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Pirates and Pajamas Night

Pirate Reading Night

Please join us for the 6th Annual Family Reading Night

Thurday, January 16 from 6-7pm.

Children will hear stories from Celebrity Readers from Local Krewes! Students may come dressed as pirates or in pajamas.

There will be free books, beads, hot chocolate, cookies, and fun!!!

Room 1: Pre-K Students
Room 2: Kindergarten Students
Room 3: Kindergarten Students
Room 4: 1st grade Students
Room 5: 2nd and 3rd grade Students
Room 6: 4th and 5th grade Students

For Parents

Grades K-2 - Reading essentials information session in Room 9

Grades 3-5 - FCAT Information Session in the Kay Hance Media Center

pta update
Dear Members of the Grady Elementary Community,

Attached please find the January 2014 Grady Gazette. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented in the Grady Gazette, please send a reply email to [email protected].

Sincerely,
Grady Elementary PTA
PDQ Family Night
Please come support our school’s family night this Thursday, January 9 from 5-8 pm at PDQ, located at 2207 S. Dale Mabry Highway. Please mention Grady Elementary when you order and a portion of your purchase will be donated to our school.
Box Tops
Please start sending in your box tops for the box tops competition that ends on February 14, 2014. Each box top is worth 10 cents to our school.

Please send your box tops into your child’s class in clear Ziplocs with a maximum of 50 per bag. Please include a slip of paper with your child’s name, grade level and the number of box tops. The grade level with the most box tops collected as of February 14, 2014, wins a party.
winter celebration

Please join us for a fun filled evening of song and holiday cheer.

5:00 p.m. - Science Fair Projects viewing in the Lunchroom

5:00 p.m. - Silent Auction of Class Holiday Projects - See projects and pictures here

     **Cash or Checks only (payable to Grady PTA)**

5:15 p.m. - Bake Sale, Coffee and Hot Chocolate will be available for a donation

5:30 p.m. - General PTA Meeting

6:00 p.m. - Winter Concert

Uniform SwapAlso under the Pavilion during the Winter Concert, we will have a free uniform swap.  If you have uniforms that no longer fit your students, please bring them to the school’s front office from December 17 through December 19 and give them to Mrs. Taylor.  We will organize all the uniforms by size and make them available for free at the Winter Concert.  You do not have to donate a uniform in order to receive a uniform.

Concert will feature

  • Kindergarten Chorus
  • Primary Chorus
  • Intermediate Chorus

** If you would like to donate to the bake sale, please drop your bake goods (preferably individually wrapped) in the front office by 2:00 p.m. on December 19.

** Student Performers are expected to remain for the entire program. Students will not be released until the program is finished.

Winter Concert Parent Note

Dear Parents,

The night of the Winter Concert is fast approaching!

Just a few reminders for everyone

  • Holiday attire or Grady Uniforms (Navy tops and Navy or Khaki bottoms).
  • No shorts please.
  • The weather is forecast to be a high in the mid to upper 70’s on Thursday, with evening temperatures in the high 60’s to low 70’s. Please plan accordingly.

1st up to 5th Grade in Chorus can begin reporting to Mr. Florio’s room, 26, starting at 5 o’clock.

Kindergarten to Mrs. Tolbert’s room, 3, at 5:15

Mrs. Driggers' and Mrs. Brinson’s EELP student’s to their rooms by 5:30

Thank you parents for all the help with your children.

We hope you enjoy the show.

Uniform Swap
Under the Pavilion during the Winter Concert, we will have a free uniform swap. If you have uniforms that no longer fit your students, please bring them to the school’s front office from December 17 through December 19 and give them to Mrs. Taylor. We will organize all the uniforms by size and make them available for free at the Winter Concert. You do not have to donate a uniform in order to receive a uniform.
pta update
Attached please find the Grady Elementary PTA November/December Newsletter. It is full of news and information about PTA events, including the Winter Concert set for Thursday, December 19, 2013. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions about the newsletter.
2013 Teachers of the Year

2013 Teachers of the Year

- Alberta Ward (right)Elected Teacher of the Year

- Margarita Baxter (center), The Ida S. Baker Diversity Teacher of the Year

- Maria Apockotos (left), Paraprofessional of the Year

We are so PROUD of YOU!