Monday, April 8, 2019

4-9-19 Student Mission Brieifng


GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, April 9, 2019 – L-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:
·      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

·         What a weekend to be a Gryphon – here’s a rundown of all the activities and recognitions earned just this weekend!
§  Our TSA team competed in the state tournament in Chattanooga – Max Harper won 3rd place for Music Production. 
§  Congratulations to the L&N Art Honor Society for winning First Place in the Dogwood Arts Festival Chalkwalk High School Collaborative category. Thanks to our NAHS members who participated: Ayesha Ahmed, Rachel Barrick, Savannah Bresler, Jen Butler, Kirsten Carter, Jemeria Davison, Travis Gardner, Kate Jolly, Destiny Large, Mary Grace Mader, Audrey Moran, Cameron Ramsey, Hannah Ray and Hila Williford. Special Thanks to Ayesha for the art that inspired the work and Cameron who represented the group in the awards. What a banner year for our NAHS, after winning the corresponding award at the Oak Ridge Street Painting Festival, as well as the People's Choice Award! 
§  Golfer Madlyn Newman won the “putt” portion of the DriveChipPutt National finals held at Augusta National course over the weekend – she finished 8th in the nation overall!
§  Our Climbing club finished their season by wiping out all the other novice teams at the final meet of 2019.
§  NHS members volunteered at Beardsley Farm community gardens.
§  SGA members who stayed in town participated in an effort to clean up Second Creek along with the City of Knoxville water quality workers.
§  SGA members traveled to the State Conference where Ashley Waycaster won the TASC Member of the Year and Lucy Drinnen won  TASC Above and Beyond Awards.  Chloe Gibson and Reed Freeman brought home the E-Scrapbook award for our chapter; and Jenny Liu took 3rd place in the essay contest.
§  Our Science Olympiad team took their state tournament by storm.  Medal winners were: Josie Bresler & Isabelle Toth – 1st place, Designer Genes; Devon McGinley & Raymond Wysmierski – 1st place, Geologic Mapping; Charles Brush & Raymond Wysmierski – 1st place, Wright Stuff; Charles Brush & Connor Mcginley – 2nd place Boomilever.  Overall team placement still to be determined.

·         Heads up – this Friday, 4/12, we will meet in Advisory classes to go over your testing schedules for the next 2 weeks.  Don’t miss it!

·         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:
§  Ashley Butler
§  Kaylin Fleenor
§  Jenny Liu & Ashley Waycaster
§  Savannah Belz
§  Reid Napier

·         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.

·         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!!

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 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    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.

Quote of the day from Mark Twain:

Do not go around saying the world owes you a living.  The world owes you nothing.  It was here first.

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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