Telra Telegram - May 23, 2025
- sharilynstrain
- May 23
- 7 min read
The year is winding down, but we still have important testing and events coming our way! EOGs and EOCs are next week, as well as fun field trips for our K-2nd graders! Wednesday 5/28 and Friday 5/30 are early release days, so make plans! We will finish the year on 6/10 with our field day, so mark your calendars!
In this issue
Early Release Days - 5/28 and 5/30 (see the details)
Camp Wonder @ Telra - Summer Camp at Telra - sign ups are open
Share your photos for the Yearbook! (Field trip photos needed!)
Peer Tutoring - concluded for this school year!
A Note from the Principals
Dear Telra Families,
We want to provide a few updates on the upcoming week on May 28-30. Our youngest students are getting ready to embark on some exciting field trips, and our 3rd through 9th grade students will be taking EOGs and EOCs. On the day of EOGs and EOCs, 3rd through 9th grade students may bring a snack with them to eat after testing concludes. There should be no individual early dismissal on May 28th or May 30th.
Note: The English 2 EOC has been rescheduled for May 28th. This impacts only 9th grade students.
May 26th and 27th – No School for Students
May 28th – Reading EOG and English 2 EOC for Grades 3-8; K-2 Field Trip to Hall Family Farm; Early Release at 1:00 PM for all students
May 29th – Reading EOG Make-Ups
May 30th – Math EOG for Grades 3-8; K-2 Field Trip to Tiger World; Early Release at 1:00 PM for all students
June 2nd – Math EOG Make-Ups; K-3 Staff Meeting at 4:00 PM in the Room 233
June 3rd – 5th and 8th Grade Science EOG and Read to Achieve Testing for Select 3rd Graders
June 4th – Math 1 EOC for students in Telra Math 7; Math 3 EOC for students in Telra Math 9
June 6th – Science EOG and All EOC Make-Ups
June 10th – Field Day; Last Day of School; Early Release at 2:00 PM for all students . Arrival and Dismissal from the Hemby Center.
Let’s make it a great rest of the year!
Principals Ozer and Rearick
Car Line Reminders
The school day starts at 8:15am, with children in their classroom seats. Our staff are out early to help your children enter the school safely.
Car line begins at 7:35am. Below is a picture of car line on 5/22/25 at 7:56am:
Here's what you can do to make everyone's carline experience better
Arrive earlier. The bulk of our families arrive between 8:05am and 8:15am. If you come earlier, there will be a speedier drop-off, less traffic, and fewer tardies.
Have your child prepared to exit the car quickly. They should have their items ready to exit the car as soon as their door is opened.
Say goodbye in the car and not as your child is walking into the school.
At 8:15am the teachers helping in car line will return to the building to start the academic day. We will stop cars that arrive at 8:15am or later and ask you to park in the left lane and walk your children into the main office to sign them in
At 8:15am, if your child is not in their seat in their classroom, they will be marked tardy.
Dismissal Note - If you are sent to Cone 0, please turn your left signal on to advise those around you.
Transportation Update
As you may know, we have brought the transportation service in house and have acquired four buses to run our routes. As of yesterday, we now have four routes underway.
It's important to remember:
Bus riders - As mentioned above, some of the bus routes are long, so be courteous and be ready with your students at the stop. Any delays will impact all the remaining stops and school arrival for that bus route.
Arrive 10 minutes early to the bus stop.
Have your child "Bus Ready". Meaning, that your students is ready to board the bus immediately upon bus arrival at the stop. Any loading preparation, material gathering, lunches, bookbags and goodbyes, etc. need to be conducted before the bus arrives at the stop
The bus times on the schedule are when the buses will LEAVE for the next stop, so plan accordingly. (See point 1)
Early Release Days - 5/28 and 5/30
On Wednesday 5/28 and Friday 5/30, we will have a shortened school day due to EOG and EOC testing. School will start as usual at 8:15am, however the school day will end at 1pm.
Arrival and Dismissal
The arrival process will remain the same, however our dismissal will be at 1pm, with cars allowed to enter the car line at 12:35pm.
Lunch
K-2nd grade students will eat lunch on their field trip
3rd-9th grade students will not eat lunch at school (For those students who have ordered lunch from Telra, they will be provided a pre-packaged lunch as they depart the school.)
Snacks
As mentioned in the Principal's note above, 3rd through 9th grade students may bring a snack with them to eat after testing concludes.
Early Dismissals
Students will not be able to leave school early as to not disrupt their EOC or EOG testing. They will remain at school for the full day until dismissal at 1pm. If your child has a doctor's appointment, please reschedule the appointment, or your child will be required to make up the test on an alternate day.
Superlative Club
Superlative Club will be offering aftercare beginning at 1:00 PM and running until 6:00 PM. Please click here to sign your child up for Superlative Club on those days.
Camp Wonder @ Telra
Telra is launching summer camps! Designed as an alternative to your typical summer camp, Telra camps combine learning and fun with clear instructional goals and an opportunity to move the needle on student learning in three short weeks.
The camps are open to students from any school, but spaces are limited and Telra students will have priority. (Otherwise, they will be allocated in order of registration, so sign up fast!)
All of our camps...
Focus on the basics: We use evidence-based curriculum with explicit, systematic instruction to help students gain mastery and confidence
Enjoy a high supervision ratio: 1 teacher per 5-7 students
Provide 3 sequenced weeks of instruction
July 14 - Aug 1 (Monday - Friday)
8am - noon
Core camp pricing is $250/week ($750 total, as you must sign up for the entire camp)
Optional add-ons can be purchased for individual weeks:
Lunch bunch (noon - 1pm) - pack your own lunch: $25/week
Afternoon sports & games camp (noon - 4pm): $200/week (includes Lunch bunch)bunch
Three exciting camp options
Please visit our website to register!
Share your photos
Telra Community, we need your photos for our yearbook!!!!!
We had lots of field trips last week - please share your photos!
Here's how to share
Navigate over to https://bit.ly/TelraShare24
Select files to upload
After you upload, you'll be prompted to fill out two fields
Where it prompts "First Name", please describe the event/activity, e.g., "4th grade picnic at Beatty Park"
Where it prompts "Last Name", please list your full name, e.g., "John Doe"
Peer Tutoring - Concluded for the Year
We had a great experience with our peer tutoring this year and due to the testing schedule coming up, we have concluded the service for the year. Please look for us to start up again in the Fall!
OMB Meet Up - May 24th, 2pm
Family Council hopes all Telra families will join us for our Spring family meet up on May 24th at 2pm at the Olde Mecklenburg 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!
Join the Family Council!
Are you or someone you know interested in being more involved with directly making decisions that help build community and support Telra’s wonderful staff? Fill out this quick nomination form! The Family Council is accepting nominations until Sunday 5/25/25.
All Pro Dads Meeting on Friday, 5/30!
The May date for the All Pro Dad meeting is Friday, May 30th, 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!
Wildflowers at Telra
Our Envirothon Explore students planted wildflower seeds in the parking lot pond area and they have started to sprout. To minimize impact to the area, they used small holes in the mulch instead of digging tools. It is exciting to see them beginning to grow! These seeds are native to the southeast and were donated by a parent.
Spirit Wear Day - 5/30/25
Get our Telra gear ready! The last Spirit Day of the year is next Friday, 5/30! As a reminder, students can wear their Spirit Wear tops with regular uniform bottoms or their regular Telra uniform!
Upcoming social events
Remember to find all this on our Telra Events Calendar.
Saturday May 24th - OMB Family Meet-Up, 2pm
Thursday May 29th - Coffee with Leadership, 8:30am
Friday May 30th - All Pro Dads, 7am
Friday May 30th - Spirit Wear Day
Tuesday June 10th - Field Day volunteer sign-ups to come next week!
We'd love volunteers to help organize these events! Let us know by clicking below.
