Austin Elementary’s Sarv Dharavane Returns to the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championships
After Winning a Second Consecutive State Title Sarv Dharavane, the remarkable 11-year-old fifth-grader from Austin Elementary School, will have another chance to compete for the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championships after winning the 64th Annual Georgia Association of Educators State Spelling Bee, achieving his second consecutive state title. Sarv secured [...]
Cedar Grove Elementary and Tucker High Wins at National Film Festival In St. Louis
March 20, 2025 Two DeKalb County School District (DCSD) achieved significant wins at the Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) Film Festival held on March 14 during the annual APBS conference in St. Louis, Missouri. These recognitions were all thanks to Cedar Grove Elementary School winning in the "School Engagement [...]
Social Work Superstar: Veteran Honored as District’s School Social Worker of the Year!
Don Wessels, a social worker with the DeKalb County School District (DCSD), is described by his peers as friendly, calm, hardworking, a leader, and a mentor. With a distinguished three-decade career, Mr. Wessels was recently honored as DCSD’s School Social Worker of the Year, which he received with love, appreciation, [...]
DCSD’s Educational Support Professional I of the Year
DCSD’s Educational Support Professional I of the Year Goes Above and Beyond for John R. Lewis Elementary School While working as a library media assistant, John R. Lewis Elementary School administrative assistant Nicole Jones knew she could do more to serve the school district. When the opportunity to work [...]
DCSD Parents & Families Interpretation Services Letter
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The Board Report
February 2025 Members of the Board of Education met six times in February. Access the agendas below or view them on DSTV.
Media Assistant Makes History as a Female Baseball Umpire
Amharic | Arabic | Bengali | Burmese | Dari | French | Hindi | Karen | Nepali | Pashto | Somali | Spanish | Swahili | Tigrinya | Vietnamese Makes History as a Female Baseball Umpire Becoming a baseball umpire was a calling for [...]
DCSD Purchases Park Lake Administrative Building
February 10, 2025 Overview: The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) remains committed to prioritizing our schools, investing over $550 million this year in maintenance and capital improvements. We understand the urgency of these upgrades, which are a top priority for the District. The Robert R. Freeman Administrative and Instructional Complex [...]
DCSD Launches Project ELEVATE to Boost Graduation Rates
Distractions and unexpected life circumstances can quickly derail a person’s path to success. This includes many high school students who are off track to graduating on time. Fortunately, the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is doing something about that. Project ELEVATE 2025 is a new program designed to help high [...]