9-25-18 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Tuesday, September 25, 2018 – L-day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·      Shout out to our Golfing Gryphons as the Girls Team won the District Championship!  Sophomore Madlyn Newman also came home with the individual championship trophy!  Way to go!

·      Make plans now – remember next Monday, Oct 1, your day will be: L1, L2, M3, and M4.  Tuesday, Oct 2, your day will be M1, M2, L3 and L4 as seniors retake the ACT from 9:30 – 1:00.

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

·      Juniors/seniors: Did you miss the information meeting last week about volunteering at Ritta Elementary for STEM activities?  Learn more, please email s754151@student.knoxschools.org. Minimum 3.5 GPA required.

·      Dive In!  Gryphon Swim & Dive Team starts practice this week - Come give it a try! We have a 2 week trial period- no cuts for swim team.  Practices are Monday, Tuesday & Thursday  6:45 am - 8:00 am at the Student Aquatic Center at UT (must have physical and paperwork to participate).  Questions or more information contact Dr. Bretscher 

·      Freshman and Sophomores, if you need help catching up on some school work, drop by the STEM space Wednesday mornings at 8:15 to meet with students in the National Honors Society who can help you out! We'll have students representing each subject, even classes like Latin and AP Human Geography!

Community  & Guidance Ops:

·     These college representatives will be at STEM:

o   University of Miami, Florida  11:30am  Tuesday, 9/25

o   * University of Alabama, Huntsville 12:15pm Wednesday, 9/26

o   * University of Chicago 12:15pm Wednesday, 9/26

o   Davidson College, Davidson NC 12:15pm Wednesday, 9/26

o   * University of South Carolina, Columbia 12:15pm Wednesday, 9/26

o   * University of Alabama, Birmingham 12:15pm Thursday, 9/27

Schools with * have past Gryphons attending them!

·      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 Marie Curie:

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

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)