Today is Thursday, November 16, 2017
Today at 6:00 p.m. the Musical Theatre students will be presenting their small scene projects in the THS Auditorium. Come out to support your peers as they present a collection of ebullient scene studies where they will showcase their acting abilities. Admission to the performance is free. Hope to see you there!
GUIDANCE
SCHOLARSHIPS
· Criterion Civic Club Scholarship for Graduating Seniors who are African American.
Application Deadline is March 31, 2018.
Application is in Guidance.
· Florida Retired Educators Foundation for graduating seniors interested in a degree in Education.
Scholarship Amount is $4,000.00
Deadline: January 1, 2018
Application is in Guidance
· Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship for graduating seniors.
Application Deadline February 1st, 2018
Application Information is in Guidance.
· 2018 AXA Achievement Scholarship for Graduating Seniors
Deadline: December 15, 2017
Applications are in Guidance
· USF Alumni Association Kosove Society Scholarship
Application closes on December 1st.
See Mrs. Paulling in Guidance for more information.
· The J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholarship for Seniors planning to attend Stetson University is available in Guidance
Please see Mrs. Croker before Dec 20th for a nomination form.
· 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.
· Service Scholar Scholarship Application for seniors planning to attend FSU and have an outstanding community service and leadership record.
Application is open. Deadline is 5 p.m. on January 18th, 2018.
Applications are in Guidance.
· 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
CLUBS
· HOPE Club members: Our next meeting will be today 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
· All student-athletes wishing to participate on the track team in the spring MUST attend the track meeting today during learning ops in Coach Cerney’s room, Room 2-211. Even if you attended the previous meeting, your attendance is required.
· Letterman jackets are available for purchase online at Neffco Jacket Shop.
https://www.neffjacketshop.com/BrowseCatalogs.asp?VPath=1140|1141|1214
The sample jacket is hanging in the
"Guidance Department"
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Word of the Day
macerate
Softened Up Word of the Day:
Foodies who have been reading a better class of cookbooks may know this verb already, as it appears in some high-tone recipes as a one-word substitute for "soak until soft." You'll have to put this one in a box by itself as the Latin root macerare, "soften, steep," has no other descendants in modern English.
On This Day in History
1776 - British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution.
1885 - Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason.
1907 - Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.
1915 - Coca-Cola had its prototype for a countoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year.
1933 - The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time.
1952 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown.
1957 - Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) set an NFL season rushing record of 1163 yards after only eight games.
1966 - Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial of charges he had murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954.
1969 - The U.S. Army announced that several had been charged with massacre and the subsequent cover-up in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968.
1973 - Skylab 3 carrying a crew of three astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on an 84-day mission.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.
1981 - A vaccine for hepatitis B was approved. The vaccine had been developed at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research.
1982 - An agreement was announced on the 57th day of a strike by National Football League (NFL) players.
1985 - Colonel Oliver North was put in charge of the shipment of HAWK anti-aircraft missiles to Iran.
1988 - Estonia's parliament declared that the Baltic republic "sovereign," but stopped short of complete independence.
1994 - Major League Soccer announced that it would start its inaugural season in 1996.
1997 - China released Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident from jail for medical reasons. He had been incarcerated for almost 18 years.
1998 - In Burlington, WIsconsin, five high school students, aged 15 to 16, were arrested in an alleged plot to kill a carefully selected group of teachers and students.
1998 - It was announced that Monica Lewinsky had signed a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court said that union members could file discrimination lawsuits against employers even when labor contracts require arbitration.
1999 - Johnny Depp received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 - Chrica Adams, the pregnant girlfriend of Rae Carruth, was shot four times in her car. She died a month later from her wounds. The baby survived. Carruth was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the murder.
2000 - Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam.
2001 - The movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" opened in the U.S. and U.K.
2004 - A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.