b'GREENSBORO DAY SCHOOLFOUNDATION: 1980 - 1989In February 1981, Board Chair Claibourne Poindexter stated, Greensboro Day School (was) on the threshold of true excellence, missing only a single requirement - the financial ability to attract,motivate, and keep a superior faculty. The Schools first decade had been given over to bricks and mortar and the second decade would be dedicated to excellence.By 1991, alumni continued to distinguish themselves Leadership: and play an increasingly Jim Hendrix (1977-1986) important role in school Ralph Davison (1986-2006) affairs. With support from Jane Gorrell 79, Bill Morrisette 75, Newton Facilities: Cowan 84, Ed Cone 80 and others, the Alumni McMillion Center: Completed MayIn 1986, the AlumniAssociation developed a 19, 1980. Over 400 attended Association was establishedmulti-faceted program of the first performance. The firstunder the leadership ofservice and activities to musical, Celebration, produced by its first President, Marymaintain bonds of Pat Williams, enjoyed a two- Copeland 79.friendship.night run in the fall of 1980. The Hornaday Wing was added to the Lower School.First Morehead-Cain Scholar: Rennie Faulkner 81.Eight others have accepted the award, with the most recent in 2017, Pearce Landry.In 1987, the boys basketball team competed in the Little 4 for the first time, winning the tournament after defeating Dudley in overtime. The spring of 1984 saw twoParticipation in the Little 4 significant events in the life of thecreated, for the team and for the School: the establishment of theSchool, new levels of publicity and Honor Code and the granting of arecognition than ever before.Cum Laude Society at GDS.The signing of the Honor Code is a tradition that is carriedThe Harvard Independents Insiders Guide to Prep on to the present day. Schools appeared in 1987, and GDS received high The Cum Laude Society was 1marks for academics and atmosphere. The faculty is of only 5 in North Carolina atperhaps the schools greatest asset, the Guide stated the time. This was a significantcalling the School close knit and somewhat low-key, achievement in the developmentnot a pressure cooker. With an eye toward college of our School. The first inducteesadmissions, it tries to shape the well-rounded student.were Ellen Brown, Sylvia Diaz, Kit Fisher and Georges Saab.Advertising in the 1980s featured In 1985, grades K-6the importance of strong student-had 3 sections each,teacher relationships.a sign of enrollment stability. In 1989, a SAIS campus visit revealed GDS to be well organized administratively to carry out its mission to serve as a model for other day schools of similar size.The School had exceeded the expectations of its founders.36 | Winter 2019 Gail LeBauer, Board Chair 1987-1990'