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

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John Belushi ond Dorothy from Kc sos visit North High with the help f Joe Yerkes ond Pam Brennan. 46 Homecoming '84 Red Knights enjoy themselves during the twenty-fifth Homecoming donce. Sporkling Red Knight, Lindo Smith rides for o finol time during the Homecoming gome.

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Not an Ordinary School r As known to generations of Red Knights for the past twenty-five years, North Fort Myers High School is not an ordinary high school in an ordinary community. This was also the conclusion of Dr. Charles T. Council and the other members of the SACS Visiting Committee who visited, analyzed, and evaluated North High School this past fall. Although the committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools made their visitation just this past year, the preliminary work began ten years ago after the last evaluation in 1974. Five years after that report, the North High faculty and staff embarked on a thorough self study on the progress made after those 1974 recom- mendations. These evaluations were published in the North Fort Myers High School Five Year Evaluation Report. At the end ofthe 83-84 school year, the facul- ty and staff re-evaluated and published the Self-Study. This 205 page report was printed, bound, and delivered to the SACS committee well in advance of their visit. On the evening of September 14, 1964, North's campus was filled with faculty, ad- ministrators, students, and the Southern Association Committee members. The oc- casion was an informal luau dinner to com- mence the 3 day evaluation of the Red Knight domain. Opening the festivities was a slide show presentation by Mr. Alan Caraway, showing how North Fort Myers High School and its community work together, For those faculty, staff, and students present, it was a very emotional experience. The final moments were dedicated to the introduction of the twenty-four members of the SACS Evalua- tion Committee. The next morning North's corridors and Committee members share a few friendly words while visiting North High. Summed up in writing is the five year study of North Fort Myers High School. 1 '3 - I - , I ,, . 1 .. Q - , 1 - Q 1 Q , .K - 1 : .. : Q - rr-3 5-Ts. 1 - 1 :LL-as gfi YQ.. : M W A 1 -fy un . , classrooms were filled with new faces. SACS members questioned and surveyed students, faculty, staff and administration. For three days, these highly competent people analyzed and evaluated the status of North Fort Myers High School's educa- tional program. Those diligent evaluators worked round the clock, not to criticize, but to prepare and present thorough, non- partial commendations and recommenda- tions to the Red Knight administration, faculty and staff. As a result of the intensive and extensive analysis-evaluation, the committee de- duced that the real strength of this school is an extraordinary attitude that prevails, one which makes North Fort Myers High School not an ordinary school, but one specially accredited and suitable for the needs ofthe ever-special family of Knights. SACS v- Q

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A Shining Silver A Silver Knight wos the theme chosen by the student body of North Fort Myers High School to stort North's 25th Homecom- ing Week. Mony months of diligent plon- ning by odministrotion, foculty, ond students, helped moke Homecoming 1984 the very best ever. The holls of North High were full of nerds Mondoy, November 5, storting off the dress-up doys with o bong. Students got out their nerdlest clothes ond poroded oround North's compus. North holls were odorned with bonners from clubs ond orgonizotions during fourth hour to declore their spirit during the Silver Week. Tuesdoy wos os storstudded os Hollywood, for it wos Movie Stor Doy. Students ond foculty portroyed their fovorite, fomous chorocters. Morilyn Monroe ond Mognum P.l. never looked better. lt wos olso poss doy. Students could purchose posses to come to closs five 0.0 ,'llfllE Knight minutes lote, weor hots, chew gum, or leove closs eorly. Powder Puff footboll wos olso on event thot everyone enjoyed. While the girls got their chonce to strut their stuff on the footboll field, the mole cheerleoders hod just os much fun cheering on the girls. Wednesdoy wos probobly the most populor spirit-filled doy with Seniors, os it wos Senior Toke-Over Doy. Preorronged, seniors took the ploce of foculty ond od- ministrotion, experiencing the ups ond downs of trying times thot teochers ond deons go through every doy. Wednesdoy wos olso Surf ond Tourist Doy. Students who weren't lucky enough to toke over on outhoritotive position mode it through the doy os surfers ond tourists. Sunglosses, sun- ton lotion, ond bermudo shorts were the in thing to weor. The Sixties Doy on Thursdoy seemed to be more populor with the teochers rother thon the students. The moin hollwoy wos the ideol ploce for o sit-in demonstrotion. Corrying posters decloring Moke Love Not Wor ond Hell No, We Won't Go, our foculty morched throughout the holls in their leother boots ond sondols, floppy clothes ond wigs. The momentum continued os the Homecoming Porode proceeded down Gronge Grove Boulevord lote Thursdoy .fternoon serving os on opener for the bonfire, o revived trodition ofter severol yeors, wos eogerly looked forword to by the students. The J,V. footboll ployers put Knights in the Winning Spirit by defeoting the lmmokolee lndions14-6. The whole purpose of the preceding week finolly orrived. Fridoy wos filled with mony busy octivities, storting with everyone procloiming thot Red Knight Spirit dressed in Red, White, Silver, ond Block for the pep rolly. Mrs Bobbie Dewey 1984 Homecoming Court: Front Row - Freshman At- tendonts: Tony Knight ond Jennifer Bollord, 1983 King Kenny Miller, 1982 Queen Kim Kibler, Sophomore At- tendonts: Kelly Ludwig ond Mike Dickey. Second Row - Junior Attendonts: Cindy Gluck, Brod Morrison, Hol- King ond Queen David Cooke ond Corol Perry leod the court in the donce for royolty only. ly Rowe ond Ron Reis. Bock Row - Senior Atten- donts: Connie Burke, Dovid Cooke, Shoron Lios, Gerold Leophort, Corol Petry, Tim Molone, Toni Giffin ond Alon Cloirmont Homecoming '84