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

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138 A Culturol Experience Upon enrolling in high school o prospec- tive Red Knight is foced with the decision of which courses he should study. Gloncing ot the Progrom of Studies he encounters foreign longuoges, Sponish, French, ond Germon. North Fort Myers High School hos offered the study of these three longuoges for the mojority of its twenty-five yeclr history. Sponish hos been the most commonly studied becouse it hos been the most op- plicoble considering our stote's proximity to Sponish-speoking countries. Red Knights hove been oble to leorn the bosic conver- sotionol ond written longuoge in Sponish I ond ll, ond then odvonce to study of the culture ond literoture in Sponish lll ond IV. During the post twenty-five yeors some foreign longuoge students hove hod the opportunity to trovel to Spoin ond Mexico ond try out their proficiency in the longuoge. Ronking second in enrollment size ot North High were the French closses. The flow ond beouty of the longuoge quickly enticed mony of our romontic Red Knights. As soon os they entered the clossroom of Mme. Benkhotor, North's French teocher, students thought ond spoke only in French. Beginning with the olphobet ond numbers, students leorned 'ws I ff... , , giP ' uv umm 9' Sponish students listen ottentively while Tom Tisell instructs them on their ossignments. Giving o helping hond Mrs. Lindo Hissom exploins how the Germons live. Longuoges greetings ond French nomes. As they goined proficiency in conversotion ond grommor, Red Knights then leorned folk songs ond viewed films obout Fronce. As with the Sponish closses, French wos of- fered for four full yeors. Thus, when o stu- dent groduoted he wos oble to speok the longuoge fluently os well os understond the French people ond their culture. Germon closses were newer to North High thon were the Sponish ond French closses. Considering the longuoge to be more difficult thon the other two romon- tic longuoges, few students were enrolled in these closses. However, Red Knights in Germon closses certoinly enjoyed their study. Mrs. Hissom, North's Germon teocher, livened up her closses with costumes, posters, songs, ond vorious ob- jects from Germony. Over the yeors mony fortunote students troveled to Germony during the summer vocotion to toke in the culture, only to return home onxious to return to Germony ogoin one doy. Culturol field trips were o mojor port of North High's foreign longuoge progrom. The instructors orronged for groups of students to eot ot locol restouronts like Coso Lupito, Gorcio's, or Coppuccino's. Trips to the Medievol Foir ond vorious other Folk Foirs throughout the stote drew o tremen- dous response from foreign longuoge students. The odvonced students in eoch of the three longuoges olso porticipoted in competitive octivities. During our Silver An- niversory, severol students won owords for their speoking ond writing of their respec- tive foreign longuoge. Red Knights who did not wish to concen- trote on one longuoge for two or four yeors, but wished to hove o bosic know- ledge of foreign longuoges, were oble to toke the Possport closs. ln one yeor, o student could leorn the bosics in oll three longuoges - enough for him to get by if he ever hod the opportunity to trovel to Europe, Mexico, or South Americo. Red Knights hove olwoys been proud of North High School's foreign longuoge pro- grom. Deportment Choirperson, Ms. Peg Flohorty soid, The stote is recognizing the need for study of Cforeignb longuoges due to the influx of vorious cultures to Florido. lt is olwoys good for one to understond the woys ond longuoge of cultures other thon our own. Thot's whot moke on intelligent, interesting, ond well-rounded person. This yeor, os with the twenty-five previous yeors, hundreds of Red Knights entered foreign longuoge closses ond become those intelligent, interesting, well-rounded individuols. 9 X' xi S' ,..1fwf,.. -1: . f ' QT

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Vital Statistics 97 Rock FM 107 4X4 36-23-35 813-287-4168 33903 1623 Elm Street 123AZl 267-41-0583 Q! 2 X45 5:30 AM 7V2 B 8 x10 Who said that math was not an important part of a Red Knight's daily life? Whoever believed that never acquired a social security number, called a phone number, read a clock, baked a cake, purchased a McDonald's sandwich, secured a car license tag, had a shoe size, or checked outa girl's vital statistics. Math definitely served a major purpose in the life of Red Knights. Realizing Math's vital role in society, North Fort Myers High School has numerous course offerings in the field of math. Whether a student used math skills as merely part of his everyday existence, or whether he planned to enter a V 51.25 M1 pounder 5'7 1002 16:25 M1 c. corn syrup 2 T. brown sugar professional field which required specialized math skills, he would be prepared because of the training provided by the faculty here at North. North's math faculty, led by department chairperson, Mrs. Julie Previty, has been outstanding not only in its teaching skills, but also in its concern forthe students. Any day of the week, Red Knights could remain after school hours to acquire personal help from one ofthe math faculty. Some teachers even gave up their lunch and planning periods to assist students. ln addition to the traditional courses of basic math, algebra, geometry, and Z Af' . 3 T. margarine or butter M4 c. peanut butter Mr c. fudge sauce 1 at. vanilla ice cream trigonometry, North High offered business math classes, remedial math courses, and computer math courses. Although it was the age of calculators and computers, Red Knights were still expected to be able to compute using only their brains with no assistance from mechanical equipment. For whatever reason a Red Knight needed to use math skills, he was prepared because of the courses offered, the professional skills, and concerned attitude of the North Fort Myers High School math teachers. ,733 Eager to learn, Karen Bussy and Richard Boinley watch Mr. Skiff demonstrate a rather hard trigonometry problem. Instructor Mr. Wise aids Laura Thomas during a com puter programming class. Curriculum

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