Dawson Elementary School
Grades K - 5th
District 4
271 Students
180 Northstar Drive Columbus, GA 31907
Phone 706-683-8732 , Fax 706-683-8737
Dawson Elementary School is committed to providing educational experiences that will enable each student to become a lifelong learner, enter the workforce with necessary skills, and achieve academic and personal potential. We are a neighborhood school currently educating approximately 265 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. We are a Title I school offering free breakfast and lunch to all students.
The following programs are offered at Dawson.
- Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) School
- Reading Wonders Integrated Literacy Program
- Smarty Ants Differentiated Instruction Literacy Solution
- Achieve 3000 Differentiated Instruction
- Moby Max
- enVision Common Core Math Program
- Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team
- Math/Science Olympics Team
- Student Peer Helpers
- Robotics Team
- Student Technology Team
School Accolades
- 2016 Georgia Student Media Festival Superior Project - MLK Couldn't Do It Alone - 3rd grade
- 2016 Georgia Student Media Festival Merit Project - Jefferson: Let's Work Together - 4th grade
- 2016 - 2017 Georgia Beat the Odds School
- 2016 - 2017 1st place for Most Growth in English Language Arts on Georgia Milestones at the Elementary School level
- 2016 - 2017 3rd place for Most Growth in Math on Georgia Milestones at the Elementary School level
- 2017 Georgia Student Media Festival Superior Project - Dawson Tigers Go for a Walk - Kindergarten
- 2017 Georgia Student Media Festival Superior Project (Perfect Score) - A Creative Rap of Yo Hungry Wolf - 3rd grade
- 2017 First LEGO League Robotics Competition in Core Values at Columbus State University - 3rd place in Region
- 2018 MCSD Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl - 8th place
Partners In Education
- 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry
- St. James CME Church