GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Friday, January
25, 2019 – N-day
School Mission – Boundless
STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission –
#Own it!
School Ops:
· We are meeting Friday Genius Hours
today. They will meet an average of
three times a month. Next Friday you
will be in your Advisory groups. Pay
attention to the assigned lunch and remember you can earn your way out of
tutoring to an activity you desire – get that work done! Do not skip these assigned placements – they
will be treated as a class cut and subject to discipline!
· Tonight –
join the Winter Reading Night from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. All you need is
a book to read--Check one out from our library! We'll
alternate between quiet reading time and time to socialize. PTSA is providing a nacho bar for
dinner. Equality club is providing
sweets. Bring your own seating if you
don’t want to sit in a hard chair in the Commons.
- Come see Gryphon Aquatics in action this weekend
at the UT Allan Jones Aquatic Center - Diving starts at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, 1/25. Swimming finals are at 6:00 p.m., Sunday, 1/27.
Free admission!
· If you misplaced an Acer laptop earlier
this year please stop by the office to identify one that has been turned in.
·
The 3rd
Annual L&N STEM Academy Film Festival will be held on April 9th
from 6 - 9 p.m. The L&N Film Festival is not exclusive to
journalism or theatre students! So, if
you have a knack for filmmaking, give it a try! The cut off for submitting film is
March 15th, by 11:59 p.m. More details to come regarding how to submit
films, judges, and etc.
·
Lost in the Station – pair of black, wireless, AKG
headphones, on Thursday, 1/17. Turn in
to office if found.
· Time is running out to purchase a yearbook. The
price will go up soon and we're beginning to sell out, so make sure to buy
yours from jostensyearbooks.com ASAP to make sure you don't miss out!
· PROM TICKETS: The prom committee members will be selling
tickets during both lunches everyday except Mondays. Tickets will be single
tickets are $45 and couples tickets are $80. Additionally, if students paid their
senior dues the cost of a single ticket was included.
Community & Guidance Ops:
· FREE ACT Workshop for 10-11th graders: On Saturday, February 23rd, we will host an ACT Workshop
from 8am to 1pm at L&N. During this time, students will
have the opportunity to attempt an official ACT practice test, receive scores,
listen to strategy sessions by Outlier's Advantage, and enjoy a free lunch. In addition, we
will provide registration and practice instructions for ACT Academy.
By attending this
workshop, students will put themselves in a good position to prepare for the
ACT administrations in March, including the in-school ACT for juniors on March
12th. ACT strategy and support sessions
for parents will be provided at 12:15 pm.
Register now: tinyurl.com/act2-23.
· AP
Registration Window Opening Soon! The
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Registration Window is January 28th-February 15th.
Students and parents can obtain the registration form digitally (see attached)
or pick up a hard copy in the Guidance office. Completed forms and
payment must be submitted to the Guidance office. Forms or payments submitted any other way may
not make it to the appropriate staff member, resulting in students not
being able to test! Do NOT submit to the main office! Remember:
The deadline to register is Friday, February 15th! Please direct any
questions to sarah.salerno@knoxschools.org. More AP information can be found at https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/home
· In-School
ACT for Juniors: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019,
9:30-12:30
All juniors will take the ACT in-school on March 12th for
FREE. Please contact Sarah Salerno, Test Coordinator, at
sarah.salerno@knoxschools.org if you have any questions.
·
Interested in STEM and working with elementary students?
Apply as a mentor in the Gear Up STEM Camp. Eligible mentors can be in
grades 9-11 with at least a 2.75 GPA. Receive a stipend, leadership skills,
service hours. The program is 4 separate
weeks over the next year (2 in summer, spring break and fall break). See
more at http://bit.ly/GearUpSLM. Deadline 2/15/19.
Quote of the day from Langston Hughes:
Hold
fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot
fly.
Practice L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical
Thinking, Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry, & Design
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of Distinction, US
News & World Report medalist , Newsweek’s Top 500
American High Schools, TN Reward School,
TN STEM Designated School, AdvancED STEM
Certified School
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