Parents of new students, Pre-K and Kindergarten to Fifth Grade, please join the administration and PTA for coffee in the Kathryn Hance Media Center on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 8:15 am, or as soon as you are finished with drop-off. We hope to see you there.
WELCOME, One and All, to Grady Elementary’ s Open House taking place on campus Monday, August 8, from 5 pm until 7:15 pm. This will be an opportunity to meet your teacher, drop off school supplies, and learn more about what will take place this coming year. Grady Tigers will be "Earning Our Stripes" this year, so please come see what that means.
Also, this event will be a chance to join the PTA, purchase spirit shirts, sign up for YMCA aftercare, learn about afterschool clubs, and participate in a free uniform swap.
Come on out to this great event!
School starts Wednesday, August 10, at 8:00 am.
Congratulations to Grady Elementary students, teachers and parents for Grady's spectacular performance on both the Stanford Achievement Test (“SAT”) and the Florida Standards Assessment (“FSA”). In 2016, Grady turned in overall FSA scores that ranked second in the entire Hillsborough County School District, which includes 154 elementary schools. Grady was number 1 among all elementary schools in the competitive Area 1 (South Tampa) zone. On the SAT, Grady ranked 1st in both reading and math for first grade, and 6th on both reading and math for second grade.
The test results and rankings demonstrate that Grady students are displaying mastery of the curriculum and national educational standards. The results show that Grady teachers are effectively communicating the curriculum, working with students to develop the skills to master the curriculum and that students are able to demonstrate the skills and knowledge imparted by their teachers. The results show that our children are experiencing educational success. Congratulations to all who have made these wonderful results possible.
How Grady Elementary Compares to Other Schools In Hillsborough County
Below is a chart shows how Grady Elementary Compares to 154 Hillsborough County Elementary Schools in the ranking of test scores. This chart compares the performance of students at Grady Elementary to students at 154 Hillsborough County Elementary Schools who took the 2016 Stanford Achievement Test 10th Edition (taken by first and second grade students) or the 2016 Florida Standards Assessments (taken by third through fifth grade students):
|
Grade Level |
Reading/Writing Score |
Math Score | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| 3 |
15 |
5 (tie) | |
| 4 | 6 (tie) | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | 6 |
Fifth Grade also took the FSA Science Examination and tied for 6th place within Hillsborough County.
Congratulations, Grady students and teachers!!
The 2016-17 School Supply List is now available.
The last day of school is here! What a wonderful and fast moving school year this has been!
If you want to sign up to receive Tiger Talk emails next year, and didn’t already fill out the forms that came home in backpacks, then please click here: Tiger Talk Sign Up. Now is also a great time to join the PTA for next year. To read about what our PTA does, please click here: Information about Grady PTA. To sign up to join the PTA online, please click here: Join Grady PTA.
We have extra yearbooks for sale in the front office for $20 each. You can still drop by the school early next week and pick one up. Please call the school at 872-5325 before you come by to make sure someone is available to assist you.
We have pictures of yesterday’s Fifth Grade Banquet up on our website and we have pictures of 1st – 3rd Grady's Math Bowl Teams. If you have pictures you would like to add to the photo galleries, please send them to me via return email. Thank you to all the parents who provided photos for our photo gallery this year. We are always in need of photos for the yearbook and website.
We want to know what you think about Family/Spirit Nights at local restaurants and if you have any restaurants to suggest for Family/Spirit Night locations. Please click here: Family Night Survey to take our 5 question survey. Again, thank you for all your participation in Family/Spirit nights this year. This year, your participation added over $1,000 which was used to fund extra supplies and events at Grady Elementary.
It has been the pleasure of the board and committee heads of Grady PTA to serve the greater PTA membership this year. We thank you for your service to our school and wish you and your family a safe and happy summer.
UPDATE: Important Weather Update
After consulting with the National Weather Service and area agencies, ALL Hillsborough County Public Schools and district offices will be open tomorrow, Tuesday, June 7, for normal business hours.
After consulting with the National Weather Service and area agencies, ALL Hillsborough County Public Schools and district offices will be open tomorrow, Tuesday, June 7, for normal business hours.
See if you won a Raffle or Silent Auction Prize
A hearty congratulations to Mr. Nick Tsourakis, who won the Hillsborough County PTA’s Instructor of the Year Award. Mr. Tsourakis was nominated for the Instructor of the Year Award because of his creative use of reading incentives, his arranging for an author to speak to students by Skype, and of course, his willingness to be slimed by students in order to promote the book fair. He also purchased a starter robotics kit for the library and received a PTA mini-grant to purchase the remainder of the robotics kit. We are so delighted for Mr. Tsourakis and proud of the work he has done for our school.
On Monday, May 16, the Tampa Taiko Traditional Japanese Performing Arts Group visited Grady Elementary. The group played traditional Japanese drums and told stories. One story was about a group of two villages that decided to go to battle for scarce resources during a drought. Instead of a physical battle, the villages decided to have a battle of the drummers. The drummers from both villages played so loudly that the sounds provoked thunder and then rain, ending the drought and the need for war.
See below as the drummers perform and as Grady teachers get in on the act!
To learn more about Tampa Taiko, whose appearance was made possible by Hillsborough Arts Council, please click here: www.TampaTaiko.com
The Spring Musical is this Thursday. Here is information about the event: Spring Musical. We need volunteers to help set up the chairs for the Spring Musical. Chair set up will take place from 7:45 am until 8:30 am under the Pavilion. Please come by the Pavilion Thursday morning after drop off to help us set up chairs.
There will be a silent auction and a raffle featuring wonderful items (theme park tickets, restaurant gift cards, wine and more) at the Spring Musical. However, you need not be present to win any of these items! You can pre-purchase raffle ticketson Wednesday morning in front of school from 7:45 am until 8:15 am. Tickets are $1 each or 7 tickets for $5. Cash, check and credit card accepted. On Thurseday morning from 7:45 am until 8:15 am, you can not only pre-purchase raffle tickets but you can place the tickets in the boxes of the items you want to win and pre-bid on silent auction items. If you are not present at the end of the Spring Musical when the winner names are called, you will be contacted to pick up your prize from the front office. To see a list of raffle and silent action items, please click here: Raffle and Silent Auction Items.
Thank you to the families that came to Beef O’Brady’s family night last Wednesday. It was our last Beef’s family night for the year and it was well attended. We make about $100 or so per family night, so your participation really helps. This week is Chick-fil-A Family Week. That means you can order breakfast, lunch or dinner at Chick-fil-A at 609 S. Dale Mabry from Monday, May 16, to Friday, May 20, tell the cashier you are there for Grady, and a percentage of your purchase will be donated to Grady. Every bit helps, and we appreciate when you take the time to help our school through family nights.