Today is Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Any student wanting to run for a student government office next year needs to pick up the application in the guidance office this week. Dead line for turning in the application is this Friday.

The baseball program is running a Stand Up to Cancer fundraiser to help 3 local families pay for part of their cancer treatments. You can purchase a Stand Up to Cancer card for $3 to represent someone you know whom has been effected by cancer, or you can simply donate to the cause. See Coach Light or Coach Wisneski during lunch to buy a card or make a donation. If we raise $3,000 then Coach Wisneski will shave his head during lunch one afternoon in the courtyard.

GUIDANCE

Students, Skyward access to course selections for next week will remain open until 2 p.m. on Friday. After that, you cannot make any changes to choices. Also, remember that there is a Course Override Form in Guidance that must be completed before any changes can be made to teacher recommendations for courses you were not recommended for. Course overrides must be approved by the teacher, department head and guidance before any changes are made.

College Tour June 5th-9th to 8 colleges including UF, FAMU, Spelman, UNF AND Bethune Cookman. Juniors and Seniors Are eligible. See Mrs. Paulling in Guidance for application information.

Central Florida Mechanical Joint Apprenticeship Training Program at Walt Disney World is looking for qualified applicants.

Applications are in Guidance for students who are 18 years of age and have a HS Diploma.

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

Senior checklists will go out on Monday in 1st period classes. If you are an off campus student, absent or tardy on that date please see Mrs. Paulling in Guidance. Students who are being recognized at the Award Night Ceremony on May 3rd will receive their invitation as well on Monday. Checklists must be given directly to Mrs. Paulling. Seniors who have been flagged to meet with Mrs. Croker concerning their graduation status can make an appointment to meet the week of the 8th. All checklists must be finalized and completed prior to May 12th. See Mrs. Croker for any questions.

Greetings from LSSC!

FAFSA Friday’s are back in full swing for the month of April! Our financial aid professionals will be on hand to help students and their families complete the FAFSA. This service will be available at the Leesburg and South Lake campus locations. Please direct students to the link below to sign up for a time slot (information also available on the LSSC homepage):https://lakesumterstatecollege.wufoo.com/forms/zer3zqd0i91dmf/

Any help you can provide in spreading the word would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and let me know if you have any questions!

Seniors interested in going through the Fire Academy after graduation need to get started now on the enrollment process. Class starts June 6, 2017. Deadline to apply is Friday.See Mrs. Paulling in Guidance for more information.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Eleanor McGinty Scholarship$2,000.00 scholarship renewable for 4 years.Students must be available for an interview .See Mrs. Paulling in Guidance. Deadline has been extended to Friday.

Seniors, a reminder that all applications are in the Guidance Office . Each application has instructions on how to complete the applications, where to send the application, deadlines and what type of recommendations you will need. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DUE DATE TO REQUEST LETTERS, TRANSCRIPTS, ETC.

Scholarship resources:

www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/training/find-scholarshipshttp://baucemag.com/list-of-undergraduate-scholarships-for women-of-color

James Durden Diversity Scholarship$1,000.00 ScholarshipDeadline: Friday

Florida A&M University Alumni Association$500.00 scholarships for seniors planning to attend FAMUDeadline is Monday. See Mrs Paulling in Guidance

Coast to Coast College Tour is hosting an information session for students and parents on May 15th at 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Orlando at Sea World in Orlando. See Mrs Croker for more details.

The Village Angels Autism Support Group Scholarship.Criteria is for students with Autism or siblings of students with Autism.Deadline for this $1,000.00 Scholarship is Monday. See Mrs. Paulling In Guidance.

Southern Scholarship Foundation offers rent-free scholarship housing for eligible seniors attending FSU, FAMU, UF, FGCU, TCC, Flagler and Sante Fe College.Applications are in Guidance Office or visit http://www.southernscholarship.org

The Italian American Club of the Plantation at Leesburg Scholarship $1,000 scholarships for students of Italian-American Heritage.Deadline: Monday

Scholarships for students with Disabilities who plan to attend one of the 12 state universities.Application deadline is Monday.Website information is www.jsf.bz

• The Criterion Civic Club awards a $1000 scholarship to FIVE Lake County deserving minority students every year. Please see Team Guidance for details.

• Seniors, Please let Mrs. Croker know about your college acceptances and any scholarships you may have been awarded.

CLUBS

ATHLETICS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Seussvillle: Any student needing volunteer hoursMay 12, 5:30 -7 p.m. (Friday)Tavares Elementary needs volunteers to help out and assist.

Lake Sumter State College has an excellent opportunity for students who need Community Service Hours. Volunteer at KIDS COLLEGE’17 this summer. There are two sessions on the Leesburg and Clermont Campus.Contact DeAnna at 352-323-3610 or the Guidance Office for more information.

Word of the Day

catafalqueRest Easy Word of the Day:This word is certainly fun to say, but the occasions for saying it are usually less fun. It refers to a platform on which a coffin rests for ceremonial purposes. The word comes to us by way of Italian, ultimately from a Latin root that means "scaffold."

On This Day in History

1590 - The Sultan of Morocco launched his successful attack to capture Timbuktu.

1644 - The Ming Chongzhen emperor committed suicide by hanging himself.

1684 - A patent was granted for the thimble.

1707 - At the Battle of Almansa, Franco-Spanish forces defeated the Anglo-Portugese.

1792 - The guillotine was first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier.

1831 - The New York and Harlem Railway was incorporated in New York City.

1846 - The Mexican-American War ignited as a result of disputes over claims to Texas boundaries. The outcome of the war fixed Texas' southern boundary at the Rio Grande River.

1859 - Work began on the Suez Canal in Egypt.

1860 - The first Japanese diplomats to visit a foreign power reached Washington, DC. They remained in the U.S. capital for several weeks while discussing expansion of trade with the United States.

1862 - Union Admiral Farragut occupied New Orleans, LA.

1864 - After facing defeat in the Red River Campaign, Union General Nathaniel Bank returned to Alexandria, LA.

1867 - Tokyo was opened for foreign trade.

1882 - French commander Henri Riviere seized the citadel of Hanoi in Indochina.

1898 - The U.S. declared war on Spain. Spain had declared war on the U.S. the day before.

1901 - New York became the first state to require license plates for cars. The fee was $1.

1915 - During World War I, Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli in Turkey in hopes of attacking the Central Powers from below. The attack was unsuccessful.

1925 - General Paul von Hindenburg took office as president of Germany.

1926 - In Iran, Reza Kahn was crowned Shah and choose the name "Pehlevi."

1928 - A seeing eye dog was used for the first time.

1938 - "Your Family and Mine," a radio serial, was first broadcast.

1940 - W2XBS (now WCBS-TV) in New York City presented the first circus on TV.

1945 - U.S. and Soviet forces met at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River.

1945 - Delegates from about 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

1952 - After a three-day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment was annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea.

1953 - U.S. Senator Wayne Morse ended the longest speech in U.S. Senate history. The speech on the Offshore Oil Bill lasted 22 hours and 26 minutes.

1953 - Dr. James D. Watson and Dr. Francis H.C. Crick suggested the double helix structure of DNA.

1954 - The prototype manufacture of the first solar battery was announced by the Bell Laboratories in New York City.

1957 - Operations began at the first experimental sodium nuclear reactor.

1959 - St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. The water way connects the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.

1961 - Robert Noyce was granted a patent for the integrated circuit.

1962 - The U.S. spacecraft, Ranger, crashed on the Moon.

1967 - Colorado Governor John Love signed the first law legalizing abortion in the U.S. The law was limited to therapeutic abortions when agreed to, unanimously, by a panel of three physicians.

1971 - The country of Bangladesh was established.

1974 - Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar was overthrown in a military coup.

1976 - Portugal ratified a constitution. It was first revised on October 30, 1982.

1980 - In Iran, a commando mission to rescue hostages was aborted after mechanical problems disabled three of the eight helicopters involved. During the evacuation, a helicopter and a transport plan collided and exploded. Eight U.S. servicemen were killed. The mission was aimed at freeing American hostages that had been taken at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. The event took place April 24th Washington, DC, time.

1982 - In accordance with Camp David agreements, Israel completed its Sinai withdrawal.

1983 - Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov invited Samantha Smith to visit his country after receiving a letter in which the U.S. schoolgirl expressed fears about nuclear war.

1983 - The Pioneer 10 spacecraft crossed Pluto's orbit, speeding on its endless voyage through the Milky Way.

1984 - In France, over one million people demonstrated to show they favored the decentralization of education.

1984 - David Anthony Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy, was found dead of a drug overdose in a hotel room.

1985 - "Big River (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)" opened at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Broadway in New York City.

1987 - In Washington, DC, 100,000 people protested the U.S. policy in Central America.

1987 - Peter O'Toole opened in "Pygmalion" on Broadway.

1988 - In Israel, John "Ivan the Terrible" Demjanuk was sentenced to death as a Nazi war criminal.

1990 - Sandinista rule ended in Nicaragua.

1990 - The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope was placed into Earth's orbit. It was released by the space shuttle Discovery.

1992 - Islamic forces in Afghanistan took control of most of the capital of Kabul following the collapse of the Communist government.

1996 - The main assembly of the Palestine Liberation Organization voted to revoke clauses in its charter that called for an armed struggle to destroy Israel.

1998 - U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on was questioned by Whitewater prosecutors on videotape about her work as a private lawyer for the failed savings and loan at the center of the investigation.

2003 - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader and ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to four years in prison for her conviction on fraud and theft charges. She was convicted of 43 counts of fraud and 25 of theft of money from a women's political league.

2007 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 13,000 for the first time.