GRADY IS THE LUCKIEST SCHOOL in the city in that it has the finest Parent-Teacher Association. Two years ago the Grady PTA started the recreation program that became the model for other schools in the city besides furnishing Gray Knights with a lot of fun. When the old portables at Grady finally went the way of all flesh, it looked as if he would again be without a recreation center. But the Gray Knight PTA would not stand idly by. A dads' committee was formed. One Saturday it met in the aviation shop, and lo and behold! Ye Olde Barn emerged ready to receive fun-loving Gradyites.
Working on the assumption that more beautiful grounds would inspire Gradyites to do better work, the PTA financed the planting of shrubbery around the castle of the Grey Knights. Not forgetting the all important faculty of a great school like Grady, they decorated the offices and lounges for the teachers.
Going all out for the pleasure of Gradyites, our Parent-Teacher Association even offered to underwrite any deficit incurred by our school dances, but because Gradyites are willing to work a little for their own good, this more than generous offer has been unnecessary.
Space would not permit us to go into all of the activities of the PTA, but its wonderful work speaks for itself, far better than any words ever could.
EVERY DAY THE AVERAGE STUDENTS make about eight trips up and down the different halls of Grady; and during these ventures from class to class they are confronted with colorful posters of all sizes informing them of future school functions and activities. Without these displays how could the students regularly keep up with the day-by-day happenings at Grady? How bare and dreary the walls of the school would be if it were not for this advertising of "The Mikado," and the signs informing the school of school plays and dances, apple sales, and candy pulls.
Grady just wouldn't be herself without these vital hall posters. But has anyone ever stopped to think of where they came from or who spent many hours of hard work preparing them?
Mr. Jackson's commercial art class is responsible for these wondrous works of art. Some of the most outstanding posters advertising "The Mikado" were done by Jane Davis, Eve Morgan, Wimpy Watterson, Angela Choats, Jack Connell, Becke Cheney, and Nan Anderson. Nancy Rumbaugh and Jane Davis are painting the scenes for the operetta.
"Making the different signs and posters is the regular class work of these students," reported Mr. Jackson. "It takes a lot of time to do one, but the students enjoy their work and take a great deal of pride in the finished product. The teachers and clubs write us what they want known, but the ideas that go down on the paper are those of the students."
The next time you see a hall poster, think of Mr. Jackson's commercial art class ... they're thinking of you all the time.