GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, March
5, 2019 – L-day
School Mission – Boundless
STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission –
#Own it!
School Ops:
·
Congratulations
to these students who made the boys and tennis teams out of the 25 who came out
to try out in the cold! Go get ‘em
Gryphons!
o Boys: Evan Carr, Walker Lee, Daniel Rogers, Campbell Maben, Kieran Maben, Weston Parker, Hunter Shupe
o Girls: Maddie Maben, Abbey Lee, Ansley Parker, Sonya Edwards, Lauren Fannon, Devon McGinley, Mia Carter
·
Students –
you can help out your fellow classmates by clicking on the links below to take
short surveys to help them in their research projects for AP Research at our
school. Each survey has the topic next
to it for your information:
·
Voting
ends TODAY, March 5, 11:59 a.m. EST for the
Knox News’ “I AM SPORT Award”? Go to http://knoxnews.secondstreetapp.com/I-AM-SPORT-Award-2019/ and vote for L&N
senior Sydney Rockwell Share the link with everyone you know!
· Shout out to our NHD competitors, who went
to UT on Friday and won a place at the state competition in April. Moving on will be: Reece Brown, 1st place in Individual Performance; Elizabeth Moody, Jaeden Jenkins, Lisha
Patel, John Humphrey and Pilar
Huerta, 1st place Group Performance; Ian Rainey, 2nd place Individual Exhibit; and Olivia Sharp 2nd place
Individual Website. Congrats to all who
entered and represented us so well! And
In further news, Jared Watkins
won two different awards – second place for outstanding use of primary sources
and second place for outstanding use of Civil War primary and secondary
sources. (these awards are monetary awards!) Congratulations, Jared!
·
Our Science
Olympiad teams went to ETSU this weekend and took no prisoners! Congratulations to our Science Olympians for
their outstanding performance and finishing 2nd Place this weekend at the ETSU
Regional tournament. Every student on both competition teams earned at least
one medal, and L&N STEM Academy is heading to the State tournament for the
second straight year! The list of honors
is so long it had to go at the bottom of the briefing today – look below.
·
There are exactly 14 10 yearbooks left to purchase for
$80. If you haven't purchased a book, you're running out of time; visit jostensyearbooks.com
to make sure you don't get left out on distribution day. If you think you've
purchased a yearbook but aren't sure, email s1005538- and make sure to follow
@STEMYB on Twitter!
· ATTENTION JUNIORS & SENIORS: The prom committee members are 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. Prom sales
will END March 15. There will be NO TICKETS sold at the door.
Community & Guidance Ops:
· Lee University, Cleveland TN is hosting a reception to
meet Admissions and Financial Aid staff. Tuesday, March 5, 7:00pm at
Embassy Suites 9621 Parkside Drive, Knoxville 37922.
· Pellissippi State, Magnolia Campus is hosting an open
house for their Technology and Business programs (computer, audio production,
business management studies). Thursday, March 7, 5:00-7:00pm.
· University of Alabama, Huntsville representative will be
in Guidance at 12:14 on Thursday, March 7.
·
Outlier’s
Advantage: ACT Prep Academy will be hosting a Free Mock ACT on Saturday, March
23 at 8:45 a.m. for all Knox County area students. Students will get their
results before they leave and will get to keep their tests for their review.
Limited seating is available, so students need to pre-register to make sure
they have a seat. Students can sign-up directly through Outlier's
Advantage at www.ACTprep.com.
·
Seniors – remember, your next required TN Promise meeting is Thursday, March 7, 8:00 a.m. in the Commons.
Breakfast will be in the serving area and verandah until 9:00 a.m. that
morning for everyone else.
Quote of the day from Harriett Beecher Stowe:
Never give
up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
2019 Science Olympiad
Regional Tournament – L&N STEM Academy Medal Results:
Anatomy & Physiology
3rd Place: Josie Bresler and Sami Foley
4th Place: Samantha Bell and Hanna Boshnag
Astronomy
5th Place: Jane Toth and Grace Toth
6th Place: Kaylin Fleenor and Danny Hristov
Boomilever
1st Place: Charles Brush and Rachel Parrott
5th Place: Taylor Hinkel and Nat Richardson
Chemistry Lab
5th Place: Hanna Boshnag and Bryce Lane
6th Place: Alex McGhee and Raymond Wysmierski
Circuit Lab
4th Place: Nick Brison and Daniel Eshleman
Codebusters
5th Place: Piper Liggett and Andrew Sarphie
6th Place: Marcus Lee, Jakob Liggett and Devon
McGinley
Designer Genes
3rd Place: Savannah Sweat and Isabelle Toth
5th Place: Josie Bresler and Rachel Parrott
Disease Detectives
4th Place: Sami Foley and Jenny Liu
Dynamic Planet
3rd Place: Danny Hristov and Connor McGinley
Experimental Design
3rd Place: Nick Brison, Charles Brush and Connor
McGinley
Fermi Questions
2nd Place: Nick Brison and Jakob Liggett
Forensics
1st Place: Sami Foley and Devon McGinley
Fossils
5th Place: Grace Toth and Daniel Richter
6th Place: Alex McGhee and Raymond Wysmierski
Geologic Mapping
2nd Place: Devon McGinley and Raymond Wysmierski
5th Place: Jane Toth and Nat Richardson
Herpetology
2nd Place: Cadence Forrest-Bank and Piper Liggett
3rd Place: Kaylin Fleenor and Devon McGinley
Mission Possible
2nd Place: Daniel Richter and Andrew Sarphie
6th Place: Daniel Eshleman and Alex McGhee
Mousetrap Vehicle
3rd Place: Jakob Liggett and Daniel Eshleman
Protein Modeling
4th Place: Josie Bresler, Jakob Liggett and Jenny Liu
6th Place: Hanna Boshnag, Bryce Lane and Isabelle Toth
Sounds of Music
3rd Place: Danny Hristov and Connor McGinley
Thermodynamics
3rd Place: Josie Bresler and Connor McGinley
5th Place: Hanna Boshnag and Bryce Lane
Water Quality
2nd Place: Kaylin Fleenor and Marcus Lee
5th Place: Cadence Forrest-Bank and Savannah Sweat
Wright Stuff
1st Place: Charles Brush and Raymond Wysmierski
5th Place: Samantha Bell and Taylor Hinkel
Wright It Do It
1st Place: Nick Brison and Marcus Lee
6th Place: Samantha Bell and Sydney Rockwell
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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