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Open House Information

Welcome to Open House

Dear Grady Parents,

This Friday is Open House at Grady Elementary where you can come meet your teachers and all of the wonderful staff!  Open House begins at 5pm.  Below is a list of additional activities that will be available during the Open House.

  1. Teamwork will be on site selling the new Grady uniform shirt with logo and spirit shirts.

  2. For $20 each the PTA will be selling bundled school supplies.

  3. There will be a FREE uniform swap.

  4. The YMCA staff will be available to provide after school care information.

  5. Three (3) Food Trucks will be parked in the car loop for those wanting dinner (Burger Culture, Whatever Pops and Ain't No Thang)

  6. The PTA has a goal of 100% parent participation this year! Single membership is $6. Dual membership is $10. Everyone who signs up for the PTA will receive a FREE car magnet!


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New Logo Uniform Shirts Available at Teamwork Imprinted Sportswear

Grady Elementary has a new logo for its uniform shirts.  You can have your plain shirts embroidered with the logo or buy already made shirts at Teamwork Imprinted Sportswear, 2403 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33629 (across the street from Plant High School), tel: (813) 258-0331.  Kids’ Polos are $15 + tax.  Teamwork is open Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm.

Letter to Parents - Roaring with Pride!

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Dear Parents:

Welcome to Grady Elementary School, an "A" school, with a faculty and staff that is "Roaring with Pride!" I commend the students and teachers for placing 3rd in the district (out of 144 elementary schools) and 1st among all South Tampa schools, in regards to points scored on the FCAT this past school year. This was quite a feat, and could not have been accomplished without the support of our parents, PTA, and community partners. I hope that you have had an enjoyable summer and are as eager as I am to begin the 2014-2015 school year. My name is Kristine Dosal and I am truly excited and honored to begin my fourth year as Grady's principal. Our district's Florida Standards Training (Common Core) has kept teachers and administrators focused on the rigor that will be needed to face the academic challenges now and in the future.

Please plan on attending our Open House on Friday, August 15, 2014, from 5:00pm - 7:15pm to meet your child's teacher and receive an overview of the 2014-2015 academic year. For your convenience, our PTA will have food trucks on site.

Students will begin class on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. School hours are from 8:00 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. for all grades, Pre-K through 5th. Each Monday will be Early Release and students are dismissed at 1:15 p.m. Every minute to lean counts, so please make sure that your child arrives to school on time daily. If your child attended Grady last year, it is not necessary for you to report to school to register unless your address has changed or if you are renewing an affidavit. On the first day of school, we will send home a packet of information with forms to complete. The prompt return of the forms will assist us in updating school records and emergency information. This folder will then be used as your child's weekly "Take-Home" folder.

Kristine Dosal, Principal

PTA Update: Thank you for a great year

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Dear Members of the Grady Elementary Community,

Thank you for a fun and exciting school year.  It has been the pleasure of our PTA board to serve the school and to help our members enhance the educational experience of all Grady Elementary students.

One more message about yearbooks.  There are still a few yearbooks available for purchase, first come first serve, for $25 each.  If you are interested in buying one, please go to the front office. 

Also a quick message about magazine renewals.  If you have magazines that you would like to renew (whether you subscribed to them during the Fall Fundraiser or not), you can renew your magazine subscriptions and still support Grady at the same time.  If you go to this website, http://gaschoolstore.com/Store/Storefront?t=a863465b-14fb-4009-8c3a-850093a7e19f, you can renew your magazine subscriptions now and Grady will get credit for our upcoming Fall Fundraiser. 

This is the last Grady PTA email to the members of the 2013-2014 PTA.  If you are interested in staying on this email list for the next year, please send a return email to me, VP of Communications, Ellen Lyons, at GradyPTACommunications@gmail.com.  

If your students are returning to Grady Elementary, we hope you will rejoin the PTA, and we will see you at the Grady Elementary Open House on Friday, August 15, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.  We hope you have a safe and happy summer!

Sincerely,

Grady Elementary PTA

Congratulations to Grady's Battle of the Books and Math Bowl Winners!

Battle of the Books Winner

It has been a fantastic week for Grady Elementary.  The Grady Elementary Fourth Grade Team has won First Place at the Hillsborough County School District Area 1 Battle of the Books.  Congratulations to our talented Fourth Grade Team!

Battle of the Books Winners!

In addition to the wonderful Battle of the Books win, Grady's Second Grade team won First Place the Hillsborough County School District Area 1 Math Bowl Competition.  Congratulations to our Second Grade team for this great victory!

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First grade students come in 1st!

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Congratulations to Grady’s First Grade Teaching Team and Students!  Grady Elementary first grade students scored the highest of all students in Hillsborough County Public Schools in both the reading and the math portions of the Stanford Achievement Test, Tenth Edition.

Spring Book Fair

Spring Book Fair

Come one, come all to the Spring Book which starts Tuesday May 20th and ends May 27th. We have a wide variety of books and resources available.

There's something for everyone at this years book fair. Our goal is to raise $6,755 which will help our media center purchase more books.

To learn more visit our Scholastic page.

Elementary Summer Reading Information

2014 Summer reading
This summer elementary school students will FIZZ, BOOM, READ by reading in myOn Reader, axis360 ebooks, and books from the Public Library. Students can enter the myON Summer Reading Challenge to win weekly prizes or even the grand prize, a mini-ipad.
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