Kindergarten teachers and assistants are digging into small group and developmentally appropriate instruction today.
Fairview Elementary students want everyone to know they love to read by participating in their Arctic Challenge reading initiative. It’s another reason why they love their school.
Like employees throughout MCS today, the Barnes Learning Center is diving into meetings and trainings like this one for administering the WV General Summative Assessment. Grades 3-8 will take the WVGSA April 4 - May 27. The SAT is administered to all 11th in WV March 23.
Friday, February 18, 2022 is a Professional Learning Day for MCS as approved in the 2021-22 school calendar. Staff will be in trainings and meetings. Students do not report.
WVU Eureka STEM Camp is an immersive STEM experience for middle school underserved youth interested in hands-on experiments in forensics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, astronomy, and biology. Tailored for girls and free to 25 accepted applicants in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, see this application to be considered. Deadline: March 6, 2022. Camp Dates: April 8-10 at Jackson's Mill. Apply: https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6DShnyvr6zRDfls?fbclid=IwAR16uZjyc6Pe8uHUbYCA6hGqXuieloAs-UshF833Tl1LdYDrpDw-v4NK4h4
MCS Kindergarten Registration is open! Visit www.marionboe.com for more information. Pick up a packet at one of our schools, childcares, and Head Starts. Contact Stacey Oliver, Coordinator of Early Learning, at stacey.oliver@k12.wv.us.
Fairmont Senior High held the annual Black History Month Read-In Feb. 16, organized by Teachers Adrin Fisher and Amanda Johnson. Students read works of their choice from a Black writer, poet, artist, or activist that had personal meaning. Writers ranged from Phillis Wheatley to Maya Angelou to Amanda Gorman to Kendrick Lamar.
Congratulation to Fairmont Senior Poetry Out Loud Winner Ava McMullen. In partnership with the WV Dept. of Arts, Culture, and History, National Endowment for the Arts, and Poetry Foundation, POL encourages the study of great poetry. Over 40 FSHS students participated in the contest. McMullen advances to the State POL competition Mar. 11 to earn a chance go to the Nationals.
Labor of Love and Expertise: From carpentry, to electrical, to masonry work, to demolition, after months of work, Marion County Schools Maintenance Department did it all and is proud to announce the ribbon cutting of MCS STEAM Center on Feb. 25, 2022, for grades 5-8.
Buzz…buzz…buzzin! Cooks, custodians, and administration come together daily to greet students during morning announcements at East Dale Elementary. In a energy-filled mini-broadcast, a cook delivers the lunch menu and special challenge for the day, a custodian submits the morning riddle, and administration give “buzz worthy” shout outs to students for kindness or academic growth.
Are you a Marion County Schools Senior looking of a great opportunity? Pierpont Community & Technical College announces their Aviation Open House.
There will be a 2-hour delay in Marion County Schools on Monday, February 14, 2022.
Happy Valentine's Day from Marion County Schools. “Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.” – Abraham Lincoln
Help our hardworking Marion County Schools bus operators to keep our students safe.
Due to continued water problems in the Community of Fairview, there will be no school at Fairview Elementary and Fairview Middle schools Monday, February 14, 2022. The town is working to repair a leak and will need to rebuild water pressure.
Our students keep building a better future in Marion County Schools as North Marion High School hosted its first robotics competition with nearly 20 teams competing today.
First grade at White Hall Elementary celebrated 101 Days of Learning today with a 101 Dalmatians Theme. The students made hats with 101 things on them and had activities including STEM 101, counting 101 snacks and a writing exercise entitled, "If I had 101 ..." What a great, fun day to celebrate 101 Days of Learning!
Marion County Schools is excited to announce that Buster the Bus will be visiting classes k-2nd Grades. Thanks to Title I and our Transportation Department!
Fifteen Marion County and WV agencies, non-profits, churches met tonight to discuss supports for the Healthy Grandfamilies program in MC, provided through a collaboration with Family Service of Marion and Harrison Co. Inc. and MCS. Learn more and how to enroll at 5il.co/13xiw.
The North Marion Theater Troupe did a run through of its play for the Sat., Feb. 12 Regional High School Theater Troupe competition today at NM. Board members Donna Costello, Richard Pellegrin and James Saunders told them to “break a leg” afterwards. The Regional is hosted by FSHS.
