Calhoun Elementary School Principal Wesley Roach, third from left, receives Autumnal Equinox Award emblematic of achieving best attendance among city schools on Perfect Attendance Day. The award is presented each year by GRAD (Get Read Achieve Dream), a stay in school committee made up of members from the literacy council, Family Connection, United Way and the public school systems. Also pictured are, from left, city schools social worker Amanda Schutz, attendance overseer Shirley Curtis and literacy council’s Wayne Minshew. CES students are in the background.