Marietta City Schools offers opportunities for students to learn beyond traditional school hours. We strongly encourage parents and students to take advantage of these resources which are located on the student and parent landing pages in Aspen.Aspen Teacher Pages
Many MCS teachers maintain classroom webpages that include a wealth of information and guidance. You can access this information by logging into the Aspen parent and student portals and clicking under Pages (left side of window).
Aspen Quick Links
Numerous resources can be accessed from the Aspen Quick Links section. All students and parents have access to these links upon logging into Aspen.
Schoology
Marietta City Schools uses Schoology, an integrated learning management solution that provides course management, mobile learning, and support for communication. Schoology enables our students, parents, and teachers to engage with learning materials and their school community from the classroom and beyond.
Parent Schoology log-in information:
- Username and Password are sent to you via email
- When prompted for school, select "Marietta City School District" (with green arrow)
Student Schoology log-in information:
- Username: Student ID # followed by @marietta-schools.net
- Example: 12345@marietta-schools.net
- Password: 8 digit student birthday (DDMMYYYY)
- When prompted for school, select "Marietta City School District" (with green arrow)
Odyssey by Edgenuity
Odyssey by Edgenuity includes lessons and activities that are built upon current and confirmed research about the way students actually think and learn. Odyssey software for Kindergarten through 10th grade makes differentiating and personalizing learning paths for instruction based on the NWEA MAP test in Math and Language Reads. In addition, Odyssey provides learning modules and courses for online learning for 6-12th grade students in Science, Math, Language Arts and Social Studies.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education has award-winning digital content such as videos, images, songs, interactive games, virtual labs, eBooks, etc. which are viewable online or some are downloadable for school projects. The content includes math, language, arts, science, social studies, health, PE, Foreign Language, etc. Each piece of content has a complete citation that can be used for bibliographies.
GALILEO
GALILEO (Grades K-5), (Grades 6-8), (Grades 9-12) is an online library of databases and selected free internet resources that offers access to thousands of full-text magazines, journals, encyclopedias, and electronic books. This is a safe and vetted site for students to use for research. The content includes math, language, arts, science, social studies, health, PE, Foreign Language, etc. Each piece of content has a complete citation that can be used for bibliographies.
Renaissance Home Connect
Renaissance Home Connect improves the school-to-home connection by allowing parents and students to log in to a website and view the student’s reading and math practice and progress towards goals in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Lexia
Students work independently to develop critical reading and language skills through individualized, motivating learning paths. All students, regardless of their skill level, can each work at their own pace and the teacher is notified (on web-based reports and via email) only when they require support.
Test Pad
Test Pad is provided by the Georgia Department of Education and replaces GOFAR. TestPad includes all of the functionality of GOFAR and also allows users to create their own items and passages. Now users can create content specific for the instructional needs of their classroom. User-created content can be shared within a school or a district to create common assessments.
Keenville
Building early literacy and numeracy skills is critical for students to fulfill their potential in future learning - leading to improved high school graduation rates, higher education opportunities, job prospects, and earning potential. Recent legislation recognized the importance of these skills for Georgia's first and second grade students. Game-based assessment provides an alternative that is research-based and adds value for students, educators and parents. In Keenville, Georgia students will explore and customize a highly-engaging world that presents real-life yet playful, age- and grade-appropriate problem sets and critical thinking tasks. The game uniquely integrates foundational literacy and math concepts in a fun, engaging, story-based educational experience.
Safari Montage
Safari Montage provides K-12 schools with access to 9,500 videos and 17,195 images from the finest educational video and interactive publishers from school or at home.
Georgia Virtual Learning
Georgia Virtual Learning is your headquarters for online education from the Georgia Department of Education. Stay tuned as the program grows into your portal to various learning resources delivered by the GaDOE. Currently, you can find links to Georgia Virtual School, the online learning opportunity for 9-12 students, and Georgia Credit Recovery, the teacher-less online location for students who need to recover credit from an unsuccessful course.
Additionally, Georgia Virtual Learning provides modules for all core content classes grades 6-12. Students will find lessons, activities, assignments, assessments, resources, and projects aligned with GPS and CCGPS. It is a fantastic resource for students to engage in self-directed learning in all core subjects from grades 6-12.
Marietta City Schools offers opportunities for students to learn beyond traditional school hours. We strongly encourage 