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Grady Winter Concerts - Dec 5, 6 & 7th

Our Winter Concerts are quickly approaching! The dates of the concerts are:
1st & 2nd Grade: Wednesday, December 5th at 6 pm
3rd, 4th & 5th Grade Chorus: Thursday, December 6th at 6 pm
Pre-K, Kindergarten and ESE Students: Friday, December 7th at 8 am

Click on Read More for concert details

Tiger Talk Update 11.13.18 - Thanksgiving Lunch

We look forward to seeing our families at Grady's Thanksgiving Lunch tomorrow, Wednesday, November 14th! Make sure that you bring a photo ID and allow time to sign in and receive a visitor's pass from the front office.

We still need your help volunteering at the lunch! Please click on Thanksgiving Lunch Volunteer to sign up. We would love your help, even if you can't sign up for the full hour. Please write in the comments when you are available to help or if you have to arrive late/leave early so you can attend your child's lunch. 

Below are some upcoming important dates:
11/14 - Thanksgiving Lunch
11/15 - Great American Teach In
11/19-11/23 - Thanksgiving Break - No school
11/30 - Grady's Tiger Trek Walkathon
12/5 - Winter Concert - 1st & 2nd grade
12/6 - Winter Concert - 3rd - 5th grades
12/7 - Winter Concert - Pre-K & Kindergarten
12/14 - Barnes & Noble Family Night of Reading
3/9/19 - Grady 80's themed Auction Night at Christ the King 

Tiger Trek

Thank you to all of the families that have donated so far! We are still accepting donations through November 30th. Money can be collected through the envelope provided or online donations are accepted here. The class with the most donations overall will win a Yogurtology Yogurt Party and the class with the most donations in each grade will win a Popsicle Party. In addition, the top students overall will win the following: 1st place – 3 $100 certificates from Bricks 4 Kidz that can be used towards camps or birthday party; 2nd place – 1 Ukulele and $179 certificate for 1 month of lessons from Tampa Music School; and 3rd place - $50 game play from Top Golf. 

Our current student leaders are:

  • Derek Johnson             $550
  • Agnus Tutterow            $200
  • Ethan Ledford               $175
  • Hayden Atzenhoefer     $175
  • Kaila Ledford                 $175
  • Sydnee Moniz               $160
  • Zoe Beauregard            $159
  • Andrew Valle                 $150
  • Leo Bernedo Lores       $150
Our current classes vying for the Yogurtology Party are:
  • Ritter
  • Price
  • De Lucia
  • Dreby
  • Steel
  • Hero
  • Del Castillo
  • Pifer
  • Wolfe

Please consider volunteering for Tiger Trek and cheering on your child! Volunteer shifts are available from 7:40 am until 1:35 pm (shifts are 30 minutes to 1 hour). To see the complete Tiger Trek schedule and sign up online to volunteer, please click here:   Volunteer for Tiger Trek.   

Grady Auction

Join us for our totally rad 80's themed auction on Saturday, March 9th. This adult only event will be held at Christ the King from 6:00 - 10:00 pm. 

Early Bird Tickets are now available for $35 per person through Sunday, March 3rd. The ticket includes admission, dinner and 2 drink tickets. To purchase your tickets, click on Grady Auction Tickets. 

Got used markers? ColorCycle them at Grady

What is Crayola ColorCycle? Crayola’s latest sustainability initiative designed to repurpose markers, highlighters and dry erase markers. All marker brands are accepted. 

How do I help? Collect markers and drop them off in the front office or your student can give them to our art teacher, Debonique Grigsby. 

For more information, click on ColorCycle.

Grady PTA Membership
Thank you to all of the families that have already signed up to join the Grady PTA! You can still sign up/renew your PTA membership online by clicking PTA Membership. Membership is only $6 for 1 person or $10 for 2 people. High membership allows us to participate in PTA programs such as Reflections Art. Signing up for the PTA does not commit you to any volunteering (although we always love having our families volunteer at the school!)

Thanksgiving Lunch - November 14th

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

Makeup Pictures on 11/7

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. 

Fall Festival Wrist Bands 2018 Day Of Sale

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

End 68 Hours of Hunger Food Truck Rally on 11/4

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/.

Red Ribbon Week - October 22-26

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

Welcome, Siberian Level Tiger Partner, Jim Cornwell, State Farm Agent

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.

Grady Family Skate Night 10/18 at United Skates of America

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!

Fall Festival 2018 Volunteer Sign-Up

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

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