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Schools & Child Care

CHILD CARE | DAY CARE & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS | PUBLIC SCHOOLS | RELIGIOUS PRIVATE SCHOOLS

CHILD CARE
Brown Richards & Associates and Clifton Child Care

Emory University has contracted with Brown Richards and Associates to provide a broad range of information and services regarding child care to University faculty, staff, and students. Brown Richards and Associates can help you assess your child care needs, explore your child care options, evaluate your current child care situation, and provide you with up-to-date information on day care centers and family day care homes, as well as after-school programs, summer camps, and private and special schools.

This service is available by contacting Brown Richards and Associates at:

1710 DeFoor Ave
Atlanta, GA 30318
404.352.8137 or 1.800.537.2153
email :: referral@brownrichards.com

When calling, be sure to identify yourself as a faculty member, staff member, or student of Emory University. There is no charge to you for using this resource and referral service. The University pays for the consultation. You will, of course, be responsible for the costs of any program in which you enroll your child. Additional information regarding this child care resource and referral service is available from the Faculty Staff Assistance Program at 404.727.WELL.

Child care is also available through the Child Care Center located at Clairmont Campus. However, services are considerably more expensive. In order to inquire about the childcare services provided by the Child Care Center located at Clairmont Campus, call The Clifton School at 404.315.6340.

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DAY CARE & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Several day care and after school programs are available to residents at Clairmont Campus and President Park. The Office of Residence Life & Housing is not endorsing or promoting the programs listed below. This is simply a list of favorites compiled by previous and current residents and is not comprehensive. We provide this as a reference point only, for the benefit of our residents. For more options, feel free to search online or in the Yellow Pages.

Clifton Child Care Center (Clifton Site): 404.636.4073
Clifton Child Care Center (Clairmont Site): 404.315.6340
Briarcliff Day Care: 404.728.0675
Frazer Center: 404.377.3836
Druid Hills Presbyterian Child Development Center: 404.875.5019
Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church: 404.634.3936
First Baptist - Decatur: 404.373.2442
YMCA - Decatur: 404.377.0241  

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS
To enter the first grade, your child must be 6 years of age by September 1. The child must have the following:

Birth certificate
Certificate of immunizations
Proof of residency

Children residing at Emory’s Clairmont Campus or President Park attend Fernbank Elementary School (grades K-6), Shamrock Middle School (grades 7-8), and Druid Hills High School (grades 9-12). Students must attend the school in the attendance area in which they legally reside. You may be asked to provide a copy of your lease as proof of residence. For children entering school in the fall, a registration day is held at each school approximately one week prior to opening day. For additional information, the schools should be contacted.

Fernbank Elementary
157 Heaton Park Dr., NE
678.874.9302

Shamrock Middle School
3100 Mount Olive Drive
678.874.7602

Druid Hills High School
1798 Haygood Dr., NE
678.874.6302

School buses pick up and drop off Fernbank and Shamrock students inside the apartment complex. Children attending Druid Hills High School may ride the University shuttle to and from school.

For more information, contact the Dekalb County School System:

3770 North Decatur Rd.
Decatur, GA 30032
678.676.1200
web :: www.dekalb.k12.ga.us

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RELIGIOUS PRIVATE SCHOOLS
For information on Jewish educational institutions, call the Center for Jewish Education and Experience at 770.677.9480.

For information on Roman Catholic Schools, call the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, Department of Catholic Education at 404.888.7833.

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