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Columbia Elementary

Dekalb County Schools

Upcoming Events

May 20

Tech Cafe: Tech Kindergarten Readiness

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May 21

Kindergarten Honor’s Day

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM Read More..
May 22

K - 2 Field Day

9:00 AM - 1:30 PM Field Day for K-2 Grades Only Read More..
May 23

3 - 5 Field Day

9:00 AM - 1:30 PM Field Dat for 3rd - 5th Only Read More..

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School Times
 
School Hours: 7:00AM - 2:30PM

Arrival:
Effective immediately, everyone (students, parents, visitors) will enter the building through the main entrance beginning at 7:00AM. Parents, please ensure that you stop by the front desk to sign in and receive a visitors pass. 

Dismissal:
Student dismissal (car riders/walkers, nursery vans, school buses) begins at 2:15PM.  Please contact HR teachers via written communication if a student's afternoon dismissal changes.  

Instructional Hours: 7:45AM - 2:15PM
It is the expectation that all students are seated in class and prepared for the day by 7:45AM each school day.  

Intervention Block:
School-wide intervention is from 8:30 - 9:00. Please ensure that your child arrives to school on time.  

Late/Tardy:
Students arriving at/after 7:45AM are tardy. Parents/Guardians, please report to the main entrance and sign students in.

Early Dismissal:
The cut-off from releasing students early is 1:45PM. Please utilize early dismissal for emergencies only, as the instructional day does not end until 2:15PM. Have your ID readily available and please do not park in the bus lane.  

Breakfast/Lunch – Breakfast is served daily from 7:00 am - 7:40 am. Students have the option to bring lunch from home or eat the school lunch. Breakfast and lunch are free for all students, and outside lunch, such as fast food is not permitted.

 
Honors Day Program
   

Columbia Elementary School will be hosting our annual Honors Day Program. You are invited to join us for our 2nd Semester Honors Day. 1st - 5th grade students will be recognized for their Academic Accomplishments for the 2nd semester. Invitations will be sent home with students who are receiving honors/recognition. The schedule is listed below.  


Kindergarten: Wednesday, May 21st @ 8:30 a.m.

1st/2nd grade combined: Tuesday, May 27th @ 8:30 a.m.
3rd/4th grade combined: Tuesday, May 27th @ 9:30 a.m.

5th grade: Wednesday, May 28th @ 8:30 a.m.
PreK- Wednesday, May 28th @ 10:30 a.m.

**Please note: Invitations will be sent to parents of students receiving 2nd semester honors.  
 
Columbia Elementary School Stakeholder Ti...
Please join us to help plan for the 2025-2026 school year. Our meetings will take place on Wednesday, May 21,2025__ at 12:30PM and at 3:30PM at Columbia Elementary School.  The focus of all Title I programs is to help eligible students meet the same high academic achievement standards expected of all children. We will be discussing our goals, planning the budget, discussing the needs of parents, and providing ideas for teacher training for next year. The 2024-2025 school compact and DCSD policy are available for your review. We look forward to collaborating with YOU!


 

Mission & Vision

The vision of the DeKalb County School District is to inspire our community of learners to achieve educational excellence. Our mission is to ensure student success, leading to higher education, work, and life-long learning. We are making this vision and mission a reality – every day, in every classroom throughout the District.

Through community forums, focus groups, listening sessions, and more, we have engaged our stakeholders, refined our objectives, honed our procedures, and formulated a robust, highly-structured yet agile and adaptive strategic plan. We are pleased with the progress we have made thus far, and excited about the future – of our District, our community, and, most importantly, the 100,000+ students who daily bring to us their limitless potential.

The District has created performance measures, targets, and initiatives to ensure success in each goal area. A monitoring and data collection process has been developed, and rigorous progress check procedures have been implemented. At the local level, on-going training sessions are offered to all principals in order to support the work of aligning, refining, monitoring, and evaluating the continuous improvement efforts of each individual school.

As a community of learners, we are committed to excellence in everything we do – within the classroom and throughout the District. This continuous improvement process permeates each aspect of our Strategic Plan, and we are honored to partner with you to make it a reality for all.