Talley Street Update

• SLT Meeting: January 26, 5 pm (media center or join virtually)
• Tybee Chaperone Meeting: January 26, 6 pm
• Lunar New Year Parade: January 28, 8:15 am
• Early Release: January 28, 12:15 pm
• 4th Grade Movie Night: January 30, 5:30 pm
• Amistad Friendship Dance: February 10, 5 pm, Ebster Recreation Center
• PTO Meeting: February 11, 6 pm
• February Break: February 16-20
• Rising 6th Grade Parent Night: March 4, 6:30 pm, BHMS
• Walk n Roll: March 6

Student report cards were available in the parent portal as of January 8. Use the link below for information about how to access grades.

Talley Street will take the new Georgia School Climate Survey this year. Each parent or guardian is invited to take the family version to answer questions about the current school(s) your child or children attend. If two or more children attend the same school, please only complete one survey for that school.

The survey measures your thoughts on how the school engages with families. Answers are not linked to names in any way. When typing answers, please do not give names or information that you don’t want to share with this school. Data will be shared with school leaders to help improve the school and will be published on the GaDOE website.

Please help by sharing your honest opinion on this 22-question survey. To take the survey, please click this link.

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact me at bheaton@csdecatur.net.

Sincerely,

Billy

Join us on Wednesday, March 4th from 6:30-8:00 pm for our Rising 6th Grade Parent Night at Beacon Hill Middle School

*Look for more information in your February e-blasts!

We look forward to welcoming you,

BHMS Bulldogs

Mark your calendars for Talley's first fifth-grade talent show on Friday, January 23, from 6-8 p.m.! In addition to showcasing the talents of our incredible fifth-graders, the talent show is an opportunity for our school community to help families facing homelessness. Nukumori House will be collecting items from the following list at the door, and will donate all of the items to the Decatur Cooperative Ministry, which helps families facing homelessness settle into safe, stable homes and build healthy lives. All Talley students and their families are welcome to attend. We hope to see you there!

We are in desperate need of coaches! Currently, we may need to cancel one or both teams this season if we do not get more volunteers.

Girls on the Run is looking for parents/caregivers/community members to coach at Talley Street for the Spring 2026 Season! If you are interested in becoming a coach/mentor for our participants, please see this flyer and visit girlsontherunga.com/coach to learn more about the kind of commitment it takes to be a coach, and to register to coach. Practice is on M/W or T/Th from 2:30-4:00 pm from February 9-April 28. No practice when there is no school or on Early Release days. Your Talley student is guaranteed a spot on the team if you volunteer to coach. We must have at least 3 coaches per team in order to host teams at Talley. We need you! Email programs@girlsontherunga.org for questions about GOTR or coaching, and nbundschu@csdecatur.net for questions about coaching at Talley. For more information about GOTR as a program, go to https://www.girlsontherunga.org/3rd-5th-grade-program-details.

Important Dates:

• Participant lottery registration is open through 11:59 pm on January 28th. Register at: https://www.girlsontherunga.org/3rd-5th-grade-program-details

• A computer-generated lottery will take place on January 29th for teams that are full. For any teams that don't fill through the lottery, registration reopens by 3 pm on January 29th and will remain open through February 19th on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Practices for all teams begin the week of February 9th.

• The last day to register for teams that have not yet filled and the last day for refunds is February 19th.

• The Girls on the Run 5K celebration is April 25th.

• The last week of practice will be the week of April 27th.

Call for artists! Submit your artist creation of our Talley Tiger! Winners will be chosen from each school to have their designs on a special CSD t-shirt to show our CSD pride. Entries can be submitted by January 30th to the Art Room.

Amistad is excited to host our annual Amistad Friendship Dance on Tuesday, February 10th at Ebster Gym from 5:00-6:30. The event is free for all Talley students to attend. Please use the link to register students in advance. Pre-registered students will receive a wristband at school on Monday, February 9th. The wristband allows entry to the dance. Students without a wristband can be registered by parents at the door. Food and drink sales are cash only - bring small bills! We also encourage carpooling as the event is a busy one.

Parent volunteers are vital to making this event a success and only parents signed up to volunteer will be allowed to attend. Sign up to volunteer here!

Thanks,

The House of Amistad

Many thanks to everyone who brought in plastic film for recycling last week. We collected an estimated 142 pounds of plastic film. AMAZING! Our next collection for house points will be Wednesday, February 11. Mark your calendars!

Read the January 22, 2026, issue of CSD Weekly, the district-wide newsletter.

Please take a moment this week to make your voice heard and participate in the Georgia Department of Education climate survey for your school! Your participation and feedback are greatly appreciated. The data collected will help determine the School Climate Star Ratings for the 2026-27 school year, which will enable schools to improve or build upon their successes.

An ongoing speaker series from DEF, Decatur Prevention Initiative and the Decatur Parents Network returns Thursday, January 22, with a documentary viewing and panel discussion on "Navigating the Changing Drug Landscape: Talking to our Kids About Dangerous Substances." This event is free and open to any adult. Find more information and register in advance here.

Thursday, January 22, 6:30-8 p.m., DHS Learning Commons (Library/Media Center). Enter the bus drop-off area off of Commerce Drive.

• Come cheer on Talley students at the Nukumori 5th Grade Talent Show tomorrow, Friday, January 23rd! The entire Talley community is invited to attend! Please bring an item from the Decatur Cooperative Ministry’s Needed Items list for admission. Doors open at 5:45pm, show begins at 6pm.
• Talley’s annual Lunar New Year Parade is next Wednesday, January 28th at 8:15am! If your student is in the parade, you are invited to come watch! Arrive at 8am (not sooner).
• Save the date for the annual Amistad Friendship Dance on Tuesday, February 10th at Ebster Gym from 5pm-6:30pm.
• Save the date for Talley’s Family STEM Night, Thursday, March 12th from 5pm-7pm!
• Save the date for Talley PTO’s TigerFest on Saturday, March 28th! This annual carnival is our largest fundraiser. More info coming soon!

• Did your student(s) receive a new jacket, winter apparel, water bottle, or other school gear over the break? Please label these items with your student’s name before they bring them to school, so they can be returned if they are lost and found! If you need labels, Mabel’s Labels gives 20% of every sale to Talley! Just search for Talley Upper Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization (Decatur) under “Support a Fundraiser” before you start shopping.
• Have photos from Talley events? Please share them with us for the yearbook! Email them to yearbook@talleypto.org.
• Order a yearbook! They are $28 at bit.ly/talleyyearbook25. Please consider donating a yearbook. If you need financial assistance, a discount code is available; contact Ms. Weaver (kiweaver@csdecatur.net), Talley school Counselor. For other questions, contact yearbook@talleypto.org.

Talley Street Website

You can find more information on the following Facebook pages:

Talley Street Principal

Talley Street Upper Elementary School Parents

Talley Street Artists

And these Instagram pages:

@talleytigergram

@talleystemstagram

@talleystreetgarden

@TalleyPTO

For more about the Talley Street PTO, visit their website here: https://talleypto.org/.