Grady Elementary is having a Winter Box Tops Competition that ends on February 18, 2015. Please start sending in clipped Box Tops in clear Ziploc-style bags with a maximum of 50 per bag. In each bag, please include a slip of paper with your child’s name, grade level, teacher’s name, and the number of box tops. Please send bags of box tops to school in homework folders or bring them to the front office. Each clipped box top is worth 10 cents to our school. The classroom that collects the most box tops wins a popsicle party.
The Hillsborough County District Science Fair was held on February 4 and 5, 2015. Grady students Erin Eslick, Josh Sears, Olivia Matos, Hudson Beachy, and Chase Fenske each received an Award of Merit at the District Science Fair. Grady Student Faith House received an Outstanding Award and won Third Place in the District Science Fair. Congratulations to all of these students and their families for these terrific honors. Pictured are Ms. Dosal, Ms. Campbell and Faith House wearing her Third Place medal.
Thank you to all of the teachers, parents and students who made Tiger Trek a smashing success. The kids enjoyed the beautiful weather, walked many laps and enjoyed giveaway items from the Tiger Trek sponsors. Tiger Trek made over $18,000.00 for Grady Elementary PTA. This is a huge boost to our school and ensures that the enrichment programs, book programs and beautification programs that Grady Elementary PTA sponsors will all continue. All of this money will be spent on enhancing the educational experience at Grady Elementary. So, thank you very much!
Thank you very much to all of you who volunteered for Tiger Trek. It was your help that made the event fun and well organized. We hope that the online volunteer registration service made it easy for you to sign up and participate in Tiger Trek.
The Tiger Trek individual winners and amounts raised are: First Place: Drew Bresnahan ($610.00); Second Place: Daniel Kumm ($500.00); Third Place: Kennedy Gilbert ($475.00); and Fourth Place: Sydney Jackson ($300.00). Congratulations, Drew, Daniel, Kennedy, and Sydney!
The top fundraising classes in each grade are: Ms. Driggers ($294.00); Mr. Morrow ($536.00); Ms. Warren ($685.00); Ms. Oliva ($890.00); Ms. Trupp ($551.00); Ms. Webber ($1,217.00) and Mr. Lanier ($246.00). All of these classes win a Sally O’Neal’s pizza party and Ms. Webber’s class wins Yogurtology Party. Ms. Webber, as the teacher of the class with the most donations overall, wins a Crave Spa pedicure.
The top fundraising students in each grade are: Kindergarten and Pre-K: Ethan Medoro; First Grade: Reese McCambridge; Second Grade: Drew Bresnahan; Third Grade: Sydney Jackson; Fourth Grade: Daniel Kumm; and Fifth Grade: Logan Pawelek. Each top student wins a $25 Whole Foods gift card and a sports or art class from The Prep of South Tampa.
Congratulations to all Tiger Trek participants and winners! To see the full list of prizes, please click here: Tiger Trek Prizes. All Tiger Trek prizes will come home with students in the next week or so. The class parties have to be arranged with the teachers, so the dates of those parties are not yet determined.
During the Winter Concert, many people were amazed by detailed painting of Ms. Adams' class. The painting of each student and of Ms. Adams was an immediate hit and several people asked about who made it. The painting was painted by Alicia Campos Masso, an artist who got her start as a professional artist in New York City and now works in Tampa. In addition to painting, she teaches children's art classes and Spanish classes. If you are interested in learning more about her, seeing her other works or participating in the children's art classes or Spanish classes that she teaches in the Westshore area, please click here: www.happy-industries.com. You can also find her on facebook.com/
Grady Teachers and Staff Celebrate the 100th Day of School. For more pictures click here: http://gradytigers.org/100th-day-2015
As we approach Tiger Trek, we want to thank each of you who has contributed and each student who will participate. We are very close to our fundraising goals and we hope that we will continue to receive donations up to the conclusion of the event. To register your child or donate please go to: Tiger Trek Website.
All participants who have registered on the Tiger Trek Website by the end of today will be qualified for a drawing to win either an Orange Theory Fitness Pack, which includes 10 fitness classes at Orange Theory ($250 value), or a Color Me Mine Artist Experience, which includes admission, studio fees and pottery for two people ($50 value).
Tiger Trek t-shirts will be distributed on Friday, January 30, the morning of Tiger Trek, by children’s teachers. These t-shirts may be worn on Friday and every Friday or spirit day thereafter. We hope your children love the t-shirts and other goodies that will be given away at Tiger Trek.
We would like to thank our Family Sponsors: The Bresnahan Family, The Figueredo Family, The Iles Family, The Lopez Family, The Lyons Family, The McCambridge Family, The Noznesky Family, The Rubio Family, The Ruiz Family, The Saste Family, and The Schentrup Family. We would also like to thank our Gold sponsors: Abdoney Orthodontics, After Hours Pediatrics, South Tampa Pediatric Dentistry – Lesley Rudolph DMD, and State Farm Agent Jim Cornwell. And thank you to our Silver Sponsors: Academic Aftercare, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Mathnasium, Pediatric Dental Center, South Tampa Kids Dental Krewe, and Whole Foods. We also have many wonderful in-kind sponsors. A complete list of our sponsors, with links to their websites, is here: Sponsor List.
We still need a few more volunteers help out and cheer on our students. Your commitment to volunteer can be as little as 55 minutes. We will serve our volunteers hot Kahwa coffee in the morning and delicious PDQ chicken tenders for lunch, as well as other snacks, so you won’t go hungry. To see a complete event schedule and volunteer online, please click here: Volunteer.
Tiger Trek is coming up on January 30! Please consider volunteering for this event and cheering on your child! Your Commitment to volunteer can be as little as 55 minutes. To see the event schedule and volunteer, please click here: http://gradytigers.org/index.cfm?p=2015-walk-a-thon-volunteer-form.
Currently 45% of our Grady students have participated by submitting donations for Tiger Trek. It is not too late to register your child! You can do so online at tigertrek.dojiggy.com. Grady PTA can still reach our goal if every child raises $35 in donations. Please help make our goal a reality.
We have a limited number of additional Tiger Trek T-shirts still available for students who submit envelopes or online donations of $35 or more between now and the day of the event.
Tiger Trek T-shirts will be distributed in class by teachers on the morning of Tiger Trek.
Thus far, Tiger Trek fundraising has been robust, with the fourth grade in the lead and with Ms. Webber’s class looking most likely to win the Yogurtology party. There is still time to change the results! Remember the top class in each grade wins a pizza party! A list of the current top earning Tiger Trek classes and students is as follows:
Top 5 classes overall
Ms. Webber $1,182
Ms. Dickens $800
Ms. Oliva $645
Ms. Doremus $520
Ms. Warren $490
These are not final results and are subject to change any time before the conclusion of Tiger Trek. Thank you so much to all of you for these fantastic results.
Inclusiveness and equality are important at Grady Elementary. We want to ensure our school makes everyone feel welcome and that every student receives an excellent educational experience. Please take a minute to review the School District's Statement of Non-Discrimination Policy. It is critically important that we all abide by this policy. Please direct any questions about the policy to the school or Mr. West, whose contact information is listed below.
Statement of Non-Discrimination Policy
The School District of Hillsborough County does not discriminate nor tolerate harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability or marital status in its educational programs, services or activities, or in its hiring or employment practices; and it will take immediate action to eliminate such harassment, prevent its recurrence, and address its effects. Any student(s) or employee(s) found to have engaged in acts of harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability or marital status will be promptly disciplined. Such discipline may include, if circumstances warrant, suspension or expulsion for students, or suspension or termination for employees.
All school personnel, students, and parents are expected to work together to prevent harassment. Should you believe you or another individual has been subjected to harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability or marital status, you should report the harassment to your school or to:
Mark West, General Manager of Employee Relations
Division of Human Resources
901 East Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33602
(813) 272-4227
Grady Elementary PTA Family Night at PDQ January 22
Before or after your family attends Unlock the Treasures of Reading, please also attend Family Night at PDQ! PDQ is hosting Grady Family Night on Thursday, January 22, 2015, from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm at their South Tampa location (2207 South Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, FL 33629; restaurant tel: (813) 254-7373). PDQ will donate a portion of all Grady-related sales to Grady PTA. To ensure we get credit for your purchase, please mention at the register that you are there in support of Grady.