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Superintendent's Welcome
Welcome to the Marblehead
Public Schools. Our faculty, staff and administration feel honored to
serve the families of the Marblehead Community. Our Curriculum and Instructional
programs focus on the whole child. Educating our children is more than
reading, writing and arithmetic, although this is where we start and also
where we shine. The arts, world cultures, languages, fitness and athletics,
along with creative uses of technology, enrich the educational experience
of our children. Marblehead Public Schools believe that "literacy
and creativity" are equally important.
What sets the Marblehead Public Schools experience apart
from others in Massachusetts is our focus on preparing all of our students
to become innovators and critical thinkers. Our students'
skills as creative and innovative thinkers will propel them to success
in the classroom as well as secure for them the opportunity for success
in the ever changing global environment they will soon enter. Please "click"
on the link to the left labeled "Did You Know" for information
on the global changes our students will soon encounter.
Our children are facing a different world; one that continues
to rapidly change. Today, it is not one's nationality, or where one may
live that will be the predictor of success; it is what you know and your
ability to adapt, think, innovate and create that matters. Thomas Friedman
in his book "The World Is Flat" describes this new world. Bill
Gates expresses the aforementioned new world environment in the following
quote from Friedman's book. Gates says:
"Thirty years ago, if you had a choice between being born a genius
on the outskirts of Bombay or Shanghai or being born an average person
in Poughkeepsie, you would take Poughkeepsie because your chances of thriving
and living a decent life there, even with average talent, were much greater.
But as the world has gone flat, and so many people can now plug in and
play from anywhere, natural talent has started to trump geography. Now,
I would rather be a genius born in China than an average guy born in Poughkeepsie...
We're going to tap into the energy and talent of five times as many people
as we did before."
Although there remain solid reasons for us all to want
to live in the United States and preferably in Marblehead, our students
must understand the world discussed above and more importantly, prepare
for their ultimate entry into it. Please "click" on the link
to the left entitled "Sir Ken Robinson", to hear his
thoughts on this subject, as well as his views on creativity, philosophy
and a child's need to think and be innovative.
Higher Student Achievement is the goal of the Marblehead
Public Schools. We will strive to provide quality instruction for your
children. Our wonderful teachers will continue to dedicate themselves
to their craft and to your children's educational achievement.
It's an exciting time to be a young person, and perhaps
even more exciting to be the teacher and mentor of these young people.
I believe we in Marblehead will take seriously our responsibility to prepare
our young people for success as global citizens, innovators and thinkers.
My hope is that the Marblehead Public Schools will be second to none in
preparing our students for success in the real world they will soon encounter.
We need your help to accomplish our goals. Marblehead is renowned for
its generosity of spirit and its ability to share its resources with the
schools. Volunteerism and parent involvement in our schools are at high
levels. We thank you and humbly request that you continue in these efforts.
You may call me at 781-639-3141 or email me at any time.(email address
can be obtained by clicking on link above that says DIRECTORY).
We are proud to teach the children of the Marblehead Community.
Respectfully,
Dr. G. Paul Dulac
Superintendent of Schools
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