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Education



                                                                               The Goddard School of Sandy
                                                                               Springs Helps Support Parents

                                                                                   as They Return to Work


                                                                                As parents return to work or juggle working
                                                                                from home and taking care of their children, the
                                                                                demand for safe, high-quality childcare is once
                                                                                again on the rise.

                                                                                Jay Bryan, owner of The Goddard Schools
                                                                                in Sandy Springs (Roswell Road and Hammond
                                                                                Drive), has kept the schools’ doors open
                                                                                throughout the pandemic by making rapid
                                                                                changes to accommodate the needs of families.

                                                                                “Each child and faculty member receives a daily
                                                                                health screening, and we’ve implemented new
                                                                                sanitation protocols, invested in biotechnology
                                                                                systems, and we wear masks,” Bryan said.
                                                                                “We’re proud to offer the safest, highest-quality
      Davis Academy                                                             childcare possible.”

                                                                                Goddard parent Fallon Cryer recently enrolled
                                                                                her children at the Roswell Road location and is
          District doesn’t stop seeking     options for either faith or secular-  already seeing the benefits.“Working full-time
                                                                                and juggling two kids at home is impossible,”
          improvement. Initiatives to raise   based curricula. These schools offer   Cryer said. “Our kids were sad, begging us to go
          the bar on student performance    many of the same opportunities      back to school.”
          in Dunwoody and system-           as the public schools including
          wide include:                     athletics, arts and culture, and    While health and safety are top of mind,
                                                                                parents trust Goddard to provide a well-
            • Proceeding with construction   community service.                 rounded experience. “At Goddard, we can
              and  programmatic priorities    Superb higher education           balance their [the children’s] physical safety and
              funded through E-SPLOST       institutions are also available     their emotional well-being. Both are important,”
            • Increasing district fiscal    in Dunwoody. Georgia State          Bryan added.
              accountability and transparency  University’s Perimeter College is   For school-age children, the transitional
            • Continuing the implementation   in Dunwoody, offering in-person   classrooms are helpful. Goddard student
                of a new district-wide curriculum  classes through the University   Llewellyn, who is seven years old, said, “I like
            • Continuing STEM as a catalyst for   System of Georgia as well as   being around other people. It makes me happy,
                                                                                and I get to do fun activities.”
              project-based learning        a robust online program. Also
            • Continuing integrating creative   in Dunwoody or within a short   The Goddard School of Sandy Springs (Roswell
              instruction and new technology   drive are campuses of Mercer     Road) is a new, state-of-the-art facility that
              through programs such as the   University, Oglethorpe University,   is accepting enrollments. The school and its
                                                                                sister location on Hammond Drive both focus
              Digital Dreamers  (1-to-1     Troy University, American           on safety, education, and early childhood
              computers for students) and   InterContinental University, Emory   development for children ages six weeks to six
              FLEX Academy (virtual learning)  University, and the Georgia Institute   years. Each school also offers virtual learning
            • Increasing wraparound services   of Technology. With so many college   classrooms run by degreed teachers for
                                                                                elementary school students. To schedule a tour,
              through the Circle of Care    and university options in Dunwoody,   please call 470-571-1700.
                                            a top-notch education has never
            Dunwoody is also served         been so accessible.                                   Jay B. Bryan, Owner
          by several private schools          For more on private schools and                     The Goddard School
                                                                                                      Sandy Springs
          offering smaller class sizes and   colleges, visit perimeterchamber.com.

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