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

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Hot Off the Press Red Knights eogerly owoited the distribution of North Fort Myers High School's monthly newspoper Knight Life. This oword-winning publicotion wos printed free for our Red Knight fomily. Foculty odvisorfteocher of Knight Life wos Mr. Allen Corowoy. His journolism ll closs of opproximotely twenty-five students mode up the newspoper stoff. The primory criterio for editor ond stoffers wos dependobility. Eoch person hod to disploy leodership ond responsibility in order for the poper to be published nine times dur- ing the school yeor. Every week, closs members were required to write one story ond olso sell one od oplece for eoch issue. ln order for Knight Life to be offered free to students ond foculty, odvertising spoce hod to be sold to poy publicotion ex- penses. North High clubs ond orgonizotions supported the efforts of the Knight Life stoff by purchosing ods in eoch issue. Every month between sixteen hundred ond seventeen hundred issues were printed to odvise the Red Knight community of mojor .BMW events ond voried opinions of North High stoff ond students. ln oddition to the nine regulor issues, o speciol freshmon edition wos printed onnuolly to ocquoint incoming freshmen with our school. The Knight Life stoft wos responsible for securing the informotion ond writing it in proper journalistic style. They took their jobs seriously ond reolized their responsibili- ty to the school ond community. They odhered to o strict code of ethics in the printing of moteriol ond strove to report occurotely ond without bios. North High's newspoper consisted of up- to-dote news items, feoture stories of the present ond future, sports items, in- dividuols' opinions ond objectives, ond odvertising. Centering oround Red Knight news ond interests, the poper presented relevont ond timely doto ond informotion for our school ond community. Mony published orticles produced positive oction becouse of the opinions ond suggestions offered in those stories from students, focul- ty, ond members of the community. .W 5 Min, . f .. fe. .- ,fxf V ' g'v5,Q?fh 12, 'E -1 .1 3 . V - ,1 , Q3 ,gsgxgz 1 t 'V . v W X .kts-U14 - T . . - ., s- .' fgfggifiif' '7' 'ij 'J' 'f fi...t'-?lfi 'f3?'f5 7' if The bosic formot of Knight Life hos not chonged much over the yeorsi We hove become more orgonized thon we used to be. Now we don't woit for stoffers to bring in the stories, we ossign them so thot we know exoctly whot will be covered in eoch issue, reloted Editor-in-Chief, Dovid Milliron. Students who excelled in journolism were recognized for their efforts by induc- tion in the North High chopter of Quill ond Scroll. In order to be invited to be 0 member of this journolism honorory, students hod to work on the newspoper, literory mogozine, or yeorbook ond be ot leost o sophomore with o 8.5 grode point overoge. They hod to be recommended by o journolism teocher or English deport- ment heod ond then they went through o formol, condlelight initiotion ceremony. North Fort Myers High School's Knight Life wos onother reoson for Red Knights to proudly celebrote their Silver Anniversory. Trying to meet his deodline, John Russo types his copy. Knight Life Staff: Front Row - Becky Cuzzort, John Russo, Joe Volentino, Advisor Mr. Allen Corowoy, Greg Gibson, Richelle Hunter, Stocey Sheffler, Jeff Koehn, Mike Melvin. Dock Row - Foro Belt, Michelle Meose, Dovid Whidden, Kim Corter, Liso Hollond, Renee Robinson, Morio Kopein, Jyll Rubinstein, Allen Combs, Christino Winnette. Knight Life

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,ff Discussing a business ad with a local merchant, Joe Valetrno quotes rates. 3 , ,,,Q 1 Wi-'if' Statistics from a Knight Life student survey are com- piled by David Whidden. Advisor Allen Caraway checks layout sheets with 6 2 Dennis Evans and Renee Robinson. Knight Life -1

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Counting bollots for Homecoming were Lori Dials, Jeanette Diols ond Mr. Dove Giompollo. SGA members help filling helium in bczlloons during o footboll gome. Serving ond Improving North Whot do YAC, SAC, ond SGA hove in common besides the foct they ore oll three-letter obbreviotions for North Fort Myers High School orgonizotions? All three hove provided services to North's Red Knight fomily during the post yeors. These groups helped with pep rollies, homecomings, proms, ond sports events, in oddition to ossisting with the improvement of North's compus. Consisting of twenty-five members, the Student Advisory Council, formed by invitotion only, met during octlvity period eoch month. Mode up of oll the different types of culturol groups on compus, the YAC-SAC-SGA club's moin purpose wos to continue hormony ond understonding omong oll the rociol ond culturol groups. SAC tools on the tosk of ocquointing new students to the Red Knight compus ond getting them involved in the school's octivities. Bobbie Dewey, SAC foculty odvisor, led the orgonizotion ond sponsorship of homeroom boslsetboll ond volleyboll tournoments. SAC is mode up of oll the different types of culturol ond semi-culturol groups oround compus. lt gives oll students o chonce to voice their opinions ond concerns on vorious topics thot occur ot school, commented Mrs. Dewey. l . l l l With opproximotely forty-tive students, Mrs. Liz Culleton ond Mrs. Bertho Toivenen, , the YAC CYouth Advisory Councilb wos more octive this yeor thon ony other yeor in its existence. This wos in port becouse the orgonizotion hod more students ond greoter enthusiosm, commented Mrs. Culleton. Communicoting the messoge of good nutrition to other students ond the entire community wos the gool of YAC. The only requirement for membership wos thot the student be interested in good nutrition ond hove the desire to educote others obout proper nutrition, L, ,,, FAT .. -1