GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Thursday, April
4, 2019 – L-day
School Mission – Boundless
STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission –
#Own it!
School Ops:
·
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.
·
Good Luck to Madilyn Newman. She earned an
invitation to Augusta National Golf Club to compete in the Drive, Chip and Putt
National Finals. She will be competing in Augusta, Ga on Sunday, April
7 prior to the start of the 2019 Masters Tournament.
· Help our FIRST Robotics
team, the STEMpunks, get to the Worlds Championship in Houston, TX! They won an invitation to the championship
through their performance at the recent Smoky Mtn Regional, where they played
their way into the Finals and won the Imagery Award. See below for information on donations.
·
Help out a classmate with a survey for Scientific
Modeling. Find it here: https://forms.gle/P7GQnBj5mYYV399f6
·
New overseas trip
being planned for fall break 2020 to Italy and Greece! Come find out more on April 11 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 10 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 today
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 Albert Einstein:
Your
imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.
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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