Welcome to Briarlake Elementary School

Briarlake Elementary School is located in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia. BES celebrated 50 years of serving children in 2008. We have Pre-K - 5th grades as well as the deaf and hard of hearing program. Briarlake is a 2002 Georgia School of Excellence and has been awarded the 2003 Parent Involvement School of Excellence by the National PTA.

Briarlake is a small neighborhood school with a wonderful staff supported by our parents and the community. Our PTA organizes events and activities throughout the year. We hope all of our families will find ways to be involved and participate.

A Quick Look

9/3 - No School
9/6 - Labor Day, No School
9/13 - Issue Progress Reports
9/14- Parent-Teacher Conference Night
9/14 - Ice Cream Social, 6:00 pm
9/16 - Briarlake Walk to School Day and Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night

For our complete calendar click here.

EMAIL : Be sure to sign up for the email blasts. This is a great way for you to get communications from the PTA, School and County. Click on the link located on the left side of this page..."sign me up now."

Family Handbook 2010 - 2011 is now available

Have a great, long weekend, see you on Tuesday!

Updated September 3, 2010

NEW*** DCSS invites all DeKalb stakeholders to community meetings regarding the Instructional Framework - Read the flyer here.
Welcome to our new 4th grade teacher, Mr. Elliott McDaniel.
Beaver Bulletin - August is now available
Our new fundraiser is going on now. Click here for more information. Please support our school!
Afternoon carpool - parents please do your best to arrive by 2:45 when picking up your children after school. Thank you. Please know that dismissal during the first 2 weeks of schools is always a bit of a challenge. So patience please!
New---Lunch Room Information here.

New* Fundraising with Your Local Dish Network Retailer. Click here for details.

DeKalb County Approved the Calendar for the 2010 - 2011 School Year. Visit the DCSS website to check it out.
Parent Assistant is up and running. To find out more information, please visit this link.

CARPOOL - rather Drive Thru - MAP and Directions here : Please remember there are NO LEFT TURNS into the school driveways.

Our 15th Annual Fall Festival is coming - October 16th.

10AM - 4 PM

Craft Vendors wanted! If you are interested in participating as a craft vendor, please open the document for more information.

Fall Festival Vendor information

Janice Benator 1973 - 2009

- teacher, wife, mother, friend, daughter, sister -

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Janice Benator Memorial Fund for the Janice Benator Memorial Garden located on the Briarlake school campus.

Please make checks payable to: Janice Benator Memorial Fund
and mail it to: Briarlake Elementary School
3590 Lavista Road
Decatur, GA 30033