All Marietta City Schools' facilities and administrative offices will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day. Have a safe and happy Holiday!

The Marietta High School (MHS) True Blue Club is sponsored by the Touchdown Club and is open to everyone. True Blue members enjoy many special benefits including an invitation to the annual BB&T tailgate celebration party and pre-game buffets before each home game in Northcutt Stadium's True Blue Room and Skybox. To learn more about the benefits available to members or to join the True Blue Club, visit www.bluedevil-football.com.

Marietta City Schools (MCS) recent strategic planning survey shows parents overall level of satisfaction rose from 81.1 percent in 2006 to 89.5 percent in 2009. This measure represents the percentage of parents who responded being either “somewhat satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the school district’s performance on key priorities in the system strategic plan. The April 2009 survey mailed to 5,099 households reflects a response rate of 15.9 percent by 813 parents. Two surveys were mailed, a Title I schools survey paid from Federal Title I funds ($22,000), and a non-Title I school survey paid from General Funds ($3,000).
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Eight Marietta High School (MHS) Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) cadets of Unit GA-20021 recently attended Cadet Leadership School (CLS) at Converse University in Spartanburg, S.C. The MHS cadets won numerous awards and competed with over 200 cadets from schools throughout the Southeast. More»

The Board of Education of the City of Marietta adopted the FY10 budget at their Jun. 16 meeting. The board voted 7-0 to adopt the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The adopted budget balances revenues and expenses at $80.8 million, compared to FY09's balanced budget of $83.3 million, a decrease of 3 percent, or $2.53 million.

Marietta High School students in need of retesting for either the Georgia High School Graduation Test and/or Georgia High School Writing Test must pre-register to participate in the testing. Students not pre-registered will have to wait until next testing opportunity in Sept. 2009. A photo ID is required to participate in testing.

Retest administrations are: GHSGT – July 13-16, 2009      GHSWT – July 15, 2009

Subject retest dates are: July 13 – Social Studies July 14 – English July 15 – Math July 16 – Science

Marietta City Schools (MCS) moves to a summer schedule four-day week beginning June 5, with most facilities closing one day per week Fridays: June 5, 12, 19, 26 and July 10 and 17. MCS will close Friday, July 3 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. More»

Camp’Us Adventures at Marietta High School is a fun, safe place for children to spend their summer vacation days engaged in sports, cooking classes, games, computer labs, and just …. play and learn for fun!
For registration information, call 770-429-3170, ext. 3306.

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Marietta City Schools (MCS) classes begin Monday, Aug. 10. Pre-registration dates/times and Pre-opening/open house activities dates/times vary district-wide. The MCS Transportation Department hosts their annual "Kindergarten Kruise" Thursday, Aug. 6 during regularly scheduled route times.