GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Thursday, April 23, 2015
“L” Day Classes
School Ops:
·
Come celebrate Earth Week at the Earth, Energy, and
Environment event hosted by the Women in STEM Genius Hour and the PowerSave
Schools Program. It will be after school during Early Release on Friday,
April 24th, from 2:45-4:30 on the Plaza. There will be games, light
snacks, and learning about conserving energy. Come for some energy saving
fun!
·
Come out tonight to see our music students in a formal recital being
held at Church Street United Methodist Church (at the other end of Henley St
from us, right in front of the bridge).
The concert is free and starts at 7:00.
All our music faculty (Sera, Galyon, & Gibsons [yes, plural]) with
perform in addition to students. Come
enjoy great music in a beautiful setting!
·
Students – when you’re in the Commons looking at the Visualization
wall you will notice a new visual in the upper right corner. This presentation was created by our SECME
club (SouthEastern Consortium of Minorities in Engineering) to highlight the
contributions of minorities to our culture and STEM over the decades. Enjoy it!
·
Did you know this is
National Student Leadership week? Our
NHS leaders invite everyone to visit this
one question survey to offer your thoughts on leadership. Thank you for participating!
·
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
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!
· Are you a 16- to 18-year-old who loves nature and
science? NatureBridge, a nonprofit organization that connects young people
to the wonder of science and nature, is hosting a two-week science and
wilderness exploration program. More than 50 teens from Alcoa communities
around the world will be selected to spend part of their summer exploring,
adventuring and backpacking in Yosemite National Park (California) or Olympic
National Park (Washington). The program fees are covered through a grant from
Alcoa Foundation. For more information
and the application, visit http://www.naturebridge.org/alcoa-scholars-summer-program-2015.
The deadline to apply by May 1.
· 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 Benjamin Franklin:
Well done is
better than well said.
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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