Press Releases 2007-2008

June 19, 2008 - District Educators Cite Many Positives in Teacher Quality Working Conditions Survey
June 17, 2008 - Marietta Schools Foundation Awards High School Students Scholarships
June 12, 2008 - State School Board Approves District Charter System Status
June 11, 2008 - School Board Approves SPLOST III Resolution
June 10, 2008 - High School Students to Attend Model Atlanta Regional Commission - Youth Leadership Program
June 9, 2008 - Marietta Students Keep Pace, Post Gains on New State Graduation Test
June 5, 2008 - Four Marietta Elementary Schools Awarded Picturing America Grants
May 28, 2008 - Sixth Grade Academy Students to Attend People to People World Leadership Forum
May 23, 2008 - Two Marietta Students Named State Winners - 2008 Young Georgia Authors
May 22, 2008 - Energy Conservation - Summer Hours at Most District Facilities/Central Office
May 22, 2008 - Marietta High School Selected for Stop on GPEE 16th Annual Bus Trip
May 21, 2008 - High School Student National 2008 PTA Reflections Award of Excellence Winner
May 20, 2008 - Lockheed Elementary Junior Achievement Day
May 19, 2008 - Central Registration Accepting Appointments Beginning July 9
May 19, 2008 - Belly Dance Classes at the Marietta Community School
May 16, 2008 - Board Appoints New Principal at West Side Elementary School
May 16, 2008 - New Assistant Principal Named at Marietta Sixth Grade Academy
May 14, 2008 - Marietta Reads! Top Readers at Scholastic Book Fairs
May 13, 2008 - Marietta Reads! 4th Annual Read-A-Thon Raises Over $4,500
May 13, 2008 - Middle School Student Excels on Annual National Spanish Exam
May 12, 2008 - High School Student Among 100 Selected for CNN’s 21st Century Leaders Program
May 12, 2008 - Two High School Students Earn 2007-08 GSPA Awards
May 9, 2008 - School District Achieves International Baccalaureate (IB) World School Status
May 9, 2008 - MCAA Hosts 3rd Annual Student Career Day and Mock Job Fair
May 8, 2008 - District Earns Six Georgia School Nutrition Association Awards
May 7, 2008 - MHS Air Force Junior ROTC Unit Earns 2007-2008 Distinguished Unit Award
May 6, 2008 - Grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12 Summer School Programs
May 6, 2008 - Middle School Student Awarded Friends of the Bard Scholarship
May 1, 2008 - High School Wrestling Coach to Receive Lifetime Service Award
April 30, 2008 - Marietta Sixth Grade Academy Hosts Blue Devil Day, May 6
April 29, 2008 - Marietta Fifth Graders Surpass State and Metro Scores, Show Gains on Writing Test
April 28, 2008 - Eleven Middle School Students Earned State Recognition - Duke TIP
April 25, 2008 - Sawyer Road Conversion Charter Implementation Grant Approved
April 23, 2008 - Annual School Bus “Roadeo” Tests Driver’s Skills and Abilities
April 23, 2008 - Sixth Grade Academy Awarded $93,592 - Title IID T3 Grant by State
April 21, 2008 - High School Student Places First 2008 Georgia PTA Reflections Contest
April 18, 2008 - Superintendent Saturday Community Dialogue
April 18, 2008 - District Schools Host Global Youth Service Day Events
April 17, 2008 - Public Review of Mathematics Learning Resource Materials
April 16, 2008 - Board Appoints New District Director of School Improvement
April 16, 2008 - Board Appoints New School Principal at Marietta Center for Advanced Academics
April 16, 2008 - Board Names New Principals at Marietta Sixth Grade Academy and Middle School
April 16, 2008 - Young Georgia Authors’ System Winners Announced
April 15, 2008 - Marietta Counselor Named CSCA High School Counselor of the Year
April 4, 2008 -Schools/Administrative Offices Closed for Spring Break, Apr. 7-11
April 3, 2008 - MCAA Teams Up with Southern Polytechnic State University
April 2, 2008 - West Side SPLOSTII Renovations Complete School Host Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
April 1, 2008 - High School Students Selected as Governor's Honors Finalists
March 27, 2008 - System-Wide Kindergarten Registration, April 14-18
March 21, 2008 - High School Senior Awarded Cobb Swim Coaches Scholarship
March 21, 2008 - High School Senior Receives Sport of Champions Award
March 20, 2008 - Eighth Graders Make Significant Gains on State Writing Test
March 17, 2008 - MHS Band Director Selected for National Music Performance Assessment Symposium
March 14, 2008 - High School Advanced Mixed Choir and Symphonic Band Earn Superior Ratings
March 13, 2008 - Sawyer Road Junior Beta Club Raises Funds for Student Memorial
March 12, 2008 - Special Week Honors Georgia's School Board
March 12, 2008 - District Teams Up with Phi Delta Kappa to Walk for Education
March 11, 2008 - District Sixth Annual Spectrum Visual and Performing Arts Show
March 10, 2008 - School Board Proclaims April Alcohol Awareness Month
March 6, 2008 - Marietta High School Student Receives Class Act Teen Award
March 5, 2008 - School Social Workers Celebrate National School Social Work Week
March 4, 2008 - High School Students Win Emory Goizueta Business Case Competition
March 4, 2008 - Marietta Students Named 2008 Finalists Marel Brown Creative Writing Program
March 3, 2008 - MCAA Receives $2,000 Best Buy Teach Award
February 29, 2008 - Marietta Students Celebrate Read Across America Day
February 29, 2008 - Middle School Host Magnet Open House and Tour
February 28, 2008 - Middle School Student Receives $2,500 “My Future, My Choice, My Education” Award
February 25, 2008 - West Side Students Participate in National African American Read-In
February 22, 2008 - High School Student and West Side Teacher - 2008 Star Program Honorees
February 21, 2008 - Marietta Students Compete at Cobb Regional High School Mock Trial Competition
February 20, 2008 - High School Represented on Student Panel at Global Language Convention
February 15, 2008 - Schools Close for the President's Day Holiday/mid-Winter Break
February 14, 2008 - Burruss Elementary and MCAA Place at 4th Annual Regional Reading Bowl
February 12, 2008 - Distinguished Marietta High Alumna Northcutt Dies at 103
February 12, 2008 - Board Adoption of New Proposed K-12 Science Resources
February 11, 2008 - High School 40-year Class Reunion Organizers Seek to Locate Alumni
February 7, 2008 -Sixth Grade Academy Open House and Tours
February 6, 2008 - Sawyer Road Fifth Graders Work on Global Poverty
February 5, 2008 - Sixth Grade Academy Glider Flight Day
February 1, 2008 - Middle School Magnet Open House and Tours
January 31, 2008 - District School Counselors Observe National School Counseling Week
January 30, 2008 - Public to Review New Proposed K-12 Science Learning Resources
January 29, 2008 - High School Students Win Third Annual Holiday Greeting Card Design Contest
January 25, 2008 - Sixth Grade Academy Parents Student Success Workshops
January 23, 2008 - MCAA Wins Fourth Annual District Reading Bowl
January 22, 2008 - Incredible Internet Author Speaks at High School - Discusses Internet Safety
January 17, 2008 - Elementary, Sixth and Middle Grades Set to Compete During Annual District Spelling Bee
January 11, 2008 - MCAA Hosts Annual Digital Science Fair
January 10, 2008 - A.L. Burruss Elementary School Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence
January 9, 2008 - High School FBLA Chapter Earns Recognition at Fall 2007 Conference
January 7, 2008 - District Approved by State Board for Charter System Planning Grant
January 4, 2008 - Sawyer Road Achieves International Baccalaureate World School Status
January 4, 2008 - District to Hold Second Charter System Public Hearings and Information Sessions
January 4, 2008 - School Board to Attend Training Retrea
December 21, 2007 - High School Participates in the CyberTech Initiative at Kennesaw State University
December 21, 2007 - Marietta Schools Foundation Receives $25,000 Math Endowment
December 20, 2007 - Schools and District Offices Closed for Winter Holiday, Dec. 24 – Jan. 2
December 20, 2007 - Marietta Tops State and Metro Scores 2007 Georgia High School Writing Test
December 19, 2007 - High School Y.O.U.T.H. Program Receives United Way Grant
December 18, 2007 - Park Street Winners of 2007 Learning for Life-Drug Free Me Mural Contest
December 14, 2007 - Students Win a Room Makeover from TBS’s Movie and a Makeover
December 13, 2007 - District Quality Project Assesses Working Conditions
December 12, 2007 - A. L. Burruss “Hats On Day” Benefits Children with Cancer
December 10, 2007 - Hickory Hills Grows Arts Support Signs New Partner in Education
December 6, 2007 - Marietta ITBS Scores Above National Averages in Third and Fifth Grades
December 6, 2007 - District to Hold Limited Redistricting Public Review and Information Session
December 5, 2007 - District to Hold Charter System Public Hearings
December 4, 2007 - Marietta Teacher Named 2007 Kennesaw State University Distinguished Alumni
November 30, 2007 - District Prepares Elementary School Limited Redistricting Plan
November 30, 2007 - Marietta Seniors Selected as Semifinalists of National Merit Scholarship Program
November 29, 2007 - Hickory Hills Students Perform at Cobb 175th Birthday Celebration
November 28, 2007 - District Launches $317K Grant Project
November 27, 2007 - Students Win Silver and Gold at 2007 Cobb Boys & Girls Clubs - Mimms Oratorical Competition
November 27, 2007 - Marietta State Teacher of the Year to Receive GSBA Award
November 15, 2007 - Schools and District Offices Close for Thanksgiving Holidays
November 14, 2007 - Board Solicits Parents/Guardians Input on Proposed 2008-09 and 2009-10 School Calendars
November 14, 2007 - Marietta School Board Named 2007 GSBA School Board of Distinction
November 13, 2007 - Special Week to Honor School Psychologists
November 12, 2007 - District Readies Charter Systems Planning Grant
November 2, 2007 - Marietta Achieves Five-Year District Accreditation as a Quality School System
November 2, 2007 - Superintendent Saturday Community Dialogue
October 31, 2007 - Park Street, Hickory Hills Host National Science Center’s Mobile Discovery Center
October 30, 2007 - Three Marietta Schools Earn State Student Achievement and Academic Improvement Awards
October 25, 2007 - District to Host Choice Academies Program Information Session for Hispanic Community
October 25, 2007 - High School Culinary Student Places 1st in State Culinary Arts Competition
October 24, 2007 - High School Teacher Selected for 2007-2008 CTAE TALL Leadership Institute
October 16, 2007 - High School Students Named to State Superintendent's Student Advisory Council
October 15, 2007 - Marietta Among Top 10 Tech-Savvy School Boards
October 12, 2007 - Marietta High School Alumni Society Names 2007 Distinguished Alumnus
October 11, 2007 - Middle School Student Named State Winner Division III - 2007 Georgia School Bus Safety Week
October 10, 2007 - Middle School Student Achieves Georgia Top 10 Ranking - National Spanish Examination
October 4, 2007 - Park Street Students Named Winners of Marietta Power/Water Drawing Contest
October 3, 2007 - Seven District Schools Named as 2007-2008 Title I Distinguished Schools
October 2, 2007 - High School Celebrates Air Force Week Hosts "High School Drop-In"
October 1, 2007 - Marietta Middle School Signs New Partner in Education
September 27, 2007 - Fourth Annual Marietta Athletic Hall of Fame Honors Inductees
September 24, 2007 - Middle School Offers Free Monthly Parent Workshop
September 21, 2007 - District Announces Choice Academies Program at All Elementary Schools
September 19, 2007 - High School Student Finishes Third in International Scholarship Competition
September 14, 2007 - Marietta Reads! Fifth Annual Event on the Square
September 12, 2007 - Middle School Students Benefit from New Job Shadow Program
September 5, 2007 - Park Street, Sawyer Road Students Help Cagle Celebrate Panda Cub Birthday
September 4, 2007 - MCS Announces More Web 2.0 Features
August 31, 2007 - High School’s Student Resource Officer Named Georgia Peace Officer of the Year
August 31, 2007 - Session to Help Hispanic Parents and Community Navigate School System
August 30, 2007 - MCAA Signs Three New Partners in Education
August 30, 2007 - High School Seeks Choral Alumni
August 28, 2007 - High School Average SAT Scores Exceed Both State and National Mean in All Areas Tested
August 27, 2007 - District Awarded $317K Grant from U.S. Department of Education
August 24, 2007 - School Board Members Work to Ensure Educational Quality
August 23, 2007 - Sawyer Road Elementary Receives Georgia Council for the Arts Grant
August 22, 2007 - District Hosts First Annual K-12 Educator Conference
August 21, 2007 - Hickory Hills Growing Support for the Arts Signs Two New Partners in Education
August 20, 2007 - Marietta Transportation Technician Named State Technician of the Year
August 17, 2007 - Lockheed Elementary School Leadership Academy Open House Event
August 17, 2007 - High School Senior Earns Boy Scouts Eagle Scout Rank
August 16, 2007 - Marietta High School Act Scores Best State and National Averages
August 14, 2007 - High School Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) Unit Earns Summer Leadership School Awards
August 13, 2007 - Board to Discuss Transportation Options for Choice Schools Program
August 10, 2007 - Marietta Community School Awarded $140,000 Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Grant
July 25, 2007 - Pre-opening (Open House) activities and Kindergarten Kruise
July 19, 2007 - Student Pre-Registration Dates Set, Sixth Grade and Middle school
July 13, 2007 - High School Educators Speak at Georgia Association of Career and Technical Education Conference
July 12, 2007 - District Hosts Ribbon-cutting Ceremony of New Central Registration Offices
July 9, 2007 - District Millage Rate Holds Steady for 6th Consecutive Year
July 6, 2007 - All District Schools Meet AYP Standards
July 2, 2007 - District Earns Georgia School Nutrition Association Awards

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