October 26,1939: South High School’s New Name
The Winston-Salem School Board honored a local citizen on this day in 1939. The School Board approved the renaming of South High School. The name was changed to James A. Gray High School, in...
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January 21, 1935: New Senior Rating for Two High Schools
On this date: January 21, 1935. North and South High Schools will attain senior rating with the inauguration of eleventh grade work beginning today. Both schools opened several years ago as junior units and...
January 2: Happy Birthday! James Alexander Gray Sr.
James Alexander Gray Sr. was born in 1846 in Gladesboro and moved with his parents, Robert and Mary Gray, to the new town of Winston when he was five years old. Robert Gray was...