Anderson-Livsey Elementary School
Principal: Christopher Jackson
4521 Centerville Hwy, Snellville, GA 30039
School Highlights
The following school highlights showcase how Anderson-Livsey Elementary School is fulfilling Gwinnett County Public School's four strategic priorities of Empathy, Equity, Effectiveness, and Excellence. Visit the School Profile Dashboard to find more detailed data on our school.
- Anderson-Livsey (ALES) served as a pilot Pre-Kindergarten site. The ALES Pre-K Program consisted of two classes that allowed 32 Pre-Kindergarten students to receive a high-quality early learning curriculum and learning to prepare for Kindergarten.
- Anderson-Livsey continued offering the Play 2 Learn Program to engage and support families for children up to 5 years old. Each Wednesday, children and their parents worked with a certified teacher to learn key skills through play, including numbers, letters and sound recognition, motor skills, mathematics, and literacy.
- Anderson-Livsey provided students, parents, and the community a variety of academic and cultural events during the year, including the Girts with Grands, International Night, Soul Food Luncheon, Holiday Concert, Math & Literacy Night, Black History Night, and Fine Arts Night.
- Anderson-Livsey was awarded the honor and distinction of being a designated No Place for Hate school focused on proactively addressing bias and bullying incidents.
- Anderson-Livsey won first place at the Shiloh Cluster Black History Night event held at Shiloh High School. Our choir, step team, and visual arts programs were on full display as we paid homage to the past while embracing the present.
- Anderson-Livsey was recognized by the Georgia Department of Education with Distinguished status for the implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS), a framework for fostering positive behaviors through recognition of students for exhibiting appropriate decision-making and behavior at school.
- Anderson-Livsey was recognized by the Georgia Department of Education as a Leading Literacy School for achieving growth of 15 or more percentage points students reading on/above grade level on the Georgia Milestones Assessment.
- Anderson-Livsey continued to host its annual Career Day during which 30 professionals shared career pathways and work-related information, including in the areas of banking and finance, business and entrepreneurship, computer science/gaming, construction, cosmetology, hospitality, law enforcement, medicine and health services, and pastoral services.
- Anderson-Livsey welcomed new principal, Christopher Jackson to the school. His compassion, commitment, and leadership has ushered in a new era.
- Anderson-Livsey continued to grow its roots into the community. The Gwinnett Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. officially adopted Anderson-Livsey as their home school. Their continued support has truly made a positive impact on the school.