FUN — TELOS One Day Academy

As society is growing increasingly isolated and tech-addicted, one of our core values is to steer students away from screens and into relationships. We try to model this personally and foster this among our students by providing opportunities for them to get together outside of class for fun and fellowship.

STUDY DAYS

Periodically throughout the school year, we invite students over to our home to study together, collaborate on projects and help students who want a little coaching. Although it is a study day, we also make sure to provide a little time for goofing off and having fun.

MOVIE NIGHTS

Throughout the year and summer, we have periodic movie nights. We pick an age-appropriate movie, filter out objectionable material, and have food, popcorn and drinks. After the movie we use concepts from Meaning at the Movies to discuss the movie in terms of message, world-view, content, artistic merit, and what we can learn both positively and negatively from the film as believers in Christ.

FIELD TRIPS

Each year we have one or two field trips as well as spontaneous invitations to events we think the families will enjoy. This builds friendships among the students and the parents. We have done field trips to places like White Sands, archery, Urban Air, the zoo, and coffee shops to hear live music.

RIFLE BUILDS

Each year, TELOS offers a unique rifle-building class for interested students and their families. This hands-on, parent-student activity guides participants through the entire process of building a custom rifle tailored to each family's preferences. Throughout the course, we place a special emphasis on responsible firearm ownership and rigorous safety protocols.

Instructor: Mike Kolesar (Enthusiastic rifle builder and lover of all things that go boom!)

FALL CAMPOUT

Weather permitting, we do a campout each fall at Aguirre Spring Recreation Area and Campground which is one of the best-kept secrets in the area. It’s a beautiful setting, with a spectacular 4-mile hike, and clean bathrooms and it’s only 40 minutes from El Paso. It is one of TELOS’ favorite activities.

WINTER BALL

Every Winter we host a Winter Ball for the larger homeschool community. This is a fundraiser for our seniors to be able to go on a senior trip. This is hosted at the beautiful Cortez Ballroom downtown.