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Casady School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma founded in 1947 by Bishop Thomas Casady and the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma. Casady serves children in grades pre-kindergarten through 12th. As of April 1, 2011, the school's Headmaster is Christopher Charles Bright.

History[link]

In September 1947, Casady Hall opened its doors for the first time. Thirty-six students in three grades - seventh, eighth, and ninth - and four faculty members shared 38 acres (150,000 m²) which included a small lake, a house, and two barns. Tuition was $500 per year.

In 2007, Casady's enrollment grew to more than 875 students and 115 faculty members throughout the 29-building college campus-like atmosphere on 80 acres (320,000 m²) now in the heart of Oklahoma City.

Academics[link]

The senior class of 2007 produced five National Merit Scholarship Program Semi-Finalists and five National Merit Finalists. The class of 2007 also produced higher average SAT and ACT test scores than the state or national averages. The senior class of 2008 has continued the tradition of academic excellence by producing four National Merit Semi-Finalists and over 20 AP Scholars.

Many Casady graduates go on to post-secondary education. Recent Casady graduates have enrolled in Harvard University, Georgetown University, University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, Wake Forest University, Northwestern University, Grinnell College, Swarthmore College, Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, Stanford University, Princeton University, University of Central Oklahoma, and many other elite schools. In 2007, 100 percent (all 85 graduates) entered four-year colleges and universities.^{[citation needed]}

The Malone Family Foundation awarded Casady School with a $2 million scholarship endowment in May 2006. Created for students in grades seven through 12 who demonstrate outstanding abilities as well as financial need, the scholarship enables qualified young adults to benefit from an independent education.

Athletics[link]

Casady students have the option to choose from 21 different sports that are offered. Boys have 11 sports to choose from while girls have 10 sports to choose from. Casady School is a competing member of the Southwest Preparatory Conference.

Casady offers more sports teams to students than any other public or private school in the state of Oklahoma.

Since 1956 Casady has won 132 SPC championships.

Religion[link]

After the school was renamed Casady School on May 26, 1948, the Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor was completed thanks to the generosity of Frank Johnson Hightower. Ever since, the chapel has been the spiritual center of Casady School. Today, more than six hundred daily services are conducted during the school year, involving students of all ages. The community celebrations of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter have a firm tradition. The chapel is also used for baptisms, weddings, funerals and celebrations in the lives of members of the Casady family throughout the year. Casady students participate in chapel services daily.

Notable alumni[link]

• Lance Rentzel - NFL football player.
• Megan Mullally - American actress and singer.

External links[link]

• Casady School [1]
• Southwest Preparatory Conference[2]

Coordinates: 35°34′03″N 97°32′56″W / 35.567584°N 97.549027°W / 35.567584; -97.549027

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Graham Stewart Bennett (16 December 1933 – 5 November 2004) was an Australian production and costume designer, teacher and artist who worked unofficially with Oscar winner John Truscott and later as a teacher inspired Oscar winner Adam Elliot.

He attended Scotch College from 1945–49 and then studied art and design at RMIT, then taught in secondary schools in Melbourne and Hamilton.^[1] While working by day at Broadmeadows Technical College, he worked at night with his flatmate Truscott on the Melbourne production of Camelot (musical), then the British premiere and then the 1967 movie Camelot.^[2]

He relied on "a semi-abstract feel" for the set and costume design. "The movie was not to have anything that was referenced to any historical period," he says. "I saw the movie a few weeks ago, and even today, it's very modern, a lot of the design work." For the movie, Bennett designed furnishings such as curtains, and tapestries, the patterns on women's costumes and men's jackets, and King Arthur and Guinevere's crowns. He wasn't invited to the Oscars ceremony.^[3]

Graham was unable to share the recognition with John Truscott on the Oscars winning art direction and costume design in Camelot in 1967. and was not invited to the ceremony as he did not have a green card he was working illegally in the USA, and could not formally share the awards. "I was sitting at home in Burbank, watching with the wardrobe lady, and we drank champagne, and when John (Truscott) came home, we drank another bottle of champagne. And the next morning at breakfast, we had the Oscars just sitting there, next to the pepper and salt." Bennett said, "Every time I see it [Camelot], I see something that I haven't seen before in the detail."link title

The Oscar statuettes were bequeathed to him by Truscott.^[4] Bennett was an art teacher at Haileybury College from 1969–89. He took one of the statuettes to class, where Adam Elliot, a student, was allowed to hold it. When Adam completed his short animated film, Harvie Krumpet, he showed it to Graham and sought his advice, and later wrote to thank him for his guidance and inspiration before going to Hollywood, where he won his own Oscar.^[5]

Adam Elliot also thanked him again in his dedication to Mary and Max "To Graham Bennett, Thank you for opening my eyes and allowing my creative juices to flow". "He [Adam Elliot] was a very shy, very quiet and a very gentle boy," Mr Bennett says. "But he had a dark but gentle sense of humour. He was always doing cartoons." ^[6]

He inherited Truscott's Oscars and donated them to The Arts Centre (Melbourne). Memories, he believes, are best preserved in the heart. But there are more visible signs of his achievements, such as the curtains he designed that hang in the State Theatre and Melbourne Town Hall. And there is his most enduring legacy - the inspiration and guidance he offered to the boys in his classroom.^[7]

He also provided advice on the 2004 Melbourne revivial of Camelot. The Director Darren Sticklen says. "We were looking at the first scene together, which is a snow scene, and he said, 'While it's lovely to go for those cooler colours, make sure that you have some touches of warmer colour in there, to ensure that it's beautiful'." ^[8]

References[link]

Robert Woolsey (August 14, 1888 – October 31, 1938) was an American stage and screen comedian and half of the 1930s comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey.

He was born in Oakland, California.^[1] Woolsey always had a slight build, and as a young adult he tried to capitalize on it by becoming a jockey. After he fell from a horse and sustained an injury, he quit racing and turned instead to the stage. In 1925 he was featured as "Mortimer Pottle" in W. C. Fields's Broadway hit Poppy.

Woolsey was teamed with comedy star Bert Wheeler in 1928, for the Broadway musical Rio Rita. RKO Radio Pictures filmed the play in 1929, launching Wheeler and Woolsey as movie personalities. (See the Wikipedia entry for Wheeler & Woolsey.) Woolsey became terminally ill in 1937 and struggled to finish his last picture, High Flyers. He was then confined to bed for almost a full year, before dying of kidney failure in 1938, Robert Woolsey was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

His great-grandson, also named Robert Woolsey, has followed in his famous great-grandfather's footsteps by becoming an actor and writer working out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He runs his own sketch comedy website with his writing partner Andrew Menzies called bobandandrew.com.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Robert Woolsey at the Internet Movie Database
• Wheeler & Woolsey
• Robert Woolsey's Great-Grandson on IMDB
• Robert Woolsey's Great-Grandson's Sketch Comedy Website
• Wheeler & Woolsey Fan Site
• Robert Woolsey at Find a Grave
• Literature on Robert Woolsey

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