4-17-19 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – N-day

TNReady Testing day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·         TNReady testing continues today during regularly scheduled English 1 and 2 and US History classes.  Everyone will report to his/her regular class schedule.  Students should be sure your laptops are fully charged especially during these tests.  Thank you for keeping hallways quiet since they will be going on all day in different rooms.

·         Heads up –Thursday is another major testing day.  First block class will be extended to run from 9:30 – 11:30 for us to complete testing.  You will not meet with your regular L1 teacher (testing or not).  See testing rooms and other room assignments for everyone below.

·         Our elevator is still down for repairs.  We have reached out to those we think will be most affected; if you are affected and have not been contacted please notify the front office.

·      Congratulations to Smash Bros Champions Connor Johnson and Beckham Spiller. Seniors & SGA thank all those who came and played!  It was a smashing good time!  

·      Congratulations to our Tennessee History Day winners!  Before attending prom on Saturday these students competed in Nashville.  Shout out to Olivia Sharp, for placing first in the State of Tennessee with her website, and Reece Brown placing second with her performance.  They both earned a spot in the national competition in Maryland in June.  We also had nine other participants who represented us very well.

A special "thank you" goes to Mr. Griffin, who sponsored this event in Nashville on Saturday, and then came back to town for prom later that evening! 

·      WATE is covering the L&N multiple ways this week!  Check out this posting for a video interview with our robotics team: https://www.wate.com/news/east-tennessee-teens-at-robotics-competition_20190412205447/1921765036.

·      Our musical Gryphons represented us well at the All State event in Nashville last week.  Gretta Berry did very well in the  Women’s Choir, and in instrumental, students earned these recognitions:

§  Marcus Lee: 1^st chair, 1^st Bassoon – blue band.  He chaired principal bassoon and 1^st in the entire state for 11^th-12^th grade – a first for our school!

§  Connor McGinley: 10^th chair, 2^nd violin – Symphony Orchestra

§  Campbell Maben: 10^th chair, 1^st violin – String Orchestra

§  Maddie Maben: 3^rd chair, cello – String Orchestra

§  Kieran Maben: 2^nd chair, double bass – String Orchestra

Community  & Guidance Ops:

·         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 Michael Jordan:

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do 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

Thursday, April 18th L Day

Modified Bell Schedule:

L1 9:30-11:30 EXTENDED

(All students in Study Hall or Testing-No L1 classes)

L2 11:35-12:19

Normal L3 and L4

English 1/English 2

Subpart 3: 95m

NON-TESTING Student Groups:

SENIORS	ALL	ALL	Commons
Blevins	AP Lang	ALL	Lawson-McGhee
Stanish	US Hist	L3	D218
Griffin	US Hist	L4	D210
Griffin	US Hist	N1	D209
Griffin	US Hist	N3	D222

TESTING ROOMS:

Subject	Class	Teacher	Go to Room #
Eng 1	L2	Bell	207
Eng 1	L3	Bell	205
Eng 1	L4	Bell	202
Eng 1	N1	Bell	213
Eng 1	N2	Bell	214
Eng 1	N3	Bell	216
Eng 2	L1	Daugherty	222
Eng 2	L2	Daugherty	203
Eng 2	N2	Daugherty	D119
Eng 2	L4	Bays	D120
Eng 2	N3	Bays	221
Eng 2	N4	Bays	D121
US Hist	Students will receive email		D113