Superintendent's Office: Welcome
Welcome to Marietta City Schools (MCS), a system rich in tradition, yet future-focused and results-driven. At MCS we value and support academic achievement and literacy. We have implemented many new initiatives in response to the ever-changing opportunities and challenges of educating and preparing tomorrow's leaders.
Our difference is Excellence, and excellence means remaining focused on our mission "to prepare each of our students through academic achievement for life success." We do this by developing curriculum and programs that meet and effectively serve the educational needs of all students, and fulfill the academic rigor demanded by the new Georgia Performance Standards.
A.L. Burruss, Dunleith, Hickory Hills, Lockheed, Park Street, Sawyer Road, West Side Elementary, Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, and Marietta High School earned recognition as Georgia Department of Education 2011 Title I Distinguished Schools. The nine are among 824 Georgia Title I Distinguished Schools recognized by the state for achieving Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) at least three years in a row. More»
Two Marietta City elementary schools are among only 259 Georgia public schools recognized by The Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) during the 2010-2011 school year for high achievement on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT). For the fourth consecutive year, the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) earned a Platinum Award for Outstanding Student Achievement – Highest Performance. West Side Elementary earned a Bronze Award – Highest Performance. More»
In 2011, State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge named Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) a 2010 Georgia School of Excellence in Student Achievement.
For the sixth consecutive year, Marietta City Schools (MCS) placed in the Top Ten U.S. School Districts Honored for Technology Know-How. MCS placed 3rd, among mid-sized school districts (3,000 – 12,000 students), in the nation's eighth annual Digital School Districts Survey by e.Republic's Center for Digital Education, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and convergemag.com. Our school board also successfully recertified compliance with Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) Standards for Local Boards of Education and has met the criteria for GSBA School Board of Distinction through Jan. 1, 2012.
In June 2008, Marietta City Schools became one of Georgia's first Charter Systems. MCS is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School district. On April 23, 2008, the school district became the first IB World School district in Georgia authorized to offer the IB Middle Years Program (MYP) for grades 6-10. With the addition of the IB Middle Years Program to the IB Primary Years Program (PYP) offered at Sawyer Road Elementary and the long-standing IB Diploma Program (DP) at Marietta High School, MCS is one of only a few school systems nationwide able to provide the full IB (K-12) continuum.
In 2007, Marietta City Schools earned district accreditation as a quality school system from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI). District Accreditation is valid for five years and is the highest level of accreditation that a school system can receive from the SACS CASI organization.
Visit us soon. Marietta is a great place to live, and a visit to one of our elementary school Choice Academies, or our sixth grade, middle school or high school can best inform you about the innovative educational programs, well-disciplined and safe environments, highly qualified teachers and opportunities available for your child to achieve high standards.
Together we can make a difference. I look forward to meeting more of you, as I continue to reach out to our community throughout the year as we strive to become the system of choice for families.
Sincerely,
Emily Lembeck, Ed.D.
Superintendent
