS ON TUES, OCT 2, HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TILL THE SAME TIME ON TUES, OCT 16.  We will meet our regular Monday/Tuesday schedules this week and will do the switch with M1/M2 and L1/L2 on the new test date.

·         Good luck to the Golfing Gryphons today as they play for the Regional Championship!  Sending best wishes to Madilyn Newman, Emma Patterson, Sydney Rockwell, Nick Brison, Gunnar Gladwin, and Ian Hawkins!!

·         Josten’s will be back for last orders for class rings and senior supplies in the morning, Monday, Oct 1, from 8:30 – 9:30 in the Commons.

·         Plan to come hear the L&N Choral Concert at 7:00 p.m in the Commons, Tuesday, October 2nd.  No cost – come out and support!!

·         Who are the L&N STEM Academy's most talented voiceless performers? Find out Thursday, October 4th at the L&N Theatre Arts’ Third Annual Lip Sync Battle. This year’s performance will be held at the Amphitheater at 7pm! Bring a $3 donation and get ready to see your fellow students compete in the best Lip Sync Battle ever!!

·      Students – will you be 18 on or before November 6?  The League of Women Voters will be here next Thursday, Oct 4, to register you to vote in the upcoming election for TN’s next governor! 

·      Gryphons, our second sales deadline is coming up fast! Have you ordered your yearbook yet? Go to jostensyearbooks.com to order yours for $60 before October 12th- and make sure to follow @STEMYB on twitter!

Community  & Guidance Ops:
·      Students – want to get experience on a political campaign from the inside?!  Opportunities open for interns (unpaid) to work on a US Congressional campaign from now till election day, Nov 6.  Contact s1011616@student.knoxschools.org for more information.

·        Applications are now being accepted from junior or senior high school students to be a participant in the United States Senate Youth Program.  Two Tennessee delegates will participate in an annual Washington Week in March which includes a variety of events that promote a unique understanding of the structure of our national government. The Hearst Foundation also offers selected state finalists a $10,000 undergraduate scholarship. The student application and instructions for applying are available here. Applications must be submitted no later than Oct. 29.

Quote of the day from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr:

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Practice L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry, & Design
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of Distinction, 4 time - US News & World Report medalist – 4 years (2015-18), 4 time - Newsweek’s Top 500 American High Schools 2015 – 18, 5 time TN Reward School (2014 – 18)





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