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Assistant Principal’s Message

Greetings Red Knight Nation,

Here we are: quarter two and as can be

expected, North High is in full stride prep-

ping students for success and the results

speak for themselves! Yes, we are still

bragging about our “A” status.

As you read through this edition of KnightLine you’ll notice that great things

continue to happen here at North Ft. Myers High School and that we are still

a rigorous and challenging academic institution. Our AICE and Center for the

Arts students are preparing for their respective course exams and competi-

tions, while athletics and activities maintain their laser like focus to win com-

petitions and championships.

Coach Eskay, now in her sixth year as the head coach, has our Lady Red

Knight Volleyball team sitting with an impressive winning record and while

Coach Mack (in his first year at the helm) has the Red Knight Varsity Football

team ranked 3rd out of all 20 SWFL teams for the News-Press Power Rank-

ings. Both teams are district contenders and possess the means to advance

to the regional level. Our JROTC program can be seen every afternoon

working out as they prepare to defend their National Champion status and

seek to achieve their third National Championship ring. continued on page 2

Principal Debbie Diggs Assistant Principals Amanda Sanford Doug McKeever John Drake Dr. Michelle Stewart The School Board of Lee County, Florida Gwynetta S. Gittens, District 5 (Chairman) Chris N. Patricca, District 3 (Vice Chair-man) Mary Fischer, District 1 Melisa W. Giovannelli, District 2 Debbie Jordan, District 4 Betsy Vaughn, District 6 Cathleen O'Daniel Morgan, District 7 Superintendent Dr. Gregory K. Adkins www.leeschools.net

The School Board of Lee County, Flori-

da prohibits discrimination on the ba-

sis of age, color, disability, gender,

national origin, marital status, religion,

or sexual orientation.

Continued from page 1…

CREDIT RETRIEVAL

North High’s Homecoming week was a fabulous suc-

cess charged with so much energy. North High’s Student Government Association

organized a great week which included some of the best window paintings, great

student dress up days, the pep rally, our football game victory over Island Coast

and of course the dance (An Arabian Knight) which was a huge success with over

1000 students in attendance. It was a great North High Homecoming week that

any alumnus would have been proud of.

As we move forward, be sure to peruse our website and check our Marquee for

upcoming events and information. In November and December, look for the

Center of the Arts performances and I’d be remiss if I didn’t remind our future Red

Knights of Red Carpet Knight. It’s a great night and opportunity to experience why

North Ft. Myers High School is an “A” school.

We’re very proud of our accomplishments! You should be too!

It’s great to be a Red Knight!

Doug McKeever

Assistant Principal

MESSAGES FROM GUIDANCE

Congratulation to Zachary Forbes, for being nominated North Fort Myers High School DAR “Daughters of the American Revolution” Good Citizen. Zachary with-out a doubt exemplifies the qualities of a good citizen through his dependability as a student, his service and leadership to his school, and his selfless patriotism to his family, friends, school and local community. Congratulations to Zachary! Please be sure you are checking out our scholarship newsletter that is updated monthly. Go to: https://nfm.leeschools.net/our_students/collegeandcareer Stu-dents can also find the scholarship newsletter in their grade level google class-room, under the tab Scholarship Newsletter/Information. For additional infor-mation regarding scholarships, please contact Christy Gorton at ChristyLG@Leeschools.net.

Mr. Vogt would like to congratu-

late the 73 students who have

successfully completed an E2020

course for credit retrieval so far

this year. The credit retrieval

class is designed to allow students

who have, for one reason or an-

other, not passed a course that is

required for graduation. They are

retrieving the credit to be able to

graduate on schedule. Not all stu-

dents are seniors, but it is just as

important for underclassmen to

retrieve any missed credits. One

student has completed three

courses already!

“Atta-boy!” -Mr. Vogt

JROTC

JROTC Booster Meetings are held in the JROTC room (G110). Food and Drinks will be served. December 12th 2018 at 6:30pm January 23rd 2019 at 6:30pm Current Fundraiser is Signature Chocolate bars at $1.00 (Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Crisp Rice, Caramel & Almond) Upcoming: Applebees Flapjack Fundraiser at Merchant Crossing on December 8th, 2018. Tickets are $10.00 each Upcoming: Chili's Give Back Event on Pine Island in Cape Coral Walk TBD Donations are always accepted: Case of Water,

Gatorade, Peanut Butter, Jelly/Jam, Bread, or Granola Bars/Snack Bars please bring them to the JROTC room G110 (Next to the Softball Field) JROTC Booster would like to thank Joseph Valles from Principal Financial for their generous donations of water and Gatorade. For more upcoming events, fundraisers, and meetings please like us on Facebook: Red Knight JROTC Booster Club Inc. Thank you for your support.

SAVE THE BEACH CLUB

On Saturday 10-20-2018 the two clubs went together

(twenty students and two teacher/sponsors) to hike

and clean Prairie Pines Preserve. What we found was

a breathtaking, clean and pristine place to hike in true

Florida country. We did observe the landscape and

the flora and fauna. The area was left cleaner, and

we can’t wait to return to hike the longer trail as it

was closed for maintenance.

SGA AND THE RED KNIGHT FOUNDATION

SGA and the Red Knight Foundation would love for you to join us at the final scheduled Flea Market of 2018. It will be on November 17th in the front parking lot of the school from 6 a.m. – 1 p.m. We would be thrilled to have your support in any of the following ways:

1. Get your car washed for FREE – Audi of Fort Myers is giving us $5 for every car we wash, so the more cars, the better! Stop by and get a free car wash! The money raised will go toward the project of replacing the stage floor in the auditorium.

2. Set up a table to sell goods – Spots are $10 and you keep all proceeds for your sales. If you want to sign up for a table, please use the link at the bottom of the email.

3. Pick up some free food – The mo-bile food pantry will be there to distribute free food items. All you need to do is bring a photo ID.

4. Donate blood – The bloodmobile will be in the parking lot as well. Stop by to donate and save a life!

5. Visit the pups! – The Gulf Coast Humane Society will be there with dogs available for adoption.

6. Enjoy music – There will be a stage and live music for portions of the day.

7. SHOP! Stop by, browse the ven-dor tables, enjoy some music, and maybe pick up a few new items If you want any additional infor-mation, see the website at http://www.redknightfoundation.org/flea-market-2018-19.html or email Mrs. Blakely. We hope to see lots of Red Knight families there! Thank you for your contin-ued support!

The Student Government Association (SGA) had a very eventful first quarter! We put on a wonderful week of homecoming activities, concluding with an “Arabian Knight” dance. With one thousand students attending, we would like to thank all of the faculty and parents that helped chaperone. You can view the photos from the photo booth using the password Cupcakes at the link below: https://printscharmingphotobooth.smugmug.com/NFMHS-Homecoming-2018/n-P6sg96/

SGA would also like to thank all of the families who donated food, clothing, and supplies to the victims of Hur-ricane Florence. We collected lots of supplies and it was truly a Red Knight group effort. Also, a big thank you to Mr. Benkhatar who personally drove all of the supplies to a United Way in North Carolina! Some other events that SGA worked to put together so far this year were:

Decorating for two great pep rallies

Gold Ribbons for Childhood Leukemia month and Pink Ribbons for Breast Cancer awareness Showing appreciation to our cafeteria workers

Putting on 2 flea markets with the Red Knight Foundation (If interested in more information see http://www.redknightfoundation.org/flea-market-2018-19.html)

Attending an SGA rally with the other schools in our region Two blood drives held at our school

If you are interested in becoming involved, we encourage you to come to one of our monthly SGA meetings, held after school in the cafeteria.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

BOYS’ SWIM TEAM

Both the boys and girls teams took 5th place in Districts on Nov 1 Four swimmers had fast enough individual times to move on to Regionals on Saturday Nov 10 where they broke many records! Kirk Klemm: 50 Free @ 21.57 seconds 100 Fly @ 52.88 seconds The team has also broken a school record 200 Free Relay @ 1:35:39 by Kirk Klemm, Jacob Stevens, Ethan Koester, and Robert “RJ” Tejeda Both Klemm and Tejeda have qualified to swim at States this coming weekend. Congratulations from Mrs. Clark!

CROSS COUNTRY

Congrats to Josh Varner and

Nekhi Perry for placing 10th

and 15th individually at our

District Cross Country meet

and advancing to Regionals!

BOYS’ GOLF TEAM

Please congratulate our boys golf team as they competed at districts yesterday and put on a great display of sportsmanship, integrity and respect for the game. We fell a couple of shots short of making it to regionals as a team but Freshman Aiden Denlinger will be competing as an individual has he scored low enough to move on. Yesterday at the match overheard our players being truthful to their score on multiple occasions that the opponents had counted wrong for them. I couldn’t have been prouder of the boys for their hard work this season and how far they have come. So if you see the following students please congratulate them on being an awesome representation of the Red Knights. Seniors: Cameron Connelly, Logan Varsogea Junior: Sean Torrico Freshman: Aiden Delinger, Samuel Lakes On the team but didn’t compete in Districts: Junior Xavier Lamb, Freshmen Alex Lioce and Ronald Gilcher

GIRLS’ GOLF TEAM

Congratulations to the Girls Golf Team for

winning their 2nd District Championship in

the past 3 years. The team was lead by

Freshman Alexis Zergott and Sophomore

Trista Trawick. Chipping in with consistent

play all season long were sophomores Loli-

na Bruggeman-Munoz, Allarie Kovacs and

Haley Ironmonger. Great job girls!

INTERACT CLUB

Interact sold Spirit Flowers during Homecoming week, with the proceeds all going to Barbara’s Friends at Golisano Childrens’ Hospital for pediatric cancer, which stays in our area! We are helping out with Community Cooperative’s Mobile Food Pantry on campus the third Tuesday of every month from 3-5 pm; just show a valid driver license. Officers met Mr. Tommy Doyle, Supervisor of Elections at a Rotarian Breakfast. Officers are assisting the North Ft Myers Rotary with Dictionary

Day at Tropic Isles Elementary school.

GOVERNMENT CLASS Voter registration is an exciting event at North Fort Myers High School! On October 10 and 11, Lee County Supervisor of Elections employees registered many of our students to vote. Community Outreach Representative Artemis Kahl presented to Government teacher Sally Kilic’s classes a history of voting in the United States and the importance of participating in this democratic right. Students then registered to vote and are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their voter registration cards in the mail. Many students also registered in our school cafeteria with other employees from the SOE office.

PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE Come support Red Knight Theatre as they present the selected pieces that they will be competing with at the District Thespian Festival. Pieces range from Acting to musical and tech. These talented students will represent North well and look to bring home some superiors! Tickets are $5 per person (General Admission) Doors open at 6pm Curtain up at 6:30pm The first ever childrens’ show will be performed at North High on January 24th and 25th. Tickets are $5 and all ages are welcome! This show is meant for young children to get lost in a world of adventure. A KNIGHT OF DANCE Dance department proudly presents their fall show “A Knight of Dance” on Thursday November 29th, 6:30 pm, in the audi-torium. Tickets are $5.00. The dancers have been working hard since the beginning of the school year, and we invite everyone to come out and support the dancers – it’s going to be a great show! ORCHESTRA Messiah Concert at 2pm on December 9th. This concert will include student musicians from band, choir, and orchestra. Admission is free. Winter Concert at 6pm on December 13th in the auditorium. Admission is free.

DEBATE CLUB

Come join or spectate the debate club! We meet in E128 the second and fourth Friday every month. Some recent topics: Is Islam a religion of peace? Does socialism have more draw-backs or benefits? Was Colin Kaepernick right to kneel during the national anthem?

Students on the Special Olympics team went to Tavares, Florida and participated in the Special Olympics on Novem-ber 3rd. They played well and will return again to compete on November 17th.

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Mrs. Keith’s class was out for their daily

walk when they spotted Mrs. Bianchi

sitting with some unusual guests in front

of the school, so they decided to join her

for a rest!

“A group of Art students put together a

display for Scarecrows in the Park. A few

of us ‘old bones’ were just waiting for our

ride to arrive!“

-Mrs. Bianchi

EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION

At the beginning of the school year, 11 new interns joined the teams at HealthPark Medical Center and Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. These interns are part of Project SEARCH, a one-year transition from school-to-work program for students with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The primary objective of the program is to help high school students develop life and work skills appropriate for competi-tive employment. Along with our employees, the interns re-ceive training and continuous feedback from a job coach and a school instructor.

“Project SEARCH is a program that helps students find jobs

and to be independent. I have also learned new skills to assist

me when the internship program is over” -Daniel Jaramillo

“Project SEARCH is helping me to talk to others more, to push

myself to do things that I am not used to and it gives me the

opportunity to learn new things.” -Cristian Anthony

HEADLINE

FBLA will be doing a fundraiser for the March

of Dimes from now until the end of November

for Prematurity Awareness Month. We will

have coin boxes placed in the front office,

guidance counselors offices, cafeteria, and

certain classrooms. All proceeds will go

directly to the March of Dimes. They will be

selling Holiday Grams from November 26th –

December 14th. Send someone you know

some Holiday Cheer for only $1.00!

FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA

NORTH HIGH HOODIE SALES

Help the Class of 2020 by spreading the word– hoodies are for sale! Just in time for more cold weather and holiday gifts! Please consider purchasing an North hoodie from the Junior Class. The cost is $35 and it is customizable with your last name and a 2 digit year or athletic number on the back. Complete the following google form to order: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeOGxPmXjoYwk8QFhnQ nvTnV7Njuq1ovCMD8xj2QdRrROtA/viewform?usp=sf_link Pre-sale only through 12/5. Submit your payment to Ms. Hill S204 or Ms. Baker E235