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Tiger Talk Update 10.17.17

We have some exciting events coming up!  Please click on the links for additional information.

·         10/13-20 - Grady "Wild West Book Fair" in the Kathryn Hance Media Center. Please click on Volunteer at the Book Fair to see the volunteer schedule and sign up. The Book Fair is also online from October 8-21.  Click on this link to see learn more:  Online Book Fair. If we reach the Book Fair sales goal of $11,000, Media Specialist Nick Tsourakis will be SLIMED during the Fall Festival! 

·         10/20 – Grady Fall Festival from 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm at Grady.  It’s a very fun family night with lots of games, two inflatable play areas and plenty of food. Please click on Fall Festival for more information and click on the Order Form to order your wristbands – they are $20 for 1st Wristband and $15 for each additional Wristband. Today is the final day to pre-order Wristbands. 

To make the fall festival successful, we depend on parent volunteers to help run the games and booths. To volunteer for a PTA booth, please sign-up on our volunteer form, or contact the homeroom parent for your child's classroom, or your child’s teacher. Thank you to all of the parents that have already signed up to volunteer.

·         10/31 - Storybook Parade at Grady 

·         11/5 – Tampa Bay Food Truck Rally and Silent Auction in support of End 68 Hours of Hunger. Click End 68 Hours of Hunger for more information.

·         11/17 – Tiger Trek Walk-a-thon

·         3/3 – Grady’s adult only Auction Night at Christ the King. Click here to purchase tickets. To donate items for the auction, please contact Julie Alexander at [email protected].

 

Please keep collecting Box Tops for Grady and turn them in to your teachers by October 23rd. If you have any questions regarding Box Tops, please contact Kat Cowley at [email protected].

 

Yearbooks are on sale! To buy a yearbook for your child go to http://www.strawbridge.net/order-online/ and use online code: 112045.  You can also purchase yearbook ads for 5th graders only. To purchase an ad for your 5th grader, go to https://gradytigers.org/fifth-grade-yearbook-ads. Contact Norma Maiz with any questions about yearbooks at [email protected].

Pasta for Pennies benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society  (LLS) is beginning on Thursday, October 19 and running through November 3.  Pasta for Pennies is the student series fundraising program that helps local cancer patients by raising funds needed to support blood cancer research.  Students will receive a flyer and a small box to collect their change (as well as any bills or checks) on Thursday.  The classroom with the highest amount collected will receive a pasta lunch from Olive Garden.

To see pictures of Art & Family Night, please click here:  Art & Family Night at Chick-fil-A.

Congratulations to Melinda Dickens, Debonique Grigsby and Kim Young, who are being awarded for their commitment to excellence in education!

Melinda Dickens, fourth grade teacher, has been named Grady Teacher of the Year.  Debonique Grigsby, Art Specialist, has been named Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator of the Year.   And, Kim Young has been named Instructional Support Person of the Year.  Each winner has brought their best efforts and utilized their talents to serve the students at Grady. 

Guidance Counselor, Ms. Nancy Barra, asks us to read the October Home & School Connection. 

 

Tiger Talk Update - Fall Festival & Reflections Art Contest

Grady Fall Festival wristbands are due by Tuesday, October 17th. Send in your forms or click on read more for the link to purchase online. We still need volunteers!
PTA Reflections "Within Reach" contest is due by to Mrs. Grigsby by Tuesday, October 17th. Click read more for details.

Tiger Talk Update - Fall Festival

The Fall Festival is coming up on Friday, October 20th from 5 pm until 7:30 pm at Grady.  Please join us for an amazing event!  We will have a variety of carnival games with prizes; a giant inflatable obstacle course, as well as a regular bounce house; a photo booth; temporary tattoos and hair, nail and face painting at the “Bootique;” and more.  This event provides hours of fun, food and family time.

In addition, if we reach the Book Fair sales goal of $11,000, Media Specialist Nick Tsourakis will be SLIMED during the Festival! 

To make the fall festival successful, we depend on parent volunteers to help run the games and booths – please consider taking a shift at your child’s classroom booth or a PTA booth to help our kids enjoy a successful event. To volunteer for a PTA booth, please sign-up on our volunteer form, or contact the homeroom parent for your child's classroom, or your child’s teacher.  Special note – we need some Dads to grill some hot dogs!

Admission to the festival itself is free for children and adults, but the games, bounce houses, "Bootique" and food cost money.  Without a wristband, game tickets are $1 each. You can purchase a wristband for your child that entitles each child to unlimited games, bouncing, "Bootique" visits and popcorn. Wristbands are just $20 for the first child and $15 for each additional wristband if you purchase before October 17th.  This is a substantial discount from the day-of-event wristband price of $25.  To purchase a wristband using our Cisco-certified secure online registration and payment system (all credit cards accepted), please click here: Wristband Order Form. If you wish to pay by cash or check, please complete the Wristband Order Form that was sent home and submit to your teacher with the cash or check.

Wristband pick up is will-call style at the event.  All wristbands will be available for pick up on the night of the Fall Festival at the PTA table.  You’ll be asked for the name and teacher of the student under whose name you made the wristband reservation.

Hot dogs, chips and drinks will be available for purchase with $1 tickets. There will also be a donation-only bake sale, which benefits the fifth grade end of year activities. If you would like to donate baked goods for the fifth grade bake sale, please drop them off to Jaime Patterson on Thursday or Friday morning; or during festival set-up. Ideally they are individually wrapped for easy sale.

To see photos of last year’s Fall Festival, click here: 2016 Fall Festival and to see photos from 2015, click here: 2015 Fall Festival Photos.  To see a video of Mr. Tsourakis being slimed at the 2016 Fall Festival, please click here: 2016 Sliming.

Tiger Talk Update 10.5.17

We have some exciting events coming up! Please click on the links for additional information.

  • 10/5 - 2nd Grade Brownies are meeting tonight at 6pm in the Grady Cafeteria.
  • 10/13-20 - Grady "Wild West Book Fair" in the Kathryn Hance Media Center. Preview day is October 13th from 8:40 am - 2:00 pm. The Book Fair starts Tuesday, October 17, and runs through Friday, October 20, from 7:45 am until 2:15 pm, each day.  Please click on Volunteer at the Book Fair to see the volunteer schedule and sign up.
  • 10/16 - Non-student day
  • 10/20 – Grady Fall Festival from 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm at Grady. It’s a very fun family night with lots of games, two inflatable play areas and plenty of food. Please click on Fall Festival for more information and click on the Order Form to order your wristbands.  Wristbands are $20 for 1st Wristband and $15 for each additional Wristband. They include unlimited inflatable play, games, snow cones, and popcorn. To volunteer at the Fall Festival, please sign-up for a booth on our volunteer form, or contact the homeroom parent for your child's classroom, or your child’s teacher.  
  • 10/31 - Storybook Parade at Grady

Please keep collecting Box Tops for Grady and turn them in to your teachers. 

Thank you to our new Tiger partners! We very much appreciate your generosity.  The Tiger partnerships help make a difference in our Grady classrooms by funding programs (including the after school tutoring program, teacher mini grants, student programs, music and art programs and much more), delivering PTA events to our students, teachers and families (including the winter concert, Tiger Tears Breakfast, Storybook Parade and much more), and enhancing our Grady campus through grounds improvement projects. Become a Tiger Partner today! To learn more about Tiger Family and Business Partnerships, please click here: Tiger Partnership Program.

Our newest Tiger Business Partner is: Siberian Level Partner, State Farm Agent Jim Cornwell.  

Our newest Tiger Family Partners are:  Leader of the Pack-level partners, The Dan and Jessica Schentrup Family and The Zysk Family; Bengal-level partners, The Griffin Family; Cougar-level partners, the Ledford Family and the Lopez Family; and Cub-level partners, Khoa Nguyen Family and Rafael Ortiz & Family. 

2017-2018 Grady Yearbooks

5th grade ads are now on sale. To buy a yearbook ad for your child go to: https://gradytigers.org/fifth-grade-yearbook-ads. Please note that ads can only be purchased for 5th graders. The deadline to purchase ads is January 31, 2018. 

Yearbooks are also for sale! To buy a yearbook for your child, go to http://www.strawbridge.net/order-online/ and use online code: 112045. Buy it before March to guarantee that your child will have a yearbook for yearbook signing day. 

Questions about yearbooks? Contact Norma Maiz at [email protected]

Tiger Talk Update - Internet Safety Program & Last Call for Tiger Family Partners

Tonight HCSO Deputy Charity Arthur will speak to Grady parents about  “What Every Parent Should Know About Internet Safety” at 6pm in the Media Center. Grady staff will provide free childcare for kids aged 3-12. Free Pizza and drinks will be provided for parents and children. For more information, please click here: Program on Internet Safety.
 
Become a Tiger Family Partner today! Please sign up for Tiger Partner Family Sponsorship by Monday, October 2nd so that your name could be included on the Tiger Trek event shirt. Families are more than welcome to become Tiger Partners any time throughout the year, but due to printing deadlines, any families that join after October 2nd will not be named on the Tiger Trek shirt. 
 
The Tiger Family partnerships help make a difference in our Grady classrooms by funding programs (including the after school tutoring program, teacher mini grants, student programs, music and art programs and much more), delivering PTA events to our students, teachers and families (including the winter concert, Tiger Tears Breakfast, Storybook Parade and much more), and enhancing our Grady campus through grounds improvement projects. To learn more about Tiger Family Partnerships, please click here: Tiger Family Partners. To pay online by credit card for a Family Tiger Partnership, please click here: Become A Tiger Partner Today, select the sponsorship level and fill in your credit card information.

Thank you to our Tiger partners! We very much appreciate your generosity. Our 2017-18 Tiger Family Partners are:  Leader of the Pack-level partners, the Gibbs Family, the Lyons Family, Drs. Siviero and Heather Agazzi, and the Zysk Family; Bengal-level partners, the Enriquez Family, the Koshy Family, the Maheshwari Family, and the Roush Family; Cougar-level partners, the de la Garza Family, the Harrop Family, the Kendall Family, and the Lorenz Family; and Cub-level partners, Luke & Ryan Christopher, Fancy Nails, the Liu Family, the Ruiz Family and Drs. S. Sahoo and C. Gupta. Because of their gifts, we will all enjoy more free tutoring, arts programs and teacher grants.

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