GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, April 21, 2015
“L” Day Classes
School Ops:
· Dual
Enrollment for
2015-16 Application Session will take place in the Media Center on April
21st @ 9:00am. Students MUST bring:
o
Completed Hep B form signed by a parent (Located
on school counseling website under "forms")
o
All students will need their Social Security
Number
·
Today stop on the plaza to see your guidance counselor on your way to
lunch. They have your schedule request
forms printed out for you to take home for parent signature. Any requests not returned with parent/ guardian
signature will be processed last – which means you may not get the electives
you wanted.
·
Plan on coming back to school tonight for dinner at 5:30 (Moe’s junior
chicken or veggie burritos, chips, salsa, and drink for $5 per plate) and then
stick around and play Bingo for free for fabulous prizes! Bring your family with you so they can bid on
silent auction baskets. Come join the
fun!
·
Did you get the email from SGA with links to all the election
videos? Look for a message from S029158
to find links and be sure to watch before voting on Friday! Good luck to all candidates!
·
Congratulations to STEM's Junior Classical League who placed 4th
overall in their division in the TN Junior Classical League competition in
Gatlingurg! Emmanuel Sosa-Cruz
placed 1st in English Oratory. Anna
Ward placed 1st in the Roman Life and Pen and Ink categories. Way to
represent the school!
·
Congrats to L&N STEMpunks (our robotics team) programmers, Ben Klein and Michael Glass, who won 1st place at the Maryville College high school
programming contest on Saturday. Way to
go guys!
·
SGA is helping out the YMCA with their charity funds by hosting a
field day. Come out and join us on May 1st. There will be a spikeball
tournament as well as a couple games of frisbee and four square. It will be
from 4:45-7:45. Help us support the YMCA and have a blast!
·
The Technology Student Association of the L&N STEM Academy will be
selling STEM themed vinyls and Hershey's Chocolate bars in the commons during
the coming mornings and lunches. The vinyls start at $4 and come in 3, 4, and 5
inch variants with green, yellow, black, and white being the color choices. You
can also order a customized vinyl for $10. Hershey's chocolate bars will be
available for purchase at the price of $1. We will be providing a special on
buying a package of a 4 inch vinyl with a Hershey's bar. We will also be
providing this package for free if you are our 100th buyer! We will start
selling on April 20th and continue selling until May 7th. Our Vinylla and
Chocolate fundraiser will go towards helping us compete at this year's National
Conference in Dallas so consider coming by our table to buy a vinyl and a
chocolate bar!
·
English EOC Morning Review Sessions: The English Department of the L&N STEM
Academy will be hosting English EOC Morning Review Sessions. The review
sessions are designed to refresh and review important skills for the English
End of Course exams. In addition to offering meaningful practice, we will have
breakfast snacks each day for those in attendance. If you'd like to brush up on
your skills and prepare to knock your EOC out of the park, sign-up for some
sessions! Please RSVP here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044cadab2ca5f58-english
o
Monday, April 20th: Literary Terms
o
Wednesday, April 22nd: Identifying Main Ideas
o
Friday, April 24th: Vocabulary in Context
o
Monday, April 27th: Summary and Paraphrase
o
Wednesday, April 29th: Pronouns
o
Friday, May 1st: Literary Terms
LOCATION: Room
104
· SPORTS
PHYSICALS FOR ALL SPORTS 2015-2016: KOC is offering $10 sports physicals at
Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday, May 2. These physicals are good for
any sport in the 2015-2016 school year. Students must bring Knox County/TSSAA
Sports Physical Form that has been signed by a parent/guardian. These
forms may be downloaded from the Athletics page of the L&N website or at www.kocortho.com.
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
We will have reps
from Brown, MIT, and Yale here on Sunday, April
26 from 2:00 – 4:00. Come and bring
your parents!
· High
school summer abroad programs available with scholarships to offset the
costs. Go to www.ciee.org/high-school-summer-abroad for info.
Quote
of the day from Dan Millman:
I learned that
we can do anything, but we can’t do everything . . . at least ot at the same
time. So think of your priorities not in
terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
Practice L&N Habits every day: Collaboration, Critical
thinking, Design, Innovation, Inquiry, & Professionalism
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of
Distinction, 2-time TN Reward School for Performance (2012 – 2014)
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