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

We still need volunteers to help monitor stations, hand out water, turn jump ropes and more, especially for Kindergarten (8:40-9:30) and 3^rd 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 5^th – 8^th. 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.

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]. 

DUST OFF YOUR LEG WARMERS!

TEASE YOUR HAIR UP!

When: March 9, 2019 from 6-10pm

Where: Christ the King

Theme: The 80’s

THIS IS AN ADULT ONLY EVENT!

AMAZING AUCTION ITEMS INCLUDE:

• 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

We will be previewing some of the awesome items we will have available at the auction:

Summer Camps

• Girls with confidence
• Martial Arts Advantage
• Rockatar 
• Camp Terrapin at Tampa Prep
• Playgrounds of Tampa
• Berkeley Prep sports, art or enrichment camp
• LaFleur’s Gymnastics
• South Tampa Basketball Camp at Grady 

Sports

• Under Armour Basketball Registration
• Under Armour Flag Football Registration
• Tampa Bay Little League Softball or Baseball Registration
• South Tampa Titans Football or Cheer Registration
• Strike One Pitching - private pitching or hitting lessons
• Tampa Bay Lightning Basket, including tickets to a game
• Martial Arts Advantage - summer camp and birthday party
• LaFleur’s Gymnastics - gymnastics classes
• Tampa Bay United Soccer Registration
• Take Me Out to the Ballgame USF Bulls Baseball Basket
• Tampa Bay Rays - 4 tickets to a home game
• South Tampa Basketball Camp at Grady 

Music and the Arts

• Grady Music Teacher for the day
• Grady Art Teacher for the day
• South Tampa Center for the Arts - one week of summer camp
• Private Piano lessons
• Private Drum or Percussion lessons
• Private Photography lesson
• Adult Arts & Crafts basket including gift card to Painting with a Twist
• Rockatar - private lessons or a week of summer camp
• Berkeley Prep - week of summer camp
• Tampa Music School - private lesson, and a bag of fun items including a ukelele

Beauty Regiment

• Mint Salon: $50 gift certificate and various hair care products (value $250)
• Hair Affair basket: curlers, blow dry clips, wet brush, JoJo Siwa bos, curling iron, $25 ultra card and much more (value $300)
• Christine Diaz Hair Package: certificate for single process color, haircut and style, various hair care products (value $200)
• Perez Orthodontics: 1/2 off orthodontic treatment (value up to $2750)
• Marcadis Plastic Surgery: $250 Botox Treatment
• Pamper Yourself: $50 Fancy Nails, $100 Blowbar Express, $25 Hazel & Dot, and more (value $200)

Good Eats

• "In Pizza We Crust" basket: $25 gift card to Black Jack Pizza, $40 gift card to California Pizza Kitchen, Pizza stone, Kate Spade hot mitts and towels, Pizza making ingredients, pizza serving tools, cookbooks. Value $325
• S'mores Family Fun: Fire pit and accessories, Hershey’s s’mores kit, Flannel blanket, roasting sticks, mugs, hot chocolate, S’mores recipe book, and much more. Value $300
• Stroll Through Hyde Park: $50 Cinebistro, $25 Sprinkles Cupcakes, $10 Hyppo, $50 Timpano, $50 Wine Exchange, $50 Bar Taco, $50 On Swann. Value $235 
• Patty Cake, Patty Cake Baking basket: 2 baking with kids cookbooks, a proofing basket, mixing bowls, dish towels, mixing spatulas, an electric mixer, measuring spoons, egg yolk separator, aprons and chef hats. Value $250
• Ice Cream Social basket: $10 gift card to Cold Stone, $10 gift card to Dairy Joy, $10 gift card to Yogurtology, Cuisinart soft serve ice cream maker, Ice cream cone play set, ceramic ice cream bowls, plastic ice cream bowls and spoons, ice cream scoop, ice cream pillow, assorted ice cream toppings. Value $212
• Date Night Basket:  $40 Coldstone, $25 Total Wine, $25 Darden Restaurants, $50 AMC Movies, $25 Maggiano’s, $40 Margaritas Mexican. Value $205
• Village Inn Pie of the Month: turn in your coupon each month for one of the many delicious pies at the Village Inn! Value $120 
• Nothing Bundt Cake: redeem your coupon each month for a delicious bundt cake. Also, you get to bring home a cake the night of the auction! Value $300
• Besito Mexican Experience: Dining experience for 4 people. Includes appetizers, entrees, dessert, tequila flight tasting, and margaritas. Value $350 
• A Taste of Mexico: Chipotle dinner for 4, $20 gift card to Tijuana Flats plus 2 of their hot sauces, 4 margarita glasses, bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila, bottle of organic margarita mix, queso and hot sauce, chip and dip bowl. Value $200  
• Rollin’ Oats: $25 gift card, assorted snacks, water bottle, T-shirt. Value $50  
• Taste of Tampa: $50 Bulla Gastropub, $50 Flemings, $50 Bella’s, $50 Bern’s/Haven, Bar Taco dinner for 2, $40 Deviled Pig, Toffee to Go gift card, Oxford Exchange tea for 2, $50 Roy’s gift card, $25 Metro Diner, $50 Edison’s, $100 Donatello’s, $20 Buddy Brew, and more. Value $700  

Drink Up

• Cooper's Hawk Wine Club: 3-month wine membership, 2 wine tastings and an oversized bottle of wine
• PRP Wine International: Private In-Home Sampling Experience for up to 12 people, 90 minutes. Includes 8 bottles of wine and a wine consultant. 
• Stroll Through Hyde Park: $50 Cinebistro, $25 Sprinkles Cupcakes, $10 Hyppo, $50 Timpano, $50 Wine Exchange, $50 Bar Taco, $50 On Swann
• Date Night Basket:  $40 Coldstone, $25 Total Wine, $25 Darden Restaurants, $50 AMC Movies, $25 Maggiano’s, $40 Margaritas Mexican
• Besito Mexican Experience: Dining experience for 4 people. Includes appetizers, entrees, dessert, tequila flight tasting, and margaritas
• A Taste of Mexico: Chipotle dinner for 4, $20 gift card to Tijuana Flats plus 2 of their hot sauces, 4 margarita glasses, bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila, bottle of organic margarita mix, queso and hot sauce, chip and dip bowl, accessories
• Total Wine & Spirits: Private wine class for up to 20 people
• Tailgate with 81Bay: 4-pack of 81Bay Beer, 1 free crowler, ball cap, 81Bay swag, Yeti 12 Hopper
• 3 Daughters Brewery: $40 gift card, 2 pint glasses, 2 koozies, assortment of 3 Daughters beers
• Wine Please: wine bag, corkscrew, wine stopper, 4 wine glasses, wine socks, wine tote, Coppola Merlot, Votre Sante Pinot Noir

Thank you to our Auction Sponsors: