Today is Tuesday, October 31, 2017

If you plan on taking the Behind the Wheel driving program please turn your completed application in to Coach Semento as classes are starting to be filled.

GUIDANCE

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Martin Luther King Scholarship Application is due to Mrs. Paulling in Guidance no later than 7:15 a.m. Wednesday.

2018 AXA Achievement Scholarship for Graduating SeniorsDeadline: December 15, 2017Applications are in Guidance

USF Alumni Association Kosove Society ScholarshipApplication closes on December 1st.See Mrs. Paulling in Guidance for more information.

The J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholarship for Seniors planning to attend Stetson University is available in GuidancePlease see Mrs. Croker before Dec 20th for a nomination form.

Florida Southern College Orchestra and String Scholarship Audition Information is available in Guidance.

The University of Florida and Florida State University have partnered with the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success.

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

This is a new on line platform to assist with the college application process. You may access these tools at www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org.

Service Scholar Scholarship Application for seniors planning to attend FSU and have an outstanding community service and leadership record.Application is open on November 3rd. Deadline is 5 p.m. on January 18th, 2018.Applications are in Guidance.

Florida Credit Union is offering two scholarships for graduating seniors. Parents and or students must be a member of the Florida Credit Union.

Servin-Ellis Scholarship Fund /Deadline is 2/9/18

Dr. John C.Rawls Scholarship Fund / Deadline is 2/9/18

COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ACTIVITIES 2018

*On-Site College Visits during both Lunches in the Administrative Conference Room in Building 1Tuesday - Ringling College of Arts and DesignThursday - Nova Southern CollegeNovember 13 - Lake Tech College*State Grant and Scholarship Application /FFAA in the Dog House Mr. Rackley’s Econ Students.. November 6th

Mr. Hawkins’ Econ Students..November 9th Mr. Witsman’s Econ Students..November 10thOff Campus seniors can attend any of these sessions.

LSSC FALL REGISTRATION Thursday at 9 a.m. *Mark your calendar:

Financial Aid Night Nov 9th 6 p.m. THS AuditoriumRevised 9/21/17 . See Mrs. Croker in Guidance for more information

UF has extended their application deadline to November 15th.

CLUBS

ATHLETICS

Softball meeting Friday during LO in the GYM.

Letterman jackets are available for purchase online at Neffco Jacket Shop.

https://www.neffjacketshop.com/BrowseCatalogs.asp?VPath=1140|1141|1214

The sample jacket is hanging in the "Guidance Department"

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Central Florida Dreamplex is seeking current freshman, sophomore, and junior level high school students for its StarGazers volunteer program. The Dreamplex is a fitness and recreation center for children and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Only 15-20 volunteers will be chosen to be StarGazers, and the program will span one year (January-December, 2018) and result in at least 100 community service hours for each participant. First aid, CPR, and other training will be provided at no cost. The ideal candidate will be an individual who loves to work with children and is interested in therapeutic services, special education, or other related fields as a career choice. Those chosen to be StarGazers will assist with Dreamplex sports and recreational programs, and will have the opportunity to shadow physical, speech, and occupational therapists. Completed applications may be submitted by email to cgomes@cfldreamplex.com or dropped off at the Dreamplex, located in the Clermont Hillside Terrace complex (same building as Graffiti Junktion) Applications are due by November 6th.

Word of the Day

persecute

On Your Tail Word of the Day:The close resemblance of this verb to prosecute and the fact that they share a Latin root leads to their being confused and erroneously interchanged from time to time. It may be helpful to remember that prosecute is what a prosecutor does: bring legal action to seek justice. Anyone, on the other hand, can persecute, that is, harass with malicious intent. The shared Latin root, sequi, means "follow."

On This Day in History

1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

1860 - Juliette Low, the founder off the Girl Scouts, was born.

1864 - Nevada became the 36th state to join the U.S.

1868 - Postmaster General Alexander Williams Randall approved a standard uniform for postal carriers.

1914 - The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) joined the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria).

1922 - Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy.

1926 - Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. His appendix had been damaged twelve days earlier when he had been punched in the stomach by a student unexpectedly. During a lecture Houdini had commented on the strength of his stomach muscles and their ability to withstand hard blows.

1940 - The British air victory in the Battle of Britain prevented Germany from invading Britain.

1941 - Mount Rushmore was declared complete after 14 years of work. At the time the 60-foot busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were finished.

1941 - The U.S. Navy destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed by a German submarine near Iceland. The U.S. had not yet entered World War II. More than 100 men were killed.

1952 - The U.S. detonated its first hydrogen bomb.

1954 - The Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) began a revolt against French rule.

1955 - Britain's Princess Margaret announced she would not marry Royal Air Force Captain Peter Townsend.

1956 - Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole. Dufek also became the first person to set foot on the South Pole.

1959 - Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine from Fort Worth, TX, announced that he would never return to the U.S. At the time he was in Moscow, Russia.

1961 - In the Soviet Union, the body of Joseph Stalin was removed from Lenin's Tomb where it was on public display.

1968 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.

1969 - Wal-Mart Discount City stores were incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

1981 - Antiqua and Barbuda became independent of Great Britain.

1983 - The U.S. Defense Department acknowledged that during the U.S. led invasion of Grenada, that a U.S. Navy plane had mistakenly bombed a civilian hospital.

1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards. Her son, Rajiv, was sworn in as prime minister.

1992 - In Liberia, it was announced that five American nuns had been killed near Monrovia. Rebels loyal to Charles Taylor were blamed for the murders.

1993 - River Phoenix died at the age of 23 after collapsing outside The Viper Room in Hollywood.

1993 - The play "Wonderful Tennessee" closed after only 9 performances.

1994 - 68 people were killed when an American Eagle ATR-72, plunged into a northern Indiana farm.

1997 - Louise Woodward, British au pair, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. She was released after her sentence was reduced to manslaughter.

1998 - Iraq announced that it was halting all dealings with U.N. arms inspectors. The inspectors were investigating the country's weapons of mass destruction stemming from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the coast of Nantucket, MA, killing all 217 people aboard.

1999 - Leaders from the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. The event ended a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.

2001 - Microsoft and the U.S. Justice Department reached a tentative agreement to settle the antitrust case against the software company.

2007 - Google shares hit $700 for the first time.

2008 - Distribution Video Audio, Inc. shipped its final shipment of VHS tapes to stores. The company was the last major United States supplier of pre-recorded VHS tapes.