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Today is Monday, September 10, 2018

Any students wishing to audition for the fall play “The Curious Savage,” should attend an informational meeting Thursday, September 13 during Learning Opportunities. At the meeting we will discuss what the show is about, who the characters are in the show and what to expect in the audition process. We will also distribute audition materials for students to take home. Auditions for the show will be September 18-20 after school with call backs being held September 21 after school in the Auditorium. Please sign up for an audition slot through Mr. Batko's website located on the THS website. See Mr. Batko if you cannot make the meeting to receive your audition materials.

Results from the Tavares Idol auditions will be posted today after school on the Chorus Room doors located in Building 1 room 1-110. Students who made the show must attend the after school rehearsal on Wednesday, September 12 at 1:30 in the THS Auditorium. The show will be performed on Thursday, September 13 at 6:00 PM. All students are invited to attend and vote for our first Tavares Idol winner! Votes are $5.00 and all proceeds go to support the Chorus and Theatre Department.

GUIDANCE

F.A.F.S.A Workshop is scheduled for October 10th in the Media Center at THS from 6-8 p.m. Parents are welcome to attend with their students and get assistance on completing this application. The event is sponsored by Take Stock in Children and is open to all THS Seniors as well.

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

LSSC's Annual 2018 College Night.

o DATE: Mon. Oct. 8, 2018o TIME: 6 to 8 p.m.o PLACE: Convocation Center (Gym), LSSC's Leesburg Campus

College Visits

UCF ..October 8th during both lunches in the Administrative Conference Room in Guidance

New College ..October 16th during both lunches in the Administrative Conference Room In Guidance.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Brooks Law Scholarship. Deadline November 2nd. Applications in Guidance

QUEST BRIDGE NATIONAL COLLEGE MATCH SCHOLARSHIP Deadline is September 27thApplication information is in guidancewww.questbridge.org

CLUBS

Attention All “Help Our Planet Earth” or HOPE Club members and future members: This Thursday and Friday will be the last days to interview for an officer position. The second mandatory HOPE Club meeting of the year will be during Learning Opportunity on September 20th in Mrs. Farner’s room.

ATHLETICS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Word of the Day

dapperMenswear Word of the Day:You don't need to be named "Dan" for this adjective to apply to you, but it probably helps. ("Dapper" Dan Hogan was a famous gangster of the Prohibition era.) To qualify for the epithet, you merely need to be up-to-date in dress and manners. Most definitions don't specify it, but dapper is applied far more often to men than to women. It's probably from a Dutch word meaning "nimble" or "stout."

On This Day in History

1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown, VA colony council.

1794 - America's first non-denominational college was chartered. Blount College later became the University of Tennessee.

1813 - The first defeat of British naval squadron occurred in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The leader of the U.S. fleet sent the famous message "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" to U.S. General William Henry Harrison.

1845 - King Willem II opened Amsterdam Stock exchange.

1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.

1847 - The first theater opened in Hawaii.

1862 - Rabbi Jacob Frankel became the first Jewish Army chaplain.

1897 - British police arrest George Smith for drunken driving. It was the first DWI.

1899 - A second quake in seven days hit Yakutat Bay, AK. It measured 8.6.

1913 - The Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the U.S.

1919 - New York City welcomed home 25,000 soldiers and General John J. Pershing who had served in the First Division during World War I.

1919 - Austria and the Allies signed the Treaty of St.-Germain-en-Laye. Austria recognized the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

1921 - The Ayus Autobahn in Germany opened near Berlin. The road is known for its nonexistent speed limit.

1923 - The Irish Free state joined the League of Nations.

1926 - Germany joined the League of Nations.

1935 - "Popeye" was heard on NBC radio for the first time.

1939 - Canada declared war on Germany.

1940 - In Britain, Buckingham Palace was hit by German bomb.

1942 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt mandated gasoline rationing as part of the U.S. wartime effort.

1943 - German forces began their occupation of Rome during World War II.

1948 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars was indicted for treason in Washington, DC. Gillars was a Nazi radio propagandist during World War II. She was convicted and spent 12 years in prison.

1950 - Eddie Cantor began working on TV on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" on NBC.

1951 - Britain began an economic boycott of Iran.

1953 - Swanson began selling its first "TV dinner."

1955 - "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS.

1955 - Bert Parks began a 25-year career as host of the "Miss America Pageant" on NBC.

1956 - Great Britain performed a nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia.

1961 - Mickey Mantle tied a major league baseball record for home runs when he hit the 400th of his career.

1963 - Twenty black students entered public schools in Alabama at the end of a standoff between federal authorities and Alabama governor George C. Wallace.

1972 - Gayle Sayers (Chicago Bears) retired from the National Football League (NFL).

1974 - Lou Brock (St. Louis Cardinals) set a new major league baseball record when he stole his 105th base of the season.

1977 - "Mickey Finn" appeared in the comic pages for the last time.

1979 - U.S. President Carter granted clemency to four Puerto Rican nationalists who had been imprisoned for an attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and an attempted assassination of U.S. President Truman in 1950.

1981 - Pablo Picasso's mural Guernica was received in the town of Guernica.

1984 - The Federal Communications Commission changed a rule to allow broadcasters to own 12 AM and 12 FM radio stations. The previous limit was 7 of each.

1989 - Hungary gave permission to thousands of East German refugees and visitors to immigrate to West Germany.

1990 - Iran agreed to resume full diplomatic ties with past enemy Iraq.

1990 - Iraq's Saddam Hussein offered free oil to developing nations in an attempt to win their support during the Gulf War Crisis.

1992 - In Minneapolis, MN, a federal jury struck down professional football's limited free agency system.

1998 - Mac Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1998 - U.S. President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.

1998 - Northwest Airlines announced an agreement with pilots, ending a nearly two-week walkout.

1999 - A bronze sculpture of a war horse just over 24 feet high was dedicated in Milan, Italy.

2002 - Florida tested its new elections system. The test resulted in polling stations opening late and problems occurred with the touch screen voting machines.

2002 - The "September 11: Bearing Witness to History" exhibit opened at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.