Trecy Gray, secretary, receptionist, doctor, nurse, pharmacist, advisor and encourager at Pike Liberal Arts School was honored Thursday with WSFA’s Class Act Award.

Gray has been a constant at Pike Liberal Arts School in Troy for 36 years and the administrative assistant to the headmaster since 1984. And, as long as her health allows, she will continue to be the voice and face of Pike Liberal Arts School.

“Trecy is the voice of PLAS,” said Becky Baggett, headmaster. “When the phone rings, she is the voice you hear. Trecy is the face of PLAS. When you walk in the door, she is the face you see. She is the most valuable piece of the puzzle at PLAS.”

Baggett said Gray knows all of the students at PLAS and all of the parents. She is the kids’ mom away from home. She is anything and everything she needs to be from a doctor to a counselor.

“Trecy is a great Christian lady,” Baggett said. “It’s a joy to come to work every day when you work with somebody like that. I don’t know of anyone who is more deserving of the Class Act Award than Trecy.”

Gray was caught completely off guard by the recognition.

“We knew that someone at the school was going to receive the award but it never crossed my mind that it would be me,” she said. “I thought only teachers got the Class Act Award.”

Gray planned to congratulate the recipient of the award when she returned from lunch. She had broken a nail and it was rather painful. She was going to the nail salon at lunch to have the nail repaired.

“We knew Trecy would be gone at the time the award was to be presented. We had to find a way to keep her at the school,” Baggett said.

With some scurrying around, the nail salon was contacted and Gray was called with a change in her appointment time.

“I didn’t think anything my appointment being changed,” Gray said. “They had gotten behind and I didn’t mind to go after school.”

All is well that ends well.

The award was presented on time and Gray’s family was waiting in the wings to congratulate her.

“I was very honored and humbled by the award and I’m honored to have this job,” Gray said. “Not everybody has a job that they love and I do love my job. The children are the reason that I’m here. They keep me going. I’m seeing second and third generations of our Patriot ‘family’ and we are family. I can’t go anywhere that I don’t see someone that I know and that’s rewarding.”

Gray said her motto is “treat others like you would like to be treated.” That’s a Class Act motto.

The Class Act presentation in Gray’s honor will air on WSFA at 5 p.m. Monday.