Due to popular demand, we have added a second day of Spanish Club. Spanish Club will occur on its original date, Thursday, April 16 and every Thursday thereafter. A second Spanish Club is being added and it will run on Tuesdays from April 21 until May 26. We do have five additional spots in the Tuesday Spanish Club, so if your child is interested in joining Spanish Club on Tuesdays, please send in the application and a check for $72 to join the Tuesday Spanish Club program. We expect this second Spanish Club to fill up very quickly, so please do not delay in returning your application to school.
Grady Elementary's Annual Spring Musical is set for May 13. Click Read More to learn more about this event and about the amazing raffle and silent auction prizes.
Grady Elementary PTA is offering a limited edition Grady Tiger 3” x 2” Key Chain. One of these Tiger Key Chains is FREE when 2 people from your family join Grady Elementary PTA for the 2015-2016 school year.
After joining next year’s PTA, members can purchase additional Key Chains for $6 each.
Please click the Grady Key Chain Order Form File below to print the order form. Fill in the order form and submit it to school in your child's homework folder. Key chains will be sent home in backpacks.
Please help support your children and our school by joining the Grady Elementary PTA for the 2015- 2016 school year. Thank you for your membership and all that you do for our school.
Spanish Club for Kindergarten to Third Graders starts April 16 and continues each Thursday thereafter until May 21. Spanish Club will take place from 2:30 pm until 3:30 pm on campus. Spanish Club will be taught by Alicia Campos. Alicia was born in Spain and has a Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University. She has been teaching art and Spanish for many years. Some of you will know her as the artist who painted the painting of Ms. Adams’ class for the Winter Concert silent auction. Her class will not only teach the Spanish language but also Spanish art, culture and music. To sign up for Spanish Club, please print the form linked below, and send it to school with the payment of $72. Please make checks payable to Grady Elementary PTA.
When filling out club sign-up forms, Please be very clear about how your child will be dismissed from the club at 3:30 pm, because the line checked for the type of dismissal will be the only way we will dismiss your child from a club. If you want to make any change to how your child goes home or is dismissed once a club has started, you must notify both the school and our ASE Club Coordinator, Moni Sears at [email protected] in order to change the form of dismissal.
Grady Elementary Lights It Up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day! See our entire school join hands in support of our students, friends and neighbors with autism or on the autism spectrum. April is World Autism Awareness Month and we participate because Grady Elementary supports autism inclusion and acceptance in the classroom and beyond. Grady Elementary is also joining hands to support autism awareness by holding a coloring contest and participating in the Autism Speaks Walk on April 11, 2015.
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To see the Team Grady Autism Speaks Walk Website, please click here: https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1122683&lis=1&kntae1122683=5D8F4B1037DE4DEB9BF3001BF7B711AB&supId=420635859&team=6315188
Thank you, parents, for sending your children to school in blue today. Please click here to view the incredible picture of the students, teachers, staff and administrators of Grady Elementary joining hands in support of our students, friends and neighbors with autism or on the autism spectrum: Grady Lights It Up Blue! Thank you also for all the colored hands your children have sent in! It is wonderful to be part of such an inclusive and supportive school!
For more information about Grady Lights It Up Blue, including a link to Team Grady’s Autism Speaks Walk page, please click here: http://gradytigers.org/2015/4/grady-lights-it-up-blue.
Light it Up Blue is a unique global initiative to raise awareness about autism. In support of Light it Up Blue, Grady students will be participating in a special event to support autism awareness. Please have your students wear blue to school on Thursday, April 2 to show their support!
Please order yearbooks for your children before the deadline THIS SUNDAY, April 5, 2015. Yearbooks can only be ordered online at ybpay.lifetouch.com using Yearbook ID Code: 11885215. If you want your child to have a yearbook for the signing party, please order your yearbook before the final deadline. For questions about yearbooks, please email Yearbook Coordinator, Janella Enajibi at [email protected]. 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. If you haven’t already, please order yearbooks today!
Thank you to all the people who came by to purchase Happy Spring Egg Grams on Monday and Tuesday. All the proceeds, more than $230.00 currently, go to the fifth grade for their banquet and year-end festivities.
Please remember to have Grady students wear blue this Thursday to support Light it Up Blue for Autism Awareness. Grady will be lighting it up blue in a very special way!
Dear Members of the Grady Elementary Community,
We have great news about our program to replace the perimeter fence. The School District of Hillsborough County has approved our fence design and vendor and we may proceed with construction of the fence! We are looking forward to seeing the north and east perimeter fences replaced with a black aluminum fence. There’s still time to get a plaque for your family or child on one of the fence panels, so if you would like to see your family’s name or child’s name on the new Grady Fence, please click here to use our secure website to purchase a panel for a $250 donation (this secure site takes all major credit cards) Secure Online Fence Order and Payment Form. If you prefer to pay by check, please print this form Printable Fence Panel Form, fill it out and send it in with a check.
Parents, we have more club news for you. First, we are pleased to offer Basketball, for Fourth and Fifth Graders, a new after school enrichment Program, on Mondays beginning the week of March 30, 2015 and ending the week of May 18, 2015. The program will take place after school, from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. In this program, students will learn the basics of basketball as well as advanced skills in a fun and friendly environment. The program lasts 8 weeks and costs $65 per child. If you are interested in this program, please print the Basketball Registration Form linked to this email and return it to the school with payment. Our after school enrichment clubs have been wildly popular, so please don’t delay – sign up today. If you have any questions about any after school enrichment clubs, please email our ASE Club Coordinator at [email protected].
Fifth Grade Parents, you are cordially invited to Coleman Middle School for a special, parent-only presentation on Friday, April 10, 2015 from noon to 1 pm. This meeting is a great opportunity to meet the Coleman Administration, the PTSA, and the Dad’s Club. It is an open forum to ask questions. The parent meeting will be held in the Orchestra Room on campus. You can park on the Mabry side of the school (Estrella Street) and enter the Orchestra Room without having to enter through the school front office. If you have questions about this event, please contact Coleman at (813) 872-5335 or look at the link about this event on our website: Visit Coleman April 10.
Please help Grady Elementary support Autism Awareness. Let’s Join Hands to Raise Awareness. It is simple to support Team Grady in this effort. Please just click here, Decorate This Hand!, print the picture of the hand, and decorate it as you or your child see fit. Please return your decorated hand(s) to Grady Elementary with $1.00 for each hand. All hands will be displayed in the cafeteria. You can send in as many hands as you like, and the class with the highest number of hands will win a pizza party!
All money raised will support Team Grady as they participate in the Autism Speaks Walk on April 11. If you wish to make a direct contribution to Grady's Autism Speaks Walking Team, please click here: Autism Speaks - Team Grady. Thanks, Team Grady, for working hard to increase autism awareness. To see a picture of our school on World Autism Awareness Day in 2014, please click here: School Picture on Autism Awareness Day.
The end of the school year is just 10 weeks away. Time is running out to order a yearbook for your child. The final deadline to purchase the Grady Elementary Yearbook is Sunday, April 5, 2015. Yearbooks can only be ordered online at ybpay.lifetouch.com using Yearbook ID Code: 11885215. If you want your child to have a yearbook for the signing party, please order your yearbook before the final deadline. For questions about yearbooks, please email Yearbook Coordinator, Janella Enajibi at [email protected].
Don’t forget to order Happy Spring Eggs this coming Monday and Tuesday! Make your child, grandchild or your child's class and teacher eggstra happy with a toy-filled Happy Spring Egg Gram! Grady Elementary PTA is selling Happy Spring Egg Grams in front of the school from 7:30 am to 8:00 am on Monday, March 30 and Tuesday, March 31. The Happy Spring Egg Grams are $1 each or $10 per dozen. Simply print the order form here: Happy Spring Egg Grams. Please complete the order form and bring it with you to order your Happy Spring Egg Grams in person on March 30 and 31. Happy Spring Egg Grams will be delivered to classrooms on Thursday, April 2.
Sincerely,
Grady Elementary PTA
Please help Grady Elementary increase autism awareness and support The Grady Autism Speaks Walking Team. Please print the attached PDF of a hand, color it in, and return it to Grady Elementary with $1.00. All hands will be displayed in the cafeteria. You can send in as many hands as you like, and the class with the highest number of hands will win a pizza party! All money will support Team Grady as they participate in the Autism Speaks Walk on April 11.
If you wish to make a direct contribution to Grady's Autism Speaks Walking Team, please click here: https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1122683&lis=1&kntae1122683=5D8F4B1037DE4DEB9BF3001BF7B711AB&supId=420635859&team=6315188
Thanks, Team Grady, for working hard to increase autism awareness.
The picture above is from last year's World Autism Awareness Day. Pictured are all students at Grady Elementary, wearing blue to support autism awareness.