1-9-19 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – N-day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·      Reading Night!  Mark your calendars: Our next Reading Night is scheduled for Friday, January 25th 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. Equality Club will be hosting the evening and PTSA will be sponsoring the evening, and they'll generously be providing food and raffle prizes. It's sure to be fun!

·      Book Drive! Our Key Club and The Gryphon Coffee Nook are sponsoring a book drive throughout January. Please drop off your books for donation to the office or the STEM Library. Thank you!

·      Student laptops will be returned as soon as they are ready.  Do not ask in the office.  Teachers will make allowances and have lessons planned that do not require them.

·      No Genius Hours this week.  We are meeting in Advisory every day and holding class meetings according to the schedule below.  On the day your grade level is meeting, you need to report to the rooms listed below for 1^st lunch – you will eat 2^nd lunch.  Look for and sit with your Advisory teacher so they may take attendance. 

Date	Grade	D210	D217	D222
Wed, Jan 9	11	Bays Sirek	Arthur Griffin	Jorgenson Blamer Blythe
Thurs, Jan 10	10	Bell Hawkins Pariseau	Parker Robbins	Schultz Signore Webb
Fri, Jan 11	9	Arnold Crattie Mangone	LaFollette Waxmonsky	Bretscher Bakaletz Carter

For these Advisories only – you will meet in the following rooms for your regular scheduled Advisory class when you are not meeting with your grade level.

Date	Sirek	Arthur	Bretscher
Tues, Jan 8	G012	D214	D221
Wed, Jan 9	D210	D217	222
Thurs, Jan 10	D119	D120	D112
Fri, Jan 11	D116	D113	D222

Community  & Guidance Ops:

·      Sophomores, don’t forget to return your 4-year plan of study received in Government to the Guidance office by Jan 14.

·      Seniors come get help to fill out your FAFSA, Thursday, Jan 17, 6:00!

Quote of the day from William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (11, v, 156 – 159):

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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