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

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Business student Jomes Viglione types o formol letter. Finding out thot o computer con be o tremendous osset in business closs is Angelo Morrison. WW! ' , if 1 X . Beginnings of Their Futures After groduotion, some Red Knight olumni switched from tennis shoes, jeons ond T-shirts to dresses, hose, ond heels or suits, shirts, ond ties. These groduotes become secretories, bonkers, reoltors, trovel ogents, occountonts, ond monogers. ln order to ossume such posi- tions, one hod to hove odequote bockground ond troining in business. North Fort Myers,High School hos onnuol- ly offered business courses which hove given students the bosis for coreer success. Pursuonce of o business coreer wos not o requisite for selecting one of the courses. Mony students enrolled in typ- ing closses in order to moster the skills for personol use. Reolizing the odvontoge of knowing how to type, Red Knights pounded out A-S-D-F-J-K-L-, for o few doys to leorn plocement of the typewriter keys. Timed typing tests helped students cut down the number of errors while increosing their speed. Some college-bound students joined clericol students in shorthond closses. Business They knew thot college professors hod o tendency to lecture fost ond long, so they decided thot in order to copture the necessory focts, they would benefit from knowing shorthond skills. Those Red Knights who were de- stined for coreers in the business of mo- jor corporotions found it desiroble to toke business moth, business monoge- ment ond business low. They leorned not only how to estoblish ond run businesses, but how to deol with person- nel, how to solve problems ond moke decisions, ond olso whot the low stoted regording smoll ond corporote businesses. Some Red Knights did not desire the monogement ospect of business ond engoged in perfecting clericol skills of fil- ing, typing, ond bookkeeping. These students knew thot the more proficient they were in eoch skill, the better would be their job ond likewise, the better would be their solories. ln order to ossist future business per- sonnel, on onnuol Coreer Doy hos been held ot North Fort Myers High School for the post yeors. On this our Silver An- niversory, on even bigger ond better representotion from locol occupotions wos ovoiloble. Students become oc- quointed with occupotionol possibilities by the most highly competent business leoders of Lee County. Advice ond vitol information were reloted to North students os they questioned Lee County's successful business leoders. Besides the octuol proficiency in business skills, North High's closses in business helped Red Knights develop the ottitude required in the octuol business world. They ocquired the pro- fessionolism of deoling with monoge- ment, personnel, ond the public. Q Whether o student wos destined os o secretory, court reporter, McDonold's monoger, interior designer, foshion mer- chondiser, reoltor, or trovel ogent, he goined confidence in his obilities through our business courses.

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Q! 'diff Experimenting for Life Standing southeast of North High School's swimming pool is a relatively new building on our campus. lt houses all the science classrooms and science laboratories. In these rooms students have studied and analyzed organisms and experimented with them. During the past twenty-five years Red Knights have experienced a trend for society to become much more technological and computer oriented. The science program at North Fort Myers High School has attempted to help students develop the intellectual reasoning for con- tinued learning. The faculty designed the program for both the students who would not continue their formal education after high school and those who would pursue additional formal education. All North's students received instruction in either biological or physical science. Some of the courses were lectureforiented, while others were lab-oriented. ln many cases, a math course was needed as a prerequisite fora science class. Red Knights found great pleasure in mix- ing different chemicals and then observing the reaction produced. Sometimes the results were just as they expected, while other times the results were a complete surprise. lf a student entered another classroom on campus with dry, smelly hands, he possibly just completed the dissection of a dead frog, shark, pig, storfish, earthworm, or any of the organs ofa cow. Upperclassmen may have reminded some people of elementary-aged students when they used crayonsfcolored pencils, or even colored markers, to color in the parts of the human body in their workbooks. Actually, these juniors and Quick work is necessary in a science experiment as Lori Postlrlk and Lizette Patterson are learning with the aid ofMr. Lee Wersr. As Mrs. O'Grady tells her class about a plant, some students find it more interesting to talk to their neighbors. 95 . XX 1 ' I ' 'K seniors were studying human anatomy and physiology. Samples of water and soil were col- lected by environmental science students as they explored topics in pollution, land use, and their roles in both causing and solving problems related to the environment. Students who were planning to pursue careers in science were enrolled in the ad- vanced and honors courses, physics, chemistry, and science research. Once again, as with earlier years, Red Knights participated in the Lee County Science Fair. Students invented their own projects and spent as long as three months working on them for the event on February 1st-10th. Red Knights may not be Einsteins of the future, but they know how to live in and cope with this highly technological society. Science

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