Today is Tuesday, January 9, 2018 GUIDANCE GET $$$$ FOR COLLEGE UNCF Lake County Community Forum Saturday, Jan 27th at 10 a.m. at LHS Flyers are in Guidance. LSSC will be here on February 23rd at 8:30 a.m. to sign up any Seniors interested in attending in the Fall. Interested seniors will need to see Mrs. Croker for a pass. Fifth Judicial Circuit Professional Committee Essay Contest Open to Juniors and Seniors Deadline February 28, 2018 Florida Elks Youth Camp Summer Counselor in Training and Counselor Positions Available Applications are available in Guidance. Summer Internship Opportunities 2018 FSU Young Scholars Program June 10-July 21 Deadline : February 15, 2018 TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL DAILY BULLETIN
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Today is Tuesday, January 9, 2018
GUIDANCE
GET $$$$ FOR COLLEGEUNCF Lake County Community ForumSaturday, Jan 27th at 10 a.m. at LHSFlyers are in Guidance.
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 February 2nd, 2018
TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN
SCHOLARSHIPS
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 February 1st, 2018
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.
Service Scholar Scholarship Application for seniors planning to attend FSU and have an outstanding community service and leadership record.Application is open. Deadline is 5 p.m. on January 18th, 2018.Applications are in Guidance.
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 Junior Class officers will be meeting in Mrs. Newman’s room on Friday during Learning Opportunities. SGA officers are welcome as well as we will be talking about prom.
ATHLETICS
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Word of the Day
assumptionWorth Taking On Word of the Day:The handy regularity of the English descendents of Latin sumere ("take") results in our having a handful nouns ending -sumption that have an underlying verb ending -sume. Can you rattle off five of the nouns in 10 seconds? OK, we'll help: assumption, consumption, presumption, resumption, and the special bonus word, subsumption.
On This Day in History
1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the U.S.
1788 - Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States.
1799 - British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced income tax, at two shillings (10p) in the pound, to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.
1848 - The first commercial bank was established in San Francisco, CA.
1861 - The state of Mississippi seceded from the United States.
1894 - The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation in Lexington, MA.
1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
1905 - In Russia, the civil disturbances known as the Revolution of 1905 forced Czar Nicholas II to grant some civil rights.
1929 - The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, TN. The company's purpose was to train dogs to guide the blind.
1936 - The United States Army adopted the semi-automatic rifle.
1937 - The first issue of "Look" went on sale. Within a month, "Look" became a biweekly magazine.
1940 - Television was used for the first time to present a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.
1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1961 - The play, "Rhinoceros," opened on Broadway.
1969 - The supersonic aeroplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol.
1972 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor.
1972 - British miners went on strike for the first time since 1926.
1981 - Hockey Hall of Famer, Phil Esposito, announced that he would retire as a hockey player after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres hockey game. The game ended in a tie. (NHL)
1984 - Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's.
1986 - Kodak got out of the instant camera business after 10 years due to a loss in a court battle that claimed that Kodak copied Polaroid patents.
1991 - U.S. secretary of state Baker and Iraqi foreign minister Aziz met for 61/2 hours in Geneva, but failed to reach any agreement that would forestall war in the Persian Gulf.
1995 - Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliakov, 51, completed his 366th day in outer space aboard the Mir space station, breaking the record for the longest continuous time spent in outer space.
1997 - Tamil rebels attacked a military base in Sri Lanka. 200 soldiers and 140 rebels were killed.
2000 - ABC-TV began airing "The Mole."
2002 - The U.S. Justice Department announced that it was pursuing a criminal investigation of Enron Corp. The company had filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001.
2003 - Archaeologists announced that they had found five more chambers in the tomb of Qin Shihuang, China's first emperor. The rooms were believed to cover about 750,000 square feet.
2006 - Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a dual ceremony.
2007 - Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s CEO, announced the first generation iPhone.
