Welcome students and staff.

Today is Thursday, April 24, 2014.

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.

· The Tavares High School graduating class of 2014 will be hosting a car and audio show at Tavares High School on Saturday from 5 till 8:30. Come out and see some of the most entertaining and highly equipped cars from all around. The cost for admission is $5 for spectators and there will be lots to do and see.

· Attention students: If you went to the prom and had your pictures taken please stop and see Mrs. Mickens during 1st or 2nd lunch or HomeBase.

· The next DATA class will be on May 12th. If you need to take the class before then, you may take it on-line.

GUIDANCE

· LSSC has added courses that can be taken this summer under Dual Enrollment: They include Intermediate Algebra, Intro to Humanities, Latin American Humanities, Foundations of Success, Public Speaking, Social Problems.

Registration is still open for summer terms. See Mrs. Croker or Mr. Stevens for more information.

· Lake Sumter State College is looking for student volunteers for the Kids’ College Summer Program. This is a great opportunity to earn community service hours for the Florida Bright Future Scholarship. Students can register on the LSSC Website. Check with the Guidance Office for more information.

· Juniors - There are excellent summer pre-college programs available for you to take advantage of. Please check the cafeteria bulletin board for more information or see Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Croker for more information.

Senior Scholarships

(Pick up forms on table in Guidance Office)

Scholarship Deadline

Academic Boosters/Matt Mullis Scholarships April 25, 2014

Betty Ann Dykes Hawthorne Scholarship April 15, 2014

Johnson Foundation………….

#1 For Children of UPS Workers April 15, 2014

#2 For Students with disabilities May 15, 2014

Lake Co. Farm Bureau Livestock Exhibitor Scholarship April 30, 2014

Naval Reserve Scholarship

Scholarship Experts Various

Student Scholarships Various

Tavares Elementary School (Must have attended TES) April 25, 2014

SENIORS

Friday 5 pm – Check-in for Grad Bash

5:30pm – Buses to Grad Bash – Return Saturday at 3a.m.

CLUBS

· There will be a Best Buddies meeting on Tuesday right after school in Ms. Vineyard’s room. If you are planning on going to Disney, please bring your paperwork to the meeting or see Ms. Vineyard.

· Any students interested in participating in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes are welcome to attend our weekly huddles. We meet every Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. in Coach Cerney's room.

ATHLETICS

· All BOYS and GIRLS soccer players…please see Mrs. Newman before or after school before the end of the week - Building 2, Room 105.

Volunteer Opportunities

Word of the Day

adjutant

Lend a Hand Word of the Day:

If you see brass when you hear today's word it's probably because it has settled into a niche in English having to do with military types. An adjutant is a staff officer who assists a commanding officer. An adjutant general is an administrative officer. The underlying root is Latin juvare, "help," which gives us two other words via very different routes: aid and jocund.

On This Day in History

1519 - Envoys of Montezuma II attended the first Easter mass in Central America.

1547 - Charles V's troops defeated the Protestant League of Schmalkalden at the battle of Muhlburg.

1558 - Mary, Queen of Scotland, married the French dauphin, Francis.

1800 - The Library of Congress was established with a $5,000 allocation.

1805 - The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.

1833 - A patent was granted for first soda fountain.

1877 - Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

1877 - In the U.S., federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans. This was the end to the North's post-Civil War rule in the South.

1884 - Otto von Bismarck cabled Cape Town that South Africa was now a German colony.

1889 - The Edison General Electric Company was organized.

1897 - William Price became the first to be named White House news reporter.

1898 - Spain declared war on the U.S., rejecting America's ultimatum for Spain to withdraw from Cuba.

1915 - During World War I, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.

1916 - Irish nationalist launched the Easter Rebellion against British occupation forces. They were overtaken several days later.

1944 - The first B-29 arrived in China, over the Hump of the Himalayas.

1952 - Raymond Burr made his TV acting debut on the "Gruen Guild Playhouse" in an episode titled, "The Tiger."

1953 - Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1955 - "X-Minus One," a science fiction show, was first heard for the first time on NBC radio.

1961 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters becoming the first major-league pitcher to do so on two different occasions.

1961 - U.S. President Kennedy accepted "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

1962 - MIT sent a TV signal by satellite for the first time.

1967 - Soviet astronaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft crashed with a tangled parachute.

1967 - The newest Greek regime banned miniskirts.

1970 - The People's Republic of China launched its first satellite.

1973 - Albert Sabin reported that herpesviruses were factors in nine kinds of cancer.

1974 - David Bowie released "Diamond Dogs."

1989 - Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.

1990 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL. It was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.

1997 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. The global treaty banned the development, production, storage and use of chemical weapons.

2000 - ABC-TV aired the TV movie "The Three Stooges."

2003 - A U.S. official reported the North Korea had claimed to have nuclear weapons.