Makeup fall pictures will be taken on Wednesday, November 7th. Please see the attached form for additional information and keep in mind that all envelopes and money must be turned in by Tuesday, November 6th. 
Thanksgiving Lunch

Our Thanksgiving Lunch will be held on Wednesday, November 14th in the Grady Cafeteria. Below is a copy of the schedule and the Thanksgiving Lunch form so that you can make reservations. 

We need your help volunteering at the lunch! Please click on Thanksgiving Lunch Volunteer to sign up. There are 1 hour shifts and and we need help to guide parents to their tables, maintain the tables clean, guide parents to where they can put their trash and make sure table is presentable for next group.

TUESDAY-FRIDAY LUNCH SCHEDULE 2018-19

Time

Grade

Teacher

Row

10:15-10:45

Pre-K

Brinson

1 (Pre-K Tables)

10:20-10:50

Pre-K

Minardi

1 (Pre-K Tables)

10:25-10:55

1

Delcastillo/McAlister-Eveland

8 & 1

10:30-11:00

1

Ward

2

10:35-11:05

1

Wolfe

3

10:40-11:10

1

Horne

4

10:45-11:15

3

Ona

5

10:50-11:20

3

De Lucia

6

10:55-11:25

3

Oliva

7

11:00-11:30

3

Pifer

8

11:05-11:35

2

Price

2

11:10-11:40

2

Nelder

3

11:15-11:45

2

Doremus

4

11:20-11:50

2

Buell

5

11:25-11:55

5

Cucci

6 & 7

11:30-12:00

5

Webber

7 & 8

11:35-12:05

5

Trupp

8 & 1

11:40-12:10

5

Steel

2 & 3

11:45-12:15

4

Ritter

3 & 4

11:50-12:20

4

Lanier

4 & 5

11:55-12:25

4

Dickens/Nichols

5 & 6

12:00-12:30

4

Reyher

7 & 8

12:05-12:35

K

Hero

8 & 1

12:10-12:40

K

Dreby

2

12:15-12:45

K

Finitz (Wed 12:25 - 12:55)

3

12:20-12:50

K

Edwards 

4

For "Day Of" Online Purchases: Click Here

The "Day Of" Prices:

- Wristbands -

$20 for the 1st Wristband 

$10 for each additional Wristband

- Extras -

$1 extra pizza/slice

$1 extra drink

$1 extra slime ticket

- Group Tickets -

$1 = 1 ticket

$5 = 6 tickets

$10 = 15 tickets
 

*** All wristbands include: ***

Unlimited Booths

Unlimited Games

Magic Show

1 Slice of Pizza

1 Drink

1 Bag of Chips

1 Popcorn

1 Popsicle

Grady PTA supports End 68 Hours of Hunger’s upcoming Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally and Silent Auction.  68 Hours of Hunger provides weekend meals to feed children. Right now, they are feeding more than 140 children a week.  Let’s support their good works and enjoy some tasty treats, too!  Thank you for supporting Grady PTA’s friends.

Please join us at the Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally,  Sunday, November 4, from 10:30 am to 2 pm at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, 1309 W. Swann Ave., Tampa, FL 33606.  There will be food trucks for all tastes and lots of family fun.  

For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/foodtruckend68/.

Monday - Wear red (school will hand out red ribbons)

Tuesday - Crazy socks day

Wednesday - "Turn your back on drugs day" by wearing your clothes backwards

Thursday - Turn in posters for "Say No to Drugs" poster contest.  Posters must be on unlined 8.5" x 11" and in landscape position.  Posters must relate to the theme "Drug Free Me" and drawn with markers, paints and/or crayons. Posters must be original - no cutting and pasting of pictures or stickers. Each class winner will receive a free kid's meal from Outback. 

Friday - School Spirt Day - wear school spirit shirts

Volunteers needed Friday, October 26th from 4pm - 9pm. 

We need your help to make this year's Fall Festival an incredible experience for our children. The Festival will be held from 5pm - 8pm.

Please click the link below to volunteer:

http://gradytigers.org/fall-festival-2018-volunteer-sign-up

Grady PTA thanks State Farm Agent Jim Cornwell for being a Siberian Level Tiger Partner!  Mr. Cornwell donated $2,000.00 to benefit our teachers and students!

Please check out his website at State Farm - Jim Cornwell.

State Farm Agent Jim Cornwell is located at 4305 Bay To Bay Blvd., Tampa, FL 33629-6606 and his phone number is (813) 835-8892.

If you call him for your insurance needs, please let them him how much you appreciate him sponsoring our school.

Please join us on Thursday, October 18th for a Halloween themed school skate party at United Skates of America. Dress in costume to skate and support the Grady Elementary PTA.

Pre-sale tickets are $6 per person and include regular skate rental. Skating begins at 5:30pm for pre-sale tickets and 6:00pm for sales at the door and skate night will conclude at 8:00pm. 

Online sales are now closed.

You can still purchase tickets at the door.

Hope to see you all there!

Grady Elementary School PTA FALL FESTIVAL

Friday, October 26th, 2018

5:00pm - 8:00pm

 

Book Fair Booth, Bounce Houses, Games, 5th Grade Bake Sale, Slime, Sponsors, Magic Show (6:00 & 7:00pm) and more!!!! 

In addition, if we reach the Book Fair sales goal of $12,000, Media Specialist Nick Tsourakis will be SLIMED!  

Wristbands may be purchased in advance and save $$$$$$. 

All wristbands include:
Unlimited Booths
Unlimited Games
Magic Show
1 Slice of Pizza
1 Drink
1 Bag of Chips
1 Popcorn
1 Popsicle

Deadline for advance purchase is Tuesday, October 23rd

ADVANCE PURCHASE IS NOW CLOSED

For More information on the Fall Festival: click here 

If you wish to pay by cash or check, a wristband order form was sent home with each student. If you didn't receive one, please contact the office.

To volunteer for the Fall Festival, click here, or contact the homeroom parent for your child's classroom, or your child’s teache

On the ballot this year, our district is facing an extremely important vote. Right now, because of inadequate state funding, our students face a future in aging, crowded schools. The half-penny sales tax would invest $131 million in our county’s students and schools each year for ten years. You can find some of the frequently asked questions about the half-penny sales tax on our district’s website: Half-penny sales tax FAQs or you can attend one of our scheduled Town Hall Meetings with Superintendent Jeff Eakins.

Below are some upcoming important dates:
10/5 - Last day to turn in spare change for our Pennies for Patients fundraiser benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
10/17 - Deadline to submit artwork for the Reflections Art Program
10/18 - Family Night at United Skates of America - Click on Purchase tickets to order your wristband today!
10/22-26 - Grady Elementary's Book Fair - Click Here to Volunteer
10/26 - Grady Fall Festival from 5-8pm - Volunteers needed!
11/4 - End 68 Hours of Hunger's annual Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally
11/30 - Grady's Tiger Trek Walk-a-thon - PLEASE NOTE DATE WAS CHANGED TO 11/30
3/9/19 - Grady Auction Night at Christ the King