Welcome students and staff.
Today is Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
Please stand for the pledge to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please remain standing for a moment of silence. Thank you, please be seated.
· Prom tickets will go on sale next week all week and then again Monday, April 1, through April 5th. Ticket prices will be posted in Homebase this week. Come out and enjoy “Saturday Night Lights” at Lake Receptions on April 6th.
· Congratulations to our No Duck Left Behind Essay Winners. A $50 chack for the winner will be sent thru JR to the principal with the t-shirts ( we are out of a couple of the t-shirt sizes so they have been ordered and will be here in about a week)
3th-5th / Winner / Teacher / SchoolWinner / Rachel Marks / A. Smith / Cypress Ridge
Honorable / Thomas Durette-MacDonald / Ms. Anderson / Clermont Elem
Honorable / Lili Box / Ms. Coveney / Lost Lake
6th –8th
Winner / Chelsea Gutierrez / Ms. Calton / Clermont Middle
Honorable / Emily Allen / Mrs. Dempsey-Light / Spring Creek
Honorable / Destiney Phelps / Mrs. Dempsey-Light / Spring Creek
9th-12th
Winner / Cody Cochran / Mrs. Newman / Tavares High
Honorable / Shannon Brandt / Mrs. Newman / Tavares High
Honorable / Brittany McCoy / Mrs. Newman / Tavares High
GUIDANCE
· Barbizon College will be here on March 20during lunches in the cafeteria.
· Florida A&M University’s Annual Spring Preview will be on Saturday, March 23, 2013, from 8:30 am-2:00pm. This event is for high school juniors, seniors and community college transfer students. For more information see Mrs. Croker in Guidance.
Senior Scholarships
(Pick up forms on table in Guidance Office)
Scholarship Deadline
Academic Boosters/Matt Mullis Scholarships April 16, 2013
Alpha Delta Kappa (For students planning to become teachers) April 1, 2013
American Legion Scholarship www.legion.org/needalift
Art Institute www.Artinstitues.edu
Big Sun (for student athletes) http://www.bigsunathletics.com June 21, 2013
Cooperative Living Organization (Housing opportunity for UF and Santa Fe Students)
Criterion Civic Club March 31, 2013
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (For Minority Students ) April 1, 2013
Ellanora McGinty Scholarship Trust March 22, 2013
Florida Credit Union March 22, 2013
Florida JCI Senate Scholarship www.fljcifoundation.org
Hughes Exterminating Scholarship May 15, 2013
Janice M. Scott Memorial Scholarship March 31, 2013
Lake County Gator Club (Must be attending U. of Florida) March 18, 2013
Lake Sumter State College https://lscc.scholarships.ngwebsolutions.com February 28, 2013
Lake Square Presbyterian Church April 2, 2013
Lake Tech Center (Must be attending Lake Tech next year) May 10, 2013
Lanford Highway Workers Memorial (Parent killed while doing hwy repair work) April 5, 2013
Marcia Morgan Memorial Scholarship (For students attending UCF) March 15, 2013
Martin Charitable Trust March 29, 2013
McKinney Charitable Trust March 29, 2013
Frank Paulhamus Scholarship March 20, 2013
Johnson Scholarship Foundation (Children of UPS Employees Or retirees) April 15, 2013
Johnson Scholarship Foundation (Students with Disabilities) May 15, 2013
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity (For male students) April 5, 2013
Opera Club of the Villages (For Music Majors) March 17, 2013
Scholarship Experts Various
SECO (Must have SECO as your power company) March 29, 2013
Service Scholars (Students attending FSU)
Southern Scholarship Foundation (housing opportunity)
Spring Creek Alumni Scholarship (Must have attended this school) April 15, 2013
SunTrust College Scholarship Sweepstakes (www.offtocollege.info.com) May 10, 2013
Student Scholarships (Updated 2/21/13 – New Scholarships added) Various
U. of North Fla. Scholarships (Must attend UNF) Various
http://www.unf.edu/admissions/scholarships/Freshman Scholarship Home.aspx
U. of South Fla. Scholarships (Must attend USF) www.usfkosovesociety.org
SENIORS
· Grad Bash tickets are on sale. The Cost is $70. Tickets may be purchased from Mrs. Glass (first period, home base or after school); Mrs. Drees (home base, 4th pd. or after school.) The last day to purchase tickets is Tuesday.
· Seniors who have purchased or will be purchasing tickets to Grad Bash…don’t forget your completed, purple, permission paperwork and copy of your insurance card must be turned in to Mrs. Glass or Mrs. Drees by Friday, March 15.
CLUBS
· Da Vinci Surgical Robotics will be held in the auditorium. Presentations start at the beginning of 2nd, 3rd and 4th period. Health Science 2 classes are to go straight to the auditorium for their classes.
· HOSA club meeting today after school
· Friday - Zumbathon here at the THS gym from 6-8 come join the fun! Students and staff $5 water and snacks will be sold during the event, all proceeds to benefit SADD and HOSA.
· March 16th (next Saturday) HOSA is hosting a bowl-a-thin at Point Break Bowling alley in Tavares from 12-3, lots of fun, games, and prizes. Everyone is invited, please see HOSA officers for details on how to sign up your four-person team
ATHLETICS
· Congratulations to Grady Maynard and Terry Law for finishing 7th in the TBF State fishing tournament this past weekend.
· Wednesday Tavares will host the Lake and Sumter invitational in hopes of an undefeated season and a first ever Lake and Sumter championship. The meet will start at 4 pm. All Lake and Sumter county schools will be attending, so come out and support your boys!
Word of the Day
ramification
Stuff Happens Word of the Day:
Like consequence and implication, today's word ramification is most often encountered in the plural, suggesting that things that follow on from an act or decision tend to travel in packs. Ramification also has many uses in scientific terminology, where it means a branch or the act of branching. The underlying verb ramify is from a Latin root that means "branch."
On This Day in History
1496 - Jews were expelled from Syria.
1609 - The Bermuda Islands became an English colony.
1664 - New Jersey became a British colony. King Charles II granted land in the New World to his brother James (The Duke of York).
1755 - In North Arlington, NJ, the steam engine was used for the first time.
1789 - The U.S. Post Office was established.
1809 - Britain signed a treaty with Persia forcing the French to leave the country.
1857 - "Simon Boccanegra" by Verdi debuted in Venice.
1884 - The State of Mississippi authorized the first state-supported college for women. It was called the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College.
1863 - President Jefferson Davis delivered his State of the Confederacy address.
1879 - The British Zulu War began.
1889 - Almon B. Stowger applied for a patent for his automatic telephone system.
1894 - Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.
1903 - The Czar of Russia issued a decree providing for nominal freedom of religion throughout his territory.
1904 - After 30 years of drilling, the tunnel under the Hudson River was completed. The link was between Jersey City, NJ, and New York, NY.
1905 - In Rome, Premier Giovanni Giolliwas forced out of office by continued civil strife.
1906 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations must yield incriminating evidence in anti-trust suits.
1909 - The British Parliament increased naval appropriations for Britain.
1909 - Three U.S. warships were ordered to Nicaragua to stem the conflict with El Salvador.
1911 - Dr. Fletcher of Rockefeller Institute discovered the cause of infantile paralysis.
1912 - The Girl Scout organization was founded. The original name was Girl Guides.
1923 - Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated phonofilm. It was his technique for putting sound on motion picture film.
1930 - Ghandi began his 200-mile march to the sea that symbolized his defiance of British rule over India.
1933 - President Paul von Hindenburg dropped the flag of the German Republic and ordered that the swastika and empire banner be flown side by side.
1933 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation. It was the first of the "Fireside Chats."
1935 - Parimutuel betting became legal in the State of Nebraska.
1938 - The "Anschluss" took place as German troops entered Austria.
1940 - Finland surrendered to Russia ending the Russo-Finnish War.
1944 - Britain barred all travel to Ireland.
1947 - U.S. President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.
1959 - The U.S. House joined the U.S. Senate in approving the statehood of Hawaii.
1966 - Bobby Hull, of the Chicago Blackhawks, became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 51 points in a single season.
1974 - "Wonder Woman" debuted on ABC-TV. The show later went to CBS-TV.
1984 - Lebanese President Gemayel opened the second meeting in five years calling for the end to nine-years of war.
1985 - The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. began arms control talks in Geneva.
1985 - Larry Bird (Boston Celtics) scored a club-record 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks.
1985 - Former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announced that he planned to drop Secret Service protection and hire his own bodyguards in an effort to lower the deficit by $3 million.
1987 - "Les Miserables" opened on Broadway.
1989 - Prime Minister Sadiq al Mahdi of Sudan formed a new cabinet to end civil war.
1989 - About 2,500 veterans and supporters marched at the Art Institute of Chicago to demand that officials remove an American flag placed on the floor as part of an exhibit.
1992 - Mauritius became a republic but remained a member of the British Commonwealth.
1993 - In the U.S., the Pentagon called for the closure of 31 major military bases.
1993 - Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female U.S. attorney general.
1994 - A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell of the Loch Ness monster was confirmed to be a hoax. The photo was taken of a toy submarine with a head and neck attached.
1994 - The Church of England ordained its first women priests.
1998 - Astronomers cancelled a warning that a mile-wide asteroid might collide with Earth saying that calculations had been off by 600,000 miles.
1999 - Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic became members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). All three countries were members of the former Warsaw Pact.
2002 - U.S. homeland security chief Tom Ridge unveiled a color-coded system for terror warnings.
2002 - Conoco and Phillips Petroleum stockholders approved a proposed merger worth $15.6 billion.
2003 - In Utah, Elizabeth Smart was reunited with her family nine months after she was abducted from her home. She had been taken on June 5, 2002, by a drifter that had previously worked at the Smart home.
2003 - The U.S. Air Force announced that it would resume reconnaissance flights off the coast of North Korea. The flights had stopped on March 2 after an encounter with four armed North Korean jets.
2009 - It was announced that the Sear Tower in Chicago, IL, would be renamed Willis Tower.
2010 - In the U.S., Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad.