North Fort Myers High School - Lance Yearbook (North Fort Myers, FL)

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Bosoni Buddies Everyone needs a friend sometime, someone to turn to when things aren't going well. Someone you can trust and feel comfortable with, who will talk things over with you, who will listen while you talk. Miss Melody Mitchitell is such a person, a friend and adviser to North I-Iigh's freshman students. She likes to become acquainted with ninth graders before they begin high school. She endeavors to do this by going to the area middle schools each spring and speaking to the eighth graders. She shows them films or brings guest speakers on subjects she knows young teens are interested in. By doing this, the students gradually become acquainted with her and begin to turn to her as their friend. When students feel they need to talk to Miss Mitchitell, they either sign up for a conference on the list outside her office door or if she isn't Stacy Williams Wendy Williams Keith Williamson Dean Willis Donna Wilson Kathy Wilson Lisa Wilson jesse Witte Robert Wolff Iulian Wood Cheryl Woods Michael Wright Randy Wyatt Ioseph Yerkes Allen Young Iohnny Young Debbie Zabinofsky Michael Zolno Shawn Zyderveld busy, just drop in and pull up a chair. At the first meeting she usually starts out doing most of the talking, Gradually, as the students begin to feel comfortable and know they can trust her, they start to open up. The majority of concerns students come to discuss are family problems, sex, drugs, relationships with male and female friends, peer pressures or academic difficulties. Miss Mitchitell likes to get students with similar problems together for group sessions. Talking things out with peers helps them discover that they are not so dif- ferent and alone, that other people have the same hang-ups. When you finish your freshman year, it doesn't mean you have to find someone new to talk to and help you think things out. Once you have this lady as a friend, you'll find yourself returning to her office for a chat throughout your high school years . . . the welcome mat is always out. Freshmen f 113