GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, May
7, 2019 – L-day
AP testing – room 222 in morning
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School Ops:
· Summer school information
meeting, Thursday, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the Commons. Come prepared to pay $10 per class you will
need (maximum $30).
· Interested
in joining Gryphon Crew to row next year?
Come to an informational meeting today at 4:45 in the Commons. Meet current members, no rowing experience is
required!
· Seniors
don’t forget this Friday’s Social at Victor Ashe Park from 5:00 – 8:00! You need to sign up so they can plan for
food. Go here to register for free - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UsvFeGp3Y8D9_Z2me8ViKjHvC4p6V6KWU99lWG_g4Jc/edit
· Congratulations
to Grace Brison, KIL Girls Discus
Champion! Grace will compete with the
rest of our track and field athletes at the sectional meet this Wednesday to
try to qualify for state! Good luck
Gryphons!
· LIBRARY BOOKS
DUE MAY 10. ALL library
books are due May 10 for inventory purposes. All fees are expected to be paid
by this date as well. Students should have received an email if they have an
overdue book or you owe a fine, but if you're wondering, please drop by the
library to speak to Ms. Ellis.
· There will be a cross country
interest meeting on May 15th at 8:30
a.m. and 4:40 p.m. in room 214 in the Station. Please pick a time that works
best for you! Contact Coach Daugherty for any questions or concerns.
· Do you like baseball? Will you be near Atlanta this summer? The Atlanta Braves are sponsoring a program
to recognize student achievers with a free ticket to a 2019 Atlanta Braves
regular season home game. To qualify,
you must meet one of the following criteria:
1) Have Straight A’s, 2)Have no grade below a B; or 3) have perfect
attendance. If you meet one of those
criteria, you can register online to claim your ticket at www.braves.com/achiever. There is a form you need – they are available
in the front office. Go Braves!
·
Congratulations to
our Tennessee PTA Reflections Awards winners: Kate
Jolly, 1st Place Dance Choreography; Hannah Guess, 1st Place
Visual Art; Hannah Ray, 1st Place Photography; Chloe Weaver,
2nd Place Photography and Circe Whitson, 3rd Place Photography.
Thanks to Hannah Ray for representing us at the award ceremony. Special
Congrats to Kate and both Hannahs, whose work will progress to the National
competition!
Community &
Guidance Ops:
·
Volunteer
Opportunity: Our
Knox County Public Library is looking for a few more volunteers to help out
during the Children's Festival of Reading (specifically in the Science Village
where the Teen Services tent is every year). Students who are available
on Saturday, May 18th, and would like to help should click on this
link to sign up: kcpl.wufoo.com/forms/2019-childrens-festival-of-readingvolunteer-form/ Need more information, email Bess Connally
at bconnally@knoxlib.org.
·
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 George
Edward Woodberry:
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
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 GOLD medalist
, Newsweek’s Top 500 American High Schools, TN Reward School, TN STEM
Designated School, AdvancED STEM Certified School
Summer opp:
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