Happy Monday, Telra Families! Read on for a big batch of miscellaneous updates on happenings at Telra
Disc Golf
Our new disc golf club starts tomorrow, and we've expanded capacity so that students in grades 5-9 can all take part. Sign up here. And once you've signed up, don't forget to update your dismissal plan to indicate disc golf on Tuesdays.
Basketball
This is our chance to field some competitive sports teams. Let us know if your child would like to participate in basketball this winter.
Math Team
Math Team meets again this Thursday and every Thursday. Normally, Math Team is open only to students who have qualified through the try-out. However, this Thursday is a special make-up day for any students who missed the tryouts last week. Read more about the team and be sure to update your dismissal plan to indicate Math Team for Thursday.
Car line
As we get faster at the afterschool dismissal process, we are bringing up the end time so that we can close dismissal sooner. Our aim is to be finished with the last car line dismissal by 3:55pm. (That makes for about a 20 min dismissal period between the 1st child in their car around 3:35 to the last child around 3:55.)
Front end: Please avoid arriving prior to 3pm if you can. Timing your arrival for 3:25pm or later helps us minimize traffic jams for the school and for our neighbors
Back end: Please plan to arrive by 3:50pm so that we can efficiently load and read tags in all lanes. That will help us achieve an on-time close at 3:55.
Bus Transportation Parent meeting (A message from Travel Trax)
Wednesday, September 11 from 6-7pm in the Telra gym
This meeting is for anyone still seeking bus transportation, moving bus stop locations, or those who haven't received a scan card.
This will be the final boarding call for all buses.
All Travel Trax transportation staff will present at the meeting to deal with any outstanding questions. Please attend the meeting rather than emailing/calling so that issues can be resolved right away.
We will also be introducing the New Grey Route, Zonar setup, & Scan Cards.
Telra Family Home in Teams
Have you discovered the new Telra Family Home in Microsoft Teams? All students should be members of the Telra Family Home "Team" and if you click on the "Home" tab in the General Channel, you can find this portal with resources such as the Family Handbook and Code of Conduct.
Don't see the Home tab? Click on Apps to expand your options.
You can also look in the Files section of this team to find the same resources.
Taking home your laptop
Students in grades 4 and higher can be permitted to take their laptops home to complete their schoolwork. While we recommend leaving your laptop at school as much as possible (to keep it charged and prevent it from being forgotten or damaged), we understand sometimes students need a device of their own to complete their assignments.
Parents must grant their child permission to take home a laptop by completing a form on Alma Start. Log into Alma and then click on "Alma Start Forms and Tasks" near your child's name. From there, "Begin a New Process" for School Year 2024-2025 called "Technology Take-Home Permission 2024-2025."
In completing this form to take a device home, families are taking responsibility for any damage, and they must ensure the device comes back to school fully charged. (Some of the student laptops will work with USB-C chargers or families can purchase a universal laptop charger.)
Math tutoring
Returning families might remember the ESSAM (Every Student Succeeds at Math) program that connected Telra elementary students with local high schoolers for free online math tutoring/enrichment.
(Limited) spaces are available for Telra students in grades 3-5 for afternoon and Saturday sessions.
Charlotte Math Club @ Telra
Telra is once again home of the Charlotte Math Club. The first meeting of the academic year is this Saturday September 14, at 9:30am.
The Math Club offers programs for nearly every level of budding mathematician, so we hope you can join us!