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Today is Tuesday, November 14, 2017

This Thursday at 6:00 p.m. the Musical Theatre students will be presenting their small scene projects in the THS Auditorium. Come out to support your peers as they present a collection of ebullient scene studies where they will showcase their acting abilities. Admission to the performance is free. Hope to see you there!

GUIDANCE

SCHOLARSHIPS

 Criterion Civic Club Scholarship for Graduating Seniors who are African American. Application Deadline is March 31, 2018. Application is in Guidance.

 Florida Retired Educators Foundation for graduating seniors interested in a degree in Education. Scholarship Amount is $4,000.00 Deadline: January 1, 2018 Application is in Guidance

 Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship for graduating seniors. Application Deadline February 1st, 2018 Application Information is in Guidance.

 2018 AXA Achievement Scholarship for Graduating Seniors Deadline: December 15, 2017 Applications are in Guidance

 USF Alumni Association Kosove Society Scholarship Application closes on December 1st. See Mrs. Paulling in Guidance for more information.  The J. Ollie Edmunds Distinguished Scholarship for Seniors planning to attend Stetson University is available in Guidance Please see Mrs. Croker before Dec 20th for a nomination form.

 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.

 Service Scholar Scholarship Application for seniors planning to attend FSU and have an outstanding community service and leadership record. Application is open. Deadline is 5 p.m. on January 18th, 2018. Applications are in Guidance.

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

 Servin-Ellis Scholarship Fund - Deadline is 2/9/18

 Dr. John C.Rawls Scholarship Fund - Deadline is 2/9/18

COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ACTIVITIES 2018

 The deadline to enroll for the Spring Term at Lake Tech College is Wednesday. Interested juniors and seniors should meet with their Guidance Counselor for an application.

 UF has extended their application deadline to Wednesday. CLUBS

 HOPE Club members: Our next meeting will Thursday during Learning Opportunity. Please remember that we are collecting canned goods, peanut butter and other nonperishable items for the canned food drive. Please start bringing in a can or jar to help our planet Earth locally. You can drop the items off in Mrs. Farner’s room. Also remember, those who pay their dues will get their HOPE Club T-shirts first.

ATHLETICS

 All student-athletes wishing to participate on the track team in the spring MUST attend the track meeting this Thursday during learning ops in Coach Cerney’s room, Room 2-211. Even if you attended the previous meeting, your attendance is required.

 Letterman jackets are available for purchase online at Neffco Jacket Shop.

https://www.neffjacketshop.com/BrowseCatalogs.asp?VPath=1140|1141|1214

The sample jacket is hanging in the "Guidance Department"

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Word of the Day smelt Three-in-One Word of the Day: If economy's your thing, make a spot for smelt in your vocab because you get three in one. It's a food fish, a verb that means "melt ore to separate metal," and an inflection of smell. All the words are Germanically derived, which you might guess from the two consonant clusters, both of which are common in the family.

On This Day in History

1832 - The first streetcar went into operation in New York City, NY. The vehicle was horse-drawn and had room for 30 people.

1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was first published in the U.S.

1881 - Charles J. Guiteau's trial began for the assassination of U.S. President Garfield. Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year.

1889 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began an attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in less than 80 days. Bly succeeded by finishing the journey the following January in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes.

1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began domestic radio service.

1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth after its new constitution was approved. The Tydings-McDuffie Act planned for the Phillipines to be completely independent by July 4, 1946.

1940 - During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked.

1951 - The first telecast of a world lightweight title fight was seen coast to coast. Jimmy Carter beat Art Aragon in Los Angeles.

1956 - The USSR crushed the Hungarian uprising.

1968 - Yale University announced it was going co-educational.

1969 - Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy, FL. 1969 - During the Vietnam War, Major General Bruno Arthur Hochmuth, commander of the Third Marine Division, became the first general to be killed in Vietnam by enemy fire.

1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 (1,003.16) level for the first time.

1972 - Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike.

1973 - Britain's Princess Anne married a commoner, Capt. Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. They divorced in 1992, and Princess Anne re-married.

1979 - U.S. President Carter froze all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks abroad in response to the taking of 63 American hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.

1983 - The British government announced that U.S.-made cruise missiles had arrived at the Greenham Common air base amid protests.

1988 - Israeli President Chaim Herzog formally asked Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to form a new government.

1989 - The U.S. Navy ordered an unprecedented 48-hour stand-down in the wake of a recent string of serious accidents.

1990 - Simon and Schuster announced it had dropped plans to publish Bret Easton Ellis novel "American Psycho."

1991 - After 13 years in exile Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returned to his homeland.

1994 - U.S. experts visited North Korea's main nuclear complex for the first time under an accord that opened such sites to outside inspections.

1995 - The U.S. government instituted a partial shutdown, closing national parks and museums while most government offices operated with skeleton crews.

2012 - The game Candy Crush Saga was released as a mobile app for iPhones.