E-SPLOST Advisory Committee Call for Candidates
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) invites all community members to take part in one of the most important parts of education: tax dollar spending. The public is invited to apply for membership on the E-SPLOST (Education Special-Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) Advisory Committee. Applications can be submitted online [...]
Groundbreaking at Cross Keys North Elementary
Your E-SPLOST Dollars at Work The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) students, teachers, staff and community members celebrated the official groundbreaking of Cross Keys North Elementary School on May 21, 2019. The event featured remarks from DCSD Superintendent/CEO Dr. R. Stephen Green, Doraville mayor Donna Pittman, Dresden [...]
Teacher Job Fair
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA – The community is invited to the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) Teacher Job Fair on Thursday, June 13, 2019 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The event—scheduled to take place at Miller Grove High School in Lithonia—provides elementary, middle and high school teacher candidates a [...]
New Online Registration
Families that are new to the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) can now access the new online registration system. Parents of students returning to the same school must submit updated information to the school before the ending of the school year or during summer registration. [...]
Teacher Earns $7,500 Atlanta Families Award
DeKalb School of the Arts teacher is Atlanta Families’ Award for Excellence in Education winner One DeKalb County School District (DCSD) educator has reaped the rewards of a career dedicated to service, community, and improving the lives of students. DeKalb School of the Arts (DSA) teacher Anna [...]
Teacher Gets Surprise from SeaWorld
A family vacation leads to lessons beyond the classroom Sharon Thomas, a third-grade teacher at Panola Way Elementary in Lithonia, is used to being the one to teach her students new and exciting things. But during a family trip to SeaWorld in 2018, it was she who [...]
Rockbridge Elementary Celebrates French Immersion
This article was created in collaboration with Joanne Potts, a Title I Parent Liaison at Rockbridge Elementary. Click here to submit your own article.As an English-speaking American, have you or someone you know ever traveled abroad? How effective was the communication with the foreign countrymen? Were you able to speak and [...]
Two Educators are Finalists for GA Teacher of Year
Two DeKalb County School District (DCSD) educators have been nominated for Georgia Teacher of the Year in two respective categories. Fernbank Science Center’s Dr. David Collins, who specializes in exceptional education, and Barack H. Obama Magnet School of Technology’s Mr. Johnathon Hines, a Pre-Kindergarten teacher, have been nominated [...]
DCSD Summer Hours
All DeKalb County School District (DCSD) facilities, centers, and schools are now on a condensed schedule for the summer season. All district facilities will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday until August 2019. All facilities will be closed on Fridays* [...]
