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

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Reliving the Past A very relevant and important aspect of North Fort Myers High School's educational training has been the curriculum in social studies. Preparing students to be par- ticipating citizens is the goal of the social studies department. The teachers help Red Knights develop decision-making com- petence and understand how individuals, groups, governments and economic systems relate to each other. While con- cerned with past civilizations and their links to present ones, the social studies instruc- tors teach democratic values and respon- sibility to society and the world. North's department has seen many changes throughout these twenty-five years. As graduation requirements changed in Lee County, the number of re- quired social studies credits increased and several electives were added. College credit for advanced placement courses such as international relations, American history, and European history was made available for high school students. The once-dreaded AVC requirement was dropped, but replaced by a requirement in economics. I Social studies teacher, Mr. Leroy Dewey, has been on North's faculty since 1964 and has witnessed the trends in requirements. At one time, numerous electives like an- thropology, sociology, and psychology were offered. As years went on, the number of electives were cut back, but there was an increase in number of ad- vanced placement courses. Although many high school alumni remember their social studies classes as be- ing dull -- a mere recitation of names and dates, our North High staff has been known to add pizazz to the regular book work. Appropriate video tapes, movies, and novels were introduced into the course of study a few years ago. In this, our Silver Anniversary year, social studies teachers teamed with English teachers to prepare and perform debates related to the Presidential elections. Serveral faculty members of the social studies department were famous for their historical 7 WX ww 3 y .1 -?' ,sk -5 Z Q f 4 W Q if f'1Y,,g 5 Q N vm 4 f, gr .f fa ff 3 5 . , 4 , ,Hz 1 Q 1 ' 'i ,Z g .Q... Q '- 1 2 A ' , 2 Z ?4h . , l ..., . I xi . fag.. anecdotes. Those historical names and dates were vital to our country's establishment. Red Knights have learned and respected the ideals and principles on which this nation - home of the free and the brave - was built. They have understood why peo- ple of other nations have and do envy, idolize and respect America. From the facts, names and statistics learned in social studies classes, North students have gained a greater respect for their country, its leaders, lawmakers, and everyday citizens. During this Silver Anniversary year, Red Knights continued the very same traditions on which our nation was established. North students, because of their acquaintance with local, state, national, and international concerns and affairs, became well- qualified voters and lawmakers of the future. Even more important, on the per- sonal level, they acquired a great respect and love for their United States of America. Students are forever taking notes from Mr. Robert lyursrrom 's famous overhead transparencies. AVC teacher Mr. Bob Kayusa reviews the chapter for tomorrow's test. History

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it tokes 0 good question to stump history teocher Mr. Leroy Dewey. X 4 - f , I I I Q f Mr. George Moyo discusses grodes with civic students Jimmy Miller ond Keith Greene. Mr, Fred Gebhord corrects World History student Felix Johnson os clossmore Kelly McGuine5s looks on. History ,fait '52 EAN pee

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Procticing o common scole is instructor Melanie Loy. Sight reoding o difficult score Adom Foin concentrotes to produce quality tone. Sweetly Singing Orchestro wos once ogoin olive ond well this yeor ot North Fort Myers High School, thonks to Mrs. Melonie Loy. From its in- troduction into the curriculum in 1968, the orchestro closs hos hod its shore of prob- lems. Some yeors the closs wos concelled due to on insufficient number of students enrolled. Another problem wos the foct thot the string teocher hod to trovel omong two or more schools to teoch one or two closses ot eoch. Although merely eighteen students were enrolled this post school yeor, Mrs. Loy eogerly onticipotes o growth in the future. Deoling principolly with stringed in- Orchestro Strings i struments, the '84-85 orchestro consisted of ten violins, six violos, one cello, ond one double boss. Unlike the morching bond, or- chestro did not morch in porodes or put on footboll holftime shows. They did, however, entertoin ond perform before oppreciotive oudiences throughout the school yeor, Severol types of music were ployed in the closs, ronging from clossicol selections to eosy listening, ond even pops. Performing with the greot Red Knight Morching Bond ot the Bell Tower Moll on December 21st, the orchestro joined in the celebrotion of the holidoys. The Red Knight orchestro olso por- ticipoted in the onnuol spring Lee All- County Honor's Orchestro. Continuing to keep busy, the musicions occomponied the cost of West Side Story duringthe Morch musicol. Ploying o stringed musicol instrument ond reoding o musicol chort requires con- centrotion, dedicotion, ond most definitely, much tolent. The North High musicions disployed the Red Knight trodition of tolent ond excellence. Moy the orchestro closs continue to remoin olive ond well os port of North Fort Myers High School.