GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Tuesday, September 12, 2017 – L-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
·
L&N Bowling team
parents (and bowlers) will meet Thursday, September
14 in the Commons at 6:30 p.m – you
can attend this information session while taking part in the PTSA Parent Camp.
We will discuss practice and match schedules, team shirts/uniforms, team
fees, bowling balls and fundraising opportunities. Hope to see all of you on Thursday evening.
- Coach Parker
·
Spring 2018
Washington DC Field Trip: Registration has begun for the bi-annual Washington
DC field trip to the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Trip includes the
festival, national monuments tour, museum visits including Smithsonian,
National Mall and more. $400 cost covers transportation, hotel (four persons
per room), admissions, misc. fees, and hot breakfast. Students will be
responsible for lunch and dinner costs. $100 deposit due October 20th.
Registration forms available in the office. Stop by the information table
before the PTSA Parent Program this Thursday, or you may contact Ms. Jorgenson
or Mr. Powell for more information- cheri.jorgenson@knoxschools.org
or timothy.powell@knoxschools.org
·
Digital Labs –
remember check outs and late arrivals were reviewed by grades as of
yesterday. Be responsible – if you had
below a “C” in any course, be there for your labs. Use the time, bring the grade up, and earn
back the privilege to leave! New rosters
start TODAY!
·
Congrats to these new
freshmen elected to serve as SGA Officers for this school year:
o
Andrew Miller, President
o
Evan Seaver, Vice President of Communications
o
Lily Landrum, Vice President of Events
o
Abigail Lee, Vice President of Fundraising
·
Juniors and Seniors! Knox County Schools sponsors a College
Fair each year for all schools to attend at no cost. This year’s Fair will be on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 from 9:00am – 12:30pm.
We have not yet been assigned our time to attend, but if you are
interested (and all juniors are strongly encouraged to attend), you will need
the following:
· A notarized medical release form for field
trips on file for this school year. Students may pick up the form at the
front office anytime. If anyone needs a notary, our bookkeeper can
provide that service if you bring your ID when you come to the office to sign
it.
o A completed permission form. It and
the medical release form were attached to the email sent to you earlier by Mr.
Sudderth. There will also be copies available in the Guidance Center.
o Return completed permission forms and Medical forms to Mr. Sudderth in
Guidance no later than 9/13/17.
·
Congratulations to our L&N
Art students whose work was entered into the Tennessee Valley Fair Student Art
Exhibition. All four of our students placed: Christopher Sconion,
2nd Place (Drawing); Samantha Rodriguez, 3rd Place (Mixed Media) and
both Nina Klein and Travis Gardner received Honorable Mentions
(Sculpture). Congratulations also to Madison Jackson, who won 3rd Place
in Photography for the Congressional Medal of Honor Art Show. These students
will receive their awards in a ceremony next Monday night. Be sure to visit the
Jacobs Building to see their artwork during the fair!
·
Fridays are Coffee &
Candy Day at The L&N STEM Academy Coffee Nook. Need a little boost? The weekend is almost
here! Stop by the Coffee Nook for $1
candy bars and a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate! (We're open before school and the first 30
minutes of each block.)
Coffee
Nook Gift Cards Do you find yourself needing coffee but never having cash
when you need it? Purchase a $10 Coffee Nook Gift Card worth 10 cups of
coffee, tea, or hot chocolate! They make
great gifts! See Ms. Ellis (in the
Library) to purchase one.
In case you
were wondering, every purchase you make at the Coffee Nook helps improve
our Library. Really, it does! We're using the money we
raised last year to purchase a subscription for ebooks both school-related
and for pleasure reading. Yay! We should have them up and available
by October.
· Join us for a
night of reading and enthusiastic discussion at the L&N STEM
Academy's Fall Reading Night!
· Who's
invited? You are! All students, parents, and staff of the L&N STEM
Academy are welcome!
· Where will we be
reading? We'll be in the Commons and Media Center.
· What does it
cost? Nothing.
It's free!
· What should I
bring? Bring
a book (or check one out from the school Library Media Center)
and we'll provide the pizza, popcorn, drinks, and door prizes,
including a selection of free books, a $25 McKay's Voucher, and Starbucks
gift cards. We'll have a structured
night of reading (30-minute intervals) with breaks for eating and
socializing...and, yes, prize winning!
· Yearbooks for
the 2017-18 school year are officially on sale! Pick up an order form from the
office any time or order yours from www.jostensyearbooks.com. The price per
book is $55 now through September 15th. The longer you wait to order yours, the
higher the price goes up, so make sure to order yours as soon as possible
to save up to $25 this school year! Seniors:
you can purchase a yearbook for $50
if you order before Nov 1. Special price does not apply to a customized
order.
· Order your class
t-shirt for Spirit week today to support prom! They are on sale during all
lunch periods for $15. Checks and cash are accepted as payment. XL sizes and up
are +$1. Buy one while you still can! We will stop selling Friday, September
22nd.
Community
& Guidance Ops:
· Applications are
now being accepted for the L&N representative to a new student advisory
board group to offer input to the KCS Student Representative to the School
Board. Have a voice and let it be
heard! Applications are available in the
front office and due Sept. 15.
·
Colleges visiting the L&N
(see list below) soon – we’ve sent students to each of these! If you’re interested, stop by the guidance
office to find out how to get to meet these recruiters:
o Thursday 9/14 @ 12:15pm American Univ
o
Thursday 9/14 @ 12:15pm
Roanoke College
· Applications are
now open for the United States Senate Youth Program. The program offers high
school students in their junior or senior years the opportunity to participate
in an annual Washington Week event in March, which includes a variety of events
that promote a unique understanding of the structure of our national
government. The Hearst Foundation also offers selected state finalists a
$10,000 undergraduate scholarship. The student application and instructions for
applying are available here. The deadline to
apply is Oct. 27.
Quote
of the day from Jim Rohn:
Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your
fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t
born with and must take responsibility for forming.
Practice
L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical Thinking, Collaboration,
Innovation, Inquiry, & Design
L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of
Distinction, 3 time - US News & World
Report medalist – Silver 2017, Gold 2016, Bronze 2015, 3 time - Newsweek’s Top 500 American High Schools
2015 – 17
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