It happens in the night…without warning, without a sound, without being witnessed. No one knows how, no one knows why. It just happens.
But actually, it doesn’t. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and patience.
What is this mysterious job, whose perks include “community service, hard hats, big jackets, security medals and sashes?” Who does the job now? Why is it available? And what does it have to do with Mr. Charles?
The answers are simple. The job – changing the marquee outside the school to various messages throughout the year. The current job-holders – Mallory Noe-Payne and Becca Diakun. Why it’s available – they’re graduating. What it has to do with Mr. Charles – everything.
For the past three years, Noe-Payne and Diakun have been changing the sign outside of the school. Their looming graduation, though, is forcing them to look for replacements.
“We want a freshman with a free period before lunch,” said Diakun.
Why a freshman?
“This is a very integral job, and staring out as a freshman, the years of experience going ahead will be good,” said Mr. Charles, who not only acts as the Head of Security, but also as the overseer of the “sign girls.”
“It took us a while to get the hang of it,” said Noe-Payne. “We want people who are up for the challenge.”
One challenge in particular sticks out in the minds of Diakun and Noe-Payne. The girls wanted to make the marquee read “peace” in different languages for the winter holiday.
“We had to decide what languages to use and look up how to say it,” said Diakun.
“We wanted to say peace in Chinese,” added Noe-Payne. “But we had to make the characters. We had some blank [letters] and we used electrical tape. It took all day.”
The hallowed MLWGS marquee.
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