Today is Monday, April 3, 2017.

GUIDANCE

Save the Date: Virtual College Week April 4-6, 2017 FloridaShines, Florida’s student hub of innovative educational services, is hosting Virtual College Week April 4-6, 2017. Representatives from the Florida College System, State University System, Florida Department of Education and others will showcase information to Florida high school juniors and seniors, parents and school counselors. This no cost, live event will feature presentations from experts in the areas of college preparation, admissions, financial aid and more. Prior to the day of the presentations, FloridaShines will provide online resources to prepare students with additional materials. After the live events, FloridaShines will showcase presentation recordings and follow-up information to connect students and parents with their institutions of interest. For more information, contact Nashla Dawahre, assistant director, Advising and Student Services, Florida Virtual Campus, at NDawahre@flvc.org or by phone at 850-922-3274.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Seniors, a reminder that all applications are in the Guidance Office . Each application has instructions on how to complete the applications, where to send the application, deadlines and what type of recommendations you will need. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DUE DATE TO REQUEST LETTERS, TRANSCRIPTS, ETC.

Scholarship resources:

www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/training/find-scholarshipshttp://baucemag.com/list-of-undergraduate-scholarships-for women-of-color

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

Eleanor McGinty Scholarship$2,000.00 scholarship renewable for 4 years,Students must be available for an interview .Application is due on April 24th, 2017. See Mrs Paulling in Guidance

Lake Technical College Scholarship Application$1,000.00 scholarship Application is due on April 21, 2017. See Mrs. Paulling in Guidance.

Southern Scholarship Foundation offers rent-free scholarship housing for eligible seniors attending FSU, FAMU, UF,FGCU, TCC, Flagler and Sante Fe College.Applications are in Guidance Office or visit http://www.southernscholarship.org

Tavares Elementary School Scholarship $500.00 scholarship for students that attended TESDeadline April 14th, 2017

Coach Monty Boyd Memorial ScholarshipStudents must have attended TES,TMS and enrolled at THSDeadline April 14th, 2017

Leesburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.Scholarship Amount $1,000.00Deadline is Monday April 17th, 2017

2017 Lehner Scholarship$5,000 SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY for up to 5 THS StudentsDeadline is Friday. Applications are in Guidance.

The Italian American Club of the Plantation at Leesburg Scholarship $1,000 scholarships for students of Italian-American Heritage.Deadline: May 1, 2017

Caribbean-American Association of Lake County$1,000.00 scholarshipDeadline Friday.

Alpha Delta KappaScholarship for students interested in teaching.Deadline: Thursday.

Edwin Budge Mead Scholarship for students pursuing a degree or certification in a health related fieldDeadline Friday.

Linda Kohlmeyer Memorial Scholarship . $1,000.00 scholarship for students interested in a community college, university or trade school.Deadline Thursday.

Lake Soil and Water Conservation District Scholarship.$500.00 scholarship for students majoring in an agricultural field.Deadline April 11, 2017.

• Johnson Scholarship Foundation has 2 scholarship programsScholarships for children of UPS employees or retirees who live in FloridaDeadline April 15th.

Scholarships for students with Disabilities who plan to attend one of the 12 state universities.Application deadline is May 1stWebsite information is www.jsf.bz

• The Criterion Civic Club awards a $1000 scholarship to FIVE Lake County deserving minority students every year. Please see Team Guidance for details.

• Seniors, Please let Mrs. Croker know about your college acceptances and any scholarships you may have been awarded.

CLUBS

The Tavares High Astronomy Club will meet today during the second half of Power Hour in Mr. Moore's room.

ATHLETICS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Treadway Elementary’s Annual Bear Fair, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 22, 2017. For more information call: Vanessa King, Assistant Principal352-742-2291 ext. 7911

Lake Sumter State College has an excellent opportunity for students who need Community Service Hours. Volunteer at KIDS COLLEGE’17 this summer. There are two sessions on the Leesburg and Clermont Campus.Contact DeAnna at 352-323-3610 or the Guidance Office for more information.

Word of the Day

pavaneShall We Dance? Word of the Day:Your audition for a part in a period costume drama will not be very impressive if you haven't mastered the steps to this one — a stately court dance of the 16th century, in slow duple rhythm. Pavane is from an Italian dialect word (via French) for Padua.

On This Day in History

1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.

1776 - George Washington received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard College .

1829 - James Carrington patented the coffee mill.

1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.

1865 - Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

1866 - Rudolph Eickemeyer and G. Osterheld patented a blocking and shaping machine for hats.

1882 - The American outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward. There was later controversy over whether it was actually Jesse James that had been killed.

1910 - Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America was climbed.

1933 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized "3.2" beer.

1936 - Richard Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and death of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.

1942 - The Japanese began their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.

1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.

1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.

1949 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted on radio on the "Martin and Lewis Show". The NBC program ran until 1952.

1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.

1967 - The U.S. State Department said that Hanoi might be brainwashing American prisoners.

1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.

1968 - North Vietnam agreed to meet with U.S. representatives to set up preliminary peace talks.

1972 - Charlie Chaplin returned to the U.S. after a twenty-year absence.

1979 - Jane Byrne became the first female mayor in Chicago.

1982 - John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the "The NBC Nightly News." Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw became the co-anchors of the show.

1983 - It was reported that Vietnamese occupation forces had overrun a key insurgent base in western Cambodia.

1984 - Sikh terrorists killed a member of the Indian Parliament in his home.

1984 - Col. Lansana Konte became the new president of Guinea when the armed forces seized power after the death of Sekou Toure.

1985 - The U.S. charged that Israel violated the Geneva Convention by deporting Shiite prisoners.

1986 - The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion.

1987 - Riots disrupted mass during the Pope's visit to Santiago, Chili.

1993 - The Norman Rockwell Museum opened in Stockbridge, MA.

1996 - An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard.

1996 - Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He pled guilty in January 1998 to five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole.

1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time.

2000 - A U.S. federal judge ruled that Microsoft had violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. Microsoft said that they would appeal the ruling.

2000 - The Nasdaq set a one-day record when it lost 349.15 points to close at 4,233.68.

2010 - The first Apple iPad was released.