Today is Monday, August 27, 2018

Are you singer? Are you passionate about performing? Then you might be the next Tavares Idol! Those interested in this years Tavares Idol competition are encouraged to attend an informative meeting during Learning Opportunities today. At this meeting we will discuss the audition process and how to prepare to be the next Tavares Idol! Auditions will be held after school on Thursday, September 6, and Friday, September 7, with the show being performed on September 13 at 6:00 PM in the THS Auditorium. Tavares Idol is being sponsored by the THS Chorus and Theatre Department. See Mr. Batko if you have any questions.

There will be a mandatory Junior Class Officers meeting during Learning Ops on Tuesday in Mrs. Newman’s room – 2-105. We will be discussing homecoming.

If you are interested in helping out your community and learning leadership qualities please come to the informational Key Club meeting today during learning ops in Mrs. Dean’s room, 6-222.

GUIDANCE

Students may come to Guidance during lunches today concerning schedule change requests. Counselors will call students down starting Tuesday until changes are complete.

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

TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLDAILY BULLETIN

SCHOLARSHIPS

Since 1994, the Wendy’s® High School Heisman® Scholarship has been recognizing and rewarding senior athletes who excel in the classroom, on the field, and in the community. This year, we're awarding over $60,000 in college scholarships. Give your most well-rounded seniors a shot at winning.

100 Scholarship Winners. Two From Every State.The Wendy’s High School Heisman recognizes two winners—one male athlete and one female athlete—from each state.

90 State Winners receive a $500 scholarshipEight National Finalists receive a $1,000 scholarshipTwo National Winners receive a $5,000 scholarship along with national honor and recognition during ESPN’s telecast of the college Heisman Memorial Trophy presentationThey’ve done the hard work. Now, they just need to apply. Winning the Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship requires a GPA of 3.0 or better, participation in at least one school-sponsored sport, and demonstrated leadership at school and in the community. You have students who have worked hard for years to make the grade. Now help them get the recognition they deserve:

• Refer a student today• Send seniors to wendysheisman.com to apply• Promote the Wendy's Heisman Scholarship using the materials provided here

CLUBS

First meeting of Hi-Q Club today during L.O. in Mr. Hilding's room, 6 – 112.

The THS Art Club will be having our first meeting on Tuesday during LO. Everyone is welcome. It will be in the Art Room - Building 2, Room 112.

ATHLETICS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Special Olympics is looking for volunteers to assist with the county bowling competition on September 8th at Breakpoint Alley from 7:30-1:00. Please see Ms. Vineyard in 5-101 for more information.

Word of the Day

errantOne That Got Away Word of the Day:If one of a group is in error then it doesn't seem a far stretch to call that one errant, and that's how errant came to own the meaning it has today: characterizing something that strays from the right or accepted course. A less disparaging meaning is merely "wandering." But stop before you try to tie in all of this with errand; that word has a different story to tell.

On This Day in History

1660 - The books of John Milton were burned in London due to his attacks on King Charles II.

1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly.

1828 - Uruguay was formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina.

1858 - The first cabled news dispatch was sent and was published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story was about the peace demands of England and France being met by China.

1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA.

1889 - Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet.

1889 - Boxer Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey was defeated for the first time of his career by George LaBlanche.

1892 - The original Metropolitan Opera House in New York was seriously damaged by fire.

1894 - The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. (NFL)

1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by 15 countries in Paris. Later, 47 other nations would sign the pact.

1938 - Robert Frost, in a fit of jealousy, set fire to some papers to disrupt a poetry recital by another poet, Archibald MacLeish.

1939 - Nazi Germany demanded the Polish corridor and Danzig.

1945 - American troops landed in Japan after the surrender of the Japanese government at the end of World War II.

1962 - Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.

1972 - North Vietnam's major port at Haiphong saw the first bombings from U.S. warplanes.

1981 - Work began on recovering a safe from the Andrea Doria. The Andrea Doria was a luxury liner that had sank in 1956 in the waters off of Massachusetts.

1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.

1984 - Diane Sawyer became the fifth reporter on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes."

1984 - The Menetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village opened. It was the first new off-Broadway theater to be built in 50 years in New York City.

1985 - The Space Shuttle Discovery left for a seven-day mission in which three satellites were launched and another was repaired and redeployed.

1986 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) earned his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs.

1989 - The first U.S. commercial satellite rocket was launched. A British communications satellite was onboard.

1990 - The U.S. State Department ordered the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats.

1991 - The Soviet republic of Moldavia declared its independence.

1996 - California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants.

1998 - James Brolin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1998 - "Titanic" became the first movie in North America to earn more than $600 million.

1999 - The final crew of the Russian space station Mir departed the station to return to Earth. Russia was forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons.

2001 - The U.S. military announced that an Air Force RQ-1B "Predator" aircraft was lost over Iraq. It was reported that the unmanned aircraft "may have crashed or been shot down."

2001 - Work began on the future site of a World War II memorial on the U.S. capital's historic national Mall. The site is between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.