Click Read More to see information on Grady's Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week.
Auditions for third to fifth graders for the Dig It musical take place tomorrow, March 21, during the school day. If your student didn’t spend spring break preparing for her/his acting role, please practice tonight using this script: Script & Permission Form. Please bring the signed permission slip to the audition. Auditions for first and second grade students take place Thursday, March 23, also during the school day, using the same script and permission slip. For more information on Spring Musical Auditions, please click here: Spring Musical Auditions. Please contact Music Specialist, Steven Florio, at [email protected] with any questions.
Grady Elementary students will perform in the musical production, Dig It, on Thursday, May 4, 2017. The Music Department is looking for motivated actors and actresses to star in this production. Auditions will be held for the following students at the following times:
* Tuesday, March 21, for 3rd to 5th grade students, during the school day (at 9:10 am); and
* Thursday, March 23, for 1st and 2nd grade students, during the school day (at 9:10 am)
If your Grady student wishes to audition, please print the permission form and script linked here: Permission Form & Script. Students should practice the audition lines and return the signed permission form to Music Specialist Mr. Florio on the day of the audition. Please contact Mr. Florio at [email protected] with any questions.
This is going to be another amazing Spring Musical and we hope your family is able to participate in it and enjoy it.
Please join us tonight from 6 pm to 9 pm at Lee Roy Selmon’s for Family Night. For details, please click here: Selmon's Family Night.
Also, the deadline to order Grady yearbooks is March 10, 2017. We cannot guarantee that your child will receive a yearbook if you do not order it by March 10. Please click here for information on how to order your child’s yearbook and an online ordering link: Grady Yearbook.
Spring pictures are March 9. Please send your children to school with big Grady smiles on Thursday.
Please remember that the last club session for each of the winter after school clubs is this coming week, March 6-9. The ASE clubs ending this coming week are Basketball, Robotics, Art, Photography, Soccer, Science, Chess, Lego, Spanish & Music, 3-D Art, and Running Club.
When we return from Spring Break, there will be no clubs again until April 10. If you have comments about the clubs, please email ASE Club Coordinator, Moni Sears, at [email protected].
Please join us for Family Night at Lee Roy Selmon’s on Monday, March 6, from 6 pm to 9 pm, details: Selmon's Family Night.
Don’t forget to buy your child’s yearbook before Spring Break: Grady Yearbook.
Thank you to the members who attended today’s PTA general meeting in front of the flagpole. The motion to amend the PTA budget to spend money on giant fans for the Pavilion was approved. We will keep you updated on the progress of this project. We are able to make this major improvement because of your donations, volunteering and involvement.
Good news! The awning over the playground has been repaired and the playground is now ready for kids. Thanks to Mrs. Dosal for making many calls to get this repair complete. To see a picture of the repaired awning, please click here: Playground Awning.
Jump Rope For Heart results are in. Grady Elementary’ s total donations to the American Heart Association through Jump Rope for Heart are $6,200.00. Thanks to all who donated to this worthy cause. Physical Education Specialist Mrs. Michelle Murrell gratefully thanks all of the donors and all of the parent volunteers who gave their time to make the event run smoothly. The school-wide winner of fundraising for JRFH is Lucy Dingle in Mrs. Ward's first grade class. Congratulations, Lucy! Our school’s collective donations helped Grady earn a $300.00 gift certificate to U.S. Games to purchase new Physical Education equipment. Prizes for JRFH fundraising participants have been ordered and will be delivered and distributed in 3-4 weeks.
Please don’t forget the PTA General Meeting Tomorrow morning at 8 am to vote on a budget amendment. The meeting will last only 5 minutes. And, of course, please stop by the flagpole between 7:30 am and 8:00 for your Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. $7/dozen or $1 each. All proceeds benefit the fifth grade end-of-year activities.
Monday night, March 6, please join us for Family Night at Lee Roy Selmon’s located at 4302 W Boy Scout Blvd. (near International Plaza). Please mention Grady to your server so that Grady receives 10% of your purchase. For more details, please click here: Family Night.
Good news! The awning over the playground has been repaired and the playground is ready for kids again.
Thank you so much to the volunteers who helped make Jump Rope For Heart a success. Thanks to the families who contributed to the cause. To see some pictures of Jump Rope for Heart, please click here: JRFH Pictures.
There will be a PTA general membership meeting on Friday, March 3, at 8:00 am under the flagpole. All PTA members are invited to attend. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on a budget amendment that will allow us to buy a giant, roof-suspended fan to keep the Pavilion cool during P.E. and school events like the Spring Musical. Please come by at 8:00 am on Friday to vote on this budget amendment.
Friday there will also be a fifth grade Krispy Kreme doughnut sale from 7:30 am until 8:00 am in front of the school. Doughnuts are $7/dozen or $1 each.
Monday, March 6, from 6 pm to 9 pm, please bring your family out to Lee Roy Selmon’s located at 4302 W Boy Scout Blvd. (near International Plaza) for Family Night. Monday nights kids eat free at Selmon's with an adult purchase of an entree of $9.99 or more and a drink. Please tell your server that you are with Grady and Selmon’s will give Grady 10% of your purchase. For more information, and to see the menu, please click here: March 6, Lee Roy Selmon's.
Next week, March 6-9 is the last week of Winter Clubs. We will be setting up a final 6-week round of clubs to start on April 10 and will notify you when the online sign up period for the next round of clubs is open.
Please buy yearbooks soon! Click here for more information about yearbooks: Grady Yearbook.
March 9 is Spring Picture day.
Click Read More to see pictures of Jump Rope For Heart, which took place on February 24, 2017.
Jump Rope for Heart takes place tomorrow. Please send Grady students to school in sneakers. Please send back the participation and fundraising forms that were sent home at the beginning of the month. For more information about JRFH please click here: JRFH. To volunteer tomorrow, please click here: Volunteer for JRFH.