Today is Monday, November 5, 2018

The band received Superior Ratings in Music, General Effect, Visual and Percussion during this weekend’s Marching Band MPA (Marching Performance Assessment). Congratulations!

The Tavares Theatre Department proudly presents its fall play “The Curious Savage” on Thursday and Friday at 6:00 PM in the THS Auditorium. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the door. Come out and support the talented cast and crew as they bring this heartwarming and entertaining show to life.

GUIDANCE

Link to request Tavares High School transcripts:

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

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

College Visits

Nova Southeastern University will be here , November 13th during lunches in the cafeteria.Kaiser University will be here on November 6th during both lunches in the cafeteria.

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

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

Turner Pest Control Scholarship $1000.00 Deadline November 1st, 2018 www.turnerpest.com/scholarship/turner-pest-control-scholarship

Elks Scholarships

Most Valuable Student Scholarship…..$4,000.00-50,000. Deadline November 15, 2018

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

Scholarship Opportunity for Students : Martin Luther King Essay ScholarshipScholarship awards up to $2,000.00Deadline is November 1st.Application information is in Guidance and at www.MLK.Committee.org

Brooks Law Scholarship. Deadline November 2nd. Applications in Guidance

CLUBS

The next meeting of the Tavares High Astronomy Club will be today during Learning Ops in Mr. Moore's room. See you there. Remember, Science Rocks!!!!!

ATHLETICS

Congratulations to the girls’ cross country team for their 6th place finish at regionals on Saturday and to Savannah Schwab for her 8th place finish as an individual. They will be advancing to the state meet in Tallahassee this Saturday. Good luck girls!

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

November 17 – Unified Champion Basketball Tournament – The Big House -Tavares – 9am-3pm 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

sporangiumFungus Among Us Word of the Day:The science-fictiony sound of this word is a bit of a red herring because it denotes something that was around long before science-fiction: spores. A sporangium is an organ that stores or produces spores. Ferns got 'em, and mushrooms too. The word is a 19th century coinage in scientific vocabulary, drawing on durable Greek roots meaning "spore" and "vessel."

On This Day in History

1605 - The "Gunpowder Plot" attempted by Guy Fawkes failed when he was captured before he could blow up the English Parliament. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated every November 5th in Britain to celebrate his failure to blow up all the members of Parliament and King James I.

1844 - In California, a grizzly bear underwent a successful cataract operation at the Zoological Garden.

1872 - In the U.S., Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the presidential election. She never paid the fine.

1895 - George B. Selden received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. He sold the rights for $200,000 four years later.

1911 - Italy officially annexed Tripoli.

1935 - The game "Monopoly" was introduced by Parker Brothers Company.

1940 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office.

1944 - Lord Moyne, a British official, was assassinated by the Zionist Stern gang in Cairo, Egypt.

1946 - John F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at the age of 29.

1955 - The Vienna State Opera House in Austria formally opened.

1956 - British and French forces began landing in Egypt during the Suez Canal Crisis. A cease-fire was declared 2 days later.

1959 - The American Football League was formed.

1963 - Archaeologists found the remains of a Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.

1967 - In Moscow, the Ostankino Tower opened. It was the world's tallest free-standing structure for nine years.

1974 - Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut. She was the first woman in the U.S. to win a governorship without succeeding her husband.

1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the NFL had exceeded antitrust limits in attempting to stop the Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.

1986 - The White House reaffirmed the U.S. ban on the sale of weapons to Iran.

1987 - In South Africa, Goban Mbeki was released after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. He had been sentenced to life for treason against the white minority government of South Africa.

1998 - Scientists published a genetic study that showed strong evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child (Eston Hemings) of his slave, Sally Hemings. (for more information)

1990 - Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Kach movement, was shot to death after a speech at a New York Hotel. His assassin, Egyptian El Sayyid, was later convicted of the murder and was sentenced to life in prison for his part in the World Trade Center bombing.

1992 - Malice Green, a black motorist, was beaten to death in Detroit during a struggle with police. Two officers were later convicted in his death and sentenced to prison.

1994 - Former U.S. President Reagan announced that he had Alzheimer's disease.

1994 - George Foreman, 45, became boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas, NV.

1998 - In the U.S., Chairman Henry Hyde of the Judiciary Committee asked President Clinton to answer 81 questions for the House impeachment inquiry.

1998 - The U.N. announced that the Taliban militia had killed up to 5,000 civilians in a takeover of an Afghani town.

1999 - A 12-day conference on global warming, attended by delegates from 170 nations, ended in Bonn, Germany.

1999 - Dennis Rodman (NBA) and Carmen Electra were both arrested and charged with battery and domestic violence in a hotel in Miami Beach, FL.

1999 - U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that Microsoft Corp. enjoyed "monopoly power".

2001 - It was announced that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus and Dubai-based Emirates airlines set up a joint venture specializing in airline services.

2009 - At Fort Hood, near Kileen, TX, Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 30 others.