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

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As Time Goes On Our Red Knights Move Up Red Knights entered this 25th onniver- sory yeor with o spirit of celebrotion. Everyone knew this school yeor wos going to be o speciol one. They would see ond meet former Red Knights ond would heor stories of how it used to be. No motter which closs one wos o port of, he wos onx- ious for the doys oheod. As we closed this yeor of jubilotion, we rolized thot chollenges hod been met ond new ones would confront us. Hoving been considered second closs citizens for ten months, North High's freshmen took o step up on the sociol scole ond become clossified os sophomores, No longer feorful of doing something wrong ond being loughed ot, freshmen ventured into their second yeor of high school. Looking forword to buying closs rings from Herf Jones, former sophomores eogerly onticipoted theirjunior yeor. They begon to prepore for their futures by seek- ing jobs ond soving money for cors ond dotes. Counting every doy, juniors impotiently when they Storting to woited for their speciol doy could be considered seniors. plon for college ond securing permonent jobs, these soon-to-be seniors knew their lost school yeor wos going to be o busy one. With the slowing down of our Silver An- niversory celebrotion, Red Knights felt the pride of tosks well done. We relished the memories of this yeor ond vowed never to lose the Red Knight spirit!! ' -15 A , A N M. 1 The moments ond memories of the Silver Anniversory ore over but will long be remembered. Closing

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K we, W Q get 2 gn f' ! if 6 y 1 t T. EE ...Fungi H. i i Preporlng for her future wlth Mike Is Llso Garrett. x f As Time Goes on Life ls Just Beginning As the Silver Annlversory Yeor come to on end, so did the high school doys of the Closs of 1985. How quickly those lnfomous ond trying times during the freshmon yeor were forgotten. Those timld ond subser- vient ninth groders grew, motured, ond developed the orrogonce ond prestige of being the groduotlng closs. It wos time to foce the ever-chonglng world. There wos no turnlng bock. All roods led to independence, ond for some, lt wos difficult to choose which rood on which to embork. Some clossmotes chose to enroll ln college - elther Iocol, store, or out-of- stote. Some secured full-time employment, while others chose motrlmony ond stortlng o fomily. For those who decided to further pursue their educotion, decisions were continuolly mode. What closses wlll l toke? Whot do I wont to mojor in? Whot college ls best? Which con l offord? These ond other Closlng chollenges ond cholces confronted o lorge number of seniors. Those who preferred to seek full-time employment were confronted with lines like We don't need onybody. We wont someone with experience. Some seniors were successful in finding o steody full-tlme job ond were usuolly content ln bonks, of- fices, stores, ond prlvote businesses. Some members of the groduoting closs selected wedding onnouncements, brldol opporel, ond reception menus. Hours were spent looking ln cotologs ond In stores so thot oll ospects of the wedding would be perfect. Whotever the decisions they hod to moke, those senlors knew thot whotever they chose, It would offect thelr entlre llves. Therefore, the Closs of '85 corefully considered their cholces ond plonned their futures. ,..-....i .f . V 1015