Today is Tuesday, October 24, 2017

If you plan on taking the Behind the Wheel driving program please turn your completed application in to Coach Semento as classes are starting to be filled.

GUIDANCE

SCHOLARSHIPS

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

COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ACTIVITIES 2018

*On-Site College Visits during both Lunches in the Administrative Conference Room in Building 1TODAY - Lake Tech CollegeTHURSDAY - Lake Sumter State CollegeOctober 31st - Ringling College of Arts and Design*State Grant and Scholarship Application /FFAA in the Dog House Mr. Rackley’s Econ Students.. November 6th

Mr. Hawkins’ Econ Students..November 9th Mr. Witsman’s Econ Students..November 10thOff Campus seniors can attend any of these sessions.

LSSC FALL REGISTRATION November 2nd 9 a.m *Mark your calendar:

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

Financial Aid Night Nov 9th 6 p.m. THS AuditoriumRevised 9/21/17 . See Mrs. Croker in Guidance for more information

UF has extended their application deadline to November 15th.

CLUBS

HOPE Club members: Our next meeting will be either this Thursday, October 26th, or Friday the 27th during Learning Opportunity. Please remember that we are collecting canned goods, peanut butter and other nonperishable items for the canned food drive. Please start bringing in a can or jar to help our planet Earth locally. You can drop the items off in Mrs. Farner’s room. Also remember, those who pay their dues will get their HOPE Club T-shirts first.

ATHLETICS

Congratulations to our varsity football team on their victory over district opponent Poinciana this weekend. Your bulldogs beat the eagles 43-15. Great job boys!

Softball meeting during LO Friday in the GYM for all softball players trying out.

Girls Basketball Tryouts will begin Oct. 30th. All interested ladies must have a completed Sports Packet with updated sports physical on file. Please see Coach Hawkins if you are interested in signing up.

Letterman jackets are available for purchase online at Neffco Jacket Shop.

https://www.neffjacketshop.com/BrowseCatalogs.asp?VPath=1140|1141|1214

This sample jacket is hanging in the "Guidance Department"

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Central Florida Dreamplex is seeking current freshman, sophomore, and junior level high school students for its StarGazers volunteer program. The Dreamplex is a fitness and recreation center for children and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Only 15-20 volunteers will be

chosen to be StarGazers, and the program will span one year (January-December, 2018) and result in at least 100 community service hours for each participant. First aid, CPR, and other training will be provided at no cost. The ideal candidate will be an individual who loves to work with children and is interested in therapeutic services, special education, or other related fields as a career choice. Those chosen to be StarGazers will assist with Dreamplex sports and recreational programs, and will have the opportunity to shadow physical, speech, and occupational therapists. Completed applications may be submitted by email to cgomes@cfldreamplex.com or dropped off at the Dreamplex, located in the Clermont Hillside Terrace complex (same building as Graffiti Junktion) Applications are due by November 6th.

Word of the Day

catharticLet It All Hang Out Word of the Day:Whether you're talking medicine or emotion, the idea behind this adjective is all about purging. It's true to its roots, from a Greek verb meaning "cleanse, purge," which is itself based on an adjective meaning "pure." As a noun, cathartic means a medicine that purges, or in other words, a laxative.

On This Day in History

1632 - Scientist Anthony van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland. He created the first microscope lenses that were powerful enough to observe single-celled animals.

1648 - The Holy Roman Empire was effectively destroyed by the Peace of Westphalia that brought an end to the Thirty Years War.

1795 - The country of Poland was divided up between Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

1836 - Alonzo D. Phillips received a patent for the phosphorous friction safety match.

1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent when Justice Stephen J. Field of California transmitted a telegram to U.S. President Lincoln.

1901 - Daredevil Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. She was 63 years old.

1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as "Black Tuesday."

1931 - The upper level of the George Washington Bridge opened for traffic between New York and New Jersey.

1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.

1940 - In the U.S., the 40-hour workweek went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

1945 - The United Nations (UN) was formally established less than a month after the end of World War II. The Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.

1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.

1949 - The cornerstone for the U.N. Headquarters was laid in New York City.

1960 - All remaining American-owned property in Cuba was nationalized. The process of nationalizing all U.S. and foreign-owned property in Cuban had begun on August 6, 1960.

1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. military forces went on the highest alert in the postwar era in preparation for a possible full-scale war with the Soviet Union. The U.S. blockade of Cuba officially began on this day.

1969 - Richard Burton bought his wife Elizabeth Taylor a 69-carat Cartier diamond ring for $1.5 million. Burton presented the ring to Taylor several days later.

1986 - Britain broke off relations with Syria after a Jordanian was convicted in an attempted bombing. The evidence in the trial led to the belief that Syria was involved in the attack on the Israeli jetliner.

1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.

2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that gave police the power to secretly search homes, tap all of a person's telephone conversation and track people's use of the Internet.

2001 - The U.S. stamp "United We Stand" was dedicated.

2001 - NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Mars.

2002 - Microsoft Corp. and Walt Disney Co. announced the release of an upgraded MSN Internet service with Disney content. Disney movies, music and books

2003 - In London, the last commercial supersonic Concorde flight landed.