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Unlock The Treasures of Reading, Jan. 22

Please join us for Grady Elementary PTA's Seventh Annual Family Reading Night, featuring pirates and pajamas, on Thursday, January 22, 2015, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.  Children are welcome to come dressed as pirates or wearing pajamas and will receive free books, beads, juice, and cookies.  While kids are enjoying being read to by celebrity readers from local Gasparilla krewes, parents will receive information on reading and testing.  

Parents of students in grades 3-5 are invited to attend a session regarding the new Florida Standards Assessment Test in the Media Center from 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm

Parents of students in grades K-2 are invited to attend a session regarding essential reading skills and the Florida Standards in the Cafeteria from 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm

Please call Ms. Taylor (tel: (813) 872-5325), with any questions about this event.  


Submit $35 in Tiger Trek Donations By Jan 16 For T-shirt

Grady's Tiger Trek Walkathon is coming up on Friday, January 30.  T-shirts will be given away on the day of the Walkathon to each student who raises at least $35 by this Friday, January 16.   

To be eligible to receive a Tiger Trek T-shirt on the day of Tiger Trek, simply register at Tiger Trek website and collect $35 in funds through the website before January 16, 2015 AND/OR send in the white Tiger Trek donation envelope in your child’s backpack.  If you can’t find the envelope, additional Tiger Trek fundraising envelopes are available in the front office of the school.  Any combination of donations through the website or envelope that equals or exceeds $35 submitted on or before January 16, 2015, will entitle your child to a Tiger Trek t-shirt. 

T-shirts will be distributed on the morning of Tiger Trek and they can be worn for all spirit days for this year and each year thereafter. 

So, if your child would like to wear a Tiger Trek t-shirt on the day of the event, please send in your envelopes or register your child and collect $35 in donations by January 16, 2015.  To ensure that your child receives the proper size t-shirt, please write in the child’s youth t-shirt size on the envelope (there is no particular place to write this, so just write it anywhere).  Or, if you register on the site, please choose a size from the shirt size selection bar at the bottom of the page.

Students who raise more than $35 after January 16 are still going to be given a Tiger Trek T-shirt, but depending on when the donations are submitted, the T-shirt might not be available on the morning of Tiger Trek.  To be certain that your child has a Tiger Trek shirt on the day of the event, please submit the envelope and/or website donations by this Friday, January 16, 2015.  

Please contact VP of Fundraising Jessica Schentrup with any questions at [email protected].

Grady Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee participants and Winners

Congratulations to all of the Class Winners and Competitors in the Grady School-Wide Spelling Bee:  Erin Dougill from Ms. Doremus’ class; Nicholas DeVoe from Ms. Bird’s class; Emily Azevedo from Ms. Coppes and Ms. Weather’s class; Connor Pawelek from Ms. Trupp’s class; Daniel Kumm from Ms. Dickens’  class; Ally Colon from Ms. Ritter’s class; Tessa Morrison from Ms. Webber’s class; Joey Mhawej from Ms. Reyher’s class; Veronika Prospal from Mr. Lanier’s class; Javier Alvarez from Ms. Moon’s class; and Elena Walters from Ms. LeVan and Ms. Underwood’s class.  Thank you also to Spelling Bee Moderator, Lynn Bennett, Judges Ms. Sandoval and Ms. Baxter, and Timekeeper, Ms. Barra.  Thank you very much to Spelling Bee Coordinator Suzan Kumm. We are the only Hillsborough County public elementary school to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 

The winners of the school-wide Grady Elementary Spelling Bee are Nicholas DeVoe who won First Place, Daniel Kumm who won Second Place and Emily Azevedo who won Third Place.  Congratulations to all three winners!  Nicholas DeVoe will proceed to the regional competition and we wish him luck. 

See more pictures from the Spelling Bee at http://gradytigers.org/grady-spelling-bee-2014.

Kindergarten Round Up, January 29 at 8:30 am

Come on down to Grady's Kindergarten Round Up on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 8:30 am.  Parents, grandparents and children are welcome to attend. Adults, please bring your government-issued identification with you in order to check in to the school for the program.  The program starts promptly at 8:30 am in the Kathryn Hance Media Center.

School administrators and each of the Kindergarten teachers will speak. The program will conclude with a tour of each of the four Kindergarten classes. No RSVP is necessary. Please tell your friends with future Kindergarteners about this program so that they can come see all that Grady Elementary has to offer.

To learn more about Grady Elementary, visit our school facts page at:http://gradytigers.org/grady-elementary-at-a-glance.  To learn more about how the students at Grady Elementary have performed academically, please click here: http://gradytigers.org/pride

For more information about the process of registering your child for kindergarten please visit:  http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/choice/kindergartenroundup.asp

We look forward to seeing you at Kindergarten Round Up!  Please call Ms. Taylor or Ms. Valenti at (813) 872-5325 with any questions. 

Santa Visits Grady Elementary

Santa paid a visit to Grady Elementary today and was photographed with Ms. Dosal, Ms. Weathers and Ms. Taylor during pajama day.

Fourth Grade Math Bowl Team

Congratulations to the Fourth Grade students who were selected for Grady's Math Bowl Team:

Aidan Bresnahan

Leyna Doan

Chase Fenske

Carter Rogerson

You represent our school well!

Grady Teachers Of The Year

Congratulations to Grady Elementary Teachers of the Year!!  The Teacher of the Year is Mr. Steven Florio; the Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator of the Year is Jessica McAlister; and the Instructional Support Person of the Year is Brenda Hall.  Each of these winners brings enthusiasm, high standards, and educational excellence to our school.  

 

Yearbook Orders

It is Yearbook time!  Don't miss out on all the wonderful memories of this year.  Order yours now.  The best way to place an order is online at: ybpay.lifetouch.com using our Grady ID Code: 11885215. 

Also, if you have pictures of school events that you would like to see in the yearbook, please email the photos to our Yearbook Advisor, Janella Enajibi, at [email protected] with or without the names of the people pictured.  

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