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.

In June 2008, Marietta City Schools became one of Georgia’s first Charter Systems. MCS is also an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School district. On April 23, 2008, the school district became only the second 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) offering at Sawyer Road Elementary and the long-standing IB Diploma Program (DP) at Marietta High School, MCS is one of the very few school systems nationwide able to provide the full IB (K-12) continuum.

In October 2007, Marietta City Schools earned initial 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.

MCS has consistently ranked among the top 15 percent of public school systems nationally for the past several years, and has earned numerous recognitions.

For the 4th year running, the Board of Education of the City of Marietta has successfully placed as a Top 10 Winner of the National School Board Association (NSBA) Digital School Districts Survey. This year, MCS tied for 10th place, among medium-sized school districts, in the nation’s sixth annual Digital School Districts Survey. The achievement recognizes school districts and school boards across the nation whose use of digital technology in interfacing with students, parents and community, district governing, and bettering of operations proved exceptional. 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.

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