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Grady Food Drive Benefiting End 68 Hours of Hunger of Hillsborough County

Grady Elementary is running a food drive to benefit End 68 Hours of Hunger of Hillsborough County. Donations will be collected from December 2nd to December 17th. Please send donations in with your child and they will place them in the donation box in their classroom.  You can also bring the donations to the Winter Concerts on December 11th, 12th, and 13th. 

Recommended donation items....NO CANS OR GLASS PLEASE:

  • Grape or Strawberry Jelly
  • Applesauce
  • Crackers/Saltines
  • Pasta/Pasta Sauce (in PACKETS)
  • Soups in PACKAGES
  • Pancake/Waffle Mix and Syrup
  • Snack Items - individually wrapped
  • Fruit in PLASTIC TUBS
  • Beef or Oriental Flavored Ramen Noodles
  • Mac & Cheese
  • Tuna in packets
  • Peanut butter/cheese crackers
  • Cereal
  • Rice
  • Cookies

Health Screenings for K, 1st and 3rd Grade on 12/3

December 3rd will be Grady Elementary mandated health screenings. We will start at 8 am and end around 1pm.

We will be do vision screening for all Kindergarteners. We will also be doing vision, height, weight and body mass index (BMI) for all 1st graders and 3rd graders.

If your student fails our vision screening, a letter will be sent home with the information. If the vision screening is passed, you will not receive a letter. All students in 1st and 3rd grade will be printed a report of their height, weight and BMI—if normal or abnormal.

If your child is absent we will do their screening when they return to school.

If you need any further information please contact Beth Kenyon, RN at 813-272-3090 ext 226 or Nurse Rehmann in the Grady Clinic 813-872-5325.

We need volunteers to assist with our health screening for Kindergarten, 1st grade and 3rd Grade. We will need assistance with crowd control, keeping children quiet, keeping classes on time and adjusting classes early or late upon the class current situation. Please click on Student Health Screenings to sign up. Shifts are 1 hour long and start at 7:30 am. 

 

 

Grady Health Screening Schedule

3rd Neldner 8:05am-8:25am

3rd Doremus 8:25am-8:45am

3rd Newberry 8:45am-9:05am

KG Hero 9:05am-9:25am

KG Ordonez-Ward 9:25am-9:45am

3rd Oliva 9:50am-10:10am

KG Finitz 9:45am-10:05am

KG Dreby 10:05am-10:25am

1st Wolfe 10:25am-10:45am

1st DelCastillo 10:45am-11:05am  

1st Ward 1105am-1125am

1st Horne 12:15pm-12:35pm

Tiger Talk Update 11.14.19 - Thanksgiving Lunch Volunteers Needed

Grady's annual Thanksgiving Feast is next week on Wednesday, November 20th. Lunch will be held in the Grady cafeteria during your student's lunch time. For more details and to view the full lunch schedule, please click on 2019 Thanksgiving Lunch. Please note that tomorrow, November 15th is the deadline for the Thanksgiving Feast Reservations and money for additional adult and child lunches. No money or reservations will be accepted on the day of the feast. 
 

Make sure that you bring a photo ID and allow time to sign in and receive a visitor's pass from the front office.

We urgently need volunteers to help with Thanksgiving Lunch! Please click on Thanksgiving Lunch Volunteer to sign up. Shifts are 1 hour each and you can leave a note in the comment section if you would like to start/finish a few minutes early in order to participate in your child's lunch.

Below are some upcoming important dates: 
  • 11/15 - Last day to turn in reservation forms and money for Thanksgiving Lunch
  • 11/20 - Thanksgiving Lunch
  • 11/21 - Great American Teach In
  • 11/22 - Tiger Trek Class Parties
  • 11/25 - 11/29 - Fall Break - NO SCHOOL
  • 12/04 - Walk to School Wednesday
  • 12/10 - PTA Meeting from 8:00 - 9:00 am - Open to anyone interested in learning more about PTA and upcoming events  
  • 12/11 - Winter Concert for 1st and 2nd Grade at 6:00 pm
  • 12/12 - Winter Concert for 3rd - 5th Grade Chorus at 6:00 pm  
  • 12/13 -  Winter Concert for Pre-K and Kindergarten at 8:15 am
  • 12/23 - 1/06 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
  • 04/18/20 - Grady's Auction Night 

 

Holiday Shopping 
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 to get started.    
 
Are you looking for ideas for holiday gifts? Please check out staff and teacher profiles at Grady PTA’s website to find out what they like. Click on Faculty & Staff to view the Administration and Specialists or click on Grade Levels to view the Teachers by grade. 
 
 
Tiger Trek Parties
 
Thanks again to all of our Tiger Trek donors and participants! Class parties will held on November 22nd. That will also be a non-uniform day where students can wear their favorite sports team gear. We are very excited that thanks to our generous donors, all of our classes have earned a class party on the 22nd. Please click on Tiger Trek Class Parties to view the list of parties each class earned and at what time their party will be held. 
 
Auction Night 4/18
 
Our 3rd annual adult only Auction Night is coming up on April 18th. We need your help to make it an amazing night! We need volunteers for our Decoration and Donation Committees. Planning Meetings will be held once a month and attendance will be required. We will be sending out more details about the meeting places and dates shortly. If you are interested in helping with the auction, please contact Kat Cowley at [email protected]. 
 
Yearbooks
Yearbook sales are open online! Please visit www.strawbridge.net to purchase and enter online code yb112045. Yearbooks are all hardcover this year and cost $25 if purchased before March 1, 2020.  On March 1st, prices will rise to $30. 
We will be sending paper forms home if you prefer to pay via cash or check. Please note that cash and checks will only be accepted in January and February. 
If you have pictures from field trips, Student of the Month ceremonies, or fall festival that you would like included in the yearbook or on the website, please email them to [email protected].

Box Tops

 
Keep collecting Box Tops! For every 5 Box Tops submitted, students will obtain 1 entry into the monthly drawing. Turn in your Box Tops in November and December for a chance to win a giant stocking full of toys! For more information, please click Grady Box Tops. 
You can submit Box Tops 3 ways: 
  1. 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. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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, December 10th 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. 
 
 
PTA Membership
Who can join? ANYONE. You can add your neighbor, parents, grandparents, anyone in the community. 
How much does it cost? $6 for one person, $10 for two.
Where can we become members? Online at: https://gradypta.memberhub.store/
High membership participation provides PTA with strength in numbers when advocating for our students and also allows us to participate in PTA programs such as Reflections Art. Our PTA also receives awards for membership and programs PTA offers.
 
 
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: 

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.

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Si tienen preguntas sobre nuestros eventos o programas, por favor manda un email a [email protected]. 

Tiger Talk Update 11.07.19

Thank you to all of our students, families, and volunteers that participated in yesterday's Walk to School Wednesday! We had 180 walkers. Congratulations to Mrs. Dreby's class for winning the recess goodies with 11 participants - more than half the class! Save the date for our next Walk to School Wednesday on December 4th. We are looking for photos from Walk To School Wednesday, Storybook Parade or the Fall Festival for the website and yearbook. Please email photos from these events to [email protected]. 
 
 
Our 3rd annual adult only Auction Night is coming up on April 18th. We need your help to make it an amazing night! ***We are looking for an Auction Coordinator***, as well as volunteers for the Decorations and Donations Committees. Please contact Kat Cowley at [email protected] for more information. 
  
Below are some upcoming important dates: 
  • 11/11 - Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL 
  • 11/12 - PTA Meeting from 8:00 - 9:00 am - Open to anyone interested in learning more about PTA and upcoming events
  • 11/20 - Thanksgiving Lunch
  • 11/21 - Great American Teach In
  • 11/22 - Tiger Trek Class Parties
  • 11/25 - 11/29 - Fall Break - NO SCHOOL
  • 12/04 - Walk to School Wednesday
  • 12/23 - 1/06 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
  • 04/18/20 - Grady's Auction Night 
 
Auction Night 4/18
 
Our 3rd annual adult only Auction Night is coming up on April 18th. We need your help to make it an amazing night! 
 
We need volunteers for: Auction Coordinator, Decorations Committee and Donations Committee. Ideally we will have 10-15 volunteers for each of the committees. Planning Meetings will be held once a month and attendance will be required. We will be sending out more details about the meeting places and dates shortly. If you are interested in helping with the auction, please contact Kat Cowley at [email protected]. 
 
Thanksgiving Lunch
 
Grady's annual Thanksgiving Feast will take place on Wednesday, November 20th in the Grady cafeteria during your student's lunch time. For more details and to view the full lunch schedule, please click on 2019 Thanksgiving Lunch. Please note that November 15th is the deadline for the Thanksgiving Feast Reservations and money for additional adult and child lunches. No money or reservations will be accepted on the day of the feast. 
 

Make sure that you bring a photo ID and allow time to sign in and receive a visitor's pass from the front office.

We need your help volunteering at Thanksgiving lunch! Please click on Thanksgiving Lunch Volunteer to sign up. Shifts are 1 hour each and you can leave a note in the comment section if you would like to start/finish a few minutes early in order to participate in your child's lunch.

 
Tiger Trek Parties
 
Thanks again to all of our Tiger Trek donors and participants! We raised over $25,000 towards our track! We had an amazing time celebrating the students that earned individual Tiger Trek Ice Cream, Kona Ice, and Video Game parties on October 31st. 
Special congratulations to our top 5 individual students:
1st Place - Olivia Torres
2nd Place - Lennon Berner
3rd Place - Ana Gomez
4th Place - Edward Holley
5th Place - Pablo Gomez

Class parties will held on November 22nd. That will also be a non-uniform day where students can wear their favorite sports team gear. We are very excited that thanks to our generous donors, all of our classes have earned a class party on the 22nd. Please click on Tiger Trek Class Parties to view a full list with the party each class earned. 

 
Box Tops
 
Keep collecting Box Tops! For every 5 Box Tops submitted, students will obtain 1 entry into the monthly drawing. Turn in your Box Tops in November and December for a chance to win a giant stocking full of toys! For more information, please click Grady Box Tops. 
You can submit Box Tops 3 ways: 
  1. 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. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. 
 
 
PTA Membership
Who can join? ANYONE. You can add your neighbor, parents, grandparents, anyone in the community. 
How much does it cost? $6 for one person, $10 for two.
Where can we become members? Online at: https://gradypta.memberhub.store/
High membership participation provides PTA with strength in numbers when advocating for our students and also allows us to participate in PTA programs such as Reflections Art. Our PTA also receives awards for membership and programs PTA offers.
 
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: 

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

Tiger Talk Update 10.30.19

Thank you so much to everyone who attended our Fall Festival, especially our amazing volunteers who helped the event run smoothly and Mr. Tsourakis for allowing our students to slime him! Despite the rain early on, it was an incredibly fun night for our students! Also, thank you to our vendors and sponsors that set up tables and entertainment for our students - Drama Kids, Soccer Shots, Martial Arts Advantage, Rockatar, Perez Orthodontics, and Traditional Tae Kwan Do Black Belt Center. Thank you to Publix for donating the drinks and snacks. We greatly appreciate all the parents, teachers, office staff, former Grady students, and everyone else who stepped up to make the night a success.  
Our Annual Storybook Parade takes place tomorrow, October 31st at 8:15 am. 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. 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 PTA table will have membership forms available and will also be selling adult shirts (sizes S, L, XL) for $20 each and drawstring bags for $10 each. There will be a discount on PTA items purchased for anyone that signs a grandparent up for PTA membership. 
The Tiger Trek Ice Cream, Kona Ice, Video Game parties, and lunch with Mr. Campbell and Mrs. Gonzalez are also scheduled on October 31st for students who earned them through fundraising! The Ice Cream Party will take place from 9:30 - 10:00 am. The Kona Ice and Video Game Parties are scheduled between 10:00 - 12:00 pm. The Kona Ice and Video Game Parties are each 1 hour long and we have also scheduled for a 30 minute lunch with Mr. Campbell or Mrs. Gonzalez. Please note that the class parties will be held on November 22nd. We will circulate more details about the class parties in November. 
 
PTA Membership
Every new member that signs up by tomorrow, October 31st, will be entered in a raffle to win a free hard cover 2019-2020 Grady Yearbook, valued at $25. We will raffle 1 yearbook for every 10 new members. People adding grandparents as members will get 2 tickets for the yearbook raffle and will get 2 for 1 pricing on PTA shirts and drawstring bags.   
 
Who can join? ANYONE. You can add your neighbor, parents, grandparents, anyone in the community. 
How much does it cost? $6 for one person, $10 for two.
Where can we become members? Online at: https://gradypta.memberhub.store/ or sign up at the Storybook Parade on October 31st
High membership participation provides PTA with strength in numbers when advocating for our students and also allows us to participate in PTA programs such as Reflections Art. Our PTA also receives awards for membership and programs PTA offers.
Our goal is to add at least 23 more members by tomorrow. 
 
Below are some upcoming important dates: 
  • 10/31 - Storybook Parade at 8:15 am (Parents are invited to watch the parade)
  • 11/06 - Walk to School Wednesday from 7:00 - 7:40 am
  • 11/11 - Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL 
  • 11/12 - PTA Meeting from 8:00 - 9:00 am - Open to anyone interested in learning more about PTA and upcoming events
  • 04/18/20 - Grady's Auction Night
 
Box Tops
 
Keep collecting Box Tops! For every 5 Box Tops submitted, students will obtain 1 entry into the monthly drawing. Turn in your Box Tops in November and December for a chance to win a giant stocking full of toys! For more information, please click Grady Box Tops. 
You can submit Box Tops 3 ways: 
  1. 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. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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: 

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.

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