Passport to the World is October 20th!

Save the Date for Vanderlyn's annual International Night entitled Passport to the World this fall on October 20, 2022!! Please consider donating a tent for use, or help set up/break down the event afterwards! Click HERE to sign up!

New to Vanderlyn? If you've never been to Passport to the World, then please click HERE to enjoy a video of our wonderful event from previous years!

Vanderlyn Vikings are THINKING PINK!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Counseling Department is asking faculty, staff members, and students to wear pink on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 women get breast cancer, and more than 40,000 women die from the disease.

Let’s Think Pink.

Together against bullying – united for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

When students, parents, educators, and community members unite, it means one less student being bullied, one more person speaking out, or another young person knowing they are not alone. Show your true colors when it comes to bullying! If you care about safe and supportive schools and communities, make your color ORANGE on Unity Day. That’s the day everyone can come together and send one large ORANGE message of support, hope, and unity to show that we are together against bullying and united for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.

Wear ORANGE to school

-- Shirt, tie, hat, wristband, socks, or shoelaces

Play “You Can't Take That Away from Me”

-- 2016 American Idol Tristan McIntosh.

By joining together and wearing ORANGE on Unity Day, we can send the unified message that we care about students' physical and emotional health and that bullying will no longer be accepted in this society.”

Did you receive Mrs. Crenshaw's "Principal's Post" sent to families on Sunday, October 2nd, via School Messenger? If not, click HERE, and also HERE, to register for School Messenger!

Calling all sponsors!

The 15th Annual VanderDash 5K and Fun Run is right around the corner! Vanderlyn Elementary would love for your organization to be a sponsor this year! Contact: Viking.vanderdash@gmail.com to get started.

Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Tryouts

Special announcement for Vanderlyn 4th and 5th grade readers!

The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl (HRRB) Club is a competition reading team.

If your child is interested in learning more and possibly trying out for one of the 10 slots on the team, please fill out the interest survey. Students interested in trying out need to read the following 3 books (How to Disappear Completely by Ali Standish / The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm / Measuring Up by Lily Lamotte). You can find more information about the team here: https://sites.google.com/view/vanderlynlibrary/helen-ruffin-reading-bowl

The tryouts consist of a pencil and paper test on the 3 tryout books and are scheduled for after school on Monday, October 17. Students who earn a spot on the team will attend meetings in the Vanderlyn library on select Mondays from 2:30-3:15. The tentative date for the county competition is Saturday, January 28. More details will be shared with students who express interest by completing our interest survey.

Mrs. Adderley and Mrs. Pansini are the co-sponsors. Please email Mrs. Pansini (gail_pansini@dekalbschoolsga.org) if you have any questions.

We need your help!

Want to help organize Vanderlyn's BIGGEST fundraiser of the year?

Know anything about marketing, local businesses, or just want to be part of our awesome VanderDash team?

Yes? Then join our VanderDash Committee! Help our committee chairs plan another AMAZING race that helps our school and is so much FUN for our kids and community!

Email Whitney Gaines and Sara Graviss at VanderlynelemPTO@gmail.com for more info on these positions or to sign up now!

Annual Fund Update!

We are up to 86% of our Annual Fund goal for the year! Thank you, Viking families, for your extremely generous donations so far this school year!

If you have not already done so, please consider donating to the 2022-23 Annual Fund by clicking HERE. Remember, 100% of your donations will be used to enhance the educational experience of EVERY student and faculty member at Vanderlyn Elementary. All donations, large and small, DO make a difference.

Annual Fund magnets were delivered to homerooms this week. If you donated, but have not received a magnet, there will be a table set up at Curriculum Night for you to pick one up.

THANK YOU for your donations and support!

Katie Louviere

Annual Fund

vanderlynannualfund@gmail.com

**Please note: Viking Champion yard signs have been distributed. They will be collected mid-October. If you want to remove yours before then, please kindly set it aside as we save them from year to year. If you have any questions, or have not received your yard sign, please reach out!

Download the App now! Add a grade level when you scan your receipts. The App will show which grade level has earned the most BoxTops for Vanderlyn.

First grade is currently in the LEAD! Will they keep that lead in September?

Yearbooks are available for sale! Yearbooks must be purchased through Josten's site, jostensyearbooks.com. If you have any questions, please contact Emily Lane or Jennifer Benator at our yearbook email vanderlynvikingyearbook@gmail.com.

New to Vanderlyn?

Know a family who's considering our school?

Click HERE to sign up for available dates to tour our school. Tours are led by a parent volunteer. All tours begin at 10:00AM and should last approximately 45 minutes.

Fall Pictures

Fall school pictures were taken on August 24th. These are the photos that will appear in the yearbook. Each student will have a unique QR code sent home with them about two weeks after pictures are taken. You will be able to view and order your child’s photo online using this QR code. If you have any questions, please contact Emily Lane and Jennifer Benator at vanderlynvikingyearbook@gmail.com.

Mobile App Directory and Calendar

PTO members can access the school directory and calendar from the Membership Toolkit App. This App is currently available for free in the Apple and Goggle stores.
You can toggle between up to 4 organizations you belong to using Membership Toolkit.
Subscribe to the calendar by clicking on the menu bar (top left) > gear icon (settings) > Manage Subscriptions

Website Directory and Calendar

PTO members can access the school directory HERE. To update your family’s account and publishing preferences for the Directory, click HERE.
Add important school dates to your personal calendar (Google or Mac Calendar). To subscribe to the calendar, click HERE > subscribe to “Vanderlyn Elementary PTO - Dekalb County SD, GA Calendars”.

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