GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Friday,
September 28, 2018 – N-day
School Mission – Boundless
STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission –
#Own it!
School Ops:
·
Today’s Advisory lesson will be about
the issue of social isolation as it relates to suicide prevention. All students and staff are invited to wear
gray, teal, or purple, take photos with friends and tag #SPEAKUPSAVELIVES18 to take part in this national campaign activity
for suicide prevention month (September).
·
Who are the L&N STEM Academy's most
talented voiceless performers? Find out next 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!!
·
BANNED BOOKS
WEEK - Stop by the school library this
week to check out our Banned Books Week display that celebrates books
that have been challenged and banned over the years. Whether they've been
upsetting to community members across the country because of inappropriate
language or disturbing topics, these books have endured because students,
teachers, parents, and librarians have pushed back and fought for
students' freedom to read and experience the world through the eyes of others!
Celebrate your freedom to read with us this week. Take a picture of yourself
and/or a friend reading a banned book, and tweet it using
#BannedBooksWeek, @LNSTEMLib, and @LNSTEMAC.
·
READING
NIGHT--It's Back!!
When: Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Commons
What: Grab your book and a chair and read with us.
o
We'll divide our time between quiet reading
and social time.
o As always,
we'll have some snacks (free popcorn), good company, focused time for
reading, and some giveaways.
o (We'll place
an order for pizza, so if you'd like some, bring $3 cash.)
o
Join us as we make reading social!
·
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!
· Do you want to help keep our school
beautiful? This Saturday, September 29th from 9:00am-12:00pm
is the SGA sponsored Fall Clean-up. During this time we will be
helping to maintain the landscaping around our campus. If you would like to
help, please fill out this sign-up genius to indicate the times you are coming
and the supplies you are brining! Hope to see you all there!
·
Shout out to our Golfing Gryphons as
the Girls Team won the District Championship!
Sophomore Madilyn Newman also
came home with the individual championship trophy! Way to go!
·
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.
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 Jamie Paolinetti:
Limitations
live only in our minds. But if we use
our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.
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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