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Grady Elementary School has received notice from the State of Florida that Grady is in the Top 10% of all elementary schools in the State of Florida in the following four categories:

1. English Language Arts Achievement

2. Mathematics Achievement

3. Science Achievement

4. English Language Arts Improvement

The State of Florida's notification included a hand-written note from Governor Rick Scott addressed to Principal Dosal, which stated "Great job!" We are so pleased that Governor Scott has taken note of our school's success and we are as proud as ever to receive confirmation that Grady's programs are among the very finest in the State. A picture of the notificataion is below.

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Grady's Photography Club will be displaying their club portfolio and individual projects at Kahwa Coffee on 3928 Henderson Blvd. on Friday, November 4, from 6 pm until 7 pm. Please come out and enjoy refreshments and see the work of Grady's student photographers.

Thank you very much to all of you who came to Fall Festival on Friday. Thank you very much to the many volunteers who ran the festival booths, made snow cones, bagged popcorn, managed the bounce houses and did so many wonderful things to make Fall Festival run smoothly for our kids. It was a very special evening and a great chance for Grady families to get to know one another. To see some pictures of the Fall Festival, please click here: Fall Festival Pictures.

A hearty thank you to Mr. Campbell and Mr. Tsourakis for kindly allowing themselves to be slimed by Grady students. To see video of Mr. Campbell being slimed, please click here: Mr. Campbell Gets Slimed Like a Champion and to see a video of Mr. Tsourakis being slimed, please click here: Mr. Tsourakis is a Good Sport.

Tomorrow begins Red Ribbon Week and tomorrow’s theme is “wear red.” To see each day’s Red Ribbon theme, click here: Red Ribbon Week. This Thursday, the first grade Girl Scouts will meet in the cafeteria at 6 pm. For more information, please click here: First Grade Girl Scout Meeting. And next Monday, October 31, is Grady’s Annual Storybook Parade. To see a message about the parade that came home earlier this week in backpacks, please click here: Storybook Parade.