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

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Hats Gff for the Leave your hats at home! That's one rule disliked by the students at North Fort Myers High, but strictly enforced by the entire faculty. Even though this policy has been in force for two years, it is still actively resisted. Many students feel hats are a fashion accessory, a conversation piece, and demonstrate their in- dividuality, but the administration and faculty feel they can be a real source of trouble. Hats often take at- tention away from the real business of school, education, and have caused student fighting and other disciplinary problems. To eliminate a source of trouble, the hat policy was initiated. Seniors are the only students allowed to break the Hat Law. On Sarah Mitzel Kim Moody Colleen Moore Fred Moore Regen Moore Red Knights pep rally days, North seniors can legally don hats if they wear their Senior Derbies. During Homecoming Week, a shorts and hat day was allowed. Everything from cowboy hats to baseball caps, and even Mickey Mouse ears, appeared all over North's campus. On the last day of Homecoming Week, a special pass was sold by the Student Government members that allowed its purchasers to wear the hat of their choice all day. This proved a tremendous success. Although hats continue to be a very popular fashion item, the students at North High have learned to only wear them on weekends and after school. Hats off Red Knights, at least from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday. - . .Tatu V fe..-. .- .41 i, WM v V! far 1 v.,,Vi . ,, it I , 225325 '443i, Wx, 4 Wendy Moreaux Nancy Morris Renee Murphy Tony Myrick Robert Nein Susan Nein Brian NeSmith Iennifer Nicks Iames Nolan Peter Normandin '41-me Ieffrey Norton Pete Novatney Russell Nyberg Todd Oliver Robin Oropallo 126 X Sophomores 'H'-wr-,,

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'PN Steven Martin Rhonda Mason Willie Matheny Dale Mathewson Lisa McAbee Michael McCarthy Eugene McCartney Malcolm McCollum Gerald McDermott Paul McDonald Shannon McIntosh Anita McIntosh Gene McMullen Crystal McNally Michelle Mease Anthony Mellema Robert Melock Peggy Mendez Kenneth Miller Sheryl Miller 1, 2, 3 . . . and You're Cut! For years teachers in Lee County have complained about how many times students were out of class with unexcused absences and still manag- ed to make up sufficient work to pass the course. This year the Lee County School Board decided to do something about it, they passed At- tendance Policy 35.11. This policy states that when a stu- dent has two unexcused absences from class in a nine-week grading period, the teacher shall notify the Dean. The Dean in turn will notify the parent, that one more unexcused absence will result in the failure of that class for the nine weeks. If the student then misses one more class without an excused absence, he is issued a failure notice and the grade of F is recorded. Only the principal of the school may grant a waiver if he feels after reviewing the facts of each individual case that the student deserves another chance. Rewards are being given to students with perfect attendance, but woe be to the student who decides to take three days off without his parents' permission. His only reward will be a grade of F in all his courses. Unbeknown to many North students all student excuses are filed in their individual folders in the dean's office by aides such as Donna Howard and Bobby Carrillo. Sophomores X 125

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4 72 gf Qff We 1 W If 1 - Tammy Sawyer, Greg Marinell, and Eric NeSmith exhibit their headwear on one of the Hat's On Days, which are few and far between. 2 - Mr. Steve DeShazo enforces the Hat Law by confiscating George Tisell's and Frank Kelly's hats. 3 - Any kind of headwear can be collected by the deans if you don't obey the rules. 4 - Dana Cooke says Howdy! on Hat Day dur- ing Homecoming Week. 'W 4 Aleen Orstrom Scott Ower Susan Panrell Catherine Park Marion Parker George Parze Sandy Pass Maria Paz Tracey Peacock Suzanne Peckham Phillip Perry Monica Peters David Poling Toni Ponte Kathy Prickett Franklin Putnal Susan Rasbeck Richard Ratliff Kellie Rex Kristin Rice Sophomores f 127