TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL

DAILY BULLETIN

Today is Thursday, February 8, 2018

Sophomores and Juniors interested in enrolling at Lake tech next year should meet with their grade level counselor to complete the 2018-19 application. The application window is Feb 15-April 15.

WANT TO WIN A PROM TICKET?

Are You Artsy?

Create the winning design for this years prom tickets and win a ticket to attend the prom free!

Open to: Juniors and Seniors

Theme for Prom: Fire and Ice

Any medium accepted but it must be photographable for the tickets.

Entries must be turned in to Mrs. Newman on or before March 14th to be eligible. Building 2- 105

GUIDANCE

Lake Sumter State College is offering a free four day summer bridge program for graduating seniors interested in a Bachelors program with a STEM Major.

Applications can be done on line at LSCC.EDU/STEM . See Mrs. Croker for more information.

Students, if you are interested in a Broadcasting Career, there is a management training program in the area looking for candidates. Please see Mrs. Croker for more information.

Any 10th grade student who would like to Dual Enroll next year should see Mr. Stevens in guidance for a PERT test form.

Florida Polytechnic College will be here on February 26th during both lunches in the Guidance Office.

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

SCHOLARSHIPS

Caribbean American Association of Lake County Scholarships

Eligible seniors with a Caribbean background

Application Deadline : February 28, 2018

Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship

Eligible seniors who intend to major in education

Application Deadline: April 4, 2018

Scholarships at a Glance

Eligible seniors interested in careers in the beauty industry

Application Deadline varies

Lake Sumter State College Scholarships

Eligible seniors planning to attend LSSC in the Fall of 2018

-Presidentss Scholarship of $1.200 for students with a 3.0 GPA

-Trustee Scholarship of $2,400 for students with a 3.5 GPA

-William/Johnson Scholarship of $1200 for eligible minority students with a 3.0 GPA

- LSSC Opportunity Scholarship provides a tuition waiver of up to 12 credit hours for studentys with a 3.0 GPA

All applications are on line at www.lssc.edu under the news heading and click on High School Scholarship Application.

The Lake County School Food Service Association is pleased to offer a $250.00 scholarship for the senior class of 2018. Please use the following criteria:

Continuing Education in Food Industry

Completion of Application

GPA Minimum of 2.5

Financial Need

Mail to: Lake County School Board

Food Service Department Nutrition Assoc.

201 W. Burleigh Blvd.

Tavares, FL 32778

Applications MUST be received no later than April 14, 2018. Scholarship award will be received after the first semester of secondary education has been completed. The scholarship selectee will be notified by April 30, 2018. See Guidance for application.

Leesburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Eligible seniors who are minorities

Scholarship Amount $1,000.00

Deadline: April 2nd, 2018

University of Florida First Year Scholarships

Eligible students planning to attend UNF

Applications are in the Guidance Office.

Lake Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship

Seniors interested in attending Post Secondary Schools and majoring in Agricultural Field

Seniors interested in starting a business in an Agricultural field

Scholarship amount $500.00

Deadline April 8, 2018

Edmond Amateis Foundation

Seniors with Financial Need

Scholarship Amount is $1.500.00

Deadline March 15, 2018

Supervisors of Elections Scholarship

Eligible Seniors who have completed 2 years of state college and qualify as Juniors for 2018-19

Political Science, Business Adm or Journalism, Communication Majors.

Scholarship amount $1,200.00

Deadline: March 29, 2018

National Farmers Farm Kid Scholarship

Eligible Seniors Planning to Pursue an Agriculture-Related Course of Study

Scholarship Amount $1,000.00

Deadline: March 1, 2018

USF College Assistance Migrant Program

Eligible Seniors with a family background in migrant and or seasonal farm work

Scholarship Amount $3,000.00

Deadline is March 15, 2018

Jones Brothers Seaplane Aviation Scholarship

$5,000.00 scholarship for a senior interested in an Aviation Career

Application Deadline is March 15, 2018

Alpha Delta Kappa Upsilon College of Education Scholarship Application

Eligible Seniors interested in majoring in Education

Scholarship Deadline : March 28th, 2018

LCAEOP Scholarship

Scholarship Amount $1,000.00

Application Deadline is March 9, 2018 at 4 p.m.

Harold S. Schwartz Music Scholarship Program

Scholarship Amount $10,000.00-$6,000.00

Eligible seniors interested in a major or minor in a music (instrumental, performing arts, choral, theatre)

Deadline is March 10th, 2018

AaronStrong Perserverance Scholarship

Eligible seniors who have faced adversity .

Scholarship Amount is $718.00

Application Deadline is March 31st.

Linda Kohlmeyer Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship Amount $1,000.00

Seniors with a 2.5, active in the community and planning to attend a postsecondary institution.

Deadline March 15, 2018

Charles Robert Thurman Scholarship

$500.00 scholarship for seniors pursuing a career in finance or accounting

Deadline is March 29, 2018

2018 Lehner Scholarship

Eligible seniors with financial need and at least a 2.5 GPA

Scholarship amount up to $5,000.00

Deadline April 6th, 2018

Mount Dora Womens Committee of Fine Arts

Open to students in Grade 10-12

Auditions are for Visual and Performing Arts

Deadline is March 3rd, 2018. Applications are in Guidance.

Rotary Club of Lake County Golden Triangle Scholarship

Scholarships awarded on basis of financial need, academic merit, character and community activities.

Deadline is February 28, 2018

SECO Energy 2018 Youth Scholarship

Eligible seniors must be SECO Customers

Deadline March 30, 2018

Johnson Scholarship Foundation

Eligible Seniors with Disabilities

Deadline March 1st, 2018

Johnson Scholarship Foundation

Eligible Seniors of UPS employees or retirees who live in Florida

Deadline April 1st, 2018

Seminole Chapter of Lake-Sumter

Eligible Seniors accepted to FSU

Deadline April 1st, 2018

Rapier Educational Scholarship

Minimum GPA 2.5

Deadline is February 15, 2018

Tavares Lions Club

Eligible Seniors planning to attend LSSC

Deadline 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.

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 Friday.

Dr. John C.Rawls Scholarship Fund - Deadline is Friday.

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Word of the Day

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What the Flap Is All About Word of the Day:

Frequentatives tend to fly under the radar in English since we cannot form them at will these days, but back in the day you could: flutter's Old English ancestor got its start as a frequentative of flotian, "float." The verb originally applied to the rapid, flapping movement of wings, a meaning that survives today.

On This Day in History

1795 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.

1818 - "Academician" began publication in New York City.

1877 - The first Guernsey Cattle Club was organized in New York City.

1882 - The last bareknuckle fight for the heavyweight boxing championship took place in Mississippi City.

1893 - Elisha Gray patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents.

1913 - The Turks lost 5,000 men in a battle with the Bulgarian army in Gallipoli.

1922 - DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of "Reader's Digest" magazine for the first time.

1931 - The American opera "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor, premiered in New York City.

1936 - The U.S. Vice Presidents flag was established by executive order.

1940 - "Pinocchio" world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.

1941 - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Frank Sinatra recorded "Everything Happens to Me."

1943 - The U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect in two days.

1944 - During World War II, the Germans launched a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy.

1959 - The play "The Rivalry" opened in New York City.

1962 - The U.S. government banned all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries.

1966 - "Crawdaddy" magazine was published by Paul Williams for the first time.

1974 - The nation of Grenada gained independence from Britain.

1976 - Darryl Sittler (Toronto Maple Leafs) set a National Hockey League (NHL) record when he scored 10 points in a game against the Boston Bruins. He scored six goals and four assists.

1977 - Russia launched Soyuz 24.

1984 - Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered space walk.

1985 - "Sports Illustrated" released its annual swimsuit edition. It was the largest regular edition in the magazines history at 218 pages.

1985 - "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City.

1986 - Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country ending 28 years of family rule.

1991 - The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti's first democratically elected president.

1999 - NASA's Stardust space probe was launched. The mission was to return comet dust samples from comet Wild 2. The mission was completed on January 15, 2006 when the sample return capsule returned to Earth.

2000 - California's legislature declared that February 13 would be "Charels M. Schulz Day."

2008 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched with the mission of delivering the Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station.

Today in Black History

1965 - Chris Rock (comedian, actor, and TV host) is born in Andrews, South Carolina.

1883 - Eubie Blake (pianist) is born in Baltimore.

1974 - Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1945 - Irwin C Mollison is appointed judge of the US Customs Court by President Truman.

1872 - William Monroe Trotter (militant civil rights activist) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.