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End 68 Hours of Hunger Food Truck Rally on 11/4

Grady PTA supports End 68 Hours of Hunger’s upcoming Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally and Silent Auction.  68 Hours of Hunger provides weekend meals to feed children. Right now, they are feeding more than 140 children a week.  Let’s support their good works and enjoy some tasty treats, too!  Thank you for supporting Grady PTA’s friends.

Please join us at the Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally,  Sunday, November 4, from 10:30 am to 2 pm at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, 1309 W. Swann Ave., Tampa, FL 33606.  There will be food trucks for all tastes and lots of family fun.  

For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/foodtruckend68/.

Red Ribbon Week - October 22-26

Monday - Wear red (school will hand out red ribbons)

Tuesday - Crazy socks day

Wednesday - "Turn your back on drugs day" by wearing your clothes backwards

Thursday - Turn in posters for "Say No to Drugs" poster contest.  Posters must be on unlined 8.5" x 11" and in landscape position.  Posters must relate to the theme "Drug Free Me" and drawn with markers, paints and/or crayons. Posters must be original - no cutting and pasting of pictures or stickers. Each class winner will receive a free kid's meal from Outback. 

Friday - School Spirt Day - wear school spirit shirts

Welcome, Siberian Level Tiger Partner, Jim Cornwell, State Farm Agent

Grady PTA thanks State Farm Agent Jim Cornwell for being a Siberian Level Tiger Partner!  Mr. Cornwell donated $2,000.00 to benefit our teachers and students!

Please check out his website at State Farm - Jim Cornwell.

State Farm Agent Jim Cornwell is located at 4305 Bay To Bay Blvd., Tampa, FL 33629-6606 and his phone number is (813) 835-8892.

If you call him for your insurance needs, please let them him how much you appreciate him sponsoring our school.

Grady Family Skate Night 10/18 at United Skates of America

Please join us on Thursday, October 18th for a Halloween themed school skate party at United Skates of America. Dress in costume to skate and support the Grady Elementary PTA.

Pre-sale tickets are $6 per person and include regular skate rental. Skating begins at 5:30pm for pre-sale tickets and 6:00pm for sales at the door and skate night will conclude at 8:00pm. 

Online sales are now closed.

You can still purchase tickets at the door.

Hope to see you all there!

Fall Festival 2018 Volunteer Sign-Up

Volunteers needed Friday, October 26th from 4pm - 9pm. 

We need your help to make this year's Fall Festival an incredible experience for our children. The Festival will be held from 5pm - 8pm.

Please click the link below to volunteer:

http://gradytigers.org/fall-festival-2018-volunteer-sign-up

Grady Fall Festival 2018 Links

Grady Elementary School PTA FALL FESTIVAL

Friday, October 26th, 2018

5:00pm - 8:00pm

 

Book Fair Booth, Bounce Houses, Games, 5th Grade Bake Sale, Slime, Sponsors, Magic Show (6:00 & 7:00pm) and more!!!! 

In addition, if we reach the Book Fair sales goal of $12,000, Media Specialist Nick Tsourakis will be SLIMED!  

Wristbands may be purchased in advance and save $$$$$$. 

All wristbands include:
Unlimited Booths
Unlimited Games
Magic Show
1 Slice of Pizza
1 Drink
1 Bag of Chips
1 Popcorn
1 Popsicle

Deadline for advance purchase is Tuesday, October 23rd

ADVANCE PURCHASE IS NOW CLOSED

For More information on the Fall Festival: click here 

If you wish to pay by cash or check, a wristband order form was sent home with each student. If you didn't receive one, please contact the office.

To volunteer for the Fall Festival, click here, or contact the homeroom parent for your child's classroom, or your child’s teache

Tiger Talk Update 10.4.18

On the ballot this year, our district is facing an extremely important vote. Right now, because of inadequate state funding, our students face a future in aging, crowded schools. The half-penny sales tax would invest $131 million in our county’s students and schools each year for ten years. You can find some of the frequently asked questions about the half-penny sales tax on our district’s website: Half-penny sales tax FAQs or you can attend one of our scheduled Town Hall Meetings with Superintendent Jeff Eakins.

Below are some upcoming important dates:
10/5 - Last day to turn in spare change for our Pennies for Patients fundraiser benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
10/17 - Deadline to submit artwork for the Reflections Art Program
10/18 - Family Night at United Skates of America - Click on Purchase tickets to order your wristband today!
10/22-26 - Grady Elementary's Book Fair - Click Here to Volunteer
10/26 - Grady Fall Festival from 5-8pm - Volunteers needed!
11/4 - End 68 Hours of Hunger's annual Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally
11/30 - Grady's Tiger Trek Walk-a-thon - PLEASE NOTE DATE WAS CHANGED TO 11/30
3/9/19 - Grady Auction Night at Christ the King

Grady Book Fair 2018 & Volunteer Sign-up

Grady Elementary School Book Fair

Oct. 22 - Oct. 26

Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings kids the books they want to read. We'll receive a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level, and all purchases benefit our school! Reading for pleasure inside and outside of school has real and long-lasting benefits. Please come to our book fair and help shape your child's reading habits. 

Consider using the new eWallet feature in lieu of sending kids with cash. For more information, please click on eWallet. Keep in mind that there is a 7% sales tax added to all items. 

We need your help! Please sign-up to volunteer for the Book Fair: Click Here to Volunteer

Interactive Book Fair Flyer: Click Here

The Book Fair is open from Monday - Friday, 7:30 - 2:30 (open 4:00 - 7:30 during Fall Festival).

See you at the Book Fair!

Education Referendum

Do you know about the Education Referendum and how it will impact our school?

On the ballot this year, our district is facing an extremely important vote. The half-penny sales tax would invest $131 million in our county’s students and schools each year for ten years. The funding would be spent on specific projects to improve our public schools—the list across our district includes replacing air conditioners, fixing leaky roofs, new classroom technology, upgrading safety and security systems, and 4 new schools to relieve overcrowding. Please see the projects scheduled for Grady, as well as other schools in our area, right now at Education Referendum Projects.

You can find some of the frequently asked questions about the half-penny sales tax on our district’s website: https://sdhc.k12.fl.us/doc/2296/investing-in-students/resources/faq-142/.

If you’d like to get your questions about the education referendum answered in person, you’re invited to attend one of our scheduled Town Hall Meetings with Superintendent Jeff Eakins and our district staff. For the full schedule, please click on Town Hall Meetings.

The Education Referendum will be the final item on the ballot. You must be registered to vote to have a say in this election by Tuesday, October 9th. You can register right now, online, at http://votehillsborough.org/.

Please share this important information with your neighbors. Education has a direct impact on everyone in our community. When we invest in our students and our schools, our entire community succeeds.

Grady Family Skate Night Page and Purchase Link Now Up!!

Please join us on Thursday, October 18th for a Halloween themed school skate party at United Skates of America. Dress in costume to skate and support the Grady Elementary PTA.

Pre-sale tickets are available until Tuesday, October 16th.

Pre-sale tickets are $6 per person and include regular skate rental. Skating begins at 5:30pm for pre-sale tickets and 6:00pm for sales at the door and skate night will conclude at 8:00pm. 

Grady Skate Night Party Page: Click here

Hope to see you all there!

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