Welcome students and staff.
Today is Friday, May 3, 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.
· Today is the last day to accept checks for yearbooks, fines, dues and any other outstanding fees.
· THS Idol is back! If you have wanted to show your friends and family how talented you are, now is your chance. Preliminary auditions will be held Wednesday, May 8, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Chorus Room. Please sign up in the cafeteria or contact Sara Gray to sign up for a time slot.
· In keeping with the pattern of American Idol, we ask that all preliminary auditions be SOLO acts only. It is completely fine to have other people accompany for you, but we ask that vocalist audition one at a time.
· Run For Boston 5k – May 11, 2013. For more information,
GUIDANCE
· Registration for summer grade restoration has begun. If you received a 59 on your report card due to unexcused absences this semester, see your guidance counselor to register. Summer sessions will begin June 12. Registration must be completed by June 7.
· Registration for summer grade forgiveness and recovery has begun. If you received a D or an F in a math, English, science, or social studies class for either semester, you should see your guidance counselor to register. If you are currently in an E2020 class during the school day or after school and need more time to complete your class, you should register for the summer sessions so you may finish the class. See your guidance counselor to register. Summer sessions will begin June 12. Registration must be completed by June 7 so make sure you check your grades on eSembler to see if you need to register.
Senior Scholarships
(Pick up forms on table in Guidance Office)
Scholarship Deadline
Big Sun (for student athletes) http://www.bigsunathletics.com June 21, 2013
Golden Triangle Loyal Order of Moose May 10, 2013
Hughes Exterminating Scholarship May 15, 2013
Lake Tech Center (Must be attending Lake Tech next year) May 10, 2013
Nordstrom Scholarship http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/nordstrom-cares-scholarship May 14, 2013
Johnson Scholarship Foundation (Students with Disabilities) May 15, 2013
Scholarship Experts Various
Service Scholars (Students attending FSU)
Southern Scholarship Foundation (housing opportunity)
SunTrust College Scholarship Sweepstakes (www.offtocollege.info.com) May 10, 2013
Student Scholarships (Updated 2/21/13 – New Scholarships added) Various
SENIORS
· Remember if your family wishes to purchase a grad ad for the jumbotron at graduation, the deadline to get the information and money in to Ms. Drees is today. The cost is $10.
CLUBS
· The next meeting of the Tavares High Astronomy Club will be Monday, May 6th in Mr. Moore’s room.
· Attention all girls and guys, do you like to dance and perform? Are you a person who has what it takes to be a part of an exciting performance team? Come check out the Tavares High School Band’s DANCE AND FLAG TEAM at lunch and become a member of one of the largest student groups on campus. Performers from this year’s squad will be available during both lunches today. Stop by and check out the performers to learn more about our organization. If you are looking for a great place to bring your talents, the THS Band program is the place for you.
ATHLETICS
· Tavares High School Boys’ JV and Varsity Soccer teams’ end-of-season banquet is being held tonight at 7:00 pm. For further information see Mrs. Watkins.
The Dinner is at Cousin Vinnie’s in Leesburg across from the Lake Square Mall. Cost for all players is $5.00. Family and friends is $6.99.
Volunteer Opportunities
· Volunteers needed – especially male to put up and or take down the tents at the Relay for life this weekend on our track field: Friday evening 6-8 and Sunday morning 8-10.
· Volunteers are also needed for decorating and general preparations Saturday morning 8 to noon for Relay of Life.
· Volunteers are needed for the Run for Boston 5K. Interested students may sign up in Mrs. Abeele’s room.
· The Lake County Board of County Commissioners is offering volunteer opportunities for Tavares High School students. Days and hours are flexible. Contact Jeannine Nelson, Human Resources Specialist at 343-9784 or
Word of the Day
platonic
The Thrill is Gone Word of the Day:
Remember Plato, the late and great Greek philosopher? It's OK if you don't, like many users of today's adjective platonic, who may give no thought to the old dead guy when they mention, e.g., a platonic friendship. This specific application of the adjective arises mainly from Plato's work Symposium, in which it is suggested that the most correct use of love of other human beings is to direct one's mind to love of divinity.
On This Day in History
1568 - French forces in Florida slaughtered hundreds of Spanish.
1802 - Washington, DC, was incorporated as a city.
1855 - Macon B. Allen became the first African American to be admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts.
1859 - France declared war on Austria.
1888 - Thomas Edison organized the Edison Phonograph Works.
1916 - Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two others were executed by the British for their roles in the Easter Rising.
1921 - West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax.
1926 - The revival of Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opened in New York.
1926 - U.S. Marines landed in Nicaragua and stayed until 1933.
1926 - In Britain, trade unions began a general strike.
1927 - Francis E.J. Wilde of Meadowmere Park, NY, patented the electric sign flasher.
1933 - The U.S. Mint was under the direction of a woman for the first time when Nellie Ross took the position.
1937 - Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With The Wind."
1944 - Wartime rationing of most grades of meats ended in the U.S.
1944 - Dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the first synthetic quinine at Harvard University.
1945 - Indian forces captured Rangoon, Burma, from the Japanese.
1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable.
1952 - The first airplane landed at the geographic North Pole.
1966 - The game "Twister" was featured on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.
1968 - After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retook Dai Do complex in Vietnam. They found that the North Vietnamese had evacuated the area.
1971 - Anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC.
1971 - National Public Radio broadcast for the first time.
1971 - James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King's assassin, was caught in a jailbreak attempt.
1986 - In NASA's first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine shortly after liftoff. Safety officers destroyed it by remote control.
1988 - The White House acknowledged that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities.
1992 - Five days of rioting and looting ended in Los Angeles, CA. The riots, that killed 53 people, began after the acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King.
1997 - The "Republic of Texas" surrendered to authorities ending an armed standoff where two people were held hostage. The group asserts the independence of Texas from the U.S.
1998 - "The Sevres Road," by 18-century landscape painter Camille Corot, stolen from the Louvre in France.
1999 - Mark Manes, at age 22, was arrested for supplying a gun to Eric Harris and Dylan Kleibold, who later killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado.
1999 - Hasbro released the first collection of toys for the Star Wars movie "Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 11,000 for the first time.
2000 - The trial of two Libyans accused of killing 270 people in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 (over Lockerbie) opened.
2006 - In Alexandria, VA, Al-Quaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was given a sentence of life in prison for his role in the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.