John Williams Accomplishes Two-Fold Purpose ADDS . . . Williams adds finishing touches to ‘one of his climbing/balancing creations. (Photo By Page Adkins) With a hammer, a few nails, a lot of ingenuity and materials donated by interested friends and parents, physical education instructor John Williams has accomplished a two-fold purpose on the Ayden Elementary School playground. He has provided additional ways and means of keeping a generation of T.V -watehers physically fit and at the same time eliminated a number of recess- time discipline problems that resulted from the what-ts-there-to-do syndrome. From the Principals Desk & Ayden's Lay Leader InEducation By Stuart Tripp Is there such a thing as a Lay Leader In Education? I think so, but I don't know. We have been fortunate at Ayden Elementary School in having many fine school volunteers. We are very fortunate in another respect because one of these ‘volunteers has become more than a good volunteer, maybe a ‘Lay Leader in education forthe Ayden School Community. Pifleen years ago, Ayden Elementary had a new school ‘principal, who for al his years in education was unschooled in thebest methods of seeking community help. At he same time a new family had moved into Ayden who was Interested in having the best school possible for their children and the children of the Ayden community. The lady ofthe family was | the spokesman. An uneasy alliance was formed by this ‘unschooled principal and thislady, as neither was quite sure of the other. Over the years I can say Ihave learned to trust, respect and love thi family forthe many hours they have put intomake this school a great place to educate a child Why, Why, have I waited so long to say thanks? Why, Why: has it been possible fora person to do So much for @ school community, andthe community not to say thanks? Is it we, as ‘people, have ost the artofsaying thanks? ‘What has Ann Creech done for as to say thanks for? Ihave broken them down into two categories: minor and major. Minor—Served as a leader (if not the chairperson) on all paren counellsin the past 0 years that dd the flloving ‘A. Purchase thousands of dollars worth of AV equipment for thelibrary 'B Playground drained (C:Playground equipment purchased D. West drivepaved E, Back campus road paved F Schoo! air-condition G. New ceiling and furniture inthe cafeteria Major—Served on a state Parent Council that went to Raleigh and convinced the governor and legislature that ‘Learning Disabled Children had a right to be educated. The ‘greatest of her achievements was the new middle school. Sbe ‘had to convince the Board of Education that we needed one and the county commissioners to fund it. For the past five years ‘most people were postive that the new school would not be Dull. She did not waiver. She pushed people in the local ‘community to continue the fight. She encouraged the county ‘school board and the county commissioners to get together. ‘She hurdled every obstacle in her path and got the job done Yes, the Arden Community oves tis ey God ss Ree