Today is Wednesday, November 28, 2018

This week will be auditions for this years musical "Little Shop of Horrors." Auditions will be held after school today and Thursday of this week with call backs being held on Friday. You must sign up online through Mr. Batko's website in order to audition. Additionally, student's wishing to audition need to have a green audition packet. See Mr. Batko if you need assistance signing up or need to acquire a green audition packet.

GUIDANCE

Seniors, please be sure to let Mrs. Croker know when you have been accepted to a college/ university/technical school and /or have signed up with a branch of the military. Also, in preparation for Senior Awards Night please be sure to let Mrs. Croker know if you have been awarded any institutional scholarships.

Seniors will need to check with Mrs. Paulling in Guidance before December 21st to sign off on the Diploma checklist . This ensures your name is spelled correctly on your diploma.

Reminder: seniors need to request transcripts from the Guidance Office. Electronic transcripts are free. There is a transcript fee of $2.00 .

Scholarships will be placed on announcements and sent via remind. All scholarship applications are available in the Guidance Office. Please be sure that you request letters of recommendation at least 2 weeks in advance. A recommendation form is available in Guidance.

Seniors, if you are interested in a foreign exchange program after graduation, please see Mrs. Paulling in Guidance for more information.

College Deadlines for completing the FAFSA are rapidly approaching. For more information go to FAFSA.GOV

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

Link to request Tavares High School transcripts:

https://lake.revtrak.net/high-schools/tavares-high-school/ths-guidance/

Seniors who applied to LSSC are eligible to apply to the Honors Program for 2019-20 Brochures are in Guidance and on their website.

College Visits

SCHOLARSHIPS

Jones Brothers Air and Seaplane Aviation Scholarship Scholarship amount totaling $10,000.00

Deadline is March 1st. Applications are in Guidance . For more information contact marketing.jonesbrothers@gmail.com

Children Impacted by Crime Scholarship Scholarship amount varies.Application is open March 1st through June 1stApplication Information is in Guidance.

For more information contact https://writeaprisoner.com/children-impacted-crime-scholarship-funds

The Harold Schwartz Music Scholarship sponsored by the Villages Opera Club is available in Guidance and on www.operaclubofthe villages.com

Deadline is March 9, 2019Scholarship amounts up to $12,000.00 for graduating seniors.

James (Coach) Day Scholarship.$1000.00 scholarship for Track and Field AthletesDeadline 2/1/2019Details in Guidance and www.bhitm.org

Elks Scholarships

HOPE Scholarship $3,000.00-10,000.00. Deadline January 11, 2019

Legacy Award..$4,000.00. Deadline February 1, 2019

VanDuren Scholarship $5,000.00

Suntrust College Sweepstakes /Open until May 13, 2019 More information in Guidance

CLUBS

Help Our Planet Earth on a local area and bring canned goods and nonperishable items for the HOPE Club. Please deliver them to Mrs. Farner's room, 6-201.

ATHLETICS

Congratulations to the Lady Bulldog soccer team for their 2-1 win over Leesburg last night!

WEEKLY EVENTS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Special Olympics is in need of volunteers for the following events. Please see Ms. Vineyard if interested.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA UPCOMING EVENTS:

December 1: County Basketball - Eustis High- 8:00am-2:00pm December 1 – Lake County Basketball – Eustis- shifts available February 1-2 – State Basketball Championship – Tavares – The Big House -various shifts February 8-9 – State Basketball Championship – Tavares – The Big House various shifts

Word of the Day

theodoliteNew Angle Word of the Day:Those who survey the horizon (literally) will be familiar with theodolite; it's a surveying instrument for measuring angles, especially horizontal ones. When you see theo- your eyes may turn heavenward, but the theo- here probably has nothing to do with gods. Theodolite was coined from Latin theodelitus in the 16th century, but even revered etymologists scratch their heads as how the word was formed.

On This Day in History

1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.

1582 - William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway were married.

1757 - English poet, painter and engraver William Blake was born. Two of his best known works are "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience."

1919 - American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament.

1922 - Capt. Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gave the first public exhibition of skywriting. He spelled out, "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200" over New York's Times Square.

1925 - The Grand Ole Opry made its radio debut on station WSM.

1929 - Ernie Nevers (St. Louis Cardinals) became the first professional football player to score six touchdowns in a single game.

1942 - In Boston, MA, 491 people died in a fire that destroyed the Coconut Grove.

1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin met in Tehran to map out strategy concerning World War II.

1953 - New York City began 11 days without newspapers due to a strike of photoengravers.

1958 - The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.

1963 - U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents.

1964 - The U.S. launched the space probe Mariner IV from Cape Kennedy on a course set for Mars.

1977 - Larry Bird was introduced as "College Basketball's Secret Weapon" with a cover story in Sports Illustrated. (NBA)

1978 - The Iranian government banned religious marches.

1979 - An Air New Zealand DC-10 flying to the South Pole crashed in Antarctica killing all 257 people aboard.

1983 - The space shuttle Columbia took off with the STS-9 Spacelab in its cargo bay.

1985 - The Irish Senate approved the Anglo-Irish accord concerning Northern Ireland.

1987 - A South African Airways Boeing 747 crashed into the Indian Ocean. All 159 people aboard were killed.

1989 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci arrived in New York after escaping her homeland through Hungary.

1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain.

1992 - In Bosnia-Herzegovina, 137 tons of food and supplies were to be delivered to the isolated town of Srebrenica.

1992 - In King William's Town, South Africa, black militant gunmen attacked a country club killing four people and injuring 20.

1993 - The play "Mixed Emotions" closed after 48 performances.

1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer, was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.

1994 - Norwegian voters rejected European Union membership.

1995 - U.S. President Clinton signed a $6 billion road bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.

2010 - WikiLeaks released to the public more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. About 100,000 were marked "secret" or "confidential."