A 50th class reunion has been scheduled for the North Fort Myers High School 1974 graduating class for next month.

Martha (Lolly) Crotty said the reunion committee began planning about 18 months ago and has reached out to classmates through email and text messages. After hearing from about 60 people, they created a Facebook page – North Fort Myers Class of 1974 Reunion – to see if they could find more of their classmates.

The reunion activities will include a tour of North Fort Myers High School, 5000 Orange Grove Blvd. at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 26; a meet-and-greet from 4 to 7 p.m. the same day, at Brooke’s Restaurant, 4450 Hancock Bridge Parkway in North Fort Myers. A dinner will complete the reunion from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Ter-Tini’s, 1901 Crystal Drive in Fort Myers.

Graduates of 1974 who would like to attend the reunion are asked to reach out either by calling or texting Karen (Curtis) Huston at 239-443-0493, or Crotty at 239-851-4515.

The cutoff to RSVP is April 1.

Crotty said the tour of the high school has been scheduled because it has been rebuilt since they attended the school.

“The only thing that was there when we were there is the gymnasium,” she said. “What’s more amazing is when we started there it was a seventh through 12th school – North Fort Myers Junior and Senior High. When we were in eighth grade, they were transitioning over to middle school – eighth through 12th and then ninth through 12th.”

Crotty said they were the bottom class for three years in a row. 


“So many of us either went to J. Collin English Elementary or Tropic Isles,” she said.

Since their last reunion they have had dinner once a month for those people who still live locally. It usually attracts 10 to 12 people, Crotty said.