Please join Grady Elementary PTA at the Family Night Of Reading At Barnes & Noble, located at 213 N. Dale Mabry on Friday, December 15, from 5:30 pm until 8:00 pm. 
Please Join Us For A Night Of Reading, a Bookfair, Crafts & Fun!  Mr. Tsourakis will read Elf On The Shelf at 7:00 pm. Complimentary hot cocoa and cookies will be served at 7:00 pm.
Additional Guest Readers:
5:30 K. Dosal                    6:30 Mrs. Sandoval
5:45 Mrs. Edwards             6:45 Ms. Lempert
6:00 Mrs. Q-Dosal             7:00 Mr. Tsourakis
6:15 Ms. Trupp                 7:15 Julie Harahan
If you purchase anything during The Night Of Reading, please mention Grady Elementary (Bookfair ID # 12277448) at the register so that at least 15% of your purchase will be donated to our school. 
The Bookfair continues all weekend, so any time from December 15 to December 17, if you mention Grady at the counter, our school will receive a portion of your purchase.  We hope to see you there!

Can’t attend our bookfair at Barnes & Noble?  Visit https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/bookfairs to support us online by entering Bookfair ID # 12277448 at checkout. 

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MUSIC TEACHER STEVEN FLORIO ABOUT THE WINTER CONCERT

This coming Thursday, December 7th, will be our Winter Concert at Grady.

This note contains some reminders for you and your child.

All students in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade have been working on songs for this concert and are invited to join us to sing in the concert. All of our 3-5th Grade Chorus Students are working very hard on their songs and are excited to share them with you!

Students in grades 1-5 will be in school uniform: Plain Navy tops and Khaki bottoms. 

  • Long sleeve shirts under a navy t-shirt, pants and leggings/tights under girl’s dresses are recommended for cooler weather.
  • Please watch the weather forecast, and plan accordingly. We are expecting much cooler temperatures starting on Thursday.

The Students in Grades 1-5 will meet in Mr. Florio's Class, Room 26, starting at 5:15 p.m., but no later than 5:45 p.m. on December 7.

Students in Kindergarten will be dressed in Holiday attire, red and green.

  • Please watch the weather forecast, and plan accordingly. We are expecting much cooler temperatures starting on Thursday.

The Students in Kindergarten will meet in Mrs. Dosal's Class, Room 4, starting at 5:15 p.m., but no later than 5:45p.m. on December 7.

Also starting at 5 p.m., there will be a viewing on Mrs. Grigsby's Art Show in the Cafeteria.

Starting at 5:30 p.m., there will be a quick PTA meeting in the pavilion. 

The concert will start promptly at 6 p.m. in the pavilion.

Thank you,

Steven Florio, Music Specialist   

We have a very exciting week at Grady! 

Our Winter Concert is this Thursday, December 7th in the Pavilion at 6pm. There are multiple events taking place for the winter concert: 

  • 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Family Dinner Night at PDQ
  • From 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm, the Science Fair projects and Art Exhibit will be on display in the cafeteria.
  • At 5:00 pm, the donation only bake sale begins.  Please stop by for delicious treats.  All proceeds benefit the fifth grade.
  • At 5:30 pm, there will be a general meeting of the PTA under the Pavilion.
  • At 6:00 pm, the Winter Concert begins!

For details and dress code, please click here for an important message from Mr. Florio about the Winter Concert. Volunteers are still needed to set up art work and help put away chairs at the end of the performance. Please click here to sign up. 

The last day of ASE club signup for the Winter session is tomorrow, Wednesday December 6th. Please click here to view the list of clubs and sign up online. Clubs begin next Monday, December 11th. 

Finally, thank you to everyone who participated and donated to Tiger Trek! We raised over $10,000, which will directly benefit the free tutoring program, art program, Spring Musical and many other enriching events at Grady. 

Congratulations to Mrs. Trupp's class, our top class overall! The class will celebrate with a Yogurtology party today. Our top classes per grade that have earned a popsicle party are:

  • Pre-K - Brinson
  • Kindergarten - Hero
  • 1st - Del Castillo
  • 2nd - Price
  • 3rd - Scofield
  • 4th - Lanier/Ritter

Congrats to our top 4 students who did an amazing job raising money for Grady!

  1. Drew Bresnahan
  2. Michael Neward
  3. Matthew Durham
  4. Jacob Taylor

We expect to distribute the prizes to all of our students this week. Please note that due to the overwhelming participation and response, we had a few instances where we had to do prize substitutions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. 

 

Tiger Trek

Thanks to our generous local business sponsors, we have lots of PRIZES to win! We hope your family has fun while raising funds to improve our childrens' education. 

We have some exciting events coming up!  Please click on the links for additional information.

 

  • 11/10 – Non-student day (Veteran’s Day Observance)

 

  • 11/14 – Thanksgiving Luncheon at Grady

 

  • 11/16 – Great American Teach-in

 

  • 11/17 – Tiger Trek Walk-a-thon This PTA fundraiser was moved to replace the traditional fall fundraiser –100% of the proceeds will go directly to Grady to benefit your children and our school.  It's a great way for your child to have fun while they exercise! We are in need of volunteers during the event. Please click on the links to see the full schedulevolunteer or donate on behalf of a student. Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, we have amazing prizes for all of our donors, as well as the top 4 students and top classes.

 

  • 11/20-24 – Thanksgiving Break – No school

 

  

  • 3/3 – Grady’s adult only Auction Night at Christ the King. Click here to purchase tickets. To donate items for the auction, please contact Julie Alexander at [email protected].

 

Thank you to all of the parents who joined us for our volunteer meeting yesterday! It was great seeing how many parents are willing to sign up to help our upcoming events and insure that they are a success! If you were unable to attend, but would like more information on volunteering, please contact Norma Maiz at [email protected].

 

We still need volunteers for the following events: Thanksgiving Luncheon on Nov 14thTiger Trek on Nov 16th (sorting t-shirts) and Nov 17th (distributing bracelets and waters and cheering on our students); Winter Concert on Dec 7th (chair setup/breakdown); and Barnes & Noble Book Fair on Dec 15th(run the craft table for 30 minute shifts). Please click on the links above to sign up or contact Norma.

 

The Grady Chorus, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, will continue rehearsals after Thanksgiving Break. As we return to "Early Release Mondays," on November 27th, our chorus time will return back to 1:30-2:30 in the afternoon, with pick up at 2:30 in the front of the school. We will have rehearsals on November 27th and December 4th, in preparation for the Winter Concert on December 7th.  

The Reflections Art Contest winners are being announced today, November 8th. We will post a list of the winners and the art submitted next week. Thanks to all of our students that participated!

 

Parents, if you chaperone a field trip or participate in a classroom or grade level event, please send pictures to our Yearbook Coordinator, Norma Maiz at [email protected], so that they can be included in our Grady Yearbook. You can also send photos from outside events that feature teachers and students.  

Thanks to all of the families that submitted Box Tops. We raised approximately $600!!

 

In October, the PTA approved $1,018.34 in teacher mini grants including privacy partitions, math journals and kits, reading journals, 6 student stools and the 4th grade classroom library grant to create a library of low, mid and high level books for 90 students. So far this year, over $5,000.00 in teacher mini grants have been approved this school year.

Guidance Counselor, Ms. Nancy Barra, asks us to read the November Home & School Connection.

It is time to get involved! Grady is having a Volunteer Meeting on Tuesday, November 7, at 8 AM in the Teachers’ Lounge for parents and grandparents who would like to be more involved with our school. Please click Read More for additional information.