Tuesday, November 27, 2018

11-28-18 Student Mission Briefing


GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Wednesday, November 28, 2018 – N-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:
·      You have just received a letter with no return address. It states:
“It will be to your advantage to be present on this date because a Mr. Boddy will bring to an end a
certain long-standing confidential and painful financial liability." It is signed, "A friend."


The L&N STEM Academy Theatre Arts program cordially invites you to our Advanced Theatre class’s production of “Clue.” This play follows Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White and a few mystery guests through a zany night of murder and intrigue at Boddy Manor.
o   Where?: The Commons
o   When?: Monday, December 3rd and Tuesday, December 4th at 7pm
o   How much?: $5 per person (or $3 for students) Limited seats each night, don’t miss out!  Buy tickets online! or at the Winter Showcase this Thursday, November 29th!

·      The L&N Key Club has partnered with Beaumont Magnet Academy to help provide some of their students with essential items such as coats, scarves, and gloves. Please sign up to help our neighbors. We would appreciate any donations to benefit Beaumont! If you have donations, please bring them to the library. The deadline to bring these items in is December 9th. The signup genius link is:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4FA5AD28A1F49-angel  If you have any questions, feel free to email Turner at s757275@student.knoxschools.org.

·      You can help a fellow student out by taking a 4 question survey about superheroes (even if you don’t like them)!  Please go to bit.ly/2QkTdmF for your anonymous responses.

·      Heads up!  Global Gryphons is planning a trip to Iceland for 2020 – come find out more about this great opportunity at an interest meeting from 5:00 – 6:00, Thursday, 11/29, before the fall showcase.  Watch briefing tomorrow for more details!

·             Our ProjectU group is looking for help with activity ideas.  Please take a minute to complete this survey to share your thoughts:  https://goo.gl/forms/R8i1QglplVWi2XMY2

·             Congratulations to Abigail Watson and Ethan Anderson who participated in the Freshman Choir and Gretta Berry who sang in the Women’s Choir at the 2018 All East Choir Clinic and Concert.  In addition, Gretta has qualified to sing in the 2019 All State Women’s Choir in Nashville this April.  Way to go minstrel Gryphons!

·           Congratulations to Class of 2019 member Turner Rogers for being awarded the Optimist Club's annual Robert H. Leonard Service to Humanity Award on Friday. Turner represented our school as a high school senior with a consistent and impressive focus on service.

·           Congratulations to our L&N Art students who were juried into the East Tennessee Region Art Exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art: Kaizen Johnson (mixed media), Kayla Juhl (printmaking) and Aidyn Parkey (2 drawings). Special congrats to Kayla, who also was awarded an Honorable Mention. This show includes pieces from the entire East Tennessee region, from Chattanooga to the tri-cities to Crossville with representation from public, private and home-schooled students, so it is a huge honor just to get in. The show will be open the day after Thanksgiving through January 13, 2019.

Community  & Guidance Ops:
·           A student representative from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, will be in Guidance TODAY, November 28, at 12:15pm.

Quote of the day from Winston Churchill:
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

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)
TN STEM Designated School, AdvancED STEM Certified School

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