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Lunch Bunch is Currently Recruiting Volunteers!

Beginning Tuesday, September 6, volunteers are needed in the cafeteria on a daily basis to assist the children with their lunch room needs. If this sounds like something you could fit into your schedule, please click here to learn more and sign up for a shift today. You can sign up weekly, monthly, or whenever it might fit into your schedule! Each shift is just an hour and by volunteering you are giving our awesome teachers a much needed break!

Please contact our PTO Lunch Bunch Co-Chairs Angela Thayer or Shelley Coplin with any questions.

Every dollar donated to our PTO Annual Fund Campaign directly impacts every student and teacher at Vanderlyn Elementary. Here's how your dollars are spent to maintain the tradition of excellence at Vanderlyn:

Education Expenses:  STEM, Teacher Training, iXL, Teaching Gardens, Academic Competitions, Field Trips, International Night, Book Room, Visiting Authors, and Teacher Discretionary Funds

Health and Well Being Expenses:  Academic Awards, Clinic Supplies, Field Day, Teacher Appreciation, Productions, Traffic, and Grounds

Business Expenses:  Accounting Fees, Banking Fees, Credit Card Fees, Registration, Liability Insurance, Supplies, Dues and Subscriptions

Communications Expenses:  Bulletin Boards, Hospitality, New Families, and Marquees

Fundraising Expenses:  Annual Fund, Book Fair, and Merchant Rebates

THANK YOU to the 65% of Vanderlyn families that have already donated. We appreciate your commitment to the school. 

Be a Viking Champion and donate today!

 

  Vanderlyn Yearbooks are now for sale!

New this year, all yearbook orders will be handled through our new yearbook vendor, Jostens. They will no longer be available for order through the PTO Website. Currently, the price for a yearbook is $25. The price will increase by $10 after October 28. Save money and order now!
 
Our new yearbook vendor also offers personalization for $4. Checkout our yearbook website to learn all of the exciting details!
 
Please contact Lisa Guggenheim, our PTO yearbook co-chair, with any yearbook questions.
 

 

Channel 2's Mark Arum Visits Vanderlyn & Donates to Annual Fund

Mark Arum of WSB-TV Channel 2 visited Vanderlyn on August 2 as part of their Back to School campaign. Mr. Arum brought healthy snacks to share with the entire faculty and staff and toured our school interviewing the teachers and faculty. Mr. Arum graciously donated $250 to our Vanderlyn Annual Fund. Thank you WSB-TV and Mr. Arum! 

 

 

Congratulations Vanderlyn Vikings! We are AdvancED STEM certified. AdvancED STEM is the first internationally recognized STEM certification. Currently, just 50 schools, internationally and nationally, have been awarded AdvancED STEM Certification.

Vanderlyn is proud to be amongst the first in the Dekalb County School District and the State of Georgia to achieve AdvancED STEM certification! This is an impressive accomplishment that cements Vanderlyn as a formidable, academic powerhouse that is rooted in 21st century best-teaching practices and epitomizes success for all students.

To learn more about AdvancED, click here. 

 

Vanderlyn is a Platinum Award Winner from the Governor's Office of

Student Achievement

 

Vanderlyn Elementary is the recipient of a Platinum Award as a Highest Achieving School from the Governor's Office of Student Achievement for 2015. The school awards, developed by GOSA (Governor's Office of Student Achievement) and approved by the State Board of Education, are part of Georgia’s Single Statewide Accountability System. Highest Performing schools must earn a three-year average College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) Achievement Score that ranks in at least the 93rd percentile. For more information about the awards, please visit the Governor's Office of Student Achievement website.