Vehicles of Communication

Report Cards

Report cards are posted on Skyward Family Access three times a year at the end of each trimester. Parents can view their child’s report card online by entering the Skyward Family Access Report Card program. ACS Athens will report on each student’s achievement and progress at the conclusion of each 60-day trimester. A student must be enrolled at least five weeks to receive a complete report card.

In the event a child leaves ACS Athens prior to the last day of school, the final report card may be emailed to the family (or new school) at the end of the academic year.

Conferences

Throughout the year our Elementary School hosts two Parent-Teacher Conferences. Conferences are short meetings that take place mostly between the parent and teacher (children may be invited to participate). This is a great opportunity to discuss a child's progress and address academic, social, or behavioral growth and development. 

We also encourage you to arrange for a conference at any time throughout the year to gather more information about your child’s learning experience and find out ways you may be able to help at home. Please make arrangements with the teachers in advance via the email or the student passport.

Student-Led Conferences

ACS Athens culminates the year with student-led conferences during the spring. Students and teachers jointly select finished work to be shared, and the students independently take the lead to tour their parents through a portfolio of their yearly learning and through a variety of learning activities in Homeroom and Specials classes. Students and parents reflect upon the successes achieved and challenges ahead. Students take ownership of their academic progress while parents open positive dialogue with their child about the student’s growth over the course of the year.

Passports

Each student in Grades JK – 5 is issued a color-coded notebook, called a Passport, at the beginning of the school year. Students are expected to write down assignments and organize their homework in these notebooks DAILY. Teachers will often write special messages for parents in the Passports and parents are encouraged to use the Passport to communicate with the teacher. We also use Passports to help students keep organized and ask that you do the same. Students must bring their Passports to and from school DAILY. Parents are expected to sign the passport should a message be written from the teacher to indicate that they have seen it. Replacement Passports will be issued to students with a small fee available in the Main Office.

PTO Parent & Principal Meetings

Parents are welcome to join the monthly Elementary School PTO Parent and Principal meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to communicate upcoming events, to address parent questions, introduce educational innovations, school-wide developments, approaches to teaching and more. PTO Parent and Principal meetings are another form of communication at ACS Athens and have proven to help introduce new community members. Dates will be announced in advance for families to plan, and, if held virtually, recordings are shared with parents afterwards.

Website

The ACS Athens website www.acs.gr can be accessed by parents and students. Under the elementary section you will be able to find the following: Principal’s Corner, Faculty and Staff, School Supply Lists, Student-Parent Handbook (JK-5), Class Reading Lists, Report Card Legend, Lunch Menu/Costs, School Calendar, Photo Gallery, After School Program Links, and summer assignments to be completed prior to the next academic year. 

Should there be an announcement for emergency school cancellation/closing the school will send an SMS to all parents, post the announcement on the website, and homeroom teachers may also send emails to parents notifying them of the closing of school.

Telephone/Email

Please remember that a teacher’s day is quite full and may extend into the evening. Therefore, teachers will respond to email inquiries within 48 hours. Do not expect responses in the evening or weekends. Emails can be found on our ACS Athens website. Additionally, the phone is another way of getting in touch with a teacher or staff member. 

Call the Elementary School Administrative Assistant at 210 6070 229 to leave a message. The teacher or staff member will return your call as soon as they are able to do so. Therefore, it may take a day to get back to you.