DCSD FamilyEngagement

🎉🚸 Join us for Safe Kids Day in DeKalb!

Families across DeKalb County are invited to a fun, interactive day focused on keeping our children safe and prepared. From bike, fire, and pool safety to car seat education and more, this event brings together community partners dedicated to protecting our youth.

Enjoy a day filled with hands-on learning, music, inflatables, food, raffles, and family fun—all in one place! 💛

📍 Smoke Rise Elementary School
🗓 Saturday, May 16th, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Let’s come together to build a safer, stronger community for our kids!

📩 For more information:
Cedric Fowler – [email protected]
Nancy Pritchett – [email protected]

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🎨✨ ¿Qué significa tu cultura para ti?

Estudiantes y familias del Condado de DeKalb, esta es su oportunidad de convertir su historia en arte. 🎭🖌️📚 Muéstrennos su cultura, herencia, tradiciones y trayectoria familiar a través de una obra de arte original que hable desde el corazón.

¡Las obras seleccionadas serán exhibidas profesionalmente en el FACE IMPACT Hub y representarán las voces de nuestra comunidad de DCSD! 🌍💙

🗓️ Fecha límite: 20 de mayo de 2026
📍 Abierto para todos los estudiantes y familias de DCSD
🎨 Créalo. Escríbelo. Compártelo.

Tu historia importa. Tu voz merece ser vista.

📩 Para más información, comuníquese con Anne Ferreira
📧 [email protected]
📞 404-849-6350

🎨✨ What does your culture mean to you?

DeKalb County students and families, this is your chance to turn your story into art. 🎭🖌️📚 Show us your culture, heritage, traditions, and family journey through an original artwork piece that speaks from the heart.

Selected artwork will be professionally displayed at the FACE IMPACT Hub and represent the voices of our DCSD community! 🌍💙

🗓️ Deadline: May 20, 2026
📍 Open to all DCSD students & families
🎨 Create it. Write it. Share it.

Your story matters. Your voice deserves to be seen.

📩 For more information, please contact Anne Ferreira
📧 [email protected]
📞 404-849-6350

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We were honored to celebrate amazing grandparents like Ms. Carolyn Williams at our Grand Affair! 💙✨ Thank you, Ms. Williams, for joining us and for sharing your heartfelt appreciation for DeKalb County School District’s Family & Community Engagement Department. Your presence made the event even more special.

Grand Affair was a beautiful celebration recognizing the love, sacrifice, and dedication of grandparents who play such an important role in the lives of our students and families. We are grateful to serve and celebrate you!

Celebrating the love, strength, and dedication of our custodial grandparents at A Grand Affair 💙✨ hosted at the City of Stonecrest Recreation Center.

This special celebration was filled with joy, music, inspiration, and appreciation for the grandparents who play such an important role in the lives of our students and families. In this interview, hear from Stephanie Valentine, District Family Engagement Liaison, as she shares ways grandparents can stay connected, supported, and involved throughout our district.

Grandparents interested in becoming active in our district can contact Stephanie Valentine at [email protected] or 678-984-9616.

Interested in volunteering to support grandparents programs? Please contact Demone Gunter at [email protected] or 678-984-8078.

Thank you to every grandparent who joined us and helped make this event unforgettable. 💐 More interviews from our amazing active grandparents are coming soon!

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