Dolvin Diary

Dear Dolvin Families,

We had a great time with Field Day on Tuesday! Huge thank you to all the parent volunteers, Mr. Maloy, and Mr. Whitten, we simply could not have done it without you and the kids had an awesome time. Next week we have of end of year parties that we celebrate with whole grade levels at a time outside on the back field. It’s hard to believe we only have one week of school left this year! We will be sending another Dolvin Diary on the last day of school, May 21st.

Thank you,

Andy Stein

Please enroll your rising kindergartner for 2026-2027 now! Please visit our website at Registration - Dolvin Elementary School for all directions. If you have a parent portal, you can go into the portal and click on MORE/Online Registration/Existing Family Registration/Next Year 2026-2027 to get started.

Once the application is submitted, please reach out to Lisa Carper at carper@fultonschools.org with the application number.

If your child is currently attending Dolvin for PreK, they will be automatically enrolled for kindergarten. Please let us know if your current PreK student will not be attending Dolvin for kindergarten by emailing Lisa Carper at carper@fultonschools.org.

The school year isn’t over yet! Every day matters for review, projects, and preparing for the next grade level. Students with strong May attendance are more likely to retain skills over the summer. The late bell rings at 7:40am. Students should be in their classroom ready to learn at that time.

Please email the school when your child is absent at dolvinattendance@fultonschools.org. Remeber you can seek remote learning days or pre-approved days if you have a known absence! See Attendance - Dolvin Elementary School for Dolvin's attendance policy.

Per Fulton County Policy, all families must present 2 proofs of residency for rising Kindergarten and 2nd Grade students. Please stop by Dolvin with your 2 original proofs (even if electronic) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. any day prior to May 18, 2026. If you cannot make it to the school, you can send the documents in with your student to the attention of Lisa Carper. She will send them back home with the student the same day. If you have any questions, you can reach out to Lisa Carper at carper@fultonschools.org. If these documents are not received, your child will become provisionally enrolled and risk being withdrawn.

You must provide the following:

Water or Electric bill (no other utilities are accepted)

AND one of the following:

Home Mortgage Bill

Home Sale Contract

Current Lease - full and signed by both parties

Section Eight/HUD Housing Document

Current HOA Bill

Current Housing Tax Bill or Assessment

Thank you to those that have already presented their documents.

ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED HEADPHONES

The headphones preferred by Dolvin are available through Amazon at:

HEADPHONES

For the other items on the 2026-2027 Supply List, please click on one of the following links:

K - 5 Supply List

GA PreK Supply List

All parents whose students have medications in the clinic must sign in and pick up medications in person. Both prescription and non-prescription medications are not permitted to be sent home in the student's backpack. All medications must be picked up before 3:00 p.m. on May 21st. Failure to do so will result in the medications being discarded. For additional information please contact our clinic assistant Elizabeth Eapen at 470-254-9281. Thank you.

Shout out to Sofia Yun! She recently participated in an art competition and was honored with an award for her work!

Kid Chess would like to congratulate the Dolvin Elementary Kid Chess team for placing in three sections at the Georgia Chess State Team Championship where teams from all over Georgia played.

The Dolvin teams are:

K-1, 4th place, Otis Smith, Athiran Velayutham, Ayaan Kurani, and Samantha Swinford.

K-3, 4th place, Maxwell Xu, Swadhyay Ram, Megan L. Walker, Anvi Date, and Miles Park.

K-5, 8th place, Grayson Sihan Xu, Mohan Karthik Iyer, Ocean Huang, Sagar Bhattacharya, and Saharsh Dhulipudi.

The K-5 Dolvin Elementary Kid Chess team also performed well finishing 12th place in the Kid Chess Team Championship with over 60 schools competing. This team included Maxwell Xu, Eric Yin, Tejas Iyer, Ian Kim, and Thomas Holm.

Congratulations to all these outstanding young chess players!

All items not found by May 22nd, will be donated to charity.

On January 5, 2026, we implemented an updated safety procedure. Any adult entering Dolvin ES must present their physical state-issued ID card. The ID must be scanned in the front office if attending a conference, volunteering, lunch with a student, etc. A government-issued passport will no longer be an acceptable form of ID for anything other than student checkout. Because the current state law/district requirement is that visitors be checked against the Sexual Predator/Offender database, a passport-only visitor cannot be processed in a way that meets that requirement with the current system. The district is evaluating an approved alternate process that would maintain compliance while addressing passport-only cases. The recommended procedure will be shared as soon as it’s finalized.

In the meantime, Mr. Stein can address and support any individual families that may be impacted by this. Those families should reach out to Mr. Stein directly. They will not be denied access, it will just look different depending on the specific situation and individual request.

For more information about this policy please see: View Board Policy KM: Visitors to School. Thank you for understanding.

Please reach out to Mr. Stein or Ms. Boateng with questions.

Title III Parent Survey School Year 25-26 – Fill out form

We welcome and greatly appreciate our volunteers at Dolvin! If you would like to be a volunteer, you must complete the Volunteer Registration Application prior to volunteering. For volunteer information and frequently asked questions on the Fulton County Schools website, click HERE.

Please follow the link below to access the FCS Volunteer Registration page.

https://www.fultonschools.org/all-departments/human-resources/badging/register-as-a-supervised-volunteer/volunteer-application-form

Important - All Visitors and Volunteers must remember to bring in their driver’s license each time they sign in. The license will be scanned each time. Thank you.

Meal prices for the 2025 - 2026 school year

School Menus

Free and Reduced Lunch Application

May 15

All Pro Dad Meeting 7:00 am - 7:30 am

May 19

End of Year Parties

Pk, Kindergarten and 1st grade - 9:00 am - 9:45 am

2nd and 3rd grade - 10:00 am - 10:45 am

4th and 5th grade - 11:00 am - 11:45 am

May 21

Last Day of School

Dolvin Website: dolvin.org

Dolvin PTO Website: dolvinpto.org

Dolvin PTO Email: info@dolvinpto.org

Instagram: @Dolvin_Dolphins

Facebook: Dolvin Principal

Teacher's blogs

Dolvin Diary - A new issue comes out the first and third Thursday of the month. Please read to keep up with current events at the school.

Peachjar: Various flyers are sent home via Peachjar. Dolvin-specific flyers come to your inbox on Thursdays.

LED Sign: Located on the corner of Buice Road and Jones Bridge Road.

Hello Dolvin families!

The end of the school year is full of fun and exciting events. We have end-of-year parties next and the Summer Book Swap. Check out the sections below for more details.

Thank you so much for your support throughout the year!

Nancy Nunnelley

Make room on your bookshelves and prevent the “summer slide” -- the Summer Book Swap is coming!

This new event brought to you by the PTO is simple, yet so rewarding. It’s a chance to:

- Clear away books your kids no longer read

- Excite young readers with new-to-them titles

- Encourage summer reading

Families can drop off clean, gently-used children’s books to the labeled boxes in the front lobby during school hours, now through May 15th. Then, during the End of Year parties, students will select one or more books from the collection to take home

We are seeking volunteers to help organize the books that are donated. Email: e.finn@dolvinpto.org

If you ordered a yearbook for this school year, we are getting ready to distribute them directly to students on May 18. 5th grade has already received their yearbooks this week.

Please be sure to check your child's backpack on that date and enjoy going through the fun memories of the year!

1) If you have a 5th grade student and have not picked up the “Stepping Up” yard sign you ordered, please go to the front office and get your yard sign!

2) End-of-Year Parties are just around the corner! This year we will not be celebrating as individual classrooms but rather we are celebrating as a whole grade level so we can see all our friends! All parents are invited to come and celebrate. You will be asked to sign in to the office.

Here are the End-of-Year Party Times on May 19th:

9:00-9:45 AM: Grades PK, K, 1

10:00-10:45 AM: Grades 2, 3

11:00-11:45 AM: Grades 4, 5

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

We can't have these parties without your help, so please sign up to volunteer if you can, especially with set up and clean up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054CA9A62EA4FD0-63746242-endofyear#/

Have a future musician at home?

Autrey Mill Middle School Band is hosting an exciting Instrument Fitting Night on Tuesday, May 19 from 5:30–8:00 PM in the JCHS Cafeteria!

Students will get hands-on experience trying different instruments to discover which one fits them best. You might be surprised which instrument becomes your child’s perfect match!

This event is open to ALL current 5th graders interested in band, even if they haven’t signed up yet.

It’s a fun and exciting first step into middle school music, and a great chance to explore something new!

Skip the stress and get everything your child needs in one box, teacher-approved and ready to go!

· Exact supply lists for each grade level

· Name-brand items

· Optional personalized labels

· Order by July 1

Easy for you. Perfect for your student: 1STDAY.SALE/27421

We would love for you to join the PTO Board next year. The fun and educational things our students get to experience take a lot of teamwork from parents and staff and volunteers to make it happen.

We have several open positions and can make it work with your schedule, depending on your level of availability.

If you have any interest for the 2026-2027 PTO board, please fill out this short form!