about

The Museum School

Principal
Katherine Kelbaugh
katherine.kelbaugh@themuseumschool.org

Location
The Museum School's temporary location is at 3191 Covington Highway, within the city of Avondale Estates. We will relocate to a permanent facility after three years.

Click for driving directions and a map to the school.

See an architectural rendering of the school.

phone number
404-507-2770
 
mascot & colors
The Explorer is the school's mascot, as chosen overwhelmingly by students and community members in an open vote. Also selected by vote are the school's uniform colors of pale blue and navy blue.

fast facts

the museum school ...

  • Is public, chartered by the state of Georgia and open to all students in the attendance zone, based on available space.

  • Is free.

  • Opens Aug. 9, 2010.

  • Includes grades K-3 in the 2010-2011 school year and will add one grade level each year through the eighth grade.

  • Opens with three kindergarten classes, two first-grade classes, and one class each for the second and third grades.

  • Limits classroom size to 20 students.

  • Offers gifted and special education programs.

  • Includes exploratory classes, including art, music, language and physical education.

  • Begins classes at 8 a.m. and ends classes at 3 p.m. Students may begin arriving at 7:30 a.m.

  • Offers an after-school program from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m.

  • Has a mandatory uniform policy.

  • Does not discriminate in its enrollment procedures or educational programs based on intellectual or athletic ability, aptitude, disability, race, class, gender, family structure, sexual orientation, religion, ancestry, or any other basis prohibited by law.