Talley Street Update

• CSD Digital Learning Day (NO In-Person School): November 4
• Walk n Roll: November 7
• Thanksgiving Lunch: November 12
• PTO Meeting: November 12, 6 pm
• Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL): November 24-28

There will be NO checkouts after learning celebrations, Talley Rally or after 1:45pm. The office will not be able to enter last minute dismissals. If you would like to change your child to walkup pick up in Pick Up Patrol, please enter that information in advance anytime or day before noon on the day of Talley Rally or special events. As a walkup pick up, your child will meet you when walkers are dismissed on the sidewalk on the parking lot side. They can also dismiss how they normally dismiss on a Friday or special event afternoons, and you can catch them as they walk outside. Thank you for your cooperation.

School photos are here! You can access the proofs using this link. The link will expire on November 8. The access code to log in is your child's student ID.

Thank you so much for your toilet paper roll support this year! We are on the prowl for a few items to use when we discuss ecosystems and decomposition. Do you have any of the following around the house?

• 10 gallon aquarium with a screen top
• dark plastic container with a top (for worm composting)
• old newspapers
• house plants that need a new home in the STEM lab
• shoeboxes

Any questions? Email Mrs. Reno (areno@csdecatur.net)! Thank you again for everything. You make science happen!

Do you have one of these lying around your home?

Do you happen to have a rolling storage cart (similar to this) at home that you're trying to get rid of? The library would love to take it off your hands! Any color is fine. Please email Mrs. Long (along@csdecatur.net) with any leads!

@TalleyMediaCenter

The Talley Media Center is now on Instagram! Follow along with our learning adventures here.

Library Volunteers Needed

Do you love encouraging kids to read? Would you like to be part of helping our school library become more inviting? Are you interested in helping us promote book joy? We would love to have you as a library volunteer! Please sign up using the button below if you're interested. Volunteer onboarding will be TOMORROW, Friday, October 31, at 7:50 AM! You are welcome to sign up even if you can't make the training - we will have a second training for those who want to volunteer but can't make that time.

After School Club at Talley - Witzzle Pro

When: Thursdays from 2:30-3:30 (parent pickup at 3:30)

Start Date: 11/6/2026

End Date: 12/11/2025

*40 students - first 40 that sign up.

How do I sign up: Fill out the form Witzzle Pro Sign up Link

Who can sign up: Any student who currently attends Talley (max 40 students). If you sign up for Witzzle Pro, please be sure that you do not already have a commitment on Thursdays after school.

What is Witzzle Pro: Witzzle Pro is a super fun game that can be played as a single, small group, or large group. It helps to enhance problem solving skills, order of operations, and has up to 7 different levels of difficulty - so it is a game for any age 6 and up. If you love to play games and like math - this Club is for you! We will have a fun tournament on our last meeting day.

Feel free to also email Ashley Forman (aforman@csdecatur.net) or Lindsey Combs (lindsey.combs@csdecatur.net) if you have any questions.

Calling all K-12 storytellers, writers, and authors! Every story deserves to be told — especially yours.

Submit your story and share your voice with the world!

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 WILL OPEN SOON and will be open through 11:59 pm on January 28th.

• 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.

Some of our houses have begun working on their service projects for the year. We need support from our entire Talley community!

Our next collection for house points will be Wednesday, November 5. Click here for information about what counts as plastic film and learn about how it gets processed and reused.

Join the Green Team on Tuesday, November 18 as we welcome composer and percussionist Chris Childs, who makes musical shakers that incorporate recycled plastic bottle caps. Chris will talk to us about how he makes his instruments and how they are used in musical performances. This event is open to all Talley families. Entry fee: As many plastic bottle caps you can collect between now and our event date!

Send your clean, empty packaging to Green Team for special recycling programs organized through TerraCycle. (In the case of Swiffer pads, send your used refills.) Your items stay out of the garbage stream, and Green Team earns TerraCycle points that turn into dollars to help fund our school efforts. Items should be directed to Mrs. Roberts. Learn more here.

• Walk & Roll is next Friday, November 7th! We're still looking for volunteers to help run the new Marble Table for Bus Riders! This is a simple but important job that’s even better with a student helper by your side. More details and sign-ups at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0848ACAA28A5FE3-59594689-busriders.

• Crossing Guard Appreciation Week is coming up, November 10th-14th! We’re collecting funds to give each of the 20+ crossing guards a Kroger Gift Card from the Talley community. To contribute, please Venmo Mallory Donaldson (@Mallory-Donaldson) by Monday, November 10th. We also encourage students to make thank you cards and give them to their Crossing Guards that week. Thank you for helping us celebrate the people who keep our students safe every day! Questions? Contact Mallory at srts@talleypto.org.

• You Lost It? We Found It! Please label all student items that could be left behind! Did you know that Talley has an extensive Lost and Found collection? With cooler mornings, lots of jackets are being removed at recess and forgotten outside. Labeled items will be returned to students’ homeroom classes. Unlabeled items are stored in the Lost and Found at the hallway cafeteria door (racks will be rolled outside every Thursday at dismissal!) Unclaimed items will be donated on the last Tuesday of every month. Please encourage students to check the Lost and Found as soon as an item is identified as missing!

• Join the Talley Street Bike Bus! We bike to Talley every Friday morning! More details at: https://atlantabikebus.com/schools/talley. We’re still looking for a few more adult volunteers to help with routes! Express interest or sign up (for yourself and/or your student) at: https://tinyurl.com/talleybikebus. For questions, contact talleystreetbikebus@gmail.com.

• Talley ‘25-’26 yearbooks are on pre-sale! They are $23 through 12/31/25 (when they will increase to $28). Order 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.

Read the October 30, 2025, issue of CSD Weekly, the district-wide newsletter.

GaDOE is hosting a Reading Series of powerful prep sessions designed to boost confidence and reading mastery for third graders across the state, November 3-6. Register here.

The DHS Boys' soccer team is hosting a fundraising camp! It will be from November 24-26. Register and get more information using the link below!

A Season of Giving/Christmas Decatur ensures that our community’s children and seniors in need experience the joy of the holidays with gifts matched to their wishes. This program is made possible through the generous spirit of neighbors helping neighbors. Applications for children are due by October 31. And here you can find information on how to sponsor a child, teen, or senior citizen, as well as how to volunteer.

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/.