Today is Thursday, February 1, 2018

Applications are due now to Coach Semento for anyone who is planning on taking the Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education class offered at THS on February 7th. This class will fulfill the Drug and Alcohol class requirement needed to test for your driver’s permit.

WANT TO WIN A PROM TICKET?Are You Artsy?Create the winning design for this year’s prom tickets and win a ticket to attend the prom free!

Open to: Juniors and SeniorsTheme for Prom: Fire and IceAny medium accepted but it must be photographable for the tickets.Entries must be turned in to Mrs. Newman on or before March 14th to be eligible. Building 2- 105

Save the Date!Join us as we celebrate the Scholarship Awards of the Class of 2018 - Senior Awards Night6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2018, in the Tavares High School Auditorium.

GUIDANCE

Students, if you are interested in a Broadcasting Career, there is a management training program in the area looking for candidates. Please see Mrs. Croker for more information.

Any 10th grade student who would like to Dual Enroll next year should see Mr. Stevens in guidance for a PERT test form.

Florida Polytechnic College will be here on February 26th during both lunches in the Guidance Office.

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

LSSC will be here on February 23rd at 8:30 a.m. to sign up any Seniors interested in attending in the Fall. Interested seniors will need to see Mrs. Croker for a pass.

Fifth Judicial Circuit Professional Committee Essay ContestOpen to Juniors and SeniorsDeadline February 28, 2018

Florida Elks Youth CampSummer Counselor in Training and Counselor Positions AvailableApplications are available in Guidance.

Summer Internship Opportunities

2018 FSU Young Scholars ProgramJune 10-July 21Deadline : February 15, 2018

Bank of America Student Leaders ProgramSummer Internship with the Boys and Girls Club of Central FloridaApplication Closes on Friday.

SCHOLARSHIPS

University of Florida First Year ScholarshipsEligible students planning to attend UNFApplications are in the Guidance Office.

Lake Soil and Water Conservation ScholarshipSeniors interested in attending Post Secondary Schools and majoring in Agricultural FieldSeniors interested in starting a business in an Agricultural fieldScholarship amount $500.00Deadline April 8, 2018

Edmond Amateis FoundationSeniors with Financial NeedScholarship Amount is $1.500.00Deadline March 15, 2018

Supervisors of Elections ScholarshipEligible Seniors who have completed 2 years of state college and qualify as Juniors for 2018-19Political Science, Business Adm or Journalism, Communication Majors.Scholarship amount $1,200.00Deadline: March 29, 2018

National Farmers Farm Kid ScholarshipEligible Seniors Planning to Pursue an Agriculture-Related Course of StudyScholarship Amount $1,000.00Deadline: March 1, 2018

USF College Assistance Migrant ProgramEligible Seniors with a family background in migrant and or seasonal farm workScholarship Amount $3,000.00Deadline is March 15, 2018

Jones Brothers Seaplane Aviation Scholarship$5,000.00 scholarship for a senior interested in an Aviation CareerApplication Deadline is March 15, 2018

Alpha Delta Kappa Upsilon College of Education Scholarship ApplicationEligible Seniors interested in majoring in EducationScholarship Deadline : March 28th, 2018

LCAEOP ScholarshipScholarship Amount $1,000.00Application Deadline is March 9, 2018 at 4 p.m.

Harold S. Schwartz Music Scholarship Program Scholarship Amount $10,000.00-$6,000.00Eligible seniors interested in a major or minor in a music (instrumental, performing arts, choral, theatre)Deadline is March 10th, 2018

AaronStrong Perserverance ScholarshipEligible seniors who have faced adversity .Scholarship Amount is $718.00Application Deadline is March 31st.

Linda Kohlmeyer Memorial ScholarshipScholarship Amount $1,000.00Seniors with a 2.5, active in the community and planning to attend a postsecondary institution.Deadline March 15, 2018

Charles Robert Thurman Scholarship$500.00 scholarship for seniors pursuing a career in finance or accountingDeadline is March 29, 2018

2018 Lehner ScholarshipEligible seniors with financial need and at least a 2.5 GPA Scholarship amount up to $5,000.00Deadline April 6th, 2018

Mount Dora Women’s Committee of Fine ArtsOpen to students in Grade 10-12Auditions are for Visual and Performing ArtsDeadline is March 3rd, 2018. Applications are in Guidance.

Rotary Club of Lake County Golden Triangle ScholarshipScholarships awarded on basis of financial need, academic merit, character and community activities.Deadline is February 28, 2018

SECO Energy 2018 Youth Scholarship Eligible seniors must be SECO CustomersDeadline March 30, 2018

Johnson Scholarship FoundationEligible Seniors with DisabilitiesDeadline March 1st, 2018

Johnson Scholarship FoundationEligible Seniors of UPS employees or retirees who live in FloridaDeadline April 1st, 2018

Jackie Robinson Foundation ScholarshipEligible Minority SeniorsDeadline today.

Seminole Chapter of Lake-Sumter Eligible Seniors accepted to FSUDeadline April 1 st, 2018

Rapier Educational ScholarshipMinimum GPA 2.5Deadline is February 15, 2018

Tavares Lions ClubEligible Seniors planning to attend LSSCDeadline March 15, 2018

Criterion Civic Club Scholarship for Graduating Seniors who are African American.Application Deadline is March 31, 2018.Application is in Guidance.

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

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

CLUBS

The Gay-Straight Alliance will meet in Room 5-106 during Learning Opps today and every Thursday.

HOPE Club members: Our next meeting will be Friday during Learning Opportunity. Please remember that we are always collecting canned goods, peanut butter and other nonperishable items for the canned food drive. Please start bringing in a can or jar to help our planet Earth

locally. You can drop the items off in Mrs. Farner’s room. Those of you who have recently paid your dues, remember to come by and get your HOPE Club T-shirt.

HOPE officers - There will be an officer meeting today in Mrs. Farner's classroom during Learning Opportunities.

ATHLETICS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Word of the Day

stuporSmarter Than You Think Word of the Day:Though not nearly as common as its adjective cousin stupid, stupor fits neatly into the class of nouns ending in or (usually -our for Brits) that have cousin adjectives ending in -id: consider languid/languor, fervid/fervor, candid/candor. The semantic connection of stupid with stupor should probably only be penciled in, as it is possible to suffer stupor (a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility) without actually being stupid.

On This Day in History

1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.

1790 - The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York City.

1793 - France declared war on Britain and Holland.

1793 - Ralph Hodgson patented oiled silk.

1842 - In New York City, the "City Despatch Post" began operations. It was a private company that was the first to introduce adhesive postage stamps in the western hemisphere. The company was bought by the U.S. governemnt a few months laster and renamed "United States City Despatch Post."

1861 - Texas voted to secede from the Union.

1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."

1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed a Joint Resolution submitting the proposed 13th Amendment to the states.

1867 - In the U.S., bricklayers start working 8-hour days.

1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.

1893 - Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, NJ.

1896 - Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premiered in Turin.

1898 - The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, CT, issued the first automobile insurance policy. Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo, NY, paid $11.25 for the policy, which gave him $5,000 in liability coverage.

1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.

1913 - Grand Central Terminal (also known as Grand Central Station) opened in New York City, NY. It was the largest train station in the world.

1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.

1920 - The first armored car was introduced.

1920 - Canada's Royal North West Mounted Police changed their name to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The organization was commissioned in 1873.

1921 - Carmen Fasanella registered as a taxicab owner and driver in Princeton, New Jersey. Fasanella retired November 2, 1989 after 68 years and 243 days of service.

1929 - Weightlifter Charles Rigoulet of France achieved the first 400 pound ‘clean and jerk’ as he lifted 402-1/2 pounds.

1930 - The Times published its first crossword puzzle.

1946 - Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.

1951 - The first telecast of an atomic explosion took place.

1951 - The first X-ray moving picture process was demonstrated.

1953 - CBS-TV debuted "Private Secretary."

1954 - CBS-TV showed "The Secret Storm" for the first time.

1957 - P.H. Young became the first black pilot on a scheduled passenger airline.

1958 - The United Arab Republic was formed by a union of Egypt and Syria. It was broken 1961.

1960 - Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. They had been refused service.

1968 - During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. The scene was captured in a news photograph.

1976 - "Sonny and Cher" resumed on TV despite a real life divorce.

1979 - Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery. Her sentence had been commuted by U.S. President Carter.

1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was welcomed in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

1987 - Terry Williams won the largest slot machine payoff, at the time, when won $4.9 million after getting four lucky 7s on a machine in Reno, NV.

1991 - A USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport. 35 people were killed.

1994 - Jeff Gillooly pled guilty in Portland, OR, for his role in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, struck a plea bargain under which he confessed to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony implicating Harding.

1996 - Visa and Mastercard announced security measures that would make it safe to shop on the Internet.

1998 - Stuart Whitman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1999 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against U.S. President Clinton.

2001 - Three Scottish judges found Abdel Basset al-Mergrahi guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. The court said that Megrahi was a member of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Amin Khalifa, who had been co-accused, was acquitted and freed.

2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

Today in Black History

1976 - Black History Month begins. 1926 - Carter G Woodson (the Father of Black History) initiates "Negro History Week.” 1960 - First sit-in ~ Black college students stage a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, beginning the first of the historic sit-ins of the 1960s. 1990 - Ida B Wells (reformer who first gathered statistical records on lynchings in the US) commemorated on a postage stamp. 1871 Jefferson Franklin Long becomes first Black person to speak in the House of Representatives as a congressman. 1902 Langston Hughes (poet and author) born.