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

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,mem , 1 :.3 . . g A .. fx' 3:3 in Th X .. lx ii Shciring o speciol kiss during the Homecoming donce, Alon Cloirmonr shows his offection for Toni Griffin. Andy Moy ond Sheila Curr discuss their plons for the weekend. The Longuoge of Love Love is in the oir. Love mokes the world go round. Love is just oround the corner. Mony expressions hove been in- troduced by lyricists on the subject of love. Likewise, North High Red Knights hove found woys to express their feelings of offection. Although some relotionships moy hove been very brief, the troditionol pro- cedure wos usuolly followed. The first en- counter wos either occidentol or plonned, either by one of the two persons involved, or by one or more of his friends. This initiol meeting wos brief ond cosuol - nothing more thon the exchonge of bosic informo- tion of nomes, oges, phone numbers. Of course, this wos the first impression ond if it wos ci good impression, then the relotion- ship continued. The second stoge entoiled getting to know eoch other better. Nightly two to three hour telephone conversotions con- sisting of well, yoh, uh-huh, reol- ly, ond extended pouses were port of the strotegy. Soon young Red Knights begon to express their offections for eoch other. Vorious forms of communicotion were used. Some of the more subtle opprooches included writing the other person's nome on one's folders, honds, shoes, ond lockers. More extensive messoges of love were recorded on clossroom desks ond restroom wolls. Using body longuoge to its fullest, romon- tic young lovers strolled through the cor- ridors of North High with their orms oround eoch other's bodies. As the tordy bell blored, lovers stole o quick kiss which would hove to lost them until the next chonge of closses in fifty-five minutes. Too much enomored to even eot lunch, couples sot on benches ond gozed into eoch other's eyes for twenty-five minutes. Young love wos not olwoys oll smiles ond hoppiness. Occosionolly Red Knight lovers hod their disogreements ond jeolousies. One of the portners would misinterpret the other's gestures to onother student ond think he or she wos flirting. Sometimes they hod problems with their porents who felt they were spending too much time together. Lock of sufficient funds N27 to go out to dinner or the movies would couse concern ond possible fighting be- tween couples. Usuolly these lovers' quor- rels losted only o doy or so ond the two would enjoy the tosk of moking up. Generolly, once their problems were resolved, the Red Knight lovers resumed their relotionship with even greoter feelings. The relotionships thot bloomed during their high school yeors sometimes con- tinued even ofter groduotion. Some Red Knights chose to spend their lives together os mon ond wife. They wore eoch other's closs rings until o proper promise ring could be purchosed. Once our couples mode the decision to morry, they selected the coveted engogement ring ond motching wedding bonds. As with previous yeors, love wos in the oir ot North High School this silver onniver- sory yeor. Everywhere one looked, he found evidence of those wonderful feelings of ottroction ond infotuotion. Young Lov G RFQ? WRYR?

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Smelling the flowers thot Mike Zolno gove her, Sandi Gorcio's foce shows her hoppiness. Stopping for o quick embroce before closs ore Jenny Volella ond Kevin Cholmers. Grobbing o quiet moment olone between classes, - Billy Griffith snuggles up to Kim Culver. Young Love ,

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I ll T lg -Qr ' i 4' 1 .YL 1 .4 Anxiously woiting for ca breok, seventh period students become restless. . 4 A si . .c WN A 'L 5 ! After Hours With the increose in number of credits needed for groduotion ond the greoter number of required courses, some Red Knights enrolled in odditionol closses which were offered ofter the regulor six period doy. These closses ron Mondoy through Thursdoy from 2:15 until 4:00, with o fifteen minute breok. The seventh period enrollment wos strict- ly voluntory. There were those who need- ed one more credit for groduotion, those who wished to toke o closs they couldn't fit in their regulor closs schedule, or those who needed to moke up o closs they previously hod foiled. ln order to determine which closs to offer 7th Period seventh period, Mrs. Horriett Bohonnon distributed polls omong the students to find out their desires ond needs. Those courses with the most student interest were then offered. Some of the closses thot ron on ex- tro period were dromo with Ms. Getzloff, television productions with Mr. Pote, Chemistry with Mr. Werst, ond English with Mrs. Joger. School buses even ron ofter the closses so students who hod no personol tronsportotion could get home sofely. Although o smoll percentoge of the North High student body wos enrolled in seventh period closses, the concept wos in- deed o beneficiol ideo. Closses like morch- ing bond could proctice four doys o Seventh period is the lost ploce someone should be ofter o lore night. week for two stroight hours eoch doy. Students who were cost members of West Side Story hod thot time during seventh period to leorn ond proctice their music ond donces, ond then put together the pro- duction. The members of bond ond dromo found thot those two non-stop hours of proctice greotly helped them to perfect their tolents. The Silver Anniversory of North Fort Myers High School sow onother chonge os the stote demanded more credits for groduotion ond more required courses. But, os usuol, Red Knights met the chollenge ond implemented the voluntory seventh period. f .1 .1