GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Friday, April
12, 2019 – N-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School Ops:
·
We will meet in
ADVISORY groups today. Go to your
regularly scheduled Friday Advisory – check with your teacher if you don’t
remember which lunch to eat. You need
the information being reviewed about testing in Advisory today!
·
Our elevator is down
for repairs until further notice (hopefully no later than Monday). We have reached out to those we think will be
most affected, but if you have restricted mobility, please stop by or email the
office so we can make arrangements to accommodate your needs while it is being
repaired.
·
Today is
GLSEN's National Day of Silence. The Day of Silence is an event in
which students voluntarily refrain from speaking so as to represent the silence
many LGBTQIA+ students are forced to endure. L&N Equality Club will be actively participating in this
event and, should you wish to join them in being silent or in other forms of
support, meet them on the plaza at 8:30 this morning! (Note that
the Day of Silence does not allow you
to skip presentations in class or any other forms of responding to a
teacher if asked to respond).
·
Our musical Gryphons
are representing well at the All State event in Nashville this week. Gretta
Berry has done very well in the
Women’s Choir, and in instrumental, students have earned these recognitions:
§ Marcus Lee: 1st chair, 1st Bassoon –
blue band. He chaired principal bassoon
and 1st in the entire state for 11th-12th
grade – a first for our school!
§ Connor McGinley: 10th chair, 2nd violin –
Symphony Orchestra
§ Campbell Maben: 10th chair, 1st violin –
String Orchestra
§ Maddie Maben: 3rd chair, cello – String Orchestra
§ Kieran Maben: 2nd chair, double bass – String Orchestra
·
Juniors/Seniors attending
prom: be sure to pick up your tickets from Mrs. Brown today. All guest applications must be turned in
before Saturday. NO tickets will be sold
at the door. Plan to come early from
6:00 – 7:00 to the Southern Railway Depot to get your picture made in one of
the train cars. Prom photography will be
available throughout the dance inside the venue, the train car is a special
arrangement for 1 hour only.
·
The L&N
STEMpunks are heading to the World Championships in Houston, Texas, but we need
your help to reach our fundraising goal! Please go to the link below to
purchase one our new L&N STEMpunks keychains, a team shirt, or to make
a donation! We appreciate your support! https://squareup.com/store/l-and-n-stempunks-inc
·
Congrats to all the
winners at the 3rd Annual L&N Film Fest! If you weren’t here Tuesday night you missed
first screenings of future big shot directors, writers, and producers! For a complete list of winners – see below.
·
Rising juniors and seniors – are you interested in taking
Dual Enrollment classes this summer or fall?
You need to come to an informational meeting to learn what to do and how
to do it. There will be one Friday, 4/12, at 8:30 in G006. Meetings last
about 40 minutes. Email Mrs. Morrell if
you have questions.
·
Thanks to the L&N Art Honor
Society for our new portable Wings mural now on display in the Commons. The
design was by Hila Williford, and
she painted it with Cameron Ramsey,
Rachel Barrick, Josie Bresler, Jennifer Butler, Kirsten Carter, Helena
Delzer and Lydia Foster. Stop by and take a picture with them and
if you tweet please tag our school @LNSTEMAC and/or #GryphonWings
·
April 8-12 Blind Date with a
Book! As testing season
approaches, you'll need a good book to help you escape the stress. Gather
up your courage and drop by the L&N STEM Academy Library next week for a
chance encounter that could turn into the real thing!
Where have you been all my life? The books will be wrapped so you
can't judge them by their covers (it’s what’s inside that counts, right?)
and each one will have a classified ad on it describing its perfect reader.
Could you possibly be the one?
You'll never know unless you try! Check it out and go on a date.
...don't worry, if the match doesn't work, you can always return the book and
try again. It shouldn't surprise you that sometimes it takes a couple tries to
find that special connection. It starts on Monday and will last all week!
·
The Class
of 2019 will be hosting a Tournament/Game Night Monday, April 15th from 5-8pm with all
proceeds going to the senior gift. The event is free to attend but there will
be $5 Smash Bros tournaments and tournaments for spike-ball and foursquare,
where the winners will win prizes and participants will have the opportunity to
win. Attendees will be able to buy pizza, chips, drinks, and desserts. Plan to
attend if you want to have a great time and win some awesome prizes.
Community &
Guidance Ops:
·
A representative
from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, will be at STEM on
Tuesday, April 16 at 7:00pm.
Parents, students, friends all are welcome.
·
All students, here is the last opportunity to visit nearby college
campuses as they host special open house events: (more detail can be found on the
School Counseling/Calendar website)
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.
Quote of the day from Abraham
Lincoln:
The best way to predict your future is to create
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
FILM FESTIVAL
RESULTS:
Outstanding Silent Film - Flora
+ Fauna (Maddie Hux, Rosie Jones, Davis Hammett, Bryson Coleman)
Outstanding Original Story - First
Crush (Chloe Gibson)
Outstanding Documentary - John
Lennon: A History (Bri Badillo, Rachel Sepaniak, Nick
Straight, Addison Taylor, and Madison Turner)
Outstanding Spotlight Film - Making
of Night Riders (Lucas Vaughn, Jaxon Black, Davey Niday,
Marianna Simmins, Anna Boney, Christian Fox, Amanda Knopps, Quinn Jazny, Mary
Grace Mader)
Outstanding 14 Day Shootout - Surfing
the Web (Isabelle Taylor, Anna Enkema, Haley Lester, Ingrid
Hernandez, Madeline Taylor)
14 Day Shootout Audience Favorite and
Outstanding Scoring/Audio - Tennessee Jones and the Ancient Relic
(Nathan Leeper, Mayci Proctor, Reagan Frye, Gracie Brady)
Outstanding Cinematography - The
Passage of Time (Travis Gardner, Ruby Wagley, Reese
Hudson, Juliana Carrera)
Outstanding Director- Emily Coile (On
Edge)
Outstanding Lead Actor- David
Niday (Making of Night Riders)
Outstanding Original Screenplay -
Montze Ortiz and Derrick Washington (Falling)
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