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

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L z 3 1 - Hard workers are always in demand on local construc- tion jobs. 2 - A friendly honk and a wave . of the hand are evident characteristics of the constantly busy truck driver. 3 - Exchange Bank Vice-President Bob Toggweiler oversees the operations of the North Ft. Myers branch. Closing X 293

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1 - Cattlemen lack Duncan and Buddy Browning wait for the ac- tion to begin at the FFA Rodeo. Z - Dr. james S. Wilson and his assistant use kindness and love to examine a small patient. 3 - ECC students spend quiet moments together in their student lounge. 1 2 Finding Your Future The biggest question that needs to be answered by high school students is what to do when their school days end. A new and very different life awaits the graduate. With the end of public educa- tion an endless variety of choices loom on the horizon for consideration. A few choose to just float on the tide, enjoying the good life of travel or being a Hbeach bum while still living under parental care and protection. This soon can become boring and more expensive than a part-time job can support. Many get their lives rolling im- mediately' utilizing skills obtained at North High or the Lee Tech Vocational School. Now the classroom training pays off as they gain fulltime employ- ment as mechanics, beauticians, draft- smen, secretaries, technicians, sales clerks, truck drivers, masons, book- keepers, ranch hands, or .construction workers. Those who desire additional educa- tion look to various agencies and scholarship funds for monies to assist them in their further quest for know- 292 f Closing ledge. With or without monetary aid from their families, they realize that the ensuing academic struggle will be ex- pensive, difficult, and all-consuming, but worth it as they emerge four to six to eight years later, ready to enter the pro- fessional or administrative worlds. More and more high school graduates, both male and female, look to the military for the answers to the post-commencement decisions. A two to four year stint in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Coast Guard can supply the young adult with advanced technical training in a variety of fields while granting them the opportunity to get away and see the world. Whatever choice the North High stu- dent makes for his or her personal future and wherever that choice leads, it is hoped the knowledge gained and foundations built during 13 years of public education will serve them well. For they are America's future and all of us are justifiably proud of each and every one of them. M .... N., ,- ,fffc-.f5'W f'tf'f 772

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The Curtain Closes As the 1981-82 school year draws to a close, it is a time of conflicting emotions. Some students rejoice as the academic year winds down and summer vacation looms invitingly around the corner. For others, it is a time of sadness, a time of leaving, of saying good-bye to classmates, friends, and a chapter in their life they can never regain, their childhood. Seniors remember looking forward to their graduation day from the moment they arrived on campus as bewildered, nervous freshmen. Now it seems those four years have disappeared in a mere blinking of an eye. As they nervously don the traditional red cap and gown for an official com- mencement portrait, seniors begin to understand the mixture of happiness and sadness that will accompany them as they walk across the arena stage to receive their diplomas. They will know the pride of successfully completing this academic careerg the contentment of knowing that knowledge has been gain- ed, that challenges have been met, and that growth has been achieved. They will experience the uncertainty of the future, the misgivings that accompany the leaving of familiar faces and sur- roundings to strike out on one's own. Wherever they go and whatever they do, North High students and staff wish the Class of 1982 happiness and success. This was an exciting year at North Fort Myers High School because we were all here together, sharing a segment of time filled with Red Knight Pride. 1 - It's important that Debbie Maffei's cap fits perfectly, so Photographer Gary Bergen makes the necessary adjustment before taking her picture. 2 - Bryn Alan Photographer Connie Iocke works hard posing Faye Moten so her cap and gown portrait will be perfect. 3 - Look straight ahead, into the camera, and smile, are the instructions Charlie Smith gives to Kim McCook at the Bryn Alan Studio. 4 - The Senior Class emits a cheer . . . Graduation's almost here! 294 X Closing