Marietta Schools Foundation 
A brief history

The Marietta Schools Foundation was incorporated in June 1983 
for the purpose of promoting educational achievement and 
excellence among the students, faculty, staff and administration 
of the Marietta City School System.

The Foundation is governed by a 50 person Board of Directors 
that feels that the best way to fulfill our purpose is to recognize 
and reward outstanding students, teachers and administrators.  
In addition, the Foundation has established funding guidelines 
and procedures in order to respond to the specific needs of 
teachers and administrators.

Outstanding students are recognized and rewarded with scholarships 
provided by the Foundation through several scholarship funds that 
have been endowed specifically for this purpose.

Teachers of the Year, representing each school in our district, are 
recognized and rewarded with cash awards.  The best teacher in each grade, 
Kindergarten to 8th grade, and the best teacher in each department at 
Marietta High are given cash incentives for outstanding performance.  
The Foundation also recognizes and provides cash incentives for 
outstanding performance by school administrators.

Scholarships for students, cash awards for Teachers of the Year, 
and incentive compensation for our Best Teachers are all provided 
on an annual basis.  In addition the Foundation has funded many 
projects through the years, the most visible of which include:

Ben Wilkins Memorial Garden
Burke Research and Media Centers
Edna P.Lee  Career Center
French Johnson Field 
Charlie Minor Trophy Case
Birney Memorial Garden

In 1992, the Foundation published the first 100 year history of 
the Marietta School System entitled, Centennial Celebration.

The Foundation established the Marietta High School Alumni Society 
and appointed the first slate of officers.  In 1994, the first 
Marietta High School Alumni Directory was published, and it will 
continue to be updated and republished every five years.

Through the generous contributions of alumni, friends, businesses 
and local authorities, the Marietta Schools Foundation is approaching 
an endowment of $1 MILLION in 1998.  The vision of the Board or Directors 
of the Foundation is to help make the Marietta School System the 
BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD, and we will continue to work 
toward that goal as we start to raise the second million!

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