Dolvin Diary

Dear Dolvin Families,

I hope everyone is looking forward to spring break! It’s a great opportunity to relax, recharge, enjoy quality time with family and friends—or even do something exciting. My family and I are heading to Dollywood for the first time, and I am so excited to experience it! Whatever you and your family have planned, I hope it brings joy and meaningful moments.

As always, thank you for being an integral part of our Dolvin family. I look forward to welcoming your children back after the break, refreshed and ready to take on the final stretch of the school year with positivity and determination.

Wishing you all a happy and safe spring break!

-Andy Stein

Get ready for our annual Dolvin "Splash Into Kindergarten" event! 🌟 Join us on Friday, April 24th, from 9:00-10:00 AM for an exciting morning. Parents of rising Dolvin Kindergartners will receive valuable information about Dolvin and Fulton County Schools. Future Kindergartners will meet the Kindergarten team, explore a school bus, playground, and classrooms, enjoy a story in the Media Center, and participate in the official Dolvin Kindergarten Signing Event! 🎉

Spread the word to neighbors and friends with rising Kindergartners. We can't wait to help you Splash Into Kindergarten at Dolvin! 🚀

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.

We encourage your involvement in our student placement process for the 2026-2027 school year. Your input it is one of several pieces of information we use to place your child in an appropriate classroom setting. Parents can click on this link to provide information you feel will be relevant in helping place your child at Dolvin for the 26-27 school year.

Please note that we do not honor requests for specific teachers, so please refrain from using teacher names on the form. Responses will be collected until April 3, 2026. If you have any questions, reach out to Carrie Halron at Halron@fultonschools.org.

We are excited to celebrate the incredible volunteers who make such a difference in our school community! To show our appreciation, we are hosting a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon featuring a Baked Potato & Salad Bar. This special event is our way of saying thank you for the time, energy, and support our volunteers give throughout the year.

If you have volunteered in any capacity—big or small—we would love for you to join us! Please take a moment to RSVP so we can plan accordingly. We look forward to celebrating you and all that you do for our students and staff!

Shout out to some of our Dolvin students for their performance in the 2026 Metro Atlanta K-8 Team Qualifier for Chess! The tournament included students from 60+ schools across Metro Atlanta. Dolvin Elementary School sent three teams, placing:

3rd in the K-1 out of 22 teams

9th in K-3 out of 32 teams

5th in K-5 out of 34 teams

Otis Shih (1st grade) 4/5 points(5th individual and highest non rated in the K-1 section)

Athiran Velayutham (1st grade) 4/5 points (7th individual in the K-1 section)

Ayaan Kurani (1st grade) 2.5/5 points

Samantha Swinford (1st grade) 2.0/5 points

Also, Grayson Xu in the K-5 was undefeated and placed 1st individually in the K-5 division!

The team will next play in the 2026 Georgia K-12 Team State Championships on April 26th.

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.

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

March 30 - April 3

Career Week

April 6 - 10

Spring Break (Schools Closed)

April 17

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

Family Fun Night - 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

April 24

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

Splash into Kindergarten 9:00 am - 10:00 am

April 29 - May 7

Georgia Milestones

May 8

Virtual Parent Coffee 9:00 am

May 12

Field Day

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!

We’ve had a great time over the past few days celebrating Career Week. This Friday, 4/3, is Career Dress-Up Day. Please see the Career Week section below for more details.

We also have our annual Spring Family Fun Night coming up on Friday, 4/17, from 4–7 PM. Be sure to check the section below for more information on this fun event for the whole family.

We hope you all have a fun and safe Spring Break, and we look forward to seeing everyone back soon!

Nancy Nunnelley

Dolvin PTO President 2025-2026

It’s been a really rewarding week watching our Dolphins take part in Career Week. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped bring it together and Emily Finn and the academic enrichment committee who continue to make Dolvin an exciting place for students to learn beyond the classroom!

Visit our Facebook page to see various photos from the week and more from the PTO. From the Touch-a-Truck event to participating in mock interviews to learning directly from entrepreneurs, students in every grade have had a blast.

Don’t forget! This FRIDAY is school-wide dress up day, where all students are encouraged to “See It & Believe It.” No costumes that have masks and no weapons.

And you can always go visit the online Career Week hub for awesome resources for your student (via padlet).

Family fun night is happening on April 17, so be sure to mark your calendars! We have so many fun things planned.

To make things easy, tickets and wristbands are available now for pre-purchase, so you can skip the lines and jump right into the fun! Wristbands are $30 presale and will go up to $40 at the event. Food is also available for pre-order (see the flyer below).

Reminder: Presales end on Thursday, April16th.

Grab your tickets and food here: https://www.dolvinpto.org/packet/29509

We will be in need of volunteers to make it a smooth night. Parents or teenagers in need of volunteer hours are encouraged to sign up for a time slot!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054CA9A62EA4FD0-62610337-family

Students in grades 1-5 who complete their addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division levels of XtraMath will get rewards now through April 24.

Already completed a level? You’ll be rewarded too!

We’re looking for non-food vendors to join our Dolvin Family Fun Night on April 17, 2026.

This is your chance to set up a booth, connect with other local families, and sell your goods while being part of one of the most fun events of the year.

Bring your best displays, your favorite products, and your community spirit. We want you to introduce your small business to the Dolvin community.

Interested? Email c.steinwachs@dolvinpto.org today!