2024 American Education Week Proclamation Signed in Marshall County
Marshall County Schools Superintendent Dr. Shelby Haines was joined by representatives from the school district, Board of Education, teachers’ unions, Marshall County Chamber of Commerce and Marshall County Commission at the BOE office to sign a proclamation declaring November 18-22, 2024, as American Education Week in Marshall County.
The theme this year is Together for Safe, Just & Equitable Schools. American Education Week spotlights the importance of providing every child in America with a quality public education from Pre-K through college, and the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great.
Each day of the week has its own theme, during which faculty, staff and students will celebrate the Marshall County Schools’ community. Festivities honor the team of people who work in the county’s public schools, everyone from the bus driver and classroom teacher to the cafeteria worker and administrative staff, plus countless others.
The first American Education Week was observed from December 4-10, 1921, with the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Legion as the co-sponsors. The following year the U.S. Office of Education joined the weeklong celebration as a supporter. Since then, more than a dozen sponsors, including the U.S. Department of American Education and the AFT, have joined the founders for this annual event.
American Education Week is now recognized every year the week prior to the week of Thanksgiving.
The text of the American Education Week Proclamation signed in Marshall County follows:
Whereas, public education is the backbone of our democracy, providing young people with the tools they need to maintain our nation’s precious values of freedom, civility and equality; and
Whereas, by equipping young Americans with both practical skill and broader intellectual abilities, schools give them hope for, and access to a productive future; and
Whereas, public education employees, be they educators, substitute educators, higher education faculty and staff, custodians, teachers, bus drivers, clerical workers, food service workers, security guards, technical employees, or librarians, work tirelessly to serve our children and communities with care and professionalism; and
Whereas, public schools are the foundations of neighborhoods and communities, bringing together adults, and children, educators and volunteers, business leaders and elected officials in a common purpose,
Therefore, be it further resolved, that we proclaim November 18-22, 2024, as the annual observance of American Education Week. Proclaimed this 13th day of November 2024.