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Art Camp at Grady - Registration Now Open

Grady Elementary PRIVATE REGISTRATION EXTENDED!!!!

2nd Annual Summer Art Camps @ Grady Elementary
 
Week 1 "Under the Sea" is almost full! 
 
Special Camp Deposit: Grady parents can secure their child’s spot with a camp deposit of only $25.
 
Both half and full day camps available: Sign up for both the morning and afternoon sessions to have your child participate as a full day camper, and we’ll watch your child during the lunch hour.
 
CLICK HERE to learn about our themed art camps that focus on the exploration of art material through hands-on guided learning, interactive art play and skill development. Our summer art camps are a place where children feel comfortable expressing their creativity while meeting like-minded kids. Campers grow in extraordinary ways that help them lead happy, meaningful and productive lives because they receive a lot of personal attention from our exceptional staff. This includes improving social skills, learning to make decisions, becoming more resilient, and gaining other character-building tools.
 
Space is limited as each session will be capped at only 20 campers. Camp will be open to Pre-K through 5th grade students in the South Tampa area. Last year our camps filled up in only three weeks.
 
Special Offer for Grady Parents: Grady parents can secure their child’s spot with a camp deposit of only $25
 
CLICK HERE to get more information today as registration is limited! If you want to see one of our camp videos from last summer, please visit https://vimeo.com/275931702 to see campers having a great time.

Totally Awesome Raffle Baskets

Arts & Crafts - Raffle

Get ready for a totally awesome night! We are less than 2 weeks away from Grady’s 80's Night Auction on March 9th from 6-10pm at the Christ the King Mary Martha Center. Buy your tickets at www.gradytigers.org/auction before prices increase! Early bird tickets are only $35 per person and include delicious food and 2 drink tickets. 

Raffle tickets will be on sale from Thursday, February 28th through Friday, March 8th during drop off from 7:15 - 7:45 am. Raffle tickets cost $1 each, $5 for 7, and $10 for 15. You do not have to be present at the auction to win. 

Click on Sample Raffle and Auction baskets to view our raffle baskets and some of our auction baskets. 

Raffle items:

Rainy night fun 
2 snuggly blankets
Cobra paw board game
Bingo game
Popcorn and popcorn container
Assorted candies
Coca Cola teddy bears
$25 Netflix gift card
$25 black jack pizza gift card
Value $115
Let’s go to the Movies   
Sea salt popcorn
Assorted candies
Popcorn buckets
$70 fandango gift cards
$25 amc gift cards
Value $120
Team Impact sports 
Two (2) 45-minute private baseball lessons 
Value $100
Are you Lucky?  
Assorted lottery tickets
Magic 8 ball
Dice
Deck of cards
Lucky charms cereal
Value $endless possibilities
Arts & Crafts 
$100 gift certificate to Yellowbird Art Studio
Colored pencils
Glitter crayons
Glue stick
Hole punch
Pom poms
Crayons
Donut stickers
Value $125

We can’t wait to see you at the raddest night of the year!

Spring Book Fair 3/11 - 3/15 (preview day 3/8)

The Grady Elementary Spring Book Fair is coming up from March 11-15th (with a preview day on March 8th). Book Fair is open from 7:30 am - 2:30 pm daily. No children are allowed without parents until after the morning show.

The Book Fair is a great way to get kids excited about reading and to buy some great reads for Spring Break! 

To volunteer at the Book Fair, please click on Book Fair Volunteers. 

Consider using the eWallet feature in lieu of sending kids with cash. For more information, click on http://www.scholastic.com/bf/gradyelementaryschool

As a reminder, there is an 8.5% sales tax on all items.

If you are unable to shop in person, click on Shop Online to access our online book fair. 

Thank you for supporting our school Book Fair and developing a love of reading in your child!

Tiger Talk Update 2.14.19 - Jump Rope For Heart and more

Jump Rope for Heart is coming up tomorrow, Friday, February 15th!

We still need volunteers to help monitor stations, hand out water, turn jump ropes and more, especially for Kindergarten (8:40-9:30) and 3rd grade (11:40-12:30). To view the schedule and sign up to volunteer, click on VOLUNTEER FORM. Thank you to everyone that has already signed up!

Jump Rope for Heart is a fun field day that has our students jumping rope, running and jumping over hurdles and bouncing in a bounce house. In addition to fun, students learn about heart health and the importance of a good diet. Jump Rope for Heart also has a fundraising component that raises money for the American Heart Association and helps raise funds for athletic equipment at Grady Elementary. Your child can still collect donations and turn them in via the envelope provided or you can sign up online by clicking on Grady Elementary's AHA Page. You can also download the Kids Heart Challenge mobile app. 

If you have any questions, please email Ms. Murrell at [email protected].fl.us. 

 

Below are some upcoming important dates:

2/15 - Jump Rope for Heart and Field Day

2/18 - President's Day - NO SCHOOL

2/21 – Conference Night at Grady

3/04 - Strawberry Festival - NO SCHOOL

3/09 - Grady 80's themed Auction Night at Christ the King 

3/12 - 1st & 2nd Grade School Concert

3/13 - 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade School Concert 

3/18-3/25 - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

 

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. 

We will have raffle tickets for sale during drop off the week of March 5th – 8th. We will be sending out emails with pictures of the raffle baskets and some of our auction baskets in the coming weeks. 

We have some amazing auction items, including: 

  • One week stay at the Wyndham Bonnet Creek in Orlando from June 7 - June 14, 2019 (click on Wyndham Bonnet Creek for more details)

  • Football clinic with NFL Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick

  • VIP school parking - skip the car line and park in the back of Grady

  • Hang your college flag in front of Grady for a year. Grab your friends and be sure to win this highly coveted item! Which college will be waving its flag this coming year?

 

Florida State Fair

Grady students will have artwork on display during the Florida State Fair for the Black History Art Exhibit. Our theme was "Celebrating African American Pioneers in the Arts and S.T.E.M." Grady focused on Benjamin Banneker this year. The art will be on display inside the Florida Center during the time that the fair is running. Please come out to enjoy the art show and other festivities. 

 

Yearbook

Purchase your yearbook today! Prices are currently $20 for a softcover yearbook and $25 for a hardcover yearbook, however, pricing will increase April 1st. Please visit www.strawbridge.net to purchase online and enter online code 112045.   

We need pictures for our yearbook. If you have pictures from field trips, the 3rd-5th grade winter concert, Barnes & Noble Family Night of Reading, Family Skate Nights, Tropicana Speeches or the Great American Teach in that you would like to submit, please email them to [email protected]. 

 

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.

 

Tiger Talk Update 2.7.19

Click Read More for the full Tiger Talk Update

Below are some upcoming important dates:
2/08 - Fair Day - NO SCHOOL
2/13 - Pre-K and Kindergarten Valentine's Day Concert
2/15 - Jump Rope for Heart and Field Day
2/18 - President's Day - NO SCHOOL
3/04 - Strawberry Festival - NO SCHOOL
3/09 - Grady 80's themed Auction Night at Christ the King
3/12 - 1st & 2nd Grade School Concert
3/13 - 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade School Concert
3/18-3/25 - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart is a fun field day that has our students jumping rope, running and jumping over hurdles and bouncing in a bounce house. In addition to fun, students learn about heart health and the importance of a good diet. Jump Rope for Heart also has a fundraising component that raises money for the American Heart Association and helps raise funds for athletic equipment at Grady Elementary.

We will need volunteers on Friday, February 15th to help monitor stations, hand out water, turn jump ropes and more. We will be sending the full schedule and volunteer sign up later this week.

Florida State Fair

Grady students will have artwork on display during the Florida State Fair for the Black History Art Exhibit. Our theme was "Celebrating African American Pioneers in the Arts and S.T.E.M." Grady focused on Benjamin Banneker this year. The art will be on display inside the Florida Center during the time that the fair is running. Please come out to enjoy the art show and other festivities.

Congratulations to Mekaela Grullon! Her firework-inspired art was selected to go on display at the Florida State Fair. It will be inside the Florida Center during the fair. Way to go Mekaela!

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. Click on Auction to purchase tickets and see some of our amazing auction items!

Jump Rope for Heart - February 15th

Jump Rope for Heart is a fun field day that has our students jumping rope, running and jumping over hurdles and bouncing in a bounce house. In addition to fun, students learn about heart health and the importance of a good diet. Jump Rope for Heart also has a fundraising component that raises money for the American Heart Association and helps raise funds for athletic equipment at Grady Elementary. 

We will need volunteers on Friday, February 15th to help monitor stations, hand out water, turn jump ropes and more. We will be sending the full schedule and volunteer sign up later this week.

Your child can collect donations and turn them in via the envelope provided or you can sign up online by clicking on Grady Elementary's AHA Page. You can also download the Kids Heart Challenge mobile app. 

If you have any questions, please email Ms. Murrell at [email protected]. 

Tiger Talk Update 1.24.19

Thank you to all of the pirates that joined us on Thursday Night for our Unlock the Treasures of Reading Night! Our students loved hearing the stories, getting beads and eating cookies! 

Our goal over the past year and a half has been to upgrade our technology. With the funds raised last year, we were able to purchase 1 computer cart (with at least 20 laptops) for each grade level for a total of 120 laptops. The laptop cart will allow the computers to go from classroom to classroom, so that the computers can be utilized by more students during a single school day. For the 2018-19 school year, we included budget items for additional technology upgrades. We have already approved the purchase of 2 ceiling mounted projectors, 2 iPads, and 1 laptop and plan to purchase additional technology for the media center. 

Principal Dosal requested that we use the our additional funds this year to install a new digital marquee. The digital marquee will assist the office in quickly communicating with our parents and providing up-to-date reminders of important events at Grady, instead of monthly updates. During the meeting, we officially voted to fund the digital marquee with our additional funds. We will share more information about the marquee as it becomes available. 

In addition, during the meeting we approved over $2,500 in mini grant requests from our teachers and specialists that include: purchasing 100 classic literature books for 4th graders, providing flexible seating options for students, approving subscriptions (News 2 You, Scholastic, Storyworks, Starfall and ABC Mouse) that benefit students in multiple grades, and providing our ASD classrooms with kits that help with fine motor skills and help with science experiments.   

Thanks to all of our amazing sponsors, donors during events such as Tiger Trek and Auction Night, and increased club enrollment, we have acquired more funds that allow us to better serve our students and the community. 

Below are some upcoming important dates:

1/25 - Kindergarten Countdown for incoming Kindergarten parents
1/31 - Family Skate Night at United Skates of America
2/08 - Fair Day - NO SCHOOL
2/13 - Pre-K and Kindergarten Valentine's Day Concert
2/15 - Jump Rope for Heart and Field Day
3/09 - Grady 80's themed Auction Night at Christ the King 
3/12 - 1st & 2nd Grade School Concert
3/13 - 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade School Concert 
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