GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, April
1, 2019 – M-day
EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
School Mission – Boundless
STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission –
#Own it!
School Ops:
· Help out a classmate with a
survey for Scientific Modeling. Find it
here: https://forms.gle/P7GQnBj5mYYV399f6
· During Early Release time
today SGA is sponsoring a Powderpuff football game as a social activity. The game will be played at the Emerald Youth
Sansom Complex (where our PE classes go).
School dismisses at 3:30 for Early Release. Any student who wishes may attend the
game. It is free and they will have
pizza and drinks for sale at the sidelines.
However, if you go over for the game, you should arrange someone to pick
you up to get home from the fields. The
game should run until about 5:30. If you
go off campus to the game you will not be able to come back to ride the school
buses at 4:30. Contact the office if you
have any questions. Hope you will all
come out and have some fun!
· HUGE shout out to the
L&N STEMpunks! Our FIRST Robotics
team competed in the Smoky Mtn Regional competition this weekend and made it to
the finals in an alliance with teams from Memphis and Canada. They won the tournament’s Imagery Award AND
got a wildcard berth to the World Championships in Houston, TX later this
month! Congrats STEMpunks!!
·
New overseas trip
being planned for fall break 2020 to Italy and Greece! Come find out more on April 10 at 6:00 in the
Commons with Mr. Blythe and the Global Gryphons! Spots ae limited so don’t miss
out!
· Are you a Marvel fan? Are you
excited for Avengers: Endgame? If so, all Gryphons are invited to come out to
Movie Night!! In advance of the highly
anticipated release of Avengers: Endgame, the junior class will be
playing Avengers: Infinity War!
It will be April 11 from 6:00-8:45 in the Commons.
You do not need to pay to come. It is completely free!! We will have popcorn
and drinks available (which are also free!). We hope you can come and
watch with us!!
·
The L&N STEM Boys & Girls Tennis Teams defeated
Pigeon Forge on Tuesday 8-0. Freshmen Hunter
Shupe and Mia Carter both
achieved the first varsity win of their high school careers! Next match is scheduled for April 4th against Alcoa. Go
Gryphons!
·
Interested
in discount coupons for tuxedo rentals? Stop by the office to pick one
up for Regal Tuxedo, located in Windsor Square and Knoxville
Center. Thank you, Mrs. Brown!
·
Nine members of our Key Club attended
the 2019 Kentucky-Tennessee District Convention this past weekend in Franklin,
TN and brought home three trophies! 1st Place for Impromptu Essay Contest: Turner Rogers with his extremely
impressive writing skills; 1st Place Talent Contest: Madeline Maben with her fabulous piano performance; & 2nd Place
Single Service Project: L&N STEM Key Club's 'Warm Thoughts' Scarf Community
Outreach Project. Congratulations STEM Key Club Members!
·
Congratulations to
these L&N Art students whose work was recognized in the
annual Knox County Council PTA Reflections Award Ceremony Monday
night: Photography; 1st Place Cameron Ramsey, 2nd
Place Delaney Martin, 3rd Place Chloe Weaver;
Visual Art 1st Place; Rachel Barrick, 2nd Place Kirsten
Carter, 3rd Place Nathan Dale and Dance Choreography;
1st Place Kate Jolly. Way to represent the creative side of
STEM!
·
This
week REDUCE your junk at home by donating
old wash rags and no-longer-used cellphones! REUSING rags to bathe kittens
at Young Williams animal shelter and RECYCLING cell phone parts to spare animal
habitats in Africa is a great way to kick off spring cleaning! Look for
donation boxes at front desk, or bring your donations to Mrs. Elliott.
Community & Guidance Ops:
· Shout out to these Gryphons who have been accepted to
summer learning opportunities:
o
Emma Patterson, Class of
2020 – Young Scholar Program at UTK out of the CURENT project with NSF and Dept
of Energy
o
Reece Brown, Class of
2021 – Governor’s School of the Humanities at UT Martin
o
Campbell Maben, Class of
2021 – Governor’s School for the Arts at MTSU
o
Keiran Maben, Class of
2021 – Governor’s School for the Arts at MTSU
o
Madeline Maben, Class of
2021 – Governor’s School for the Arts at MTSU
o
Abigail Phillips, Class of
2021 – Governor’s School TN Heritage program at UT Martin
· All students, here are some opportunities to visit nearby
college campuses as they host special open house events: (more detail can be
found on the School Counseling/Calendar website)
o
Roane State Saturday, April 6
o
Carson Newman Tuesday, April 9
o
Maryville College Saturday, April 13
· Seniors: continue watching the Scholarship Bulletin
on the School Counseling website. There still are scholarships to apply
for, though some with close deadlines.
·
SENIORS: This is the last week to apply!Our PTSA has 2
scholarships available for graduating seniors - The scholarship contest info is
all found here: http://ptsalnstem.weebly.com/scholarships.html Deadline for
submissions is 5:00 pm, Sunday, April 7.
Quote of the day from George Bernard Shaw:
People
who say things cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
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
