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Tiger Talk Update: Storybook Parade, Teach In and More

The Storybook Parade is this Friday, October 30 starting at approximately 8:30 am in front of the school.  Please do not park in the car loop or at the US Post Office located at 1002 S. Church Avenue when attending the parade.  Enjoy a free cup of Kahwa coffee from Grady PTA while you wait for the parade to begin.  

Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the Fall Festival.  The event was fantastic and it truly took a team of parents and teachers to pull it off.  Thank you to the many parents who volunteered time working the booths as well as those who purchased wristbands, food, and tickets to slime Mr. Tsourakis.  Your efforts raised $6,547.00 in revenue before expenses for Grady.  Thank  you to everyone who baked for the bake sale.  Your work raised $357.00 to pay for the Fifth Grade End-of-Year Banquet.

To see pictures of the Fall Festival, click here: Fall Festival Photos.  To see a YouTube video of Mr. Tsourakis being slimed, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IuNBzI1jhk. If you have pictures for the website or yearbook please send them via reply to this email or to [email protected].  We will gratefully post and/or publish your pictures. 

Tomorrow is the deadline to submit posters for the Red Ribbon Week poster contest.  For more information about the posters, click here:  Red Ribbon Week Activities.

Please sign up for Great American Teach In which will take place all day November 19, 2015.  For more information about Great American Teach In, please click here: Great American Teach In

We will need volunteers to help serve ice cream and other frozen treats at the Reflections Artists’ Party on Wednesday, November 4, from 1:30 pm to 2 pm in the Art Room.  Please email [email protected] to volunteer.

Information About The Storybook Parade

Grady's Storybook Parade takes place Friday, October 30, at approximately 8:30 am in front of the school.  All students are welcome and encouraged to wear a costume to school that represents a character found in a story book.  Students are encouraged to bring the book with their character and display the book while walking in the parade.  Please remember to send your student with a change of school clothes (uniform or spirit shirt and uniform shorts, jean shorts or skirt) so that they can change out of their costumes after the parade.  Please, no fake swords, knives, guns, etc. or any other costume paraphernalia that might get lost during the day.

The teachers and administration also dress up for the Storybook Parade.  For pictures of teachers' costumes from last year, please click here: Teachers During 2014 Storybook Parade.

Please do not park at the U.S. Post Office located at 1002 S. Church Avenue.  The post office will tow cars that park there.  Also, please do not park in the car loop or the remainder of the fire lane north of the car loop exit.  The Storybook Parade will be delayed if anyone parks at the post office or in the fire lane and the delay will continue until all illegally parked cars are moved.

While you are waiting for the Storybook Parade to begin, enjoy a free cup of Kahwa coffee from Grady PTA.

Red Ribbon Week - List of Daily Themes and Activities

RED RIBBON WEEK ACTIVITIES

Tuesday, October 27- Hand out Red Ribbons and Wear Red.

Wednesday, October 28- "TURN YOUR BACK ON DRUGS"-Wear your clothes backwards.

Thursday, October 29 -Poster Contest-Students will create their own “Say No to Drugs” poster (at home) and turn in to teacher no later than Thursday Oct. 29th @ 8:00 am. Teachers will choose ONE student per class as the winner and display the poster outside their classroom door. Each class winner will receive a free kid’s meal from Outback.

 

 Poster must be:

-Drawn using colors, markers, paints, and/or crayons.

-Posters must be original, no cutting and pasting of pictures or stickers.

-Posters must be on unlined 8 ½ x 11 white paper and in landscape position.

Principal's Request: Please Return Form To Help Your Child Select A Password

A Message from Principal Kristine Dosal:

Dear Parents,

This school year we are requiring elementary students to establish a unique password for the computer and software programs. We are sending you this communication to inform you about the requirement for secure passwords.

In Hillsborough County we strive to be clear about the safeguards we have in place to protect student data. One of those safeguards is for each student to complete challenge questions and set their own unique password.  Students. choose and answer any three of the seven challenge questions from the list provided. The Challenge questions are only used as verification if the student forgets their password and needs to reset it.

You Can assist your student by helping them with their responses to the challenge questions. These challenge questions will let students manage their own password resets. Resetting a password is a skill they will need as a digital learner and interact with technology.

As students create unique passwords in elementary schools this year, the curriculum software programs they use will also transition to using this same password. The goal is to protect student data and personal information and provide greater ease of use by having the student use the Same password far all applications, i.e. Edsby, MyOn, The more students use this password the easier this process will became for them

Protecting the personal information of our students in a secure and responsible way is at the heart of our efforts to provide a richer and more dynamic digital learning experience for all students. We appreciate your support in this effort.

Please print and fill out the attached form (click here: Printable Password Form) and return it to your child’s teacher as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Kris Dosal

Information About Grady's Fall Festival, Friday October 23

Come to the Grady Elementary Fall Festival on FRIDAY, October 23 from 5 pm to 7:30 on Campus.  Teachers and parent volunteers are working together to provide you with wonderful family entertainment.  There will be two inflatable play areas: a giant inflatable obstacle course with a slide and a bounce house. There will be a funny photo booth, snow cones, popcorn, hot dogs and baked goods.  Most importantly there will be Games, Games and more Games!!   The games include: the Doughnut Chomp, the Pumpkin Toss, Skee Ball, Basketball, Pumpkin Putt-Putt, Pin the Tail on the Cat, Pumpkin Stacking and even an R2D2-themed game of Operation.  Prizes will be given to each game player.  Also, there will be hair and nail painting booths, face painting, temporary tattoo booths, scary feel and mystery boxes.  Hours of fun, food and family time. 

Admission to the festival itself is free for children and adults, but the games, food, bounce houses and photo booth cost money.  Without a wristband, games are $1 each and so are food items, except for the donation-only bake sale, which benefits the fifth grade.

You can purchase a wristband for your child that entitles each child to unlimited games, bouncing, snow cones and popcorn.  Wristbands are just $20 for the first child and $15 for each additional wristband.  This is a substantial discount.  To purchase a wristband please print and return the attached form -Wristband Order Form - with a check payable to Grady PTA or drop by the front of the school on Tuesday or Wednesday from 7:30 am until 8:30 am to pay by cash or credit card.  Pick up of all wristbands will be on the night of the Fall Festival at the PTA table.

Please purchase your wristband today and come out to enjoy our wonderful Fall Festival.

To volunteer at the Fall Festival, please send an email to VP of Volunteers, Chely Sierra at [email protected], or contact your child’s teacher.  

Please Volunteer to help at the Fall Festival

We need two kinds of volunteers for the Fall Festival. Each class will be sponsoring a booth and we need parents to run the booths. Parents, please contact your child's homeroom teacher or homeroom parent to volunteer for booth spots.


Also, the PTA also needs volunteers to run the big items such as the bounce houses, grill, popcorn, food booth and snow cone machine. To volunteer for these positions please email: [email protected]. 

Grady Participates in the Reflections Art Contest

Grady Elementary is participating in the Reflections Art Contest, a national art competition sponsored by the PTA.  The theme of this contest is "Let Your Imagination Fly," and all visual arts entries must relate to the theme of flying,  meaning that visual arts that depict flying bugs, planes, rockets or unicorns are all acceptable subjects.   Grady’s contest is being administered by Art Teacher, Lauren Niedergang (email: [email protected]).  Students in grades 3-5 have been preparing an art work that is suitable for submission in the contest.  It is the choice of each student, pending the permission of his/her parents, to submit a piece of art work into the Grady Reflections Art Contest.  Mrs. Niedergang has the student entry form and will send them home for your signature, but a printable extra copy may be found here: Reflections Student Entry Form.  Ms. Niedergang is also accepting submissions of visual arts (meaning ceramics, collages, photo collages with all original photos, and drawings and paintings) on or before October 23.  Only one entry per student, so if your student submits a separate entry, the art made during Mrs. Niedergang's class will not be submitted.  Paper works of art must be mounted on sturdy material like a cardboard mat, but may not be framed.  Although this contest is focused on grades 3-5, Ms. Niedergang is accepting entries from any Grady student, regardless of the grade of the student.  First, Second and Third Place ribbons will be awarded and every student's contribution will be celebrated.  There will be an ice cream party in the Art Room on November 4 from 1:30 to 2 pm to celebrate the student artists.  If you are able to volunteer to help serve ice cream at the party, please email Ellen Lyons at [email protected]. 

The rules for submissions are here: Reflections Rules

Please Pick Up Fall Fundraiser Merchandise

Please come pick up Fall Fundraiser Merchandise.  Pick up is in the cafeteria.  

Wednesday October 14: 12.30pm – 6.30pm

Thursday, October 15: 7.30 am – 8.00 am  AND 2.00 pm – 6.30 pm

Friday, October 16: 7.30am – 8.00am  AND 2.00pm – 6.30pm

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