12-7-18 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Friday, December 7, 2018 – N-day

#NewYorkDay

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·      Join us in wishing Mr. York a happy #NewYorkDay today!  His birthday was actually yesterday, but that is the #OldYork.  We’re celebrating #NewYork!  Students are invited to tweet well wishes tagged #NewYorkDay so he can follow the threads and dress like Mr. York – shirts and ties for everyone!

·      Gryphons, you can still purchase a yearbook for $70 until February 22nd! Order yours ASAP at jostensyearbooks.com to save $10 on your 2018-19 memories (and make sure to follow @STEMYB on twitter)!

·      Next week SGA is sponsoring Winter WonderWeek to bring the semester to a fun conclusion!  Here are the themes for each day – start planning now to join the fun!

o   Monday, 12/10 – Holiday Hat Day (and Reindeer games at Early Release!)

o   Tuesday – Family Photo Day – don matching outfits for the goofy family holiday photo with your friends!

o   Wednesday – Holiday Character Day – come as your favorite holiday character.  Junior class is sponsoring a showing of “Elf” at 6:30 in the Commons for everyone

o   Thursday – Ugly Sweater Day

o   Friday – Flannel Day – notice there are no pajama days listed.  Let’s keep even the cozy fleece and other PJ’s at home, please!

·      Ugly Sweater sweatshirts from the Junior Class (Class of 2020) for $20 are here!  Pick yours up today!

·      Congratulations to these L&N Art students whose work was selected to represent the L&N STEM Academy in the annual Knox County Council PTA Reflections contest: Photography: Delaney Martin, Cameron Ramsey, Chloe Weaver (Runners-up: Circe Whitson, Mason Wright); Visual Art: Rachel Barrick, Kirsten Carter Nathan Dale (Runners-up: Jennifer Butler, Hannah Guess, Sydney Juhl, Amiya Batts, Willa McDonough) and Dance Choreography: Kate Jolly. Art by these students and the runners-up may be submitted at the state level, and will be announced in January.

·      Don’t forget to bring your old blankets or towels for the animal shelter drive this week!

·      The annual AP/Honors Art Show will be opening this First Friday at Java Old City, 109 S. Central Street, on December 7. The show will be up through New Year's Day.

Community  & Guidance Ops:

·      A representative from Roane State Community College will be in Guidance on Monday, December 10 at 12:15pm.

Quote of the day from a prospective student on a building tour:

Introduced to Mr. York, he asked – “are you Old York or New York?” and #NewYorkDay was born!

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