Tavares high school daily bulletin



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TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL

DAILY BULLETIN




Welcome students and staff.

Today is Thursday, March 12, 2015.


Please stand for the pledge to the flag: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Please remain standing for a moment of silence. Thank you, please be seated.
The student faculty basketball game is Thursday March 26 and any boys or girls basketball player that would like to play needs to see coach Glass by the end of the day on Monday to sign up.
The student vs faculty basketball game is Thursday March 26 during school. You need a ticket to attend the game and the price is $3.00. Tickets will go on sale starting next week in both lunches or you can see coach Glass to purchase one. You won’t be able to go without a ticket. So make sure to buy one so you can be there to watch the teachers defeat the students!

GUIDANCE
CLUBS



  • There will be a Best Buddies meeting on Monday right after school in Ms. Vineyard’s room.




  • Art Club will meet on today from 2:45-3:30. Don’t forget to bring a camera and SD card.




  • There will be a HOPE Club meeting today at 2:45 pm in Mrs. Farner’s room. Snacks will be served and new members are welcome.



SENIORS



  • Attention seniors: Representatives from Herff Jones will be on campus Friday during lunch to hand out graduation supplies. If you haven’t paid for them yet you can pay at that time. Again Herff Jones will be on campus Friday during lunch to hand out graduation supplies.




  • Seniors, with dues paid, may eat in Chef’s café on Monday.




  • Attention Seniors: Grad Bash is April 17th and sign ups start today and run through Thursday March 19th. The price is $70 and you can pay either Mrs. Watkins or Mr. Glass. The 19th is the last day to sign up. More information is also on the school website.



Senior Scholarships

(Pick up forms on table in Guidance Office)

Scholarship Deadline

Academic Boosters Scholarships Apr 15, 2015

Alpha Delta Kappa (for students who plan to become a teacher) Apr 8, 2015

Ayo & Iken Children of Divorce Scholarship May 1, 2015

BASE Scholarship (Engineering Scholarship for FAMU Students)

Bright House Leaders Scholarship Mar 31, 2015

Coach Monty Boyd Memorial Scholarship (Must have attended TES, TMS, THS) April 30, 2015

College Xpress www.collegeXpress.com

Criterion Civic Club Mar. 31, 2015

Edmond Amateis Foundation Mar. 27, 2015

Edwin Budge Mead Scholarship Apr 10, 2015

Ellanora McGinty Scholarship Apr 15, 2015

Florida A&M Alumni Association (Must attend FAMU) Apr 6, 2015

Fastweb Apr 15, 2015

Florida Engineering Foundation (http://www.fleng.org/scholarships.cfm)

Florida Credit Union Mar 20, 2015

Florida School Counselor Association – Essay Contest Apr 3, 2015

Frank Paulhamus Scholarship (agricultural field) Mar 19, 2015

Historical Society of Central Florida Mar 13, 2015

Italian – American Club Scholarship May 1, 2015

James Durden Diversity Scholarship (Open to all seniors) Mar. 13, 2015

Johnson Foundation Scholarship (2 Scholarships)

  1. For Children of UPS Employees or Retirees April 15, 2015

  2. Students with Disabilities May 15, 2015

Lake County Education Association (LCEA members’ children & grandchildren) Mar 10, 2015

Lake County Farm Bureau Livestock Exibitor Scholarship Apr 30, 2015

Lake County Gator Club lakecountygatorclub@gmail.com Apr 1, 2015

Lake County School Food Association Apr 10, 2015

Lake Soil & Water Conservation District (major in an agricultural field) Mar. 19, 2015

LSSC Summer Scholarships http://lssc.scholarships.ngwebsolutions.com Mar 31, 2015

Martin Charitable Trust Mar. 31, 2015

McKinney Charitable Trust Mar. 31, 2015

Mt. Dora Women’s Committee of Performing Arts Mar. 13, 2015

Mt. Dora Women’s Committee of Visual Arts Mar. 13, 2015

N K Charlie Collette Memorial Scholarship (Must attend Lake Tech) Apr. 17, 2015

NAEHCY Scholarship (for Homeless students) June 19, 2015

Project Weather Scholarship (Students who excel in Science) Mar. 27, 2015

Scott Strong Scholarship Mar. 10, 2015

SECO (Students living in homes who get their electricity from SECO) Apr. 3, 2015

Silhouettes of Criterions Civic Club April 24, 2015

Southern Scholarship (housing opportunities for FSU, FAMU, FGCU, TCC, Santa Fe & UF)

Student Scholarships (StudentScholarships.org ) Various

SunTrust Sweepstakes suntrusteducation.com/scholarshipsweepstates May 15, 2015

Tavares Elementary Scholarship (Must have attended TES) Apr 30, 2015

The Kosove Society Scholarship (Must attend USF)

The Villages Opera Club (For Music Students) Mar 14, 2015

Lake-Sumter State College Foundation Accepting

Applications for Summer Scholarships

Lake-Sumter State College Foundation, Inc. is accepting applications for student scholarships for the Summer 2015 semester. The Foundation will be awarding $92,650 in scholarships for all types of students. Applications are obtainable online at http://lssc.scholarships.ngwebsolutions.com. The deadline for submitting applications is March 31, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Classes begin Monday, May 4, 2015.

These scholarships are made possible through the generous support of donors from the community. Lake-Sumter State College Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation which receives and administers private gifts, bequests and donations to benefit LSSC students and to enhance the quality of education at the College. Gifts may be awarded for specific purposes or given without restrictions to the general scholarship fund. The scholarships may be named for the donor or may be designated in honor or memory of an individual. Rosanne Brandeburg, Executive Director says, "I welcome the opportunity to talk about how charitable giving to the LSSC Foundation can help make a positive difference for our students and community, especially during these tough economic times. Scholarships are vital to the success of our students, and it is our responsibility, to make every effort to help support our students aspirations of higher education."

For more information about receiving a scholarship or scholarship donations please call (352) 365-3539.



ATHLETICS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES



  • There is a bulletin board in the Guidance Office with current volunteer opportunities. See Mrs. Morgan or Mrs. Hoffman.



Word of the Day



dungaree

It's the Pants Word of the Day:

This word, from Hindi, has all but lost its original meaning, denoting a strong cotton fabric. These days, in a few corners of the English-speaking world, it's found in the plural designating trousers made from this fabric -- in other words, jeans.

On This Day in History
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1755 - In North Arlington, NJ, the steam engine was used for the first time.
1789 - The U.S. Post Office was established.
1809 - Britain signed a treaty with Persia forcing the French to leave the country.
1857 - "Simon Boccanegra" by Verdi debuted in Venice.
1884 - The State of Mississippi authorized the first state-supported college for women. It was called the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College.
1863 - President Jefferson Davis delivered his State of the Confederacy address.
1889 - Almon B. Stowger applied for a patent for his automatic telephone system.
1894 - Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.
1903 - The Czar of Russia issued a decree providing for nominal freedom of religion throughout his territory.
1905 - In Rome, Premier Giovanni Giolliwas forced out of office by continued civil strife.
1906 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations must yield incriminating evidence in anti-trust suits.
1909 - The British Parliament increased naval appropriations for Britain.
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1911 - Dr. Fletcher of Rockefeller Institute discovered the cause of infantile paralysis.
1912 - The Girl Scout organization was founded. The original name was Girl Guides.
1923 - Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated phonofilm. It was his technique for putting sound on motion picture film.
1930 - Ghandi began his 200-mile march to the sea that symbolized his defiance of British rule over India.
1933 - President Paul von Hindenburg dropped the flag of the German Republic and ordered that the swastika and empire banner be flown side by side.
1933 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation. It was the first of the "Fireside Chats."
1935 - Parimutuel betting became legal in the State of Nebraska.
1938 - The "Anschluss" took place as German troops entered Austria.
1940 - Finland surrendered to Russia ending the Russo-Finnish War.
1944 - Britain barred all travel to Ireland.
1947 - U.S. President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.
1959 - The U.S. House joined the U.S. Senate in approving the statehood of Hawaii.
1966 - Bobby Hull, of the Chicago Blackhawks, became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 51 points in a single season.
1974 - "Wonder Woman" debuted on ABC-TV. The show later went to CBS-TV.
1984 - Lebanese President Gemayel opened the second meeting in five years calling for the end to nine-years of war.
1985 - The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. began arms control talks in Geneva.
1985 - Larry Bird (Boston Celtics) scored a club-record 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks.
1985 - Former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announced that he planned to drop Secret Service protection and hire his own bodyguards in an effort to lower the deficit by $3 million.
1987 - "Les Miserables" opened on Broadway.
1989 - Prime Minister Sadiq al Mahdi of Sudan formed a new cabinet to end civil war.
1989 - About 2,500 veterans and supporters marched at the Art Institute of Chicago to demand that officials remove an American flag placed on the floor as part of an exhibit.
1992 - Mauritius became a republic but remained a member of the British Commonwealth.
1993 - In the U.S., the Pentagon called for the closure of 31 major military bases.
1993 - Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female U.S. attorney general.
1994 - A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell of the Loch Ness monster was confirmed to be a hoax. The photo was taken of a toy submarine with a head and neck attached.
1994 - The Church of England ordained its first women priests.
1998 - Astronomers cancelled a warning that a mile-wide asteroid might collide with Earth saying that calculations had been off by 600,000 miles.
1999 - Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic became members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). All three countries were members of the former Warsaw Pact.
2002 - U.S. homeland security chief Tom Ridge unveiled a color-coded system for terror warnings.
2002 - Conoco and Phillips Petroleum stockholders approved a proposed merger worth $15.6 billion.
2003 - In Utah, Elizabeth Smart was reunited with her family nine months after she was abducted from her home. She had been taken on June 5, 2002, by a drifter that had previously worked at the Smart home.
2003 - The U.S. Air Force announced that it would resume reconnaissance flights off the coast of North Korea. The flights had stopped on March 2 after an encounter with four armed North Korean jets.
2009 - It was announced that the Sear Tower in Chicago, IL, would be renamed Willis Tower.
2010 - In the U.S., Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad.

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