Dawson Elementary School 3001 South 1st Street, Austin, TX 78704

"Dawson is awesome! Our daughter who is on the Autism Spectrum is enrolled in PPDC and participates in Pre-K throughout her day. She absolutely loves this school. She had previously been in care before but she never happily ran to her old classroom like she does here. Her transition to full time ppcd/pre-k was amazing, after her first day she was so excited to come to school. Over the weekend she talks about how much she loves her teachers and friends all day. She comes home with a new art/craft every day and I am always thrilled to see photos of what she does during the school day on the Dawson Facebook page. You can really tell that the administration and teachers put a great deal of effort into making sure that there are opportunities for parents to be involved in events as well. Our daughter came to school with an maximum utterance length of 2 words and used mostly scripted language but has had incredible progress with her language (MU is now 6) and her level of engagement with peers. This is really due to the diligent efforts of her teachers, the staff and her AISD provided speech and language pathologist. They have all worked incredibly hard to make sure that her needs are met and that she is having fun while she is learning. She is very lucky to have a small class size and such caring teachers. Her teachers really work to incorporate her love of music, reading and art into her learning. Her teachers are always incredibly responsive to any inquiries that we have about our daughters day/ progress. Although we have our formal ARD meetings at specified times we are constantly in contact with them about the progress she is making and how we can tailor her learning to her changing needs. The school has also been incredibly helpful in working with her off campus/ private slp's to coordinate her care/ goals. I am so incredibly grateful for the ppcd/pre-k teachers, and the staff at Dawson. I wish I would have known about Dawson earlier as I would have definitely enrolled her in pk3! I could not imagine a more nurturing learning environment for our daughter. Pro's Amazing staff Small Class sizes They do have a Clubhouse Cadets (a daycare for young children 6wks +) on site which is incredibly convenient. Con's None- Dawson is awesome!"

"Dawson is awesome!"