Grady PTA is hosting a Moms' Night Out at Carmel Kitchen, located at 3601 W. Swann Ave. in South Tampa, on Thursday, October 1, from 5:30 pm until 8:30 am. Please come out to meet other Grady Moms. For questions or to RSVP, please email [email protected]. We hope to see you there!
To see Carmel Kitchen's menu, please click here: http://www.carmel-kitchen.com/menus/
This Friday, October 2 is the first Fifth Grade Doughnut Sale! Krispy Kreme doughnuts will be sold in the front of the school next to the flag pole. Doughnuts are $7/dozen or $1 each. Cash, check or credit card accepted. Proceeds benefit the fifth grade end-of-year banquet. Please help support our Fifth Grade and stop by for doughnuts this Friday!
Earning for Learning is from September 7 – October 4, at WestShore Plaza. Grady Elementary is qualified to win up to $3,500 this contest. Grady is one of only 12 schools that can win in Earning for Learning, so we stand a great chance of winning. Grady Elementary was an Earning for Learning grand prize winner in 2013 and 2014. This contest is also great for us because it is the ratio of our spending to our student population that will determine if we win. That means that bigger schools can’t automatically win just based on total purchases.
This year the contest rules are different. There are 2 ways to win - point based competition and online voting.
With the Points contest, prizes will be given to schools whose parents and benefactors obtain the most Points at WestShore Plaza. $1 = 1 point, generally. Points are earned by submitting receipts for ANY establishment in the mall (food court, movie theater, Macy’s and all stores) to the Guest Services Counter next to Macy’s. Purchases must be made between September 7 and September 27. Purchases made on Mondays and Tuesdays get double points. Submit your receipts from ANY WestShore Plaza establishment (even those Starbucks purchases – every bit counts!) to Guest Services before 6 pm September 27. You may also donate school supplies for a specified amount of points (e.g. a box of pencils = 10 points). See a complete list of supplies, each worth 10 points, here: Special Points. The school supplies will support students at Metropolitan Ministries’ school.
With Online Voting, please use your Facebook Page to VOTE ONCE A DAY for Grady Elementary. A link to the Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/WestShorePlaza. Please put the voting page on your personal Facebook page and encourage your friends to vote daily for Grady.
A full summary of the official rules is below. Thank you for supporting Grady! Please participate in this contest.
Rules:
Point Based Competition:
- Total of $7,500 given away to 3 schools. 1st place is $3500, 2nd place is $2500 and 3rd place is $1500.
- When receipts are submitted to Guest Services, every dollar spent will equal 1 point toward your school.
- There will be double point opportunities that will be communicated via social media, the website and/or email. A few things are always double points - like when you shop on Mondays and Tuesdays or the purchase of a WestShore Plaza Gift Card. Please note that turning in receipts on a Monday or Tuesday doesn't make it double points, only purchases made on Monday's or Tuesday's are double points.
Online Voting Competition:
- One winner will receive $500.
- The school with the most votes wins.
- Voting will take place on WestShore Plaza's Facebook Page, the tab titled 'VOTE Here for Earning for Learning' will be live at 12:01 am Monday, September 7th through 11:59 pm September 27th. You may vote daily during the competition. https://www.facebook.com/WestShorePlaza
- You will be able to share that you have voted on your own social media pages or share the link to encourage others to vote.
Non Profit Donation of School Supplies:
There is additional way to earn points, with donating school supplies that will benefit the children of Metropolitan Ministries. Please visit the link below to see the list of school supplies. Each item on the list will be worth 10 points. Donations are not eligible for Double Points.
Here is the link to official Earning for Learning page on WestShore Plaza’s website, with rules and other information. http://www.westshoreplaza.com/earningforlearning.
Help Grady Elementary by supporting our Fall Fundraiser. Catalogs will come home in backpacks on September 2.
The fundraiser runs from September 2 until September 16, with delivery in mid-October. Please do not add sales tax to any orders. Please make checks payable to American Fundraising Services.
SHOP ONLINE:
To order online, go to www.fundsrus.net to set up a seller account. Enter School Code 351203863 in the student registration section. Then click "Invite Family and Friends" to invite them to shop and support our fundraiser. Visa and Mastercard are accepted.
Free shipping will apply for online orders delivered to the school or for order over $50 that are shipped to a home address. Frozen items purchased online can only be shipped to the school.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING GRADY ELEMENTARY!!!
Hello Members of the Grady Elementary Community,
Wow, what a fabulous first week for our Grady Tigers!! We know there has been a ton of great information already shared, and we want to keep you informed of even more opportunities on the horizon.
First let me introduce myself, my name is Amy Zink and I’m your new PTA - VP of Communications for the 2015-2016 school year. Through-out the year, you will see numerous emails on upcoming events from [email protected], feel free to reach out me at this location anytime.
At this year’s open house, there was a great chance for the parents to meet and greet many of the vendors that will build the afternoon program. The programs will begin Sept 14th, but sign-ups for the After School Enrichment Clubs are now available online. Please go to http://gradytigers.org/ase to see a message about clubs, as well as the club selections. Then you can sign up and pay online with a credit card using our CISCO-Certified Secure payment system. Parents may also check their child’s folder for further instruction.
This year’s fundraiser kick-off assembly is on Wednesday, Sept. 2nd, with packets to follow home that afternoon. Our new little creature is destined to be a chomping success!! Therefore, we’re all geared up to keep the momentum moving and start awarding the kid’s efforts first thing Thursday morning.
The Grandparents Breakfast, on Thursday, September 10th and Friday, September 11th,, will give Grandparents the opportunity to sign up and receive information about their grandchildren’s school via email. Bring $10 to join the PTA and help support Grady Elementary. There are no time commitments and we will be raffling off a Grady Tiger for a lucky Grandchild! The $10 goes toward funding many wonderful projects and events at Grady, including Grandparents breakfast and teacher mini-grants. A flyer with all the details was sent home on Monday, RSVP now!!.
Last but definitely not least, come join us at Lee Roy Selmon's on September 14th for an all day event. Receive credit for our Tigers, by eating at Selmon's anytime through-out that day. Check it out on the following link http://gradytigers.org/2015/8/join-us-for-family-night-at-lee-roy-selmon-s.
Sincerely,
Grady PTA
Grandparents and Grandfriends are invited to Grady Elementary for Grandparents' Breakfast. Two breakfasts will be held:
Thursday, September 10, for grandparents visiting students whose last names begin with the letters A through H - and-
Friday, September 11, for grandparents visiting students whose last names begin with the letters I through Z.
Breakfast begins at 7:15 am and ends at 8:00 am. Please call Ms. Taylor or Ms. Richmond with any questions at (813) 872-5325.