Jolly Elementary School

My children went to Jolly for two years before we moved out of the district. What I loved about Jolly was the love that all the staff gave to the children as well as to the parents. I am happy to say my family has moved back into the district to attend Jolly Elementary. when I found out what school my children were going to attend I was over joyed. I can not wait for school to start.
--Submitted by a parent

My grandson's school is Jolly Elementary. All of the faculty and adminstrators with whom I have become acquainted are quality educators, this despite the fact that the area the school services has a great number of immigrant children from all parts of the world. Many of the students as well as their parents do not speak English. The principal of the school has instituted a continuous year round program to reach these students and their parents in order to help the children become successful. Because of the language gap between so many of the students and the English based curriculum, it is difficult for the school's educators to receive high scores on the state's mandated CRCT tests. To me, this must be very frustrating for the educators, because they are penalized if the school does not demonstrate learning skills at certain levels. As a retired tutor married to a retired college professor, I can attest to the quality of the teaching at Jolly. Another problem, on a weekend in April, someone broke into the school and stole twenty-one computers. The DeKalb County School Board informed the school that there was no money to replace the stolen computers. This has made the language problems between staff and immigrant children even more difficult to address.

My son was transferred to Jolly from another DeKalb School. Just in these first days at Jolly, he has shown more enthusiasm about going to school. He states that he loves it there and don't want to go to any other school. He seems more confident that he can do it. This makes me feel good about his environment. Thank you for building his self esteem. I was lost without you.
--Submitted by Diedra Kemp, a parent

The academic program at this school is outstanding. The teachers always seem to be eager to help the students. Ms. Beasley is one the great teachers at the school and she has helped my son tremendously along the way. The school is like a family within itself. They make you feel like you are sending your child to a home away from home; the children are leaving their parents from home and going to their other parents at school. Thank you Jolly Elementary.
--Submitted by a parent

Excellent. Very good school with excellent teachers.
--Submitted by Ojetta Harvey, a parent