10-16-18 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Tuesday, October 16, 2018 – M/L-day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·           Don’t forget – today’s class schedule is:

o   M1 – 9:30 – 10:52 (seniors ACT testing)

o   M2 – 10:57 – 12:19 (seniors ACT testing)

o   L3 – 12:19 – 1:41

o   L4 – 3:08 – 4:30

o   Lunch and alternate rooms during testing are below

·             Fall Dance tickets are on sale now! Through this week and next.

WHEN: during ALL lunches from October 15th to the 26th.

WHERE: in the commons under the SGA bulletin board.

HOW MUCH: $8 per person, $14 for a couple

If you don't buy one before the dance YOU CAN STILL GO! At the door, tickets will be $10 per person during the dance (October 27th from 7pm to 10pm).  Dress is semi-formal.

·    Congratulations to Riley Velarde who won 1st place in the 10th – 12th grade category in the Watershed poster design contest for the Knox County Soil Conservation District. Riley will receive her award at the Farmers’ Banquet on October 18.

·         Join us this Friday in a schoolwide PINK OUT to recognize those who are battling cancer, those who have fought and won, and honor those who lost the fight. 

·         Congratulations to the Ladies Golfing Gryphons today as they brought home the school’s first ever State placement – finishing as finalists at the state championship over fall break!  Hats off to the team: Madilyn Newman, Emma Patterson, and Sydney Rockwell.  And special shout out to Madilyn Newman for placing 3^rd in the state!!  Way to go ladies!!

·      Congratulations to the L&N Art Honor Society for winning the People’s Choice Award (again) and 1st Place High School Collaborative at the Oak Ridge Street Painting Festival on Saturday over fall break! NAHS President Savannah Bresler led our team, which consisted of Ayesha and Maryam Ahmed,  Rachel Barrick, Josie Bresler, Jennifer Butler, Kirsten Carter, Kayla Juhl, Piper Liggett, Audrey Moran and Cameron Ramsey. The art was inspired by a photo of Audrey by student Devon McGinley.   Congratulations also to L&N art student Lauren Thompson who won 3rd place in the High School single category! 

Community  & Guidance Ops:

·      PSAT Prefill – if you did not complete yesterday during M3 please report to the Commons at the beginning of M1 or M2 today to fill out your answer sheet for next week’s test for all 9^th – 11^th graders.

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

Our lives begin to end the day we vecome 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)