Winter Spirit Wear Delivery

Winter spirit wear orders are now closed. Items will be delivered to your child's homeroom the week of November 10th. Please contact Emilee Stone or Yang Yang with any questions.

5th Grade Yearbook Ads!

We welcome you to celebrate your 5th grader's successes and milestones with a Yearbook Recognition Ad! Create a lasting memory for you and your child in 3 easy steps.

Order by 12/12/2025.

Annual Fund Yard Signs

We are beginning the process of collecting the annual fund yard signs and need your help. You may start dropping them off during morning carpool by placing them along the 2nd/3rd grade side of the building. Alternatively, you’re welcome to leave them at your convenience near the front of the school, along the side of the building.

If neither option works for you, a PTO member will stop by to collect the sign from your yard in the coming weeks.

We appreciate your help in returning the signs!

Help us reach our annual fund goal!

We are excited to share that we're just $4,000 away from hitting our Annual Fund goal for the year! Every contribution brings us closer to making a meaningful impact to both teachers and students this year. If you haven't had a chance to donate yet, now's the perfect time!

Donate Here

Parking Decals for the 2025-2026 School Year

We recognize parking can oftentimes be a challenge when visiting campus. This year, to better manage our parking lots and limit use by individuals not affiliated with Vanderlyn, we’ll be distributing parking decals like the one shown above.

These decals should be placed in the bottom corner of the driver’s side windshield and will help us ensure that parking remains available for teachers, staff, and parents throughout the year. You can pick up your decal in the front office with Ms. Gillett. Please limit to 2 per family. All other visitors can pick up a temporary tag from the front office when visiting campus.

If your business is interested in becoming an Annual Sponsor or you would like to learn more, please contact us at vanderlynannualfund@gmail.com

In October 2024 Dekalb County Schools announced a process, the Student Assignment Project, to comprehensively evaluate its approach to assigning students to schools, including school boundaries, use of existing buildings, and the process for assigning students to specialty schools (i.e. magnet, IB, language). In addition to a thorough review of available data including current and projected attendance levels, the District has hosted a series of meetings to share what they are doing and solicit input from the community. All meeting recordings and notes are available at this link. The Student Assignment Project will culminate in Winter or Spring of 2026 with a report of recommendations that will be presented to the Board of Education for consideration. The district is asking parents to review notes and be proactive with any feedback and comments before formal recommendations are formed. You can reach the SAP committee to give feedback via the website at: https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/sap/contact/.

Your help is needed! Please consider volunteering your time and joining one of our PTO Committees (click here for descriptions of each!). To learn more about how you can get involved or for information about chairing a committee, please reach out to vanderlynelempto@gmail.com.

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.

Connect your BoxTops account to your Walmart account by 8/31/24 and earn and additional 50 points for Vanderlyn.

Curious how Vanderlyn is performing?

Moving to Dunwoody and want to know how schools compare?

Statewide Assessments. Check out Dekalb County’s new Data Dashboard available at https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/data-dashboards/accountability-reports/. This Dashboard includes information from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA). The GOSA provides school reports for all public elementary, middle, and high schools in Georgia. These reports include information such as:

performance on statewide assessments,
make-up of the school’s student body, and
graduation rate for high schools.

These reports also include each school’s College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI). CCRPI is a comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform that measures college and career readiness for all Georgia public school students.

Click here for Vanderlyn’s latest CCRPI. In the area of Content Mastery, Vanderlyn earned a perfect score of 100.

State Level Awards. In 2023, Vanderlyn earned the Literacy Leader distinction from the Georgia Department of Education for outstanding reading achievement, with Vanderlyn students achieving 96% mastery in Reading on the Georgia Milestones assessment. Our school has consistently been recognized by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement as a High Performing School, including winning the Platinum Award in the Highest Performing category in both 2011 and 2015. Vanderlyn was named a 2011 Georgia School of Excellence by the State School Superintendent, placing Vanderlyn in the top 10% of schools in the state.

STEM Certification. Vanderlyn is AdvancED STEM and Cognia certified. We have completed this arduous process twice!

Family and Community Involvement. Our families and local community are integral to Vanderlyn's success. Vanderlyn celebrates annual events such as STEM Career Day, National STEM Day, PBL Showcase, Passport to the World, Vocabulary Hat Parade, Art Showcase, as well as musical and dance performances. VanderDash, our largest school-community event, annually raises over $20,000, and has funded teacher training and improvements to the school, including playground updates, mobile computer carts, laptops and grade level tablets, our outdoor Courtyard Classroom, media center & staff lounge upgrades and flexible student seating.

Student Competitions. Our students regularly win accolades in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, state-level Science Olympiad, Econ Games, DCSD Technology Fair, and Math Olympiad.

Safety and Security: The safety and well-being of students is Vanderlyn's top priority. Vanderlyn has received an average score of 100 on our Annual Safe School Audits.

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 Google 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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