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Superintendent's Newsletter

Please click here to access Superintendent, 
Mrs. Cheryl Watson-Harris' Weekly Newsletter.
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registration
Click on the following links to register your child:
 
kindergarten information Rising Kindergarten Information

If you missed the Austin Kindergarten Information Meeting, you can find the presentation posted here.  

Registration is now open!  Please follow the instructions found in the presentation and begin here. 

Incoming Kindergarten parents - register here to begin receiving weekly PTO Newsletter for upcoming Austin events (select the red LOGIN/REGISTER button).  Even if you have a current student already, you can now add your rising Kindergarten student as Incoming K. 

 
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Family STEM Challenge Family STEM Challenge

Summer

As part of our STEM Program and family engagement at Austin Elementary School, we would like to invite families to participate in a fun, engaging, and non-mandatory STEM activity to complete once a month. The activity would aim to involve members of your family group and would use simple and common materials found around your house. You will not need to purchase any additional materials.  


This summer, please help Kelly Ridenhour, an ecology graduate researcher from UGA to collect data on fireflies in Atlanta. The Atlanta Firefly Project is a community initiative that assists researchers in studying firefly conservation in Atlanta. You can help from your home.  All it takes is a commitment to monitor outside your home two evenings in June and two evenings in July during the summer and submit information using their entry form documenting whether you see fireflies. For more information click here. 


 
How-To Videos How-To Videos
Our teacher leaders have created tutorial videos on how to access many of the platforms that you and/or your child will be utilizing this school year.  Please reference the videos and reach out to your child's teacher with any questions. Click the link below to access these videos.
 
Infinite Campus How to View Student Grades in Infinite Campus
Please follow the links below to...
 
1. Create a parent account to Infinite Campus (or use student's account) 
 
 
For more information on Infinite Campus, please visit  https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/infinite-campus/
 
 
Community Links to Community Resources
For more information, please contact our social worker Cary_Garner@dekalbschoolsga.org  (Cary_Garner@dekalbschoolsga.org).
 
DCSD logo DCSD Information & Support during School Closings
https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/news/cdc-guidance-on-coronavirus/ 
VERGE How to Log On to VERGE for Online Learning
 
 
If a student needs a password reset, please submit a request using this link:  https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/virtual-learning-support-ticket
 
And while they are engaged in learning (online or otherwise!), please snap some pics and share!  Photographs will be posted on the homepage gallery above.
 
Photos must be landscape-oriented. Please allow for photo to be resized to 700x378, so not *too* closeup. 
 
Email photos to Austin's webmaster:   tamara_hoyem@dekalbschoolsga.org (tamara_hoyem@dekalbschoolsga.org)
 
We can't wait to see them! 
 
 
wifi Complimentary Internet Offer from Comcast
Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, we are putting in place two substantial program enhancements to help these families deal with this crisis. Click here for all details.
  • We will make it even easier for low-income families who live in a Comcast service area to sign up by offering new customers 60 days of complimentary Internet Essentials service, which is normally available to all qualified low-income households for $9.95/month.
  • Also, we are increasing Internet speeds for the Internet Essentials service from 15/2 Mbps to 25/3 Mbps for all new and existing customers, which will be the speed of the service going forward. In this way, we will ensure that Internet Essentials customers will be able to use their Internet service for all their increased needs as a result of this health crisis.
 
Austin Scores 99 on CCRPI! image Austin Scores 99 on CCRPI!
...AND earns yet another *Platinum Award*  from the Single Statewide Accountability System!
 
 
Welcome New Family Information
Welcome to Austin Elementary!  Please visit the New Family Information page of the Austin PTO & Foundation website.
 
Celebrate Austin Elementary Announced as 2018 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
 
 
This award acknowledges that Austin is successful in many more ways than just high test scores. We provide opportunities for students to grow socially and emotionally also.  We are grateful for partnerships with our parents and community and realize that only by working together are we able to help our students reach their fullest potential.  Congratulations to our students, parents, and faculty for one of the most prestigious awards in education a school can earn!
 
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