GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Wednesday, April
3, 2019 – N-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
· 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 Kingsport, TN (Dobyns-Bennett High
School) and Burlington, Ontario, Canada (Burlington Central High). 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!
·
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
Logan O’Neal, Class of
2020 - Governor’s School for Computational Physics at Austin Peay
o
Raymond Wysmierski, Class of
2020 – accepted to 2 different programs, Governor’s School for the Arts and
Governor’s School of Integration of Biological and Statistical Sciences at
ETSU. He chose the ETSU program.
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 Eleanor Roosevelt:
No one
can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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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