Counselors Newsletter

Senior small group family conferences begin Aug 12. Make sure you signed up for your Senior Small Group Family Conference that we talked about in the The Senior Conference Letter

(A-De) Mrs. Kiana Wills Sign up Link

(Df-J) Dr. Ken Jackson Sign up Link

(K-Re) Dr. Jazzmon Parham Sign up Link

(Rf-Z) Ms. Shadiqa White Points Sign up Link

Senior Pre-Conferences Info Video- Watch BEFORE your Senior Conference (around 18 minutes)

• Video slides with links.

All national college admissions test administrations at the DHS Test Center for both ACT & SAT are Digital only_BYOD.

All students must BRING to the test center three things listed below for both tests:

1 - A device that they have made sure can be used for the test. There are no devices to be loaned from the test center.

2 - An Admission ticket. You must have a paper/printed admission ticket for the ACT. A printed or an electronic ticket may be used for the SAT.

3 - A hard plastic ID card, passport, or completed ACT or SAT ID form (completed = everything filled out and it is signed/notarized). School ID must show the current year. State federal ID must be valid on the test date.

Students with specific special accommodations may be scheduled to test on days other than those listed below.

SAT - August 23, 2025 - Digital

SAT - September 13, 2025 - Digital

SAT - October 04, 2025 - Digital

ACT - October 18, 2025 - BYOD

SAT - November 08, 2025 - Digital

SAT - December 06, 2025 - Digital

ACT - December 13, 2025 - BYOD

SAT - Mar 14, 2026 - Digital

SAT - May 02, 2026 - Digital

SAT - Jun 06, 2026 - Digital

ACT - June 13, 2026 - BYOD

The “East Meets West” public information session will be in your area on August 25th and take place at Charles R. Drew Charter School from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In this session for students, families and counselors, you’ll hear about amazing opportunities and resources as well as learn about our admissions processes and financial programs from the following ten highly selective colleges: Amherst, Bowdoin, Caltech, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, North Carolina A&T, Pomona, Tufts, University of Southern California and Williams.

Bring your questions about academic departments, clubs and organizations, campus diversity, affordability or anything else that interests you.

Location: Charles R. Drew Charter School, 300 Eva Davis Way SE, Atlanta, GA

Time: 5:45-6:30 p.m. light refreshments
6:30-8:00 p.m. presentation

If you'd like to register for this event, please click here.

Accessibility Accommodations
Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Dean Mendes at dam6@williams.edu at least 5 business days in advance of the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.


We hope you'll be able to join!

Sincerely,

10 Colleges Planning Team

Location: Decatur High School | 310 N McDonough St Decatur GA 30030

Class Option 1 : Aug 23, 30 Sept 6, 13, 20, 27 | 2025 for SAT Test Oct 4th 2025

Schedule: Saturdays : 9 - 1 pm on each day (6 sessions | 4 hrs each)
Room: Inside New Library @ Decatur High School

Register Online for SAT Prep Class:

https://successprep.com/SAT-prep-atlanta-ga-decatur-high-school

Textbook you need to buy:

The Official Digital SAT Study Guide by The Collegeboard

Don't forget to register for the SAT Test! - http://sat.collegeboard.org/home

*Prep class fee is non-refundable after class starts, we do not offer partial refunds for class sessions a student misses. Any cancellation for refund of a prep class fee must occur 5 days before the start of that prep class, to allow for the seat to be offered to another student.

Decatur High School has moved to MobileServe for tracking student community service hours for the PTSA Community Service Graduation Cord and other service requirements. This will provide a more streamlined and student-friendly experience!

There are two paths for getting started:

1. If community service hours have already been logged on the PTSA website: Students were sent an invitation to join MobileServe on Tuesday, August 5th, and previously logged hours have been preloaded into their account.
   
   

2. If NO community service hours have been logged on the PTSA website AND for students new to DHS: Students should use this guide to set up an account and begin logging their hours. Accounts should be created by the students and use their CSD email.

Important: Students who have submitted verification forms via email but the hours were not logged on the PTSA website will need to manually enter those hours in MobileServe.

MobileServe will also be used to track other volunteer and service learning requirements at DHS. For those, more details will be shared directly by faculty sponsors soon.

Questions? Email the PTSA Community Service Team at cs@decaturhighptsa.org

Don’t leave money on the table!

Calling all Seniors! It's not too late to create an account with GA Futures! Create a GA Futures account today through the Georgia Student Finance Commission. Visit https://www.gafutures.org/, create an account and follow the instructions closely. The Registrar will upload all juniors and seniors twice per year to the Georgia Student Finance Commission. This allows each student to be considered for the HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships which are available to all Georgia students and can be applied to any HOPE-eligible college or university. Once an account is created, students can track their HOPE-eligibility and plan for any extra expenses. When creating your GA Futures account, use a personal email. Your CSD email account will be deactivated upon graduation.

Parents, please give us your student's Social Security Number. The Georgia Student Finance Commission identifies students using their SSN. If we don't have it in our student information system, better known as Infinite Campus, they will be unable to match your student to transcripts we upload and be purged out of their system. Please email Mr. Ackley with a good contact number and he will call you to get your child's SSN and enter it into Infinite Campus. Please do not send it via email or voicemail.

This is non-negotiable and not a rule we make at DHS. We must comply with the state and this is how they prefer to identify thousands of Georgia students.

Please contact GAfutures at (770)724-9000 if you have any questions or need help creating your account.

Please remember to create an account at Parchment.com if you haven't already done so. Parchment is a one-stop-shop to request and send your transcript to many colleges and universities in the USA and abroad. When you create your account, please use a personal email account, not your CSD account. Once you graduate you will still be able to access any transcripts uploaded to Parchment if you have a personal email address on file with them. Your CSD email will be deactivated upon graduation. Please be aware that the turnaround time for fulfillment of transcript requests is three days, so get your request in well before any deadlines issued by the schools you are applying to. If you need help, please contact the Registrar's office at michael.ackley@csdecatur.net.

Click the logo for parchment.

Parents/Students: The vast majority of your application processes will NOT need a Parchment transcript request. If you are applying through the Common Application, The Common Black College Application, or a college/University that uses SENDedu or other similar document collection service; you will not need to request a transcript through Parchment because your counselor will automatically upload them for you. If you have questions about if you need to use Parchment or not, just send your counselor an email and ask.

Please click on the appropriate link below to address your concern/need:

I Need A New ID

Certificate Of Enrollments (complete this form at least 1 week prior going to the DDS. Form expires 30 days after issuance)

ADAP Card Information

Portal Access Requests

Request for Google Password (email)

College Visit Form

Work Permit Process (only needed for students ages < 15)

NEW Guide to PTSA Community Service Hours

Order A Transcript (If you need a transcript mailed, please email micheal.ackley@csdecatur with student name as it appears in the portal, college/university name, college/university address)

Students when you graduate your DHS email account will be deactivated. Please use your personal email address so you will have access beyond high school.

Summer & PreCollege Programs Google Classroom - CLASS CODE: fkrkuep

Scholarships Google Classroom - CLASS CODE: 43xlcav

Email: rjones1@csdecatur.net
Website: https://www.csdecatur.net/dhs
Location: 310 North McDonough Street, Decatur, GA, USA
Phone: 404-370-4170