Eighth-Grader Has Perfect Attendance Since Kindergarten

Gregory Emad Gordon with his mother La' Trenda Boyd-Gordon

La’ Trenda Boyd-Gordon, who is the Exceptional Children case manager for John F. Kennedy and Carter high schools, is proud of her son, Gregory Emad Gordon, who is an eighth-grader at Southeast Middle School.

“My son – my favorite and only son – is an eighth-grader in the district and has performed, behaved and accomplished a lot this year,” Boyd-Gordon said. “The major accomplishment is the fact that he has never missed a day from school since his initial enrollment in 2007 in kindergarten at Moore. Yes, perfect attendance nine years (come June 10th).”  

He has done well in other ways, too, she said. He has been an AG (academically gifted) student since third grade, has made A/B Honor Roll at Southeast first, second, third and (hopefully fourth quarter, too). He has been a member of Crosby Scholars and National Junior Honor Society since sixth grade. This coming school year, he will go to Atkins Academic & Technology High School, already having earned high school credits.