Today is Tuesday, May 1, 2018

THE SILHOUETTES OF CRITERIONS CIVIC CLUBpresents the

Twentieth Debutante BallAn interest meeting of prospective debutantes

will be held onSATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2018

10 a.m.Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church

560 South Bay StreetEustis, Florida 32726

Prospective debutantes should be accompaniedby a parent(s)/guardian(s). The registration fee

of $50 may be paid at this meeting. For more information or questions, please contact:

Silhouette Gessner Harris (352-409-0526)Silhouette Saundra Myrie (352-223-9885)

Silhouette Cheryl Myers 352-551-3751)

Students interested in going on a field trip to Marine Lab in Key Largo next school year, come by Mrs. Farner’s class during Learning Opportunities for more information and to sign up.

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

GUIDANCE

Senior Checklists will go out during Senior Week. Final transcript requests can be made on that form. They will be due Friday. All seniors must complete a checklist to be cleared for graduation.

Lake Sumter State College is offering a free four day summer bridge program for graduating seniors interested in a Bachelor’s program with a STEM Major.Applications can be done on line at LSCC.EDU/STEM . See Mrs. Croker for more information.

Students, if you are interested in a Broadcasting Career, there is a management training program in the area looking for candidates. Please see Mrs. Croker for more information.

Any 10th grade student who would like to Dual Enroll next year should see Mr. Stevens in guidance for a PERT test form.

Florida Elks Youth CampSummer Counselor in Training and Counselor Positions AvailableApplications are available in Guidance.

SCHOLARSHIPS

The University of Florida is offering an online dual enrollment program for accelerated students for the Fall of 2018. Eligibility requirements and application information are available in the Guidance Office. The Deadline to apply is May 11th.

Florida Farm Bureau Youth Speech ContestApplication must be completed to participate in the contest on Wednesday.

Michael Yasick ADHD ScholarshipDeadline is May 31, 2018

TENAJ Salon InstituteScholarships for CosmetologyApplications are in Guidance

Beta Theta Fi Fraternity ScholarshipMale Students planning to enroll at FSUApplications are in Guidance

Florida A & M University Alumni Association ScholarshipSeniors attending FAMU in the FallDeadline is Wednesday

LSSC has scholarships availableApplications are on line and info is available in the guidance office

Horatio Alger Scholarship ProgramSeniors interested in a Technical EducationApplication Opens March 15, 2018

Applications are in the Guidance OfficeAdrian Rubin ScholarshipAmount $1,000.00Deadline January 1, 2019

Seniors, Scholarship Deadlines are rapidly approaching. Please stop by the Guidance Office if you have not already done so to pick up your applications. The following Scholarships are still available: Lehner, Scott Strong , Jones Brothers, SunTrust ,Fred Griffin, Edwin Budge Mead, Alpha Delta Kappa, Linda Kohlmeyer, Florida Elks, Eustis Elks, LCAEOP.

College Covered.Com powered by Discover Student LoansScholarship Amount up to $10,000Applications are in Guidance.

Seniors who are planning to attend LSSC in the Fall, please stop by guidance and pick up the Tavares Lion Club Scholarship application. Also, the LSSC website has scholarship application as well. See Mrs. Croker for any questions.

Men of Principle Scholarship Eligible male students accepted to FSUScholarship amount $500.00Applications are in Guidance.

Scholarships at a GlanceEligible seniors interested in careers in the beauty industryApplication Deadline varies

Lake Sumter State College ScholarshipsEligible seniors planning to attend LSSC in the Fall of 2018-Presidents’s Scholarship of $1.200 for students with a 3.0 GPA-Trustee Scholarship of $2,400 for students with a 3.5 GPA

-William/Johnson Scholarship of $1200 for eligible minority students with a 3.0 GPA- LSSC Opportunity Scholarship provides a tuition waiver of up to 12 credit hours for students with a 3.0 GPAAll applications are on line at www.lssc.edu under the news heading and click on High School Scholarship Application.

University of Florida First Year ScholarshipsEligible students planning to attend UNFApplications are in the Guidance Office.

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.

Florida Credit Union is offering two scholarships for graduating seniors. Parents and or students must be a member of the Florida Credit Union.

CLUBS

ATHLETICS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Mount Dora Center for Arts is looking for volunteers to help with their summer art camp. See Team Guidance for an application.

Word of the Day

bequeath

Say What You Will Word of the Day:The wish to assert a controlling hand after you've cashed in your chips is surely as old as humanity, for bequeath — give by will after your death -is among the first words to appear in English. It is related to the obsolete verb quethe, "say," which also gives us the nearly obsolete quoth, as in "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'" Quote, which you might think is related, is not.

On This Day in History

0408 - Theodosius II succeeded to the throne of Constantinople.

1308 - King Albert was murdered by his nephew John, because he refused his share of the Habsburg lands.

1486 - Christopher Columbus convinced Queen Isabella to fund an expedition to the West Indies.

1707 - England, Wales and Scotland were united to form Great Britain.

1751 - America’s first cricket tournament was held in New York City.

1805 - The state of Virginia passed a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation.

1863 - In Virginia, the Battle of Chancellorsville began. General Robert E. Lee's forces began fighting with Union troops under General Joseph Hooker. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded by his own soldiers in this battle. (May 1-4)

1867 - Reconstruction in the South began with black voter registration.

1877 - U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew all Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.

1883 - William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) had his first Wild West Show.

1884 - The construction of the first American 10-story building began in Chicago, IL.

1889 - Asa Candler published a full-page advertisement in The Atlanta Journal, proclaiming his wholesale and retail drug business as "sole proprietors of Coca-Cola ... Delicious. Refreshing. Exhilarating. Invigorating." Mr. Candler did not actually achieve sole ownership until 1891 at a cost of $2,300.

1898 - The U.S. Navy under Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.

1905 - In New York, radium was tested as a cure for cancer.

1912 - In London's Kensington Gardens, a statue of Peter Pan was erected.

1915 - A German submarine sank the U.S. ship Gulflight.

1922 - Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game against the Detroit Tigers. The Sox won 3-0. Another perfect game did not come along until 46 years later.

1927 - Adolf Hitler held his first Nazi meeting in Berlin.

1931 - The Empire State Building in New York was dedicated and opened. It was 102 stories tall and was the tallest building in the world at the time.

1934 - The Philippine legislature accepted a U.S. proposal for independence.

1937 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed an act of neutrality, keeping the United States out of World War II.

1941 - "Citizen Kane," directed and starring Orson Welles, premiered in New York.

1944 - The Messerschmitt Me 262, the first combat jet, made its first flight.

1945 - Martin Bormann, private secretary to Adolf Hitler, escaped from the Fuehrerbunker as the Red Army advanced on Berlin.

1945 - Admiral Karl Doenitz succeeded Hitler as leader of the Third Reich. This was one day after Hitler committed suicide.

1948 - The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.

1950 - Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called Annie Allen.

1952 - Production of Mr. Potato Head began.

1958 - James Van Allen reported that two radiation belts encircled Earth.

1960 - Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Powers was taken prisoner.

1961 - Fidel Castro announced there would be no more elections in Cuba.

1967 - Anastasio Somoza Debayle became president of Nicaragua.

1968 - In the second day of battle, U.S. Marines, with the support of naval fire, continue their attack on a North Vietnamese Division at Dai Do.

1969 - Leonard Tose bought the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000.

1970 - Students at Kent State University riot in downtown Kent, OH, in protest of the American invasion of Cambodia.

1971 - The National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) went into service. It was established by the U.S. Congress to run the nation's intercity railroads.

1981 - The Japanese government announced that it would limit passenger car exports to the United States over the next three years.

1986 - The Tass News Agency reported the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

1986 - Bill Elliott set a stock car speed record with his Ford Thunderbird in Talladega, AL. Elliott reached a speed of 212.229 mph.

1989 - Disney-MGM Studios opened. Disney movies, music and books

1992 - On the third day of the Los Angeles riots resulting from the Rodney King beating trial. King appeared in public to appeal for calm, he asked, "Can we all get along?"

1998 - Arrow Air was fined $5 million for using spare parts that lacked federal approval in the U.S.

1999 - On Mount Everest, a group of U.S. mountain climbers discovered the body of George Mallory. Mallory had died in June of 1924 while trying to become the first person to reach the summit of Everest. At the time of the discovery it was unclear whether or not Mallory had actually reached the summit.

2000 - ABC aired the first celebrity "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."

2000 - The "Barbie for President" doll was released in stores.

2001 - Chandra Levy was last seen in Washington, DC. Her remains were found in Rock Creek Park on May 22, 2002. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy.

2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama announced that U.S. soldiers had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.