GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Monday, November 30, 2015 – “M” classes
Early Release Schedule
2015-16 L&N Student Mission – Own it!
School Ops:
· Shout out to Preston Gull and Niquelle
Mase, who have had projects accepted for exhibition in the 2015 East TN Regional
Student Art Exhibition at the KMA. Open
to the public beginning Dec 8.
· Students make note – yearbook will be
taking club pictures during Genius Hour this Wednesday, Dec. 2. See the schedule at the bottom of the
announcements and report to the Plaza at the designated time for any clubs in
which you participate.
· Mark your calendars students – Monday
classes will meet for the last time this semester on Dec. 7. That means you only meet today and once more
before the end of this grading period!
We will be doing mid-term exams on Mon., Dec. 14. (schedule is at
bottom). Your teachers will tell you how
this affects your classes.
· Attention
to all students that are interested in participating in any future Model United
Nations conferences: There will be an interest meeting on Monday, November 30th from 3:30-4:00 in Room 214 and a second on
Tuesday, December 1st from 9:00-9:25 in Room 214.
· Our
Statistics project compares how taking notes, either using technology, such as
a laptop or iPad, or traditional notes, writing notes on paper, affects
students' ability to retain information over a period of time. The project
consists of student cooperation the get the most accurate results. We prefer
that ALL students, no matter what grade or writing style, take the survey to
get a baseline of the data. Click
here to access our short survey.
Questions? Please contact s748657@student.knoxschools.org, s750603@student.knoxschools.org, s734810@student.knoxschools.org,or s050720@student.knoxschools.org.
· Prom tickets for the Junior/Senior Prom
are now available for purchase during lunch. All tickets are $40 through
November and December. Get your tickets now while the price is low.
Theme: A Red Carpet Romance; Location: Gettysvue Country Club
Date: April 23, 2016 ; Time: 7-11pm
·
The
L&N STEMpunks FRC Team 3966 are collecting socks for Socks
for the Sox, a holiday outreach drive lead by the Evil Purple Sox
FTC Team 8498. We need your help gathering socks to donate to our local
Knoxville charity, and you can bring new and unused socks in the green
recycling bin in the front office. We'll be collecting socks until
December 4th, so please consider helping us give back to the community!
Community & Guidance Ops:
·
Nominate yourself for the GE Reagan
Foundation Scholarship worth 40K. You need to demonstrate the
attributes of leadership, drive, integrity, citizenship. You must
also require financial assistance and hold a 3.0 GPA to apply.
Please email me if you are planning to apply or have questions.
·
Nominate yourself for the Gates Millennial Scholarships
if you have a
2.7GPA + are African
American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, or a
Hispanic American who has significant financial need.
· Seniors who missed picking
up your TN Promise packets can pick them up from the guidance office.
Quote
of the day from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
Treat people
as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are
capable of becoming.
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 – 2015)
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