2-6-19 Student Mission Briefing

GRYPHON MISSION BRIEFING

For Wednesday, February 6, 2019 – N-day

School Mission – Boundless STEM: Learning & Leading

L&N Student Mission – #Own it!

School Ops:

·      Congratulations to Kassidy Gray whose design was chosen to represent Tennessee as the Youth Art Month Flag at the National Art Education Association Convention this year. Kassidy wins a $1000 prize, and our art department wins supplies. Ian Rainey also won an Honorable Mention for his design. This is the third time that the L&N has won this honor: 2015, 2016 and now 2019!  Kassidy’s winning flag design is shown below.

·      Congrats also to Savannah Bresler (for Drawing), Ayesha Ahmed (for Mixed Media) and Chloe Weaver (for Poetry) who all won Honorable Mentions in the Regional Scholastic Awards this year. The Southeast region represents nine states, including Tennessee.

·      We have exactly 73 yearbooks left before we run out completely. This may seem like a lot, but there are over 200 students who still haven’t purchased theirs, so order yours ASAP to make sure you don’t get left out on distribution day. Go to jostensyearbooks.com to get yours for $70, and make sure to follow @STEMYB on Twitter!

·      Seniors, there will be a mandatory class meeting on Wednesday, February 13th in the commons at 11:45. Please make plans to be in attendance.

·      Congratulations to L&N Ethics Bowl team, Sonaz Jazny, Cade Brown, Reece Brown, Michelle Carrera, and Elijah Skeirik, for their outstanding performance last Saturday in the Tennessee High School Ethics Bowl hosted by the UT’s Department of Philosophy and the Humanities Center. The Gryphons won five consecutive matches, including victories over Bearden, Oak Ridge, and Hardin Valley, to advance to the championship for the fifth year in a row. There, in cases concerning Liver Allocation for transplants and Political Gerrymandering, the decision went to St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School. Special recognition to seniors Cade Brown, for two years of strong competition, and Sonaz Jazny for four fantastic years of representing L&N at this event!

·      Who will represent L&N STEM Academy at the 2019 CTE Live Competition?  It could be you!  Applications and videos are being accepted now through February 15.   For more information and to submit click here:
https://goo.gl/forms/m9NtWsPC6scZwLt52 
L&N Students will vote March 1 for our representative.  

·      Did you know one of our athletes has been nominated for the Knox News’ “I AM SPORT Award”?  Go to http://knoxnews.secondstreetapp.com/I-AM-SPORT-Award-2019/ and vote for L&N senior Sydney Rockwell!  You can vote once per day until the voting ends on March 5, 11:59 a.m. EST.  Share the link with everyone you know!

·      Teens for Christ is starting back up for spring semester – come join them Monday mornings at 8:45 in D113

·      PROM TICKETS:  The prom committee members will be selling tickets during both lunches everyday except Mondays. Tickets will be single tickets are $45 and couples tickets are $80. Additionally, if students paid their senior dues the cost of a single ticket was included. 

Community  & Guidance Ops:

·      Check the School Counseling website for a variety of  scholarship offerings andsummer opportunities. Some deadlines are approaching!

·      AP Registration Window Opening Soon!  The Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Registration Window is January 28th-February 15th.  Students and parents can obtain the registration form digitally (see attached) or pick up a hard copy in the Guidance office.  Completed forms and payment must be submitted to the Guidance office.  Forms or payments submitted any other way may not make it to the appropriate staff member, resulting in students not being able to test! Do NOT submit to the main office! Remember: The deadline to register is Friday, February 15th! Please direct any questions to sarah.salerno@knoxschools.org.  More AP information can be found at https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/home

·      Interested in STEM and working with elementary students?  Apply as a mentor in the Gear Up STEM Camp. Eligible mentors can be in grades 9-11 with at least a 2.75 GPA. Receive a stipend, leadership skills, service hours.  The program is 4 separate weeks over the next year (2 in summer, spring break and fall break).  See more at http://bit.ly/GearUpSLM. Deadline 2/15/19.

Quote of the day from Mark Twain:

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.

Kassidy Gray’s winning flag design

Practice L&N Habits every day: Professionalism, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry, & Design

L&N STEM Academy – TN’s First Apple School of Distinction, US News & World Report medalist , Newsweek’s Top 500 American High Schools, TN Reward School,  

TN STEM Designated School, AdvancED STEM Certified School