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

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Edward Sheridan Marguerite Sierra 222 Tara Shaw Cathy Sheene Down Sheff Kim Sheffield William Shoop Melissa Skinner Andrea Smith Bryan Smith Carol Smith Delmetria Smith Jania Smith Jay Smith John Smith Tracie Smith Rikki Snider Shirley Snyder Maximo Soier Rana Speas Joseph Spencer Kathy Spencer Joan Spires Thomas Squires Creature Creations No matter how old one is, there is always a certain yearning to be able to be a child once again. So, when walking through the mall, a card shop, or a toy store a person's eyes and heart could fall prey to a cute, cuddly, stuffed animal. Our Red Knights were as susceptible to these little critters as was everyone else. Care Bears were popular this past year. They were smiling, friendly little bears that seemed to connote joy and happiness. Smurf fans were delighted to find that these little blue folks were still popular and available. The Cabbage Patch craze continued as more and more round, dimpled-foced dolls were adopted. Then there was Garfield - that lovable but cantankerous fat, lazy cat that Jim Davis Freshmen created several years ago. Garfield's friends Odie and Pookey were almost as popular as he. That long-time favorite Snoopy, along with his bird-friend Woodstock, had endured the whims of another new year. The commercial movie Gremlins prompted the infiltration of the stuffed animal world with adorable characters like Gizmo and Stripe Red Knights exhibited their preferences for eoch of the creature creations through their clothing, buttons, folders, and stickers. Folders with a fat, striped yellow cat carried messages like: l Hate Mon- day, l Live for Saturdays, Why Me? Nap Attack, My Dog Ate my Homework, Whiz Kitty, l'll Trade You my Dog for o Peanut Butter and Jelly E , - - ff ' 'f i Sandwich, and l Get Sraight-A's in Lunch. Some Red Knights toted writing sta- tionery that had illustrations of Good Luck Bear, Birthday Bear, Wish Bear or any of the other remaining nine Care Bears. As students exchanged greeting cards throughout the year, some of their favorite characters, including Ziggy and the ''Shirt-Tails-Get-Along-Gang'' helped them relay their messages. A few Knights wore shirts which had artwork of their friendly favorites on them. Enjoying the vitality and exuberance of a young child, a Red Knight of this past year wore, carried or exchanged hap- piness and joy through his favorite creative creatures. .:,zxawn...un-:c:,:,..i4s:zz7,:rm1v:uv-::n-L--,.-, .....--.......- - 77 -lf' 7 4 4- A .Ff- ff'-

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, ,S itil! mfitfiiil .1.- , ., Tino Restis Trocy Rice Cosey Roon Torsho Robinson Dorrell Rodgers i C , 545 S Keith Rodgers Shero Rolofson Eric Rolston Thomos Roof Seon Rousey Odie Sonders Rhondo Sosher Rondy Soucier Koren Sovoreid Denise Soylors Lindo Schoof T Stocie Schorle Down Scott Wendy Scott Trino Seorles Testing 'I-2-3 Testing Life seems to be o series of tests - some bosed on knowledge, some on com- mon sense, some on physicol condition, ond some on enduronce ond stomino. Likewise, o Red Knight's four yeors of high school included o series of tests before he wos considered o condidote for groduotion. A student new to high school soon reol- ized thot he wos expected to be prepored for pop quizzes, weekly tests, unit tests, nine week exoms, semester exoms, ond finol exoms. In oddition, he hod to exhibit proficiency on severol stondordized tests like The Colifornio Achievement Test, the Secondory School Aptitude Test, the Voco- tionol Aptitude Test, the Preliminory Scholostic Aptitude Test, the Scholostic Ap- titude Test, ond the Americon College Test. Those formol, written tests of knowledge ond optitude were only port of the testing which o Red Knight went through. Upon first entering North Fort Myers High School, o freshmon hod to poss on enduronce test os he wos teosed ond tounted by up- perclossmen. He olso hod to determine whether or not he could poss thot doily test of successfully getting out of bed ond then orriving to school on time. Once on com- pus, he hod to successfully stoy owoke ond olert in oll of his closses. As o student continued with his high school educotion he encountered vorious sociol tests. Could he find new friends? Could he get o boyfriend or girlfriend? Would he be oble to withstond peer pressure? Would he be oble to offord to keep up with the foshions ond do the things his fellow clossmotes could offord to do? Would he be oble td ignore the tendency to gossip? Eoch doy presented physicol tests for Red Knights too, ln the heot ond humidity' of the wormer months, he hod to try to keep fresh ond comfortoble os he sot ot- tempting to listen to the teocher ond study for up-coming exoms. In the frigid weother of the colder months, he hod to worm his fingers so he could write those term popers ond dress out for P.E. The distonce be- tween clossrooms sometimes seemed miles long os he doshed to eoch closs. His orms felt the stroin os he corried pounds upon pounds of textbooks to school, to closs, ond bock home eoch doy. On some doys it took the potience of Job ond the strength of Atlos to get open his locker. As in the twenty-five yeors before, this yeor's Red Knights possed their tests ond were reody to foce whotever life offered next. Freshmen Christopher Reeves Shonnon Rousey Stephen Scheller Jomes Schickowski 221

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.det I JH ,f--,., W ,..., '--qrf-1 -MM -Y' Cuddly creotures odorn mony o Red Knights bedroom. Furry friends owoit the compony of their owner, fs! ,L , T if Brion Stonford Nicole Storr Jomes Steiner Tino Steiner Summer Stewort Ricky Stokes Devon Stoney Shoron Stoughton Louro Stover Donno Stroyer Derek Stricklond Adom Strouse Rebecco Sumeroll Shown Summeroll Robert Syfrett Rondy Syl-ses Poulo Terch Kristine Teter Dorcey Thomos Thereso Thomos Cynthio Thurmon Anito Tinsley Eugene Townsend Lori Trotter A f X Freshmen 223