GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING
For Wednesday, November 1, 2017 – N-day
School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading
L&N Student Mission – #Own it!
School
Ops:
·
Please join us here at school in
the Media Center on Thursday, November 2nd, from 6 to 8 p.m. for an evening of discussion as
well as a student-created escape room associated with KCPL and UT's Big
Read, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Refreshments will
be served.
·
Seniors – be sure you reserve your
space for the date that works best for you for the Senior breakfast. This is no cost to you and we expect 100%
participation. Email Ms. Coley if you
have any questions. The link is www.SignUpGenius.com/go/8050844A5A623AB9-class
· 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
Community
& Guidance Ops:
· 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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
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, TN Reward School (3 times)
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