Arts Academy

The Arts Academy at Hickory Hills Elementary provides kindergarteners through fifth grade students a comprehensive, sequential academic program that incorporates the performing and visual arts in the teaching of core courses. The program connects the arts to all content areas and offers meaningful, hands-on learning designed to meet and exceed the Georgia Performance Standards.

Congratulations! Hickory Hills Elementary made AYP for the 2010-11 school year.

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The Kiwanis Club of Marietta supports the students, teachers, and administrative staff at Marietta City Schools by presenting the "Going the Extra Mile" (GEM) Awards three times each year. The winter 2012, Kiwanis GEM Awards were presented Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Marietta Conference Center.

Marietta High School (MHS) will host the annual Looking Toward the Future Transition Conference Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. This annual conference sponsored by the Cobb/Marietta/Douglas Interagency Council provides families, educators, and community members with information to assist students/persons with disabilities. Event registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and breakout sessions begin at 10 a.m.

Marietta City Schools (MCS) Kindergarten advanced registration for the 2012-2013 school year begins Feb. 6 and ends Feb. 17, 2012. Registration hours at all MCS elementary schools are from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A complete listing of Marietta City elementary schools is available at www.marietta-city.org/schools. To schedule an elementary school tour, contact the school office.

Hickory Hills Elementary students and staff gathered to celebrate the school's first semester win of the 2011-2012 Marietta City Schools (MCS) "Save-A-Watt" energy conservation contest. Dr. Emily Lembeck, MCS Superintendent, Dr. Debra McCracken, MCS Assistant Superintendent Curriculum & Instruction, and Rusty Smith, Marietta Power and Water - Key Account Manager presented Principal, Diana Mills with a Save-A-Watt Award Certificate.

The Georgia Department of Education has named nine Marietta City schools 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»

Find out what you don't know about school bus ridership. Learn the facts and play it safe. Visit http://www.nhtsa.gov/School-Buses for more information about School Bus Safety.
School buses are designed to be safer than passenger vehicles in avoiding crashes and preventing injury.

Beginning in January 2012, all Marietta City School students in grades 1 -12, enrolled in a physical education class taught by a certified physical education teacher, will begin undergoing Georgia SHAPE - a mandated annual fitness assessment launched by Governor Nathan Deal in May 2011. Aggregate fitness assessment results are reported to the Georgia Department of Education, and individual results for students in grades 4 – 12 are provided confidentially to parents. There will be no release of data or information that can be identified with, or linked to, a specific child.
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The Board of Education of the City of Marietta supports The Georgia School Boards Association and the Georgia School Superintendents Association partnership for creating a new vision for public education in the State of Georgia.