It's A Great Day To Learn The Du Bois Way - A Choice Education - Established 2014 Clayton County, GA
Main Campus (K-3 & 5th)
6479 Church St.
Riverdale, GA 30274
(770) 997-4860
DU BOIS INTEGRITY ACADEMY
Administrative Office
6504 Church St.
Riverdale, GA 30274 Suite 1 & 2
(770) 629-1534
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Fourth Grade Academy
6712 West Fayetteville Rd
Riverdale, Georgia 30296
770-626-3542
Important update/School closure...
Hello DIA Parents: After careful consideration and consultation with the Georgia Department of Education, the Georgia Health Department and the Governor's office, all students and staff should report to school as scheduled on Friday, March 13, 2020. On Friday, students will receive their instructional packets along with their username and passwords as we transition to a virtual learning school. DIA will be closed for students beginning Monday, March 16, 2020 through April 24, 2020, as the state and nation continue efforts to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
We will observe the scheduled 2019-2020 Spring Break beginning Monday, April 6, 2020, through Friday, April 10, 2020. As a result, we will be closed and all Digital Learning platforms will be placed on hold beginning April 6, 2020, until Spring Break has concluded.
Important Update: Clayton County Public Schools in providing breakfast and lunch meals for all DIA Scholars during this coronavirus crisis. Click here for locations
The Eagles Nest!
The Eagles Nest Scholar Dollar Store, is open. Please bring your money and scholar dollars to purchase items like snacks, toys, candy, school supplies, and more! All money raised, goes directly back to our school!
Regular store hours are on Mondays-Fridays after school hours. Scholar Dollar Days are each Friday. Scholar dollars can only be distributed by DIA faculty and staff. Parents the store will not accept bills larger than a ten. Prices range for snacks range from $.10 -$2.00
Important update:
DIA Virtual Learning Instructions/Requirements
Daily attendance is mandatory in our virtual learning platform during this time.
Due to the school closing that DuBois Integrity Academy has experienced, we will be providing continued learning through a digital learning format. By providing the digital learning content, our students will have the opportunity to continue their learning while allowing flexibility to complete the activities during the designated break. Teachers will provide assignments via Google classroom, i-Ready, Study Island and our learning management system, for students to complete. Teachers will also be available for virtual "office hours" through Jigsaw Virtual Learning should students or parents have questions on the material or need assistance with their learning. Please look for additional email information on how to log into the Jigsaw Virtual Learning platform. Your scholar’s log-in information can be found in their DuBois Integrity Academy instructional packets that came home Friday, March 13, 2020. The packet went home Friday with your child. If your child was absent you can pick the packet up at the DIA Administrative Office on Monday & Tuesday 3/16 & 17 from 9am - 4pm.
Daily attendance is mandatory in our virtual learning platform during this time. Attendance will be verified through our online platform log in system. Parents are required to log into the following link Friday, March 20,2020, https://form.jotform.com/200702391358047 for student attendance verification. If you have any questions, require password assistance, or technical concerns please contact info@duboisintegrityacademy.com. Emails will be responded to within 24 hours. The administrative office will not be available for phone calls. Please check your email frequently during this time for additional updates and instructions.
Logging in to Google Classroom:
1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Go to Classroom.
2. Enter your student’s username and click Next.
3. Enter your student’s password and click Next.
4. If there is a welcome message, read it and click Accept.
5. Click to get Started.
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Du Bois Integrity Academy takes a whole-child approach to elementary education. Teachers, administrators, counselors, and support staff work together to meet the intellectual, social, behavioral, and emotional needs of each and every child we serve.
Principal’s Update
Greetings DuBois Integrity Academy Family on behalf of our Executive Director, Governance Board, Faculty and Staff we want you to know that we love you, we miss our students, and we are praying for our school and families. As Principal I want to give you an update on this global pandemic that is affecting us all.
First, I want to thank our leadership team and our teachers for an outstanding job on implementing our Virtual Learning Classrooms. “DIA TEACHERS ROCK!” I also want to commend our parents for your efforts with assisting your scholars in their homeschool classrooms. You are their learning facilitators! We realize this may be stressful to many of you however, you are doing a fantastic job! “DIA PARENTS also ROCK!” Keep up the great partnership.
Parents to ensure your scholar receives credit for his/her classwork, please make sure the following is taking place.
1. Logging on the Jigsaw virtual classroom for all sessions. Attendance is recorded within the platform when students log into each session.
2. Complete the JOT form at the end of the week on Fridays. You need to complete a JOT form for each child. The link for the JOT form can be found on our website.
3. Complete and submit all assignments posted on the Google Classroom.
The state of Georgia has canceled all GMAS testing for grades 3-12. Although we will not have the normal state standardized test, we need to continue teaching and our children need to continue learning so they Will NOT experience a “Corona academic slide.” If our scholars don’t continue to stay actively engaged with instruction, we risk losing academic progress which will create academic gaps in preparation for the next grade level of learning. All assignments submitted on Google Classroom will be graded and averaged to calculate your scholar’s final grades along with the daily participation grades for being present in the virtual classroom.
As of today, 3/23/2020 we will be closed through Spring Break which is April 6th-10th.
Spring break will be a break for everyone teachers, staff, families and scholars. Therefore, there will be no virtual classroom or Google classroom instruction during Spring break week. Please know that school closure may be extended beyond Spring break. This will be determined as we work closely with our Governor, Department of Education and the Federal Government. We will keep you posted as we move through the days ahead because first and foremost, our “Top Priority” is safety for all.
While we are uncertain on how long we will be away from our building know that, we are planning for our return, and simultaneously working to enhance our virtual instructional classrooms and planning for the 2020-21 school year.
Finally, I want to encourage each of you as we navigate through these uncertain times that you must know that this too shall pass, and God is still in control! I realize that many of us may not share the same faith however, I encourage you to have faith in someone higher than man and let that faith anchor your soul and keep you at perfect peace. Stay prayerful and do whatever you need to do spiritually to not let the spirit of fear grip you. Coupled with the spiritual we must also practice the natural common things we can do to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus by adhering to the guidelines set by The Department of Public Health such as:
1. Washing your hands frequently
2. Use hand sanitizer
3. Clean commonly used surfaces with a disinfectant
4. Practice social distancing
5. Shelter in place unless necessary
We will continue to keep you updated through email, our school website and Robo-calling post.
Stay encouraged, stay safe and keep the Faith!
Love & Blessings
Dr. Stephanie Payne
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Inclement Weather Update
Our School policy is to mirror the Clayton County Public Schools ‘closing and delayed opening announcements’ as it pertains to weather related emergency events. Please tune into your local TV and Radio media affiliates to hear these announcements. In addition, we will also post any school closings or delayed openings on our Website and contact you through our parent call system.
Student, Parent, Staff and Teacher safety will always be our objective in weather emergency related events. Should the need arise for additional action beyond the above policy; we will notify you as soon as possible.
Useful Links
DIA Governance Board meeting:
Regularly scheduled Governance Board Meeting is Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 6:30PM. - Public call in number (202)796-7992
New Location: DIA Administrative Office located at 6504 Church Street, Ste 1 & 2. Riverdale, Georgia 30238 at 6:30pm.
The Governance Board meets the third Tuesday of every month September - July. All are welcome. (No meeting in August) - unless rescheduled