GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Friday, October 27, 2017 –N-day
SPIRIT WEEK!
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
·
Big congrats to our Boys and
Girls Cross Country teams on their Regional A-AA Championships! Both teams qualified for state for the first
time in school history! Congrats to
individual champion Seth Jinks!
·
Shout out to the newly
appointed grade reps on our PTSA Board of Managers:
o 9th - Hannah
Boshnag
o 10th - Olivia
Sharp
o 11th - Chloe Weaver
o 12th - Aruha Kahn
Thank you
to all those who stepped up to volunteer – we will be calling several of you
individually for specific projects throughout the year.
·
Congratulations to the
following students for their outstanding performance in the Knox County Honors
Orchestra: Gregory Croisdale (1st
Violin), Campbell Maben (Principal
2nd Violin), Maddie Maben (Cello), Nick Thompson (Cello), and Kieran Maben (Principal
Bassist)!
·
Gryphons, in microbiology a
group of your peers is conducting an experiment that compares the common fast
food chicken sandwich and french fries, and how it effects your digestion.
Please take the following 2 question survey in order to contribute to their
data and experiment. https://goo.gl/forms/lxpvPx69fo4MRgKy1
· Interested in
making $20? Come to G006 on Mondays during your lunch period to get your height
and weight taken! We'll sign you up to come back and pick up an accelerometer
that you will wear for 7 days. An accelerometer is a nifty device that measures
your physical activity. After that, you'll bring it back and we'll give you a
$20 Walmart gift card! Hope to see you then! Questions? Ask Chelsea clessard@vols.utk.edu or Dr.
Bretscher .
· Gryphons! Spirit
Week is here, and with that comes the annual Fall Dance. Saturday, October 28,
The Fall Harvest will be held in the commons from 7-10. Tickets
are now on sale during all lunches. Tickets for singles are $8, and couples are
$14.
·
Today is the last day! Support L&N
Choirs by doing some holiday shopping at www.cherrydale.com/LNSKT. Click
SHOP, teacher is PHILIPS, type in the name of a choir student to support
or retype "Philips" in any grade, choose your shipping option (free
to school, fee to home), then shop! Please share with your own family and
friends to help us raise money for our program! Store is open now through
October 27. For more
information, talk to an L&N Choir student or email katie.philips@knoxschools.org.
·
Spirit week is HERE and the
themes for the spirit week days are below so make sure to plan ahead, participate,
and have some fun!
o Friday,
October 27th - Freaky Friday. Since Friday night is Haunted Station,
students are encouraged to wear character costumes then spend the night at the
Haunted Station.
o All of Spirit Week- Boxes for scarf donations to the
homeless, sponsored by key club, will be decorated. The class with the
best decorated box and most scarves donated gains extra points
for their class. The themes for the boxes are elements:
§ Seniors- Fire
§ Junior- Water
§ Sophomores- Earth
§ Freshmen- Wind
·
Rules: All costumes and outfits
must follow Knox County Schools’ dress code. No masks may be worn that
completely cover the face. Students who choose to wear full body suits may wear
a full suit—including mask—only during the Pep Rally.
· 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.
Community
& Guidance Ops:
·
These college recruiters will be
on campus to talk to you about their programs.
All meetings are in the guidance office at 12:15 unless otherwise
noted. Email lyn.johnson@knoxschools.org to get more information and sign up for any of them:
o Tues, 10/31 - Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN
· The Tennessee Governor's School program offers an
intensive learning experience for gifted and talented students during the month
of June. Eleven different subject areas are covered at university
campuses around the state. More information is available on the School
Counseling website at https://www.knoxschools.org/Page/11135
Quote
of the day from Robert Collier:
Success is the sum of small effort, repeated day in and day out.
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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