Grady Elementary is partnering with American Heart Association to bring you Jump Rope For Heart on February 27, 2015.  This event, which features exercise, information, and fun, will take place on campus.  Students will learn about how to make choices that lead to a healthy lifestyle and get to exercise by jumping rope.  The school will also benefit from this event because we will receive additional physical education equipment due to our participation.

You and your child can help promote heart health and Jump Rope For Heart by registering online to participate in the event. 

Once you register online you can tell your friends about your participation via social media and email.   If you wish, you can donate to the cause and collect prizes.  If you raise $5 for heart health, please send in a coupon from the JRFH materials (sent home in backpacks) to Coach Murrell, and your child will receive a Splatter Duck and a lanyard.  There are various prizes for additional donations, and if your child raises $50 or more, your child will receive a JRFH t-shirt.  Please return the JRFH materials or complete the online donations by February 27. If you have any questions about this great event, please email Coach Michelle Murrell at [email protected].

We will need volunteers to cheer the kids on, to turn ropes and provide water for Jump Rope For Heart!  Please consider volunteering.  Your time commitment can be as little as 55 minutes.  To see the full event schedule, the class times, and to volunteer for a specific duty and time, please click here: http://gradytigers.org/jump-rope-for-heart#.VNwjG_UNwA0.gmail.  Thanks to all of you who volunteer.  You make our school's events run very smoothly.

The Hillsborough County District Science Fair was held on February 4 and 5, 2015.  Grady students Erin Eslick, Josh Sears, Olivia Matos, Hudson Beachy, and Chase Fenske each received an Award of Merit at the District Science Fair.  Grady Student Faith House received an Outstanding Award and won Third Place in the District Science Fair.  Congratulations to all of these students and their families for these terrific honors.   Pictured are Ms. Dosal, Ms. Campbell and Faith House wearing her Third Place medal. 

During the Winter Concert, many people were amazed by detailed painting of Ms. Adams' class.  The painting of each student and of Ms. Adams was an immediate hit and several people asked about who made it.  The painting was painted by Alicia Campos Masso, an artist who got her start as a professional artist in New York City and now works in Tampa.  In addition to painting, she teaches children's art classes and Spanish classes.  If you are interested in learning more about her, seeing her other works or participating in the children's art classes or Spanish classes that she teaches in the Westshore area, please click here:  www.happy-industries.com.  You can also find her on facebook.com/happyindustrieshappyindustries or on her blog at happyindustriesartstudio.blogspot.com.

As we approach Tiger Trek, we want to thank each of you who has contributed and each student who will participate.  We are very close to our fundraising goals and we hope that we will continue to receive donations up to the conclusion of the event.  To register your child or donate please go to:  Tiger Trek Website.

All participants who have registered on the Tiger Trek Website by the end of today will be qualified for a drawing to win either an Orange Theory Fitness Pack, which includes 10 fitness classes at Orange Theory ($250 value), or a Color Me Mine Artist Experience, which includes admission, studio fees and pottery for two people ($50 value). 

Tiger Trek t-shirts will be distributed on Friday, January 30, the morning of Tiger Trek, by children’s teachers.  These t-shirts may be worn on Friday and every Friday or spirit day thereafter.  We hope your children love the t-shirts and other goodies that will be given away at Tiger Trek.

We would like to thank our Family Sponsors: The Bresnahan Family, The Figueredo Family, The Iles Family, The Lopez Family, The Lyons Family, The McCambridge Family, The Noznesky Family, The Rubio Family, The Ruiz Family, The Saste Family, and The Schentrup Family.  We would also like to thank our Gold sponsors:  Abdoney Orthodontics, After Hours Pediatrics, South Tampa Pediatric Dentistry –  Lesley Rudolph DMD,  and State Farm Agent Jim Cornwell.  And thank you to our Silver Sponsors:   Academic Aftercare, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Mathnasium, Pediatric Dental Center, South Tampa Kids Dental Krewe, and Whole Foods.  We also have many wonderful in-kind sponsors.  A complete list of our sponsors, with links to their websites, is here: Sponsor List. 

We still need a few more volunteers help out and cheer on our students.  Your commitment to volunteer can be as little as 55 minutes.  We will serve our volunteers hot Kahwa coffee in the morning and delicious PDQ chicken tenders for lunch, as well as other snacks, so you won’t go hungry.  To see a complete event schedule and volunteer online, please click here:  Volunteer.