Talley Street Update

• 4th Grade Movie Night (DATE CHANGE): February 6, 5:30 pm
• Amistad Friendship Dance: February 10, 5 pm, Ebster Recreation Center
• PTO Meeting: February 11, 6 pm
• 5th Grade Yearbook Tribute Ads: Due by February 16th (order here)
• February Break: February 16-20
• Rising 6th Grade Parent Night: March 4, 6:30 pm, BHMS
• Walk n Roll: March 6
• PTO Meeting: March 11, 6 pm
• Family STEM Night: March 12, 5 pm
• Early Release: March 25, 12:15 pm
• Talley Family Bingo: March 26, 5 pm
• TigerFest: March 28, 11 am-3 pm

Thank you to the Diversity Activities Committee for putting on a great Lunar New Year parade, and shout out to all of our students, staff, and families who made it possible!

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

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.

Any payments from the previous date will be honored.

Questions/Concerns? Please email ejohnson1@csdecatur.net

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

Save the date for Talley's Family STEM Night! This year's theme is "STEM Careers Start Here." Join us on Thursday, March 12, at 5 pm to learn about STEM careers, featuring lots of special guests!

Talley students can earn house points for bringing in the following items for special recycling programs overseen by the Green Team. All items should be clean of food and dry and may be delivered to the Media Center for Mrs. Roberts. (Please include your name and homeroom.) Learn more on the Green Team website.

• Entenmenn's Little Bites pouches: This collection is for the plastic packaging only; cardboard boxes can be recycled in curbside recycling.
  

• Air and home care trigger heads: This program is sponsored by Mr. Clean and Febreeze, but all brands of trigger heads will be accepted.
  

• Drink pouches: This collection is sponsored by Honest Kids, but ALL BRANDS of aluminum foil and plastic drink pouches (including straws!) may be sent in. Please squeeze excess liquid from the pouches.
  

• Kroger Brand flexible packaging: This includes all flexible packaging under the Simple Truth™, Private Selection®, Kroger® Brand, Comforts®, Pet Pride®, Luvsome®, Abound® labels.
  

• Laundry detergent tubs and pouches: We have two product-specific collections. One is limited to Tide and Gain laundry tubs and lids (Laundry jugs can be placed in Decatur's curbside recycling.); Tide and Downy pouches; Tide, Dreft and NBD. fabric care packaging; NBD. Eco-Box packaging; and NBD. bottles with triggers. The second collection is for ARM & HAMMER™ and OxiClean™ plastic laundry pouches.
  

• Air freshener aerosols: This program is for Febreze brand aerosols only.
  

• Swifer cleaning refills: This program is Swifer brand specific and is for USED duster refills, dry pad refills and wet pad refills only. NOTE: Wet pads should be dry before sending in. Cardboard packaging should be placed in your curbside recycling.

Read the January 29, 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.

• Mark your calendars – Walk & Roll returns on Friday, March 6th!
• Save the date for Talley PTO’s TigerFest on Saturday, March 28th! This annual carnival is our largest fundraiser. More info coming soon! If you would like to help with planning, please email copresident@talleypto.org.

• 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.
• Please label your student’s items with their name 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.

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/.