Telra Telegram - April 10, 2025
- sharilynstrain
- Apr 10
- 7 min read
With two months to go in the school year, our momentum is continuing with many club offerings, events, tutoring, and field trips on the horizon! Help us make the end of the school year a success by supporting our events and volunteering if you can!
Tomorrow, we have two Arts and Science Council events at Telra - the OTC Improv for our 6-9th graders, and the Story Ship for our K-3rd graders. Please discuss these experiences with your children!
We wish you a wonderful Spring Break! There is no school next week, and April 21 is a staff workday, so students will be back on Tuesday, April 22.
In this issue:
A Note from the Principals
Dear Telra Families,
How quickly the year has flown by! We hope you all have a wonderful Spring Break filled with time with family. We look forward to hearing all about everyone’s break when students return on April 22nd!
This week, we want to focus on keeping our building clean. In order to do this, students may not have snacks or beverages other than water in the classroom or neighborhood areas. Students should only eat in the cafeteria or a designated snack location if their grade level has snack time. There are a few reasons for this. First, snacks attract insects! As spring begins and bugs become more active, we want to ensure that the bugs stay outside where they belong. When there is food in the building that does not get appropriately cleaned up, this can cause bugs to make their way inside. Additionally, snacks and non-water beverages create a sticky mess when spilled. We want to ensure we respect the building and that everyone has a clean space to learn. Water spills are much easier to clean up than soda!
On a related note, please know that students may not chew gum in the building or on the school grounds at any time.
We appreciate your help in ensuring that our building can be a clean space for everyone to learn!
Principals Ozer and Rearick
Arts and Craft Fair - May 1st, 5-7pm
We are excited to hold an Arts and Crafts Fair so our students can showcase their arts and crafts! The event will be held on Thursday, May 1st, from 5-7pm on the first floor of Telra and in our gym. All Telra families are invited to attend and see the amazing Art created by our students and the amazing wares for sale. Students in 4th grade and above are invited to sell their crafts and can sign up - > HERE.
Important information to note:
The table(s) requested must be decorated by the student.
All arts and crafts that you are planning to sell are subject to approval by Mrs. Hinkle prior to the event.
All arts and crafts made are to be completed outside of school hours.
All supplies to make the arts and crafts must be purchased by the student or student's family.
Plan to stay after school on May 1st to set up your table and be ready to start the event at 5pm.
A parent or guardian should accompany the student at the event and be present for the duration of the event.
We will have the King of Fire pizza food truck and the Local Scoop with their amazing ice cream. Please plan to support these local businesses while you are here.
Parking will be across the street at McKee Elementary and we will run a shuttle back and forth throughout the duration of the event. Please do not attempt to cross the street on foot.
Help us make this event one to remember! We need a lot of assistance hanging artwork in preparation for the event. We will need volunteers every day after school for at least an hour. Sign up to help via this link.
A Tale of Two Cities! A Drama Club Success!
Thank you to everyone who attended the performances of A Tale of Two Cities on April 4th and 5th! A total of 218 tickets were sold, which will allow a good starting fund for future performances! A HUGE thank you to Ms. Litowski, whose time and energy to direct, coach, teach, and mentor our drama club students helped make the performances a success!
In addition, Ms. Litowski would like to give special thanks to:
TELRA for starting the Drama Club
Dr. Bhatt, Principals Ozer and Rearick, Mr. Bosco, and Mrs. Strain for helping sort through the many different logistical pieces of these performances (and getting us microphones).
The Ops team for getting the chairs set up for the performances.
All the parent volunteers who graciously gave up their afternoons and evenings to help with whatever was needed during rehearsals and the performances.
All those who bought and/or donated props and costumes for the students to use.
Our audience, for coming to cheer us on.
A special thank you to Mrs. Falla for arranging pizza for the cast each night during our Tech Week (dress rehearsals).
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Spirit Night at Tacos 4 Life - April 23rd
Join us at Tacos 4 Life in the Arboretum on April 23rd from 4-9pm. Present the flyer below when ordering or use code FUNDRAISER when ordering online to receive a FREE PERSONAL QUESO or SALSA! For every Free Dip redeemed, TACOS 4 LIFE WILL DONATE $5 BACK TO Telra!
Chess Club started this week on April 9th - There is still time to join!
Chess Club at Telra Institute
Days/Times: Wednesday, 3:45 PM-4:45 PM
Start Date: 4/9
End Date: 6/4*
Grades: K-9
Tuition: $180.00 per student
Details and Registration: https://www.charlottechesscenter.org/schools
Meeting Dates: 4/9, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 and 6/4.
May 2025 Field Trips - Chaperones Needed
We need chaperone assistance for our May 2025 Field trips. If you are interested, please fill out the form - here. Each location has a different chaperone requirement so we will select the first volunteers to submit their interest and then put the other names on a wait list. We will communicate all details with you in the weeks before the event.
If you would like to volunteer for more than one grade/ field trip, please submit a form for each grade/ field trip, however priority will be given to those who otherwise wouldn't be able to participate. The schedule is as follows:
Full Day 8:15am-3:30pm
5/6/25 (Tues) JCC Butterfly Project - 7th Grade
5/12/25 (Mon) NC Zoo (Asheboro) - 4th Grade
5/14/25 (Wed) Old Salem Museums & Gardens - 5th Grade
5/15/25 (Thurs) Transportation Museum - 3rd Grade
5/16/25 (Fri) Sullenberger Aviation Museum - 8th and 9th Grades
5/20/25 (Wed) Duke Energy Explorium - 6th Grade
Early Release Days 8:15am-1pm
5/28/25 (Wed) Hall Family Farm - K-2nd Grade
5/30/25 (Fri) Tiger World - K-2nd Grade
Important Information:
You must be a registered volunteer at Telra Institute and have a background check run. If selected as a chaperone, please come to the front desk to initiate the process.
Most field trips will leave Telra as soon as possible after the 8:15am bell is rung. You should arrive no later than 7:40am to park, sign in, and avoid the arrival car line traffic.
Peer Tutoring - New Offering
A select group of 9th graders is offering tutoring sessions on Tuesdays from 3:40-4:45pm. If you are interested in signing up your child, please fill out the form via the link below. If you have more than one child, please fill out a separate form for each child. There are a max of 10 slots per session to start and they can be booked three weeks out.
All Pro Dads Meeting on Friday, 4/25!
The April date for the All Pro Dad meeting is Friday, April 25th, 2025 at 7am. We are a group of dads dedicated to strengthening our relationships with our kids and we would love for you to join us. Moms, Grandparents, Guardians and otherwise important adults in our kids lives are all invited! Our team captain is Will Bishop. Come join us and RSVP here:
Coffee with Leadership
Please join us at 8:30am on Friday, 4/25/25 for a coffee with our Telra Leadership!
OMB Meet Up - May 3rd, 2pm
Family Council hopes all Telra families will join us for our Spring family meet up on May 3rd at 2pm at the Olde Mecklenberg Brewery in the Ballantyne Bowl. We will meet on the back patio near the kids play area. Please RSVP so we can get a headcount!
Art Supplies Needed
Mrs. Hinkle, our amazing art teacher has a few requests for supply donations:
plastic fruit, fake plants or plastic flowers to use for still life drawings
paper bags with handles to send artwork home in May
Please send these in to the school with your children for delivery to the art room!
Upcoming social events
Remember to find all this on our Telra Events Calendar.
Wednesday Apr 23 - Telra Spirit Night at Tacos 4 Life
Friday Apr 25 - All Pro Dads Meeting, 7am
Friday Apr 25 - Coffee with Leadership, 8:30-9am
Thursday May 1 - Arts & Crafts Fair, 5-7pm
Friday May 9 - 5th Grade Movie Night
Tuesday June 10th - Field Day volunteer sign ups to come!
We'd love volunteers to help organize these events! Let us know by clicking below.
