See pictures from the Grady Spelling Bee. Congratulations to all of the classroom winners! And, congratulations to the school-wide winners: Emily Azevedo in first place, Daniel Kumm in second place, and Nicole Sapienza in third place.
Please help set up chairs for the Winter Concert tomorrow at 8 am. It won’t take long to set up the chairs, so please come to the Pavilion tomorrow at 8 am to help.
Bakers and buyers of sweet treats, please bring in baked goods (individually wrapped if possible) to the front office between 7:30 am and 2:15 pm tomorrow for use in our donation-only bake sale at the Winter Concert.
Are you looking for ideas for teacher gifts? Why wonder when you can know what your children’s teachers like. Please check out teacher profiles at Grady PTA’s website: http://gradytigers.org/grades.
The Winter Concert starts tomorrow night at 6 pm. There will be a short PTA general meeting at 5:45 pm under the Pavilion. At the meeting, we will ratify the gifting of the perimeter fence to the school and establish a $10,000.00 budget to pay for upgraded technology at the school.
The Tropicana Speech Contest was held for the 4th and 5th grade students with 4th grade student Faith House placing 1st, Maggie Warren 2nd, and Ava Green 3rd place. In 5th grade, Taylor Hammond received 1st place, Alex Chagin was 2nd, and Landon Roberts earned 3rd place honors.
The 2nd annual Spelling Bee was held this morning at Grady Elementary School. Emily Azevedo correctly spelled the word "Sanskrit" to take the first place trophy, followed by Daniel Kumm in 2nd place, and Nicole Sapienza in 3rd. To see pictures of today’s Spelling Bee, click here: Spelling Bee Pictures. Parents who took pictures, please email them to [email protected] to have them added to our photo gallery on the website.
Grady PTA has made over $1,000 from the Snowflake Garden, $125 from Beef O’Brady’s for the recent family night, and $9 from Amazon Smile. Thanks to all of you who helped to raise these funds. If you are using Amazon for holiday shopping, please consider using Amazon Smile to ensure a portion of your purchase benefits Grady PTA. To use Amazon Smile for Grady PTA, please click here: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7102322.
Thanks for all that you do for Grady Elementary! See you tomorrow!
See pictures of the Grady Snowflake Garden with students' and Grady families' names and a picture of the Grady Gingerbread Shop where students buy gifts for family members.
Grady Yearbooks are now on sale! The Grady Yearbook is one of the best ways for your child to remember his or her time in elementary school and has individual pictures, class pictures, funny pictures and pictures from school events. To order yearbooks online, click here: Order Yearbooks Online and use yearbook code 11885216. For questions about yearbooks, please email Yearbook Coordinator, Janella Enajibi at [email protected].
There was an incident near Plant High school this morning and Grady was placed on a modified lockdown. The lockdown was lifted at 12:09 p.m.
You can find more information on the link below:
http://wfla.com/2015/12/02/plant-high-school-on-lockdown/Grady Elementary sponsored a food and personal item drive for Alpha House of Tampa. Alpha House is so very grateful for our donations and wrote us the following note:
"Thank you, students and families of Grady Elementary School, for the many boxes of generous donations for our food pantry from their Thanksgiving food drive. Lots of goodies for the Thanksgiving meal and other favorites for our moms and babies."
THANK YOU! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
See pictures of the Great American Teach In held at Grady on November 19, 2015.
The Gingerbread Shopping experience at Grady Elementary School will begin on Monday, November 30th and continue through Friday, December 4th, from 7:30-8:00 a.m. each day. Gingerbread Shopping will take place on the stage in the school cafeteria, and will have items for the kids to purchase as Christmas presents for their parents, siblings, grandparents, etc. These items range in price from $.25 each, up to $10.00. This is not a fundraiser, but simply a way for school children to feel independent by purchasing presents by themselves for their family for the holidays. Cash and checks made out to Grady PTA will be accepted, and the items your children purchase will be placed in a holiday bag and sent home with them that same day.
Grady Gardens will "Let It Snow" this holiday season. Snowflakes can be purchased for $5 each and your child's first name, family last name, etc. will be placed on the snowflake. Unfortunately, due to the size of the snowflakes, only one name can be accommodated per snowflake. The snowflakes will be installed on wooden posts to be inserted into the front lawn area in front of the Grady Elementary School. This is a great way to show school spirit, decorate our school for the holidays, and the children will love seeing their names on the snowflakes. An example of the snowflake is shown at Grady Elementary School, right in front of the large "Let It Snow" blue banner at the front walk way. Order forms have already been sent home with the students, but if you need another order form, we have attached one for you here: Snowflake Sign Up.
Grady's Famkly Reading Night at Barnes and Noble will take place on Friday, December 4th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble located at 213 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. Please join us for a night of reading by Grady teachers and faculty. Mrs. Dosal will be reading at 5:00 p.m. and Mr. Tsourakis will do a special reading at 7:00 p.m. Other teachers scheduled to read prior to 7:00 p.m. include Ms. Driggers, Ms. Quevedo, Ms. Ward, Ms. Sandoval, Ms. LaCrosse, Ms. Oliva, Ms. Weathers, Ms. Trupp, and Ms. Harahan. Complimentary hot cocoa and cookies will be served at 7:15 p.m. Please join us for a night of reading, crafts and fun! Barnes and Noble will be giving back a percentage of all sales to Grady Elementary School. So, all purchases made in store on Friday, Dec. 4th or online from Friday, Dec. 4th-Sunday, Dec. 6th will directly benefit Grady Elementary School. For purchases made in store, please let the cashier know you are with Grady Elementary so we will get credit for the purchase. If you can't attend our book fair at Barnes and Noble, you can simply visit Bookfairs to do your shopping online. Be sure to enter the Grady Book Fair ID 11721198 at checkout.