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Columbia Elementary

Dekalb County Schools

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Jan 10

(1st Semester) Report Card

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Jan 20

Dr. M. L. King, Jr. Holiday

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Jan 28

Tech Cafe: DCSD Device Check-Up and Preparing Parents for School Choice

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Feb 13

CES Title I Family Literacy Night

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School Times and Information
 
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.


2024 2025 School Calendar

Click HERE to access the Emergency Response and Protocols Booklet.
 
Georgia School Climate Survey
Parents, please take a moment to complete our Georgia School Climate Survey. The flyer, link and QR code have been provided below.




 
Infinite Campus Portal (Grades)
Parents stay informed and connected with Infinite Campus. This portal allows you to access your child's grades (progress reports & report cards), assignments, attendance, schedule and more. Create an Infinite Campus Parent Portal Account. Have an account already? Follow these steps to sign into Infinite Campus

1st Semester Report Cards - The 1st semester Report cards will be available on January 10th in your "Parent Portal" account.  A hard copy can be sent home upon parent request. 
 
General PTA Information
Join Columbia ES PTA today!! Membership dues are $10 per family. A special Shout Out to the families who have already joined the Columbia Elementary 2024-2025 PTA. If you have not joined, it's not too late!  
 
Join Columbia ES PTA today!! Membership dues are $10 per family.
 

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.