LOCATIONS
Two campuses - Buckhead and Northside
MAIN PHONE
404.869.1042
MAIN FAX
404.869.1044
YEAR FOUNDED
1976
FOUNDER
Marlene Lerer
HEAD OF SCHOOLS
Debra Markham
DIRECTOR – BUCKHEAD CAMPUS
Debra Markham
DIRECTOR – NORTHSIDE CAMPUS
Alla Morgulyan
CO-DIRECTOR
Paula Charles
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Allison Ricks
ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR
Kimberly Bokesch
HOURS OF OPERATION
7 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday
STUDENT POPULATION
500 students (across both campuses)
PROGRAMS
Infant/Toddler, Pre-Primary (ages 1 ½ - 3), Primary (3 – 4 ½) and Kindergarten programs
MONTHS OF OPERATION
12-month program
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PERIODS
June and August
FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
French, Spanish, and Chinese
GRADUATING STUDENTS STATISTICS
60% apply to private schools (>95% acceptance), 40% attend area public schools.
ACCREDITATIONS
SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools); Pan American Montessori Society; Georgia Accrediting Commission
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Quality Care for Children; Georgia Childcare Association;
The Suzuki School is a member of the Suzuki Association of America. When the school was founded, it was granted perpetual rights to use the name and philosophy as the first Suzuki preschool in the United States.
TEACHING METHODOLOGIES
Based on Suzuki method principles: praise, repetition, and reinforcement, integrated with the best of the Montessori methods which have highly systematic and refined methodologies to lead children to mastery of appropriate objectives, and subsequent reinforcement.