Welcome students and staff.
Today is Thursday, September 27, 2012.
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.
Teachers of E-Classes:
All grade corrections must be made in eSembler today no later than 4:00 p.m.
· Beginning Monday, students will be required to use their bar code IDs to sign in at the Media Center during lunches. If a student did not receive an ID card, they can request one from the Media Center.
Homecoming t-shirts will be on sale in both lunches in the cafeteria and before and after school in Mr Glass' room starting today and will be sold through Friday. The shirts will in your class color and will be perfect for color war day. The price will be $10.
GUIDANCE
THS
FINANCIAL AID PARENT
NIGHT
NOV. 7TH AT 6:30 P.M
MEDIA CENTER
PRESENTED BY FLORIDA
DEPT OF EDUCATION
FLORIDA BRIGHT FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE ON THE AGENDA.
All grade level parents
are welcome to attend.
· Everest University in Orlando is having an Open House on Saturday October 6th. See Mrs. Croker for more Information.
· Everest College also has Scholarships Available. See Mrs. Morgan in Guidance for more information
· Deadline for the Merit Based Scholarship Applications at FSU is November 16, 2012
· Deadline for need-based scholarships is March 1, 2013.
· For more information, see Mrs. Morgan is Guidance or go to www.unf.edu/admissions/scholarships/Freshman Scholarship.Home.aspx
· Also, the open house for Orlando Area is at the Hyatt Place, Lake Mary Fl. Check the school website for more information.
· Florida Hospital University in Orlando is having an open house for Nursing and Nurse Anesthesia on October 2nd at 6 p.m. Register at: adu.edu/open-house.
· Ringling College of Art and Design…..October 13th, 8:30 am-12:30 p.m. for more info go to www.ringling.edu/admissionsevents.
· University of Florida’s Rinker School of Building Construction is having an open house for High School Students on Saturday October 13th from 11 am-12:30 p.m.. To register, please go to the UF website or see Mrs. Croker for more information.
· The Coca-Cola Scholarship is now available for seniors in the guidance office. Deadline is October 31, 2012.
· College Night Is October 8, 6-8 p.m. at LSCC
· College Visitations here at THS in the Cafeteria
Jacksonville University , October 8th, both lunches
· University of North Florida is having an Open House on Saturday. For more information on campus tours and admission information please go to
Priority Admission Deadline for 2013 Freshmen is November 16th.
SENIORS
· Final float meeting will be Monday.
· Attention: Seniors: There is no required jersey purchase in order to play Powder Puff. Paperwork for powder puff and float building will be available beginning Monday from Mrs. Glass and Ms. Drees.
JUNIORS
· There will be a meeting for any junior that has signed up to work on the float on Tuesday after school in Mr Glass's room 6-212.
SOPHOMORES
CLUBS
· The HOSA Car Wash will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Checkers. Pre-sale tickets are $3. See a HOSA officer for details.
· Be prepared to turn our entire stadium to the color red. We are having a RED–OUT varsity game on October 5th against Lake Nona. THS will be supporting the American Heart Association – by having everyone wear a Rock the Beat Red T-Shirt. Please buy yours today from any Key Club member and show how THS has the biggest Heart!
· “Attention All “Help Our Planet Earth” or HOPE Club members and future members: There will be a HOPE Club meeting at 2:30 today in Mrs. Farner’s room.
ATHLETICS
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Word of the Day
saccharine
Sweeter than Honey Word of the Day:
Like silicon and silicone, today's word also participates in a confusing word pair, the other member being the lookalike saccharin. Saccharine is properly an adjective and means "like sugar," and figuratively, overly sentimental or ingratiatingly friendly. It dates from the 17th century. The sweet chemical substance saccharin was not developed until two centuries later.
On This Day in History
1779 - John Adams was elected to negotiate with the British over the American Revolutionary War peace terms.
1825 - George Stephenson operated the first locomotive that hauled a passenger train.
1894 - The Aqueduct Race Track opened in New York City, NY.
1928 - The U.S. announced that it would recognize the Nationalist Chinese Government.
1938 - The League of Nations branded the Japanese as aggressors in China.
1939 - After 19 days of resistance, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered to the Germans after being invaded by the Nazis and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1940 - The Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was set up. The military and economic pact was for 10 years between Germany, Italy and Japan.
1954 - The "Tonight!" show made its debut on NBC-TV with Steve Allen as host.
1962 - The U.S. sold Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel.
1968 - The U.K.'s entry into the European Common Market was barred by France.
1970 - "The Original Amateur Hour" aired for the last time on CBS. It had been on television for 22 years.
1973 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew said he would not resign after he pled "no contest" to a charge of tax evasion. He did resign on October 10th.
1979 - The Department of Education became the 13th Cabinet in U.S. history after the final approval from Congress.
1982 - Italian and French soldiers entered the Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps in Beirut. The move was made by the members of a multinational force due to hundreds of Palestinians being massacred by Christian militiamen.
1983 - Larry Bird signed a seven-year contract with the Boston Celtics worth $15 million. The contract made him the highest paid Celtic in history.
1986 - The U.S. Senate approved federal tax code changes that were the most sweeping since World War II.
1989 - Columbia Pictures Entertainment agreed to buyout Sony Corporation for $3.4 billion.
1989 - Two men went over the 176-foot-high Niagara Falls in a barrel. Jeffrey Petkovich and Peter Debernardi were the first to ever survive the Horshoe Falls.
1990 - The deposed emir of Kuwait addressed the U.N. General Assembly and denounced the "rape, destruction and terror" that Iraq had inflicted upon his country.
1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush eliminated all land-based tactical nuclear arms and removed all short-range nuclear arms from ships and submarines around the world. Bush then called on the Soviet Union to do the same.
1994 - More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the Contract with America. It was a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
1995 - The U.S. government unveiled the redesigned $100 bill. The bill featured a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
1998 - In Germany, Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected chancellor. The election ended 16 years of conservative rule.
1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) set a major league baseball record when he hit his 70th home run of the season.
2004 - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon announced that North Korea had turned plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons. He also said that the weapons were to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent nuclear war in northeast Asia. The U.S. State Department noted that the U.S. has repeatedly said that the U.S. has no plans to attack North Korea.