Today is Friday, February 1, 2019

Celebrate Literacy Week continues today with another chance to win a gift card. Guess the number of books in the THS media center and you could be a winner.Place your completed slip in the box in the media center.

Senior Reminder Dates Senior Award Night is April 30th at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium. We will recognize all scholarship recipients as well as acknowledge institutional scholarships . Seniors need to advise Mrs. Croker of outside scholarships in order to be recognized at the ceremony. Collegiate Honor Students will also be recognized and receive their cords that evening. Please mark your calendars accordingly.

Senior Dual Enrollment DeadlineSeniors will be able to return D/E/ text books to Howey in the Hills April 22-26.

Senior Checklist All seniors will complete a checklist prior to Senior Week . Checklists will go out in 1st period and will have an anticipated return date to Guidance by May 1st. Overdue fines, athletic uniforms, dues, band fees etc must be cleared in order to receive a diploma at the graduation ceremony at UCF. All E20/20 and FLVS Courses must be completed by May 1st . Seniors will need to meet with Mrs. Croker prior to May 1st for an extension .

Final Transcript Requests All seniors will be able to request a final transcript to the college/ university of their choice directly on their senior checklist. These will be issued after the district graduation date has been established. Final transcripts will be sent electronically or mailed. Any additional copies will be provided to students for a fee. Further information is in Guidance.

Senior Scholarships

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

Scholarship Application Information will be sent out on announcements ad remind as they are received. Seniors can access these applications in the Guidance Office. It is the student’s responsibility to submit applications according to the guidelines established. Attention to due dates and necessary paperwork, essays, recommendation letters etc. is IMPERATIVE. Extensions and extenuating circumstances are rarely if ever approved by these scholarship sources.

Letters of Recommendations Seniors needing letters of recommendation for a scholarship can request one directly from a teacher and counselor by completing a form that is available in Guidance. Requests for letters needs to be made at least 2 weeks in advance. Last minute requests cannot be processed. For more information or assistance see Mrs. Croker in Guidance.

Community Service Hours This is NOT a graduation requirement. Seniors who are qualifying for Bright Futures or other scholarship consideration can submit a community service form that is in Guidance and on our website. The deadline to submit these forms will be May 16th.

GUIDANCE

SENIORS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING LSSC IN THE FALL : LSSC WILL BE HERE ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT 9 AM DURING LEARING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CAFETERIA. APPLICATION FEE WILL BE WAIVED. PLEASE BRING YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. SEE MRS. CROKER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

Students, Semester Grades are now available. Please note that EOC courses will not show credit for semester 1. A full credit will be earned after the EOC exam is taken.

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.

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.

Link to request Tavares High School transcripts:

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

College Visits

SCHOLARSHIPS

Tavares Elementary School Coach Monty Boyd Scholarship$500.00Deadline March 15, 2019

Florida School Counselor AssociationDeadline April 1, 2019

Harold Schwartz Music Scholarship deadline is March 9th, 2019CRITERION CIVIC CLUBDeadline March 31st, 2019

ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUBDeadline May 1st, 2019

P.E.O. SCHOLARSHIP Deadline March 30th, 2019

EDGAR P. AND NONA B. MCKINNEY CHARITABLE FUNDDeadline March 29th, 2019

G. ROXY AND ELIZABETH MARTIN CHARITABLE FUNEDeadline March 29th,2019

2019 STUDENT-VIEW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMDeadlines are April 22, 2019

REMINDER: SEA PLANE SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE March 1st, 2019

SECO ENERGY$3,000.00 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATING SENIORS.DEADLINE IS MARCH 29, 2019APPLICATIONS ARE IN GUIDANCE

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPSDeadlines for all of the below is Marsh 31st, 2019

-Charles Furnas Scholarship/ $500.00 -Edmond Amateis Foundation Scholarship/ $1,500.00 -Frank Paulhamus Scholarship/$500.00 -Lehner Scholarship/$1,250.00 -Linda Kohlmeyer Memorial Scholarship/ $1,000.00 -Mike Stone Memorial Scholarship/$1,000.00 -N.K. Charlie Collette Memorial Scholarship/$1,000.00 -Scott A. Strong Memorial Scholarship/ $2,000

Details and application information is available in the guidance office and at https://edfoundationlake.awardspring.com

Tavares Lions Clubs Youth Exchange ScholarshipSeniors planning to attend LSSC in the FallApplication Deadline is April 5, 2019Applications are in Guidance.

Edwin Budge Mead Scholarship$2,000.00 scholarship for Seniors interested in a Health Related Career and can be used for a college/technical or vocational program.Deadline is March 4, 2019Applications are in Guidance.

Seniors, please check in Guidance for information on the following 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.

Elks Scholarships

VanDuren Scholarship $5,000.00

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

CLUBS

The next meeting of the Tavares High Astronomy Club will be Monday during Learning Opportunities in Mr. Moore's room. Bring ideas to finalize our experiment that will be sent to space this spring. Remember, Science Rocks!!!!!

ATHLETICS

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:

Today and Saturday – 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

catharsisPlease Release Me Word of the Day:Although it's a Greek import, this noun has good sound sense in English because the stressed second syllable feels like an expulsion, and that's what a catharsis is: a release of something that has built up, typically tension or emotion. Credit Aristotle for associating this idea with drama (the kind you see on a stage, that is). The Greek root of the word is a verb meaning "cleanse" or "purge."

On This Day in History

1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.

1790 - The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York City.

1793 - France declared war on Britain and Holland.

1793 - Ralph Hodgson patented oiled silk.

1842 - In New York City, the "City Despatch Post" began operations. It was a private company that was the first to introduce adhesive postage stamps in the western hemisphere. The company was bought by the U.S. governemnt a few months laster and renamed "United States City Despatch Post."

1861 - Texas voted to secede from the Union.

1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."

1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed a Joint Resolution submitting the proposed 13th Amendment to the states.

1867 - In the U.S., bricklayers start working 8-hour days.

1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.

1893 - Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, NJ.

1896 - Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premiered in Turin.

1898 - The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, CT, issued the first automobile insurance policy. Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo, NY, paid $11.25 for the policy, which gave him $5,000 in liability coverage.

1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.

1913 - Grand Central Terminal (also known as Grand Central Station) opened in New York City, NY. It was the largest train station in the world.

1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.

1920 - The first armored car was introduced.

1920 - Canada's Royal North West Mounted Police changed their name to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The organization was commissioned in 1873.

1921 - Carmen Fasanella registered as a taxicab owner and driver in Princeton, New Jersey. Fasanella retired November 2, 1989 after 68 years and 243 days of service.

1929 - Weightlifter Charles Rigoulet of France achieved the first 400 pound ‘clean and jerk’ as he lifted 402-1/2 pounds.

1930 - The Times published its first crossword puzzle.

1946 - Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.

1951 - The first telecast of an atomic explosion took place.

1951 - The first X-ray moving picture process was demonstrated.

1953 - CBS-TV debuted "Private Secretary."

1954 - CBS-TV showed "The Secret Storm" for the first time.

1957 - P.H. Young became the first black pilot on a scheduled passenger airline.

1958 - The United Arab Republic was formed by a union of Egypt and Syria. It was broken 1961.

1960 - Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. They had been refused service.

1968 - During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. The scene was captured in a news photograph.

1976 - "Sonny and Cher" resumed on TV despite a real life divorce.

1979 - Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery. Her sentence had been commuted by U.S. President Carter.

1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was welcomed in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

1987 - Terry Williams won the largest slot machine payoff, at the time, when won $4.9 million after getting four lucky 7s on a machine in Reno, NV.

1991 - A USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport. 35 people were killed.

1994 - Jeff Gillooly pled guilty in Portland, OR, for his role in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, struck a plea bargain under which he confessed to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony implicating Harding.

1996 - Visa and Mastercard announced security measures that would make it safe to shop on the Internet.

1998 - Stuart Whitman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1999 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against U.S. President Clinton.

2001 - Three Scottish judges found Abdel Basset al-Mergrahi guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. The court said that Megrahi was a member of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Amin Khalifa, who had been co-accused, was acquitted and freed.

2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.