11-8-17 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Wednesday, November 8, 2017 – N-day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·      Student drivers – Blackstock lot will be closed Nov 8 (Wednesday) this week for parking.  Please plan ahead and make other arrangements for parking tomorrow!

·      Today – we are helping Knox County Schools break a world record this morning by having the most number of students coding at one time.  In order to complete this, we have people from the Guinness Book of World Records in the building and will be extending 2^nd period to accommodate a press conference in our Media Center.  The day’s schedule is:

o   N1 – 9:30 – 10:52 (usual schedule)

o   N2 – 10:57 – 12:30* (extending by 11 minutes)

o   Lunches 12:30 – 1:41 (1st lunch will be extended by 10 minutes to overlap with 2nd lunch.  All others will be on usual schedule)

o   N3/N4 – as usual

·      Are you interested in math? Mu Alpha Theta is hosting Round 1 of the annual Log1 competition this Thursday at 8:45 AM in Room 214 or during Second Lunch of Genius Hour in Room 221. The competition is a 15-question free-response test with no calculator, and it should take about half an hour. The two categories are "Functions" and "Counting and Probability." The three divisions are Mu, for Calculus students, Alpha, for students who have passed Algebra 2 but aren't in Calculus yet, and Theta, for students who haven't completed Algebra 2 yet. If you have any questions, feel free to E-mail s731551@student.knoxschools.org.

·      Swim/Dive Team Results from Sunday:  How ‘bout them Gryphons! STEM 216 – West 148 – Central 63, that’s 2 victorious meets in a row!!

·      Freshmen – you received an email from yearbook sponsor Christina.daugherty@knoxschools.org asking for volunteers to be interviewed for this year’s edition of our yearbook.  Please email her if you’re willing to be in the book!

·      FRUVED Announcement-  Interested in a chance to be one of 25 L&N students to win a $25 gift card? Click on the link below to take a survey about your health before the survey closes. If you already took and fully completed the Fruved survey, you'll be automatically entered into the drawing! Thanks in advance for your participation! https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3eqq0Cn8ltwEzzL

·      Big congrats to our Running Gryphons!  Both boys and girls teams had a great showing at State Championships over the weekend – Seth Jinks won the Small School Division race for the boys, and as a team they were the state Runner-Up (2^nd place!), also earning Coach Christina Daugherty the TSSAA Coaches’ Plaque.  On the girls side Brooke Foster placed 5^th and Deja Adams placed 15^th.  Way to go Gryphons!

·      Also shout out to our robotics team, the L&N STEMpunks finished 2^nd at the Battle for the Bluegrass robotics matchup in Kentucky.  What a great pre-season warm up – get used to winning team!!

·      All students who wish to enter our L&N National History Day competition are invited to do so.  It is not necessary to do this as part of a class project.  You may compete just for the love of history and the love of competition!  As always, follow exact directions on NHD website, and bring Process Paper, Annotated Bibliography, and your project to the competition in the Commons--9:30, Monday, Nov 20.  Please email Mrs. Robbins or Ms. Stanish if you plan to compete (other than as part of a class) so we can plan exhibit space for you.  Remember, you may compete as an individual or a group (maximum five people).  Questions?  Email Mrs. Robbins or Ms. Stanish.

·      Yearbooks are now $60 through November 17! Order yours now by visiting www.jostensyearbooks.com or by picking up an order form from the office. Prices will continue to go up the longer you wait to order, so purchase yours now to save up to $20 this school year!  Want to keep up with yearbook announcements and updates as they happen? Follow us on twitter @STEMYB!!

·      Congrats to Lucy Drinnen, Cinna Lockhart, and Reed Freeman, who’s video “Thank a Veteran” just won the ORNL Veteran’s Day Video contest.  This is the 4^th year in a row that an L&N team has won this competition!  Here’s a link to their winning video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-8BivR6uA

·      And speaking of Veteran’s Day – you’ll be hearing more in Advisory class on Friday about our school field trip along Gay St next week, on Nov 10, to watch the Veteran’s Day Parade live!  This is a great tradition that is unique to our school – looking forward to all students participating!

·      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

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 Teddy Roosevelt:

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.

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)