50 Years of Firsts

First Head of School

First Day of School

First Student Newspaper

First Parent Volunteer Group

First Day on Lawndale Campus

First School Seal

First Bengal Mascot

First Athletic Director

First Point in Athletic Competition

First Faculty

First Green & Gold Day Celebration

First Yearbook

First Student of the Year

First (and only) Varsity Football Team

First State Championship

First Graduating Class

First National Honor Society

First Summer Programs

First School Accreditation

1st Creation of the Improvement of Instruction (IOI)

First School in area to Hire a Nurse

First Computer Purchase

First Theatre Performances

First ‘Lifer’ Students

First Alumnus to Play Professional Sports

First Suzuki Strings Program

First Alumni Reunion

First Senior Dress Up Day and Picture

First Morehead-Cain Scholar

First International Student

First Junior Backpacking Trip

First Honor Code Signing

First Inductees into the Cum Laude Society

First Back-to-Back State Champions

First James P. Hendrix, Jr. Excellence in Teaching Award

First Alumnus/a named to Board of Trustees

First Alumni Association

First Science Fair

First state championship in a boys’ sport

First Boys’ Basketball State Championship

First Distinguished Alumni Award

First School with a Sports Medicine Program

GDS Hosted the First NCAIS POCC

First High IQ championship

First Brooks’ Sabbatical Recipients

First Gatorade Player of the Year

First Bengal Games

First #1 National Ranking for an Athletic Team

First 1:1 Laptop Program in Guilford County

First to Teach Rollerblading

First Production in Sloan Theatre

First School to Solely Sponsor a Habitat For Humanity House

First School in area to Have AED’s on campus

First Olympian

First Boys’ Gatorade Player of the Year

First School to have a Climbing Wall

First High School Basketball Coach in NC to Win 1,000 Games

First PK-12 Graduate

First Female Head of School

First ‘Drive-By’ Graduation

First 3rd Generation Legacy Students