GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Friday, April
5, 2019 – N-day
School Mission – Boundless
STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission –
#Own it!
School Ops:
· 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!
·
Congratulations
to these students who were recognized at the 68th annual Southern
Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair at Thompson Boling Arena:
o Ashley Butler – project “Effect of Education on Human Empathy” – Jewelry TV “Brilliance”
Award, SASEF Certificate of Excellence, SASEF 5th place Senior
Division award
o Kaylin Fleenor – project “To Burn or Not to Burn” – Strategy Award, SASEF Honorable Mention,
SASEF Certificate of Excellence
o Jenny Liu & Ashley Waycaster – project “Silt
Saver” – Superintendent’s Award, National Genius Award, State Stockholm
Prize, SASEF Certificate of Excellence, SASEF 5th place Senior
Division Award
o Savannah Belz – project “Water Quality Parameters of Second Creek Watershed Over Time” –
State Stockholm prize, SASEF Certificate of Excellence
o Reid Napier – project “ArtiFISHal Reef” – Ricoh Award for Sustainability, SASEF
Certificate of Excellence
·
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.
·
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!!
· 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 Thomas Jefferson:
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from
achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental
attitude.
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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