TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL
DAILY BULLETIN
Welcome students and staff.
Today is Monday, May 20, 2013.
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.
 Do you have peanut butter and jam slamming your pantry? Help support the Do Something
Foundation by donating peanut butter, jam and non-perishable food items to the “Peanut
butter & jam slam” to end hunger. All food donations will be to the food pantries of The First
Baptist Church of Tavares as well as the First United Methodist Church of Tavares.
Donation boxes will be located in the attendance and guidance office as well as the cafeteria,
starting today through May 23rd.
Do your part to end hunger!
 SENIORS: LSSC will be on campus in the media center on Wednesday, May 29th. This will be
an “onsite admissions application day”. The application fee will be waived for students who
apply on this day.
 Students who owe dual enrollment books can return them today, Tuesday, or Wednesday
from 1-5 p.m. Seniors, a hold will be placed on your graduation clearance if your books are
not returned by Wednesday.
GUIDANCE
 Seniors – If you have received an Academic Scholarship or an Athletic Scholarship from a
College or a Scholarship from an organization outside the school, please let Mrs. Croker or
Mrs. Morgan know as soon as possible so you can be recognized at the Senior Awards Night.
 Registration for summer grade restoration has begun. If you received a 59 on your report card
due to unexcused absences this semester, see your guidance counselor to register. Summer
sessions will begin June 12. Registration must be completed by June 7.
 Registration for summer grade forgiveness and recovery has begun. If you received a D or an F
in a math, English, science, or social studies class for either semester, you should see your
guidance counselor to register. If you are currently in an E2020 class during the school day or
after school and need more time to complete your class, you should register for the summer
sessions so you may finish the class. See your guidance counselor to register. Summer
sessions will begin June 12. Registration must be completed by June 7 so make sure you check
your grades on eSembler to see if you need to register.
Senior Scholarships
(Pick up forms on table in Guidance Office)
Scholarship
Deadline
Big Sun (for student athletes) http://www.bigsunathletics.com
Service Scholars (Students attending FSU) servicescholars@admin.fsu.edu
Southern Scholarship Foundation (housing opportunity)
Student Scholarships (Updated 2/21/13 – New Scholarships added)
June 21, 2013
Various
SENIORS
CLUBS
 The Tavares High Astronomy Club will hold its end of the year pizza party on Monday at 2:30
p.m. in Mr. Moore’s room. We will say farewell to our seniors and discuss next year’s
Astronomy Club. We will also be passing out Astronomy Club cords to our graduating seniors.
Make plans to attend as we celebrate another fun year of discovery.
ATHLETICS
 There will be a short meeting after school Wednesday in Ms. Elliott’s room (6-203) for any girl
interested in weightlifting next year.
 Congratulations to Addie Relyea and Jonathan Sinkovich for getting silver and bronze medals
this past weekend at the summer State Special Olympics .
 Congratulations to the football team on their 42-12 victory over Brooksville Central.
Volunteer Opportunities
Word of the Day
Coalesce koh-uh-LES \ , verb;
1. to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory.
2. to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
3. to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a
crowd.
4. to cause to unite in one body or mass.
Quotes:
All the small discoveries might soon coalesce into a major breakthrough—even a
revolutionary one—but perhaps not in her lifetime, and certainly not bearing her name.
-- Deanna Fei, A Thread of Sky , 2010
He is like a child learning what is too hot to touch, and he hopes all this experience will
coalesce into a philosophy of life, or at least a philosophy of relationships, that will transform
itself into instinct.
-- Steve Martin, Shopgirl , 2000
Origin:
Coalesce comes from the Latin roots co- meaning "with" and al- which is the stem of alere
meaning "to nourish, make grow."
On This Day in History
0325 - The Ecumenical council was inaugurated by Emperor Constantine in Nicea, Asia Minor.
1303 - A peace treaty was signed between England and France over the town of Gascony.
1347 - Cola di Rienzo took the title of tribune in Rome.
1506 - In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty.
1520 - Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.
1690 - England passed the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II.
1674 - John Sobieski became Poland’s first King.
1774 - Britain's Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish the American colonists for their increasingly anti-British
behavior
1775 - North Carolina became the first colony to declare its independence. This is the date that is on the George state
flag even though the date of this event has been questioned.
1784 - The Peace of Versailles ended a war between France, England, and Holland.
1830 - The fountain pen was patented by H.D. Hyde.
1861 - North Carolina became the eleventh state to secede from the Union.
1861 - During the American Civil War, the capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery, AL, to
Richmond, VA.
1874 - Levi Strauss began marketing blue jeans with copper rivets.
1875 - The International Bureau of Weights and Measures was established.
1899 - Jacob German of New York City became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. The posted speed limit was
12 miles per hour.
1902 - The U.S. military occupation of Cuba ended.
1902 - Cuba gained its independence from Spain.
1916 - Norman Rockwell’s first cover on "The Saturday Evening Post" appeared.
1921
Robert Samuel Blair was born in Lakeland, FL.
1926 - The U.S. Congress passed the Air Commerce Act. The act gave the Department of Commerce the right to
license pilots and planes.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard his airplane the "Spirit of St.
Louis." The trip took 33 1/2 hours.
1930 - The first airplane was catapulted from a dirigible.
1932 - Amelia Earhart took off to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She became the first woman to achieve the feat.
1933 - "Charlie Chan" was heard for the final time on the NBC Blue radio network, after only six months on the air.
1939 - The first telecast over telephone wires was sent from Madison Square Garden to the NBC-TV studios at 30
Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. The event was a bicycle race.
1939 - The first regular air-passenger service across the Atlantic Ocean began with the take-off of the "Yankee Clipper"
from Port Washington, New York.
1941 - Germany invaded Crete by air.
1942 - Japan completed the conquest of Burma.
1951
Anita Smith was born in Mt. Dora, FL.
1961 - A white mob attacked the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, AL. The event prompted the federal government to
send U.S. marshals.
1969 - U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Apbia Mountain, which was referred to as Hamburger Hill.
1970 - 100,000 people marched in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam.
1978 - Mavis Hutchinson, at age 53, became the first woman to run across America. It took Hutchinson 69 days to run
the 3,000 miles.
1980 - The submarine Nautilus was designated as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
1982 - TV’s "Barney Miller" was seen for the last time on ABC-TV.
1985 - The Dow Jones industrial average broke the 1300 mark for the first time. The Dow closed at 1304.88.
1985 - The FBI arrested U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer John Walker. Walker had begun spying for the Soviet Union in
1968.
1985 - Radio Marti was launched.
1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope sent back its first photographs.
1993 - The final episode of "Cheers" was aired on NBC-TV.
1996 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Colorado measure banning laws that would protect homosexuals from
discrimination.
1999 - At Heritage High School in Conyers, GA, a 15-year-old student shot and injured six students. He then
surrendered to an assistant principal at the school.
2010 - Scientists announced that they had created a funtional synthetic genome.
2010 - Five paintings worth 100 million Euro were stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.