The 2021-2022 school year has begun! This limited edition "Back In Action" newsletter will be sent out through Aug. 19, and is designed to help keep our APS community informed now that the school year has begun.

8.12.21 Edition

Vaccines Now Available for Students and School Staff



COVID-19 vaccines are now available to all staff and to eligible students in our middle schools and high schools beginning this week. Click here for the complete vaccination schedule. If you want your child to be vaccinated, please pre-register here. This will help make the process go more smoothly on the day they are vaccinated.



Please also note that unvaccinated students and staff can still receive the first dose of the vaccine when our partner, Georgia CORE, returns the week of Aug. 30.

COVID-19 Health Protocols for the 2021-2022 School Year

As part of the district’s Health and Safety Guidelines, APS has prepared Quarantine Protocols that include specific details on who needs to quarantine after exposure to a positive COVID-19 case and who doesn’t need to quarantine after exposure. These protocols also include information about what counts as a close contact. Get all of these details in our guidance here.

Also, our APS Health Information webpage houses the most current information about our COVID-19 guidelines and protocols, so please reference it often. Be sure to watch this helpful video from Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring on Quarantine Protocols.

The Back-to-School Guidebook and Calendar is Available Online!

The electronic version of the 2021-2022 APS Back-to-School Guide and Calendar is now available online! The guide contains everything you need to know from bell schedules, meal prices and cluster planning, to parent and student resources, and more.

Students Will Receive New Devices

This school year, all students in traditional APS schools (not charter or partner) will be assigned a new device:

• Pre-K and Kindergarten students will receive iPads
• Grades 1-12 will receive Chromebooks

To ensure that your student is assigned a new device, you MUST return any previously issued devices. Devices can be returned to any of the following locations:

• Your local school
• Alonzo A. Crim Center for Learning and Leadership (130 Trinity Ave, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303)

Click below for survey links.

Tax Credit Provides Extra Cash to APS Families with Kids

The Child Tax Credit is available to help Atlanta Public Schools' families with children.

Thanks to President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which has increased the amount of the 2021 Child Tax Credit to support families with children, the full benefit of the Child Tax Credit is now $300 per month per child under age 6 and $250 for each child ages 6 to 17. Monthly payments began on July 15, 2021.

Click here to learn more about eligibility and how to take advantage of the Child Tax Credit.

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