LAST CHANCE TO ORDER SPIRIT WEAR!

Don't miss your chance to order Vanderlyn cool weather Spirit Wear. Now available for a limited time only. Orders must be placed by noon on Friday, October 10th ( and will be delivered to your oldest child's classroom during November).
Photos are representative of the styles, but the colors and/or proportions may not be an exact match.
All sales are final and no exchanges are accepted.
Please contact Emilee Stone (emilee.stone1204@gmail.com) or Yang Yang (yangyangweiss@gmail.com) with any questions.

Vanderlyn Walk to School Day!!

Wednesday October 8th

The weather is too nice to sit in a car or bus - join us as Vanderlyn participates in Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 8th!

If it is too far to walk from your house, St.Luke’s Presbyterian Church is kindly allowing parents to park in their upper parking lot off of Manhasset Dr.

Please DO NOT park in the lower parking lot, as those are reserved parking spots for Dunwoody HS students.

So grab your friends, grab your neighbors, and let’s get walking!!!

There is also a Sign Up Genius attached, please consider donating food to make our event a success!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508044AA5AA23A4FB6-58985305-walk

The lost and found bin has grown, and almost all is unlabeled! If you are visiting the building please stop by the cafeteria to check if any items belong to your child. Items will also be available to look through at Walk to School.

Please label your children's items (jackets, water bottles, sweaters, etc.). Labeled items can be more easily returned to their owners!

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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