Thank you to all the families that participated in the Grain and Berry Family Night on Monday and visited our Book Fair!
We also greatly appreciate all of the students and families that participated in Walk to School Wednesday today! We had 188 participants, which is about a third of our students! Mrs. Trupp's class is the winner of our recess goodies with 13 walkers this morning!
Congratulations to Chris Lanier, Debonique Grigsby and Heather Tanski, who are being awarded for their commitment to excellence in education! Chris Lanier, fourth grade teacher, has been named Grady's Teacher of the Year. Debonique Grigsby, Art Specialist, has been named Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator of the Year. Heather Tanski has been named Instructional Support Person of the Year. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to our students!
Grady Elementary School PTA's Fall Festival FUNdraiser is only 2 days away! Fall Festival takes place this Friday, October 25th, from 5:00 - 7:30 pm! There will be a Maze, Bounce Houses, Games, Balloon Artists, 5th Grade Bake Sale, Slime, Sponsors, Magic Show (5:30 & 6:30 pm) and more Fall Fun!! For full event details, please click on Fall Festival FUNdraiser.
Tonight is the deadline for purchasing wristbands, tickets and full pizzas online. After tonight's deadline, wristbands and tickets will only be available for purchase at the Fall Festival and pizza will only be sold by the slice. Regular priced wristbands are $20/wristbands and tickets are still $1/ticket. Please note that adults do not need to purchase Wristbands unless they plan on participating in the Games, Booths, etc...To purchase Wristbands or Tickets, please click here. To pre-order pizzas at $12/cheese and $13/pepperoni, please click here.
Advanced purchased wristbands & tickets will be available for PICKUP by an adult at the following dates/times:
- 10/25: Morning drop-off in front of school
- 10/25: After School at Park-and-Walk
- Pickup at the PTA table at the Fall Festival
**We need your help! Please consider volunteering for a 30 minute shift during the Fall Festival. We know many of you have volunteered at the class level, but we need more volunteers to help the event run smoothly! Please click here to volunteer.
Below are some upcoming important dates:
- 10/24 - Red Ribbon Week - Students should wear crazy socks
- 10/25 - Red Ribbon Week - Students should wear sunglasses
- 10/25 - Deadline to submit Box Tops for October drawing & contest
- 10/25 - Book Fair is open from 4:00 - 7:30 pm
- 10/25 - Fall Festival from 5:00 - 7:30 pm
- 10/31 - Storybook Parade at 8:15 am (Parents are invited to watch the parade)
- 04/18/20 - Grady's Auction Night
Book Fair 10/21-25
Grady Elementary School's Book Fair is open this week! Book Fair is located at the Kathryn Hance Media Center and is open from Monday - Friday, 7:10 - 2:30 (open 4:00 - 7:30 during the Fall Festival on 10/25). Parents must bring ID and sign in at the office if they would like to accompany their students to the Book Fair. Please note that no children are allowed without parents until after the morning show. For full details about the Book Fair, including the link to shop online, please click on Grady's Fall Book Fair.
Consider using the new eWallet feature in lieu of sending kids with cash. For more information, please click on eWallet. If you plan on sending cash, it is recommended to place it in an envelope with students names for younger children. Keep in mind that there is an 8.5% sales tax added to all items.
We still need $6,100 to reach our goal of $13,000 and slime Mr. Tsourakis at the Fall Festival!
If you have any questions or special instructions, call Mr. Tsourakis at 813-872-5325.
Storybook Parade 10/31
Teachers, staff and students are invited to dress in a costume depicting a favorite storybook character and are encouraged to carry the book that depicts their costume on October 31st. Students may change into their uniform after the parade if they’d like to! *Please note that according to school board policy, toy guns, toy swords or weapons of any kind cannot be brought to school. Also, please be aware that very scary costumes are not permitted. For more details, please click on Storybook Parade.
The parade will begin at 8:15 a.m. The spectator viewing area is standing room only outside the school’s front office, along the car line area. Students will parade out the front office gate and walk along the sidewalk traveling East towards the Media Center.
Starbucks has generously donated coffee for the storybook parade spectators and the 5th grade will have a donation-based bake sale, so bring a little cash if you would like a little morning treat for yourself!
The Tiger Trek Ice Cream, Kona Ice, and Video Game parties will also occur on this day for students who earned them through the fundraising! Please note that class parties will be held on November 22nd.
Box Tops
Keep collecting Box Tops! For every 5 Box Tops submitted, students will obtain 1 entry into the monthly drawing. In October, 3 students will win a pumpkin full of Halloween goodies and the class that turns in the most Box Tops in October will win an ice cream sundae party! Box Tops must be turned in by October 25th. For more information, please click Grady Box Tops.
You can submit Box Tops 3 ways:
- Through the Box Top$ for Education app. Send a screenshot of your current uploaded box top amounts in your app to [email protected] to be eligible for prizes.
- Clip Box Tops and turn in on the form sent home or in a Ziploc Bag. Make sure to include your child's name and teacher on the form/ziploc bag. Please insure that you are sending unexpired Box Tops and not the "Skip the Clip" logos. Items with the "Skip the Clip" logo should be submitted through the Box Top$ for Education App.
- Send unscanned receipts to your teacher with your child's name written on the back.
PTA Meetings
The next PTA meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 12th from 8:00 - 9:00 am in the Teachers' Lounge. The meeting is open to anyone interested in learning more about the PTA and upcoming events. If you cannot attend and would like to review the prior meeting minutes, please visit PTA Board Meetings. We have also listed some of the programs that 2019-2020 PTA Fundraisers will help fund.
Tiger Business and Family Partners
Thank you to all of our Tiger partners! Our Tiger partners greatly assist us in enhancing educational opportunities and experiences for Grady students in four main areas: make a difference in our classrooms by funding programs; deliver PTA events to our students, teachers, and families; support Grady school events by providing volunteers and/or covering expenses; and enhance Grady Elementary through health and safety projects. To learn more about Tiger Family and Business Partnerships, please click here: Tiger Partnership Program.
Our 2019-20 Tiger Business Partners are:
- Siberian level partners: Jim Cornwell State Farm; Triage Consignment Boutique
- Leader of the Pack level partner: Abdoney Orthodontics
- Bengal level partners: AdventHealth Centra Care Urgent Care; Perez Orthodontics; Fancy Nails; After Hours Pediatrics Urgent Care; Kumon of Palma Ceia; Traditional Tae Kwan Do Black Belt Center; Pediatric Dentistry by Dr. Jerry Copeland II; Rockatar Music Academy & Studios; and Butterfly Pharmacy
- Cougar level partners: South Tampa Pediatric Dentistry; South Tampa Kids Dental Krewe; The Suarez Law Firm; and The Digital Bell
Our 2019-20 Family Sponsors are:
- Leader of the Pack level partner: Drs. Siviero & Heather Agazzi
- Tiger Bronze partners: Melanie Edwards Fowler; The Gibbs Family; The House Family; and The Zysk Family
- Red (Bengal) level partners: Angi Comas; The Christopher Family; The Du Family; The Fitzgerald Family; The Gomez Family; The Jacobs Family - Jennifer, Jeremy, Welles & Briggs; The Ledford Family; The Lueckeman Family; The Roush Family; and The Schentrup Family
- Yellow (Cougar) level partners: John Paul and Rosemarie Getting; The Neward Family; Khue and NamSon Nguyen Family; and Ken Vu
- Green (Cub) level partner: The Knittle Family
Got used markers? ColorCycle them at Grady
What is Crayola ColorCycle? Crayola’s latest sustainability initiative designed to repurpose markers, highlighters and dry erase markers. All marker brands are accepted.
How do I help? Collect markers and drop them off in the front office or your student can give them to our art teacher, Debonique Grigsby.
For more information, click on ColorCycle.