Although Grady may prepare many of us well for getting into college, our school does not offer nearly enough classes more relevant to the real world. In my junior year, I took the Gifted Mentorship class with Mr. Andrew Nichols, the Grady gifted coordinator. In my time at Grady, this class, by far, taught me the most about how the real world works. In the first semeste...

Although Grady may prepare many of us well for getting into college, our school does not offer nearly enough classes more relevant to the real world. In my junior year, I took the Gifted Mentorship class with Andrew Nichols, the Grady gifted coordinator. In my time at Grady, this class, by far, taught me the most about how the real world works. In the first semester, we di...

At age 16, students are not allowed to vote, get tattoos, buy alcohol or get a credit card. But there is one life shaping decision high school sophomores and juniors are allowed to make: whether or not to dropout of school. Georgia is not alone in having a low legal dropout age of 16, but many other states have raised their dropout age to 17 or 18 years old, including Georgia...

The Grady community was heavily impacted by the loss of fellow student, teammate and friend Theo Weimar. Though his death was unspeakably tragic, the school’s response demonstrated the immense strength of our community. We must continue to support one another and educate ourselves on mental illness.  Most students found out about the loss of Theo through Dr. Betsy Bockman’s ...