UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

GHS 56 website

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??

Our class website will be fourteen years old this coming November. What a wonderful event it has been for our classmates since November 18, 2012. Its origin was the result of the 60th reunion's search committee seeking out our classmates.

Just some data surrounding our website: 142 joined out of our class of 500+; 240 deceased and 134 not joined. Over the past several years the activity on the website has diminished significantly. To the point that our committee has sought a different and less expensive approach to its continuation. So, beginning on January 7, 2027, our website will continue but funded through advertising being added.

The site will default to:  https://www.classcreator.com/Greensboro-North-Carolina-Greensboro-Senior-1956/class_index.cfm

Access will continue for all wishing to use the site. 

A big thank you to Suzanne and Marie for being the in-house administrators over the past 14 years and keeping the site updated.

You can still send your birthday wishes or other messages as you desire. 

Always remember to contribute to our class scholarship.

A little history about our class - there were over 500 students in the class of '56. As a class, there have  been 4 reunions, the 20th, 40th, 50th and 60th.  On the 50th reunion reservation form there was a line item for contributing to a class gift.  Because the response to contribute to this gift was so well received, the reunion planning committee decided to establish The Class of 1956 Scholarship Fund as a living legacy for our class.  A check for $4,500, seed money for establishing this scholarship, was deposited in the GHS Alumni Association Fund.  The first award of $500 was given in 2006.  In 2011, the award was raised to $1,000, in the spring of 2015, the award was raised to $1,200 and in the spring of 2016, award raised to $2,000. A total of 20 students were awarded this scholarship.

The guidelines for this award:

GHS CLASS OF 1956 SCHOLARSHIP FUND 

GHS Alumni and Friends Association will administer this scholarship, and the Alumni Association Scholarship Committee will select a graduation senior from the nominees, with the following eligibility criteria serving as a guide for selection.  The winner will receive a $2,000 award.

                  1.  Applicants must be seniors at Grimsley.

                  2.  Have a weighted grade point average at or above 3.0.

                  3.  Show good leadership in the community and/or at the high                                 school.

                  4.  Demonstrate good citizenship.

                  5.  Award will be made to the college or university of the recipient's                         choice.

                  6.  Award will be used toward tuition or books.

                  7.  Preference to student with financial needs.

                  8. Applicant's must submit one letter of recommendation from an                            educator that 

                      addresses the candidate's character.

                  9. The scholarship is not renewable.

Donations to this scholarship - make check out to: GHS Class of 1956 Scholarship.  Mail your donation to:

                  Greensboro Grimsley Senior High School

                  Susan C. Gentry, Treasurer

                  Alumni & Friends Association

                  P.O. Box 4241

                  Greensboro, NC  27404-4248

 Thanks for riding with us on this historic Class of 56 journey and we send everyone our best wishes.  

Marie Harrill

Suzanne Steinert

Alan Atwell

Jimmy Stanley

Manley Dodson

Greensboro newspaper