Today is Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Students, please remember that you must log onto your student portal on Skyward to complete your registration. The deadline to complete your selections is Thursday. Counselors will be available this week during lunches in the cafeteria this week for any assistance or questions.

Prom tickets will go on sale April 23rd.

GUIDANCE

SENIORS, Award Night is May 1st. If you have received any institutional scholarships and would like to be recognized at the ceremony, please see Mrs. Paulling or Mrs. Croker before April 23rd.

Any senior who is planning to enlist in the Armed Forces after graduation, please see Mrs. Paulling or Mrs. Croker before April 23rd. We’d like to recognize you at the ceremony as well.

Senior Checklists will go out during Senior Week. Final transcript requests can be made on that form. They will be due May 4th. All seniors must complete a checklist to be cleared for graduation.

Lake Sumter State College is offering a free four day summer bridge program for graduating seniors interested in a Bachelor’s program with a STEM Major.Applications can be done on line at LSCC.EDU/STEM . See Mrs. Croker for more information.

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.

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

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

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

SCHOLARSHIPS

Florida Farm Bureau Youth Speech ContestApplication must be completed to participate in the contest on May 2, 2018

Michael Yasick ADHD ScholarshipDeadline is May 31, 2018

Waste Management Corporation of America$1,000.00 scholarship for seniors that reside in Minneola, Mascotte, Howey in the Hills and AstatulaDeadline is April 30, 2018

Tavares Elementary School ScholarshipDeadline : April 23rd, 2018

Coach Monty Boyd ScholarshipDeadline April 23rd, 2018

THS Academic Booster ScholarshipDeadline April 23rd, 2018

TENAJ Salon InstituteScholarships for CosmetologyApplications are in Guidance

Beta Theta Fi Fraternity ScholarshipMale Students planning to enroll at FSUApplications are in Guidance

Florida A & M University Alumni Association ScholarshipSeniors attending FAMU in the FallDeadline is May 2nd, 2018

LSSC has scholarships availableApplications are on line and info is available in the guidance office

Give Kids A Chance ScholarshipDeadline April 30th

Horatio Alger Scholarship ProgramSeniors interested in a Technical EcuationApplication Opens March 15, 2018

Lake County Farm BureauDeadline April 30, 2018Open to Juniors and Seniors

Applications are in the Guidance OfficeAdrian Rubin ScholarshipAmount $1,000.00Deadline January 1, 2019

Seniors, Scholarship Deadlines are rapidly approaching. Please stop by the Guidance Office if you have not already done so to pick up your applications. The following Scholarships are still available: Lehner, Scott Strong , Jones Brothers, SunTrust ,Fred Griffin, Edwin Budge Mead, Alpha Delta Kappa, Linda Kohlmeyer, Florida Elks, Eustis Elks, LCAEOP.

College Covered.Com powered by Discover Student LoansScholarship Amount up to $10,000Applications are in Guidance.

Seniors who are planning to attend LSSC in the Fall, please stop by guidance and pick up the Tavares Lion Club Scholarship application. Also, the LSSC website has scholarship application as well. See Mrs. Croker for any questions.

Men of Principle Scholarship Eligible male students accepted to FSUScholarship amount $500.00Applications are in Guidance.

Scholarships at a GlanceEligible seniors interested in careers in the beauty industryApplication Deadline varies

Lake Sumter State College Scholarships

Eligible seniors planning to attend LSSC in the Fall of 2018-Presidents’s Scholarship of $1.200 for students with a 3.0 GPA-Trustee Scholarship of $2,400 for students with a 3.5 GPA-William/Johnson Scholarship of $1200 for eligible minority students with a 3.0 GPA- LSSC Opportunity Scholarship provides a tuition waiver of up to 12 credit hours for students with a 3.0 GPAAll applications are on line at www.lssc.edu under the news heading and click on High School Scholarship Application.

The Lake County School Food Service Association is pleased to offer a $250.00 scholarship for the senior class of 2018. Please use the following criteria:

Continuing Education in Food IndustryCompletion of ApplicationGPA Minimum of 2.5Financial Need

Mail to: Lake County School BoardFood Service Department Nutrition Assoc.201 W. Burleigh Blvd.Tavares, FL 32778

Applications MUST be received no later than April 14, 2018. Scholarship award will be received after the first semester of secondary education has been completed. The scholarship selectee will be notified by April 30, 2018. See Guidance for application.

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

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

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.

CLUBS

ATHLETICS

Congrats to the following athletes for qualifying for the Regional Meet next week:

Cameron Pompey- High JumpBearett Miller- Pole VaultDante Smith- Long Jump, 100m, 4x100 RelayEmma Monthony- DiscusJadon Gary- Shot PutAlaijah Buie- 100m, 200m, 4x100 Relay, 4x400 RelayJatarious Manning- 400m, 4x100 RelayRyelle Cox- 100m HurdlesJacob Grabill- 110m Hurdles, 300m HurdlesKaycie Whitaker- 300m Hurdles, 4x400 RelayDaqueisha Brown- 4x100 relayKylie Cox- 4x100 RelayAlisa Mose- 4x100 RelayKaleb Leafers- 4x100 RelayTaylor Von Maxey- 4x100 RelaySavannah Schwab- 800m, 1600m, 4x800 relay, 4x400 relayCassandra Montalvo- 4x800 relayAdriana Montalvo- 4x800 relayCandice Bruinsma- 4x800 relayBriana Covarrubias- 4x100 relay, 4x400 RelayDalton Brown- 800m, 1600m, 4x800 RelayClayton Chandler- 800m, 4x800 RelayGabriel Laboy- 4x800m RelayFernando Laboy- 4x800m Relay

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Mount Dora Center for Arts is looking for volunteers to help with their summer art camp. See Team Guidance for an application.

Word of the Day

aficionadoAmateur Hour Word of the Day:This noun from Spanish has a full-time job in English as elegant variation for fan. The original aficionado was a fan of bull-fighting; it means "amateur" in Spanish, and is related distantly to affection. A great benefit of aficionado is that you can inflect it for gender, and call all your girl fans aficionadas.

On This Day in History

1492 - Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to find a passage to Asia and the Indies.

1521 - Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.

1524 - New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.

1535 - Antonio Mendoza was appointed first viceroy of New Spain.

1629 - Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1704 - John Campbell published what would eventually become the first successful American newspaper. It was known as the Boston "News-Letter."

1758 - Frances Williams published a collection of Latin poems. He was the first African-American to graduate from a college in the western hemisphere.

1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France ordered the seizure of U.S. ships.

1810 - Pineapple cheese was patented by Lewis M. Norton.

1824 - Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'.

1860 - New Yorkers learned of a new law that required fire escapes to be provided for tenement houses.

1861 - Virginia became the eighth state to secede from the Union.

1864 - U.S. Civil War General Grant banned the trading of prisoners.

1865 - Mary Surratt was arrested as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination.

1875 - The game "snooker" was invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain.

1895 - China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the end of the first Sino-Japanese War. In the treaty China ceded Taiwan to Japan.

1916 - The American Academy of Arts and Letters obtained a charter from the U.S. Congress.

1917 - A bill in Congress to establish Daylight Saving Time was defeated. It was passed a couple of months later.

1935 - "Lights Out" debuted on NBC Radio. It ran until 1952.

1941 - Igor Sikorsky accomplished the first successful helicopter lift-off from water near Stratford, CT.

1941 - The office of Price Administration was established in the U.S. to handle rationing.

1946 - The last French troops left Syria.

1947 - Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers) performed a bunt for his first major league hit.

1961 - About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack.

1964 - Jerrie Mock became first woman to fly an airplane solo around the world.

1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model.

1967 - "The Joey Bishop Show" debuted on ABC-TV.

1967 - The U.S. Supreme Court barred Muhammad Ali's request to be blocked from induction into the U.S. Army.

1969 - In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

1969 - Czechoslovak Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek was deposed.

1970 - Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank.

1975 - Khmer Rouge forces capture the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. It was the end of the five-year war.

1983 - In Warsaw, police routed 1,000 Solidarity supporters.

1983 - In New York, a transit strike that began on March 7 ended.

19840 - In London, demonstrators outside the Libyan Embassy were fired upon from someone inside. Eleven people were injured and an English Police woman was killed.

1985 - The U.S. Postal Service unveiled its new 22-cent, "LOVE" stamp.

1985 - In Lebanon, the cabinet resigned as Shiites took W. Beirut.

1987 - In Sri Lanka, Tamil guerrillas killed 122 people in a road ambush.

1989 - In Poland, courts gave Solidarity legal status.

1993 - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted.

1996 - Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing their parents.

1999 - In India, the government of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee collapsed after losing a vote of confidence.

2002 - At the National Maritime Museum in London, the exhibit "Skin Deep - A History of Tattooing" opened.