GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Wednesday, September 13, 2017 –
N-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
·
Students – you can
help out some classmates by responding to the following short survey to help
them empathize for a class project: https://goo.gl/forms/Nh9txDtp4IEhfDaX2
·
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 Monday. 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 Gandhi:
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
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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