Tonight HCSO Deputy Charity Arthur will speak to Grady parents about  “What Every Parent Should Know About Internet Safety” at 6pm in the Media Center. Grady staff will provide free childcare for kids aged 3-12. Free Pizza and drinks will be provided for parents and children. For more information, please click here: Program on Internet Safety.
 
Become a Tiger Family Partner today! Please sign up for Tiger Partner Family Sponsorship by Monday, October 2nd so that your name could be included on the Tiger Trek event shirt. Families are more than welcome to become Tiger Partners any time throughout the year, but due to printing deadlines, any families that join after October 2nd will not be named on the Tiger Trek shirt. 
 
The Tiger Family partnerships help make a difference in our Grady classrooms by funding programs (including the after school tutoring program, teacher mini grants, student programs, music and art programs and much more), delivering PTA events to our students, teachers and families (including the winter concert, Tiger Tears Breakfast, Storybook Parade and much more), and enhancing our Grady campus through grounds improvement projects. To learn more about Tiger Family Partnerships, please click hereTiger Family Partners. To pay online by credit card for a Family Tiger Partnership, please click here: Become A Tiger Partner Today, select the sponsorship level and fill in your credit card information.

Thank you to our Tiger partners! We very much appreciate your generosity. Our 2017-18 Tiger Family Partners are:  Leader of the Pack-level partners, the Gibbs Family, the Lyons Family, Drs. Siviero and Heather Agazzi, and the Zysk Family; Bengal-level partners, the Enriquez Family, the Koshy Family, the Maheshwari Family, and the Roush Family; Cougar-level partners, the de la Garza Family, the Harrop Family, the Kendall Family, and the Lorenz Family; and Cub-level partners, Luke & Ryan Christopher, Fancy Nails, the Liu Family, the Ruiz Family and Drs. S. Sahoo and C. Gupta. Because of their gifts, we will all enjoy more free tutoring, arts programs and teacher grants.

Thank you to all the moms who joined us at our Moms’ Night at Kona Grill on Tuesday! Also, thank you to everyone who helped watch the kids so our Grady moms could enjoy a fun night!

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

  • 9/26 – Chick-fil-A art night from 3-8pm. We are urgently in need of volunteers to help with the setup from 2-3pm & breakdown from 8-8:45pm. Please click here to sign up.

  • 9/28 - HCSO Deputy Charity Arthur speaks to Grady parents about internet safety from 6-7:30pm at the Media Center. Grady staff will provide free childcare for kids aged 3-12. Free Pizza and drinks will be provided for parents and children. For more information, please click here: Program on Internet Safety.

  • 9/28 – Grady’s Kindergarten Daisy Troop & 3rd grade Brownie Troop meetings in room 22. Click here for additional information. New members are welcome to attend!

  • 10/20 – Grady Fall Festival from 5-7:30pm at Grady. It’s a very fun family night with lots of games, two inflatable play areas and plenty of food. Please click on Fall Festival for more information and click on the Order Formto order your wristbands. Wristbands are $20 for 1st Wristband and $15 for each additional Wristband. They include unlimited inflatable play, games, snow cones, and popcorn.

Grandparents’ Breakfast was cancelled as a result of Hurricane Irma and will not be rescheduled at this time.

The 2017 Reflections Art Program is now underway and will be overseen by Grady Art Teacher, Ms. Debonique Grigsby. Students will create art work based on the theme “Within Reach” that expresses a narrative about a topic that is within reach of the artist. The artwork will be completed at home by students and submitted in art class by October 17, 2017. There will be a professionally-judged art contest at the end of the program, complete with ribbons for the top three art pieces in each grade and an awards party that will double as an ice-cream social.  For more information and detailed rules, please click Reflections Art.

Please keep collecting Box Tops for Grady! We will provide more information on how to turn them in shortly.

Thank you to our new Tiger partners! We very much appreciate your generosity.  Because of their gifts, we will all enjoy more free tutoring, arts programs and teacher grants. Become a Tiger Partner today! To learn more about Tiger Family and Business Partnerships, please click here: Tiger Partnership Program.

Our newest Tiger Family Partners are:  Leader of the Pack-level partners, the Lyons Family; Bengal-level partners, the Enriquez Family and the Koshy Family; Cougar-level partners, the Kendall Family; and Cub-level partners, Fancy Nails and The Ruiz Family. 

Our newest Tiger Business Partners are: Leader of the Pack-level partners, Abdoney Orthodontics; Bengal-level partners, After Hours Pediatrics and Perez Orthodontics; and Cougar-level partners, Tampa Music School and Pediatric Dentistry by Dr. Jerry Copeland.  

The Grady PTA Board had their first meeting this past week and approved 17 mini grants submitted by teachers.  The mini grants approved totaled $4,028.24.

 

Grady's Kindergarten Daisy troop will have its first meeting on Thursday, September 28th from 5:00-6:00pm in Grady Classroom 22.  New members are welcome to attend!

Grady's 3rd grade Brownie troop will have it's first meeting on Thursday, September 28th from 6:00-7:00pm in Grady Classroom 22.  New members are welcome to attend!  

Please contact Jessica Sandoval at [email protected] for additional sign-up information. Thank you!

 

Welcome back to school! We hope everyone made it through Irma safely.

Please grab a friend and join us at Kona Grill for Moms' Night Out tomorrow, September 19th from 5:30-8:30pm. Please click here for additional information. Contact Krista Harvie to RSVP or with any questions at [email protected]. Reservations are not required, but are appreciated.  

Today is our first day of ASE clubs! Teachers have already been given a list of the students participating in clubs so students will be sent to their assigned club during dismissal. Students will have 15 minutes of snack time while waiting for all students and vendors to arrive. Monday dismissal for students enrolled on a Monday club is 2:30pm. Tuesdays - Thursday dismissal for students enrolled in these clubs is 3:30pm. We do not have park and walk dismissal at the gate for clubs, all clubs dismissals are at the front of the school. PTA Club Coordinator, Norma Maiz ([email protected]) will be at school during club dismissal if anyone still has questions regarding clubs.

Chorus rehearsals started today for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders who signed up. For more information on chorus rehearsals, please contact Mr. Florio, our Music Specialist at [email protected]


Please join us on September 28th from 6-7pm at the Kathryn Hance Media Center as Deputy Charity Arthur, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy and School Resource Officer, speaks with us about internet safety. Deputy Arthur will talk about different types of internet dangers and will provide helpful solutions and practices that parents can implement to help their children stay safe online. For more information, please click here: Program on Internet Safety.

Grandparents are invited to Grady Elementary for Grandparents' Breakfast. Two breakfasts will be held:
Thursday, September 7th, for grandparents visiting students whose last names begin with the letters A through M - and-
Friday, September 8th, for grandparents visiting students whose last names begin with the letters N through Z.
Breakfast begins at 7:15 am and ends at 8:00 am. The Grandparents' Breakfast will be held in the cafeteria and will feature complimentary pastry, muffins, coffee, and orange juice for grandparents/parents and school breakfast for students.
Volunteers are needed. Please sign up at http://gradytigers.org/grandparents-breakfast-volunteers.