Today is Friday, February 24, 2017.
GUIDANCE
SCHOLARSHIPS
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.
· Caribbean-American Association of Lake County
$1,000.00 scholarship
Deadline April 7th, 2017
· Fred Griffin Jr. Scholarship Program
For males with financial needs
Deadline: March 1, 2017
· Alpha Delta Kappa
Scholarship for students interested in teaching.
Deadline: April 6th, 2017
· Edwin Budge Mead Scholarship for students pursuing a degree or certification in a health related field
Deadline April 7th, 2017
· Linda Kohlmeyer Memorial Scholarship . $1,000.00 scholarship for students interested in a community college, university or trade school.
Deadline March 30th , 2017
· Charles Robert Furnas Scholarship. $500.00 scholarship for students planning to major in finance/accounting or business.
Deadline March 30, 2017
· Lake Soil and Water Conservation District Scholarship.$500.00 scholarship for students majoring in an agricultural field.
Deadline April 11, 2017
· Scott Strong Scholarship. $2,000.00 scholarship for students with a 2.5 GPA
Deadline March 30, 2017
· Edmond Amateis Foundation Scholarship. $1,500.00 scholarship per academic year.
Deadline March 30, 2017
· YOUTH EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIP
$1000 scholarships that can be used for educational travel or to further educational plans.
Deadline: March 6,2017
· Vivint Smart Home
$5,000 scholarship for seniors enrolling in a post- secondary institution .
Deadline is April 1st, 2017 website www.vivint.com/scholarship
• Johnson Scholarship Foundation has 2 scholarship programs
Scholarships for children of UPS employees or retirees who live in Florida
Deadline April 15th.
· Scholarships for students with Disabilities who plan to attend one of the 12 state universities.
Application deadline is May 1st
Website information is www.jsf.bz
· Women’s Committee of Fine Arts/ Mt. Dora
Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 for visual and performing arts students. Auditions are in April and an award luncheon is in May.
Application Deadline is March 4th
• Rotary Club of Lake County Golden Triangle
$500- $2,000 scholarships are available for seniors planning to attend a post- secondary institution and have applied to at least one college/university and taken the ACT or SAT. Criteria includes financial need, academic merit, character and extra-curricular activity. Deadline is February 28, 2017
• Sun Trust/ Edgar P. and Nona B. McKinney Charitable Trust Scholarship
Scholarship award amounts vary from $1,000 to $5,000 per year. Students will be notified if selected for an interview before April 28th.
Deadline is March 31, 2017
• Sun Trust/G.Roxy & Elizabeth C. Martin Charitable Trust Scholarship
Scholarship award amounts vary from $1,000 to $5,000 per years. This is a separate application and seniors can apply and qualify for both of the Sun Trust Scholarships. If selected, interviews will be before April 28th.
Deadline is March 31, 2017
• The 2017 Harold S. Schwartz Music Scholarship Application is available in Guidance. The deadline is March 11, 2017.
• 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.
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Word of the Day
immolate
Burnt Offering Word of the Day:
This little-used verb means "offer in sacrifice" and is derived from mola, the name (in Latin) of a sacrificial barley cake. These days, when sacrifices don't figure largely in religious practice, immolate appears most often in the derivative immolation, often used figuratively.
On This Day in History
1803 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled itself to be the final interpreter of all constitutional issues.
1835 - "Siwinowe Kesibwi" (The Shawnee Sun) was issued as the first Indian language monthly publication in the U.S.
1839 - Mr. William S. Otis received a patent for the steam shovel.
1857 - The Los Angeles Vinyard Society was organized.
1857 - The first shipment of perforated postage stamps was received by the U.S. Government.
1863 - Arizona was organized as a territory.
1866 - In Washington, DC, an American flag made entirely of American bunting was displayed for the first time.
1868 - The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson due to his attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The U.S. Senate later acquitted Johnson.
1886 - Thomas Edison and Mina Miller were married.
1900 - New York City Mayor Van Wyck signed the contract to begin work on New York's first rapid transit tunnel. The tunnel would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. The ground breaking ceremony was on March 24, 1900.
1903 - In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an area was leased to the U.S. for a naval base.
1925 - A thermit was used for the first time. It was used to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam that had clogged the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, NY.
1938 - The first nylon bristle toothbrush was made. It was the first time that nylon yarn had been used commercially.
1942 - The U.S. Government stopped shipments of all 12-gauge shotguns for sporting use for the wartime effort.
1942 - The Voice of America (VOA) aired for the first time.
1945 - During World War II, the Philippine capital of Manilla, was liberated by U.S. soldiers.
1946 - Juan Peron was elected president of Argentina.
1956 - The city of Cleveland invoked a 1931 law that barred people under the age of 18 from dancing in public without an adult guardian.
1980 - NBC premiered the TV movie "Harper Valley P.T.A."
1981 - Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
1983 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 1100 mark for the first time.
1983 - A U.S.congressional commission released a report that condemned the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
1987 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, of the Los Angeles Lakers, got his first three-point shot in the NBA.
1987 - An exploding supernova was discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a $200,000 award to Rev. Jerry Falwell that had been won against "Hustler" magazine. The ruling expanded legal protections for parody and satire.
1989 - Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sentenced Salman Rushdie to death for his novel "The Satanic Verses". A bounty of one to three-million-dollars was also put on Rushidie's head.
1989 - A United Airlines 747 jet rips open in flight killing 9 people. The flight was from Honolulu to New Zealand.
1992 - "Wayne's World" opened in U.S. theaters.
1992 - Tracy Gold began working on the set of "Growing Pains" again. She had left the show due to anorexia.
1994 - In Los Angeles, Garrett Morris was shot during a robbery attempt. He eventually recovered from his injury.
1997 - The U.S. The Food and Drug Administration named six brands of birth control as safe and effective "morning-after" pills for preventing pregnancy.
1997 - Dick Enberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 - In southeast China, a domestic airliner crashed killing all 64 passengers.
2007 - The Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.
2008 - Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president. His brother Fidel had ruled for nearly 50 years.
On This Day in Black History
1811 - Bishop Daniel A Payne (reformer and educator of AME Church).
1999 - Lauryn Hill (R&B and hip hop singer) wins five Grammy Awards, the most a woman had ever received.
1864 - Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first Black woman to earn a medical degree by graduating from the New England Female Medical College.