Principal Ivy Freeman
We are a Title One School of Distinction.
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We are also a Georgia State Professional Development School.
Dunwoody Springs Elementary School
Our Focus – Student Achievement
enrichment
- PDS / Georgia State Professional Development School Focus
- Student teachers and interns training in many classrooms
- Staff training through GSU partnership (science focus)
- On-site professor and DSES teacher liaison for progress monitoring
- Talented and Gifted (TAG) strategies in all classrooms
- School-wide Enrichment with a Reading emphasis (SEM-R)
- Data collection focus - ongoing student progress monitoring
- Integrating technology
- 19 promethean boards
- 20+ inspired classrooms
- Technology committee for ongoing staff development training
- Science lab
- Cultural Arts programs
- Field Trips and other experiential learning opportunities
- Outdoor classroom
Parent/ Family involvement
- Family Night events – curriculum focused
- Parent communication (newsletters, webpage, PTA blog, Constant Contact emails, Thursday folders, parent conferences etc.)
- Parent resource room
- Parent liaison
- Parent volunteer days
- PTA membership (funds school enrichment)
- PTA and school-sponsored fundraisers and community-builders
- Transition room (orientation for new-comers)
- Parent /student/school contract
Discipline
- Positive discipline approach
- Dolphin rules to live by (Respectful Responsible Positive and Safe)
- School Uniform Policy
- Counseling classes
- Positive behavior reward programs
- Discipline Committee to monitor school needs/focus
- Post-suspension parent conferences for development of
a behavior intervention plan
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The Replica Well and Outdoor Classroom
The Original Well Stood Where the school enterance is now.
A Strong SeNSE OF History
Our School has a rich history. Near the current school driveway entrance there was once a fresh water well that figured prominently in the history of the area. Native Americans once used the springs in this area along the Hightower Trail for fresh water. Later, the well was a frequent resting place for civil war soldiers who would stop by for a drink.
Ike Roberts, for whom Roberts Drive is named, engineered the narrow guage train that ran from the Chattahoochee River across what is now the front of the school to the station in Chamblee. Locals who wanted a ride only needed to wave down Ike and he would stop and let them hop on for a ride. There was no turntable , so every afternoon Ike would bring the train home through Dunwoody to Sandy Springs by travelling backwards.
There is a replica of the old well in the middle of our beautiful outdoor classroom and there is a small wooden model of the Dinky train, also called 'Old Buck' in the Dunwoody Springs Copeland Media Center. Students can come read in the Dinky Train as a reward for special achievements.
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Isaac Roberts proudly shows of his train, the Dinky, or Old Buck as it was known. Ike's house is still standing at Roberts Drive and Roswell Road near the Chattahoochee River. |