Students at Grady are not required to have a locker. In fact, many decide not pay the $5 and instead carry their things in their backpack. Although some students wonder why the lockers are present in the first place, others believe that the load of heavy textbooks and binders call for their use A...

When Mario Lorenzo Herrera envisioned his future, he never ‘in a million years’ would have seen himself teaching at a high school. However, since 2005, he has been an integral part of Grady where he also coaches speech and debate. His impact has not only been felt at Grady, but throughout the coun...

Hard work and discipline were something Grady’s journalism teacher and track coach Del Ellerton learned at an early age. “I grew up initially in Mississippi,” Ellerton said. “We really didn’t have anything. I stayed with my grandparents up until I was third grade. My granddad basically work...

By Katie Earles On May 1, the 301 Grady seniors gave a collective sigh of relief. Gone are the days of writing 500 word personal essays, counting community service hours and fretting about extracurriculars. College decisions have been made, and all there is left to do is shop for dorm decor and, in some...

How to find scholarships: Finding scholarships to alleviate the overwhelming price of college can seem daunting. We have all heard the pledges from guidance counselors about the abundance of elusive scholarships out there for left-handed people, for those with blue eyes, for people who have a knack...

The nine-student Gifted Mentorship class just completed its second-semester internships  throughout Atlanta. Calculus teacher and gifted program coordinator Andrew Nichols teaches the class, which started in 2015.    With an average of five to 12 students, and a maximum of 15 students, the first...