Gator Tales
Grace Episcopal School Vol. 22 (2019-2020)
Oh, the places GRACE will GO!
Next Week at a "Gator Glance"
Monday, March 4
- Mardi Gras Break
Tuesday, March 5
- Mardi Gras Break
Wednesday, March 6
- School Resumes
- Ash Wednesday and Holy Eucharist Service with Imposition of Ashes @ 8:00 am- Grace Church (Grades 1st through 8th)
- Parents' Guild All Parent Meeting @ Noon in Kilbourne Hall
- Parent Prayer Group Meeting @ 8:00 am in the Children's Chapel (5th Grade)
- Time Change- Spring Forward
Dates to Remember
March 18-21: Teacher Appreciation Week
March 22: Parent Teacher Conference Day, No School
March 25-29: Spring Break- No School
From the desk of Dr. Ricks
I can hardly believe that today is the first day of March and that we have almost completed the 3rd Quarter. We have had a great week celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday, finishing up assignments, and looking forward to our long weekend.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who participated in Gala in any way—sponsoring, soliciting, donating, bidding, attending! Last Friday night was so much fun, and I so appreciate all that our volunteers did to plan and execute a fabulous night. It always takes a few weeks to process all the various payments from live, online, and silent auctions and to receive all our expenses, so it will be a bit before I can share the total amount raised for the school, but I am unequivocally declaring Gala 2019 a huge success!
Our Security Evaluation Ad Hoc Committee met Thursday, and we began to evaluate our safety procedures and communications as well as our facility. We meet again on March 14, and we will keep you updated.
Please join us at Grace Church next Tuesday evening for our traditional Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at 6:00 in Kilbourne Hall. Lent begins the next day with the Ash Wednesday Eucharist Service. I would love to see you there! I hope that everyone has a safe and happy Mardi Gras break.
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
Dr. Ricks
Valentine's Day Candy Grams
Thank you to all who purchased Candy Grams!
We would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to Wendy & Nate Colvin for donating the Laffy Taffy candy used in the Candy Grams. It was a HUGE hit!!!
Krewe of Zoo Pep Rally
Krewe of Zoo King & Queen, Fitz Adair and Kira Arnold
Celebrating 20 Years of Gala
Raffle Ticket Top Sellers
2nd Place- Dreher Moreland
3rd Place- Rishi & Boomi Thota
Teacher Winner- Sheri Hand
Thank you to all the Grace Families and Students who sold Raffle Tickets! We meet our goal to get an Extra Day Off!
Raffle Ticket Extra Day Off- Tuesday, April 23rd
Gala was a HUGE Success!
We would like to Thank....
Chairs
Claire Gordon, Dana deGravelle & Meg Wood
Silent & Live Auction
Lori Barnidge, Erica Ryan, Amie Hinkle & Charlotte Milonski
Class Baskets
Tiffany Huffer
Lead Grade Parents
Raffle Tickets
Megan Andrews
Decorations
Anna Caterine Nipper
Shelley Greene
Class Art
Ginny Montgomery
Amie Hinkle
Sheri Hand
Administrative Support
Lynn Barr
Becky Dillard
Stephanie Bryant
Deidra Adair
Kerri James
Raffle and Class Basket Winners
Regina Wood
Saints Football
Gayle Condrey
PreK 3 Basket
Dana deGravelle
PreK 4 Basket
Olivia Adair
Kindergarten Basket
Fitz Adair
1st Grade Basket
Jennifer Parker
2nd Grade Basket
Claire Gordon
3rd Grade Basket
Daniel Cassis
4th Grade Basket
Ryan Grigson
5th Grade Basket
Kathryn Williams
6th Grade Basket
Jodi Lyle
7th Grade Basket
Kristi Davis
8th Grade Basket
Randi Frazier
Kids Just Wanna Have Fun Basket
Vivaan Mirji
Air Pods
Jodi Lyle