As of Nov. 25, 2022, 3,490 of WV high school seniors completed a FAFSA.  This is 20% of WV high school seniors and a 1.2 percentage point increase compared to last year. Learn more at https://secure.cfwv.com/. 10% of East Fairmont, 25% of Fairmont Senior, and 13% of NMHS did it. 

If you want to hear some amazing students of Fairmont Senior, West Fairmont Middle, and Rivesville and get into the holiday spirit, check out this performance Tuesday, December 6, 2022. 

The East Fairmont Middle School Track Team was honored today, prior to the AAA State Championship Game, for winning the WVSSAC Middle School Academic Achievement Award as an Individual Team Sport.


Students helping students in Marion County as “every child deserves a Christmas” at Marion County Toy Shop today. Over $15,000 raised by Marion County Schools and donated by businesses and community members to serve over 1,000 registrations for Marion County students in need. 



North Marion Notables are volunteering their talents at the Family Resource Network Christmas Around the World today. 




If you’re wondering what’s going on in Mannington tonight, it’s magical at the Mannington Parade. 




Fairview Middle School staff and students are decking the halls in epic ways for the holidays. 


Continuing in our work to give students hands on learning experiences in a number of ways, MCS Maintenance Department’s Andy Price shows a work base student from the Marion County Technical Center how to operate the backhoe as part of his class work today. 


Today is National Special Education Day. Marion County Schools honors all of our hardworking special educators, classroom aides, students, principals, and all of our school system who “sees the able and not the label” every day. 


Fairview Elementary had a virtual professional development session with Stephen Ritz this evening in preparation of implementing the Green Bronx Machine curriculum. The staff is looking forward to "growing" together with the students! 




Thank you for inviting us into your classroom to cook with your students and see their sewing projects, talk about their future career plans, and learn how they take what the learn in class into their homes at night, Ms. Sole of East Fairmont High. You have amazing students! 

STEAM and smiles for the 1st grade students of Ms. Corley at Pleasant Valley Elementary today as they work on their chemistry and art journals aboard the MCS STEAM bus. Good morning! 🔬🧪✍️📝




Check out this artwork by a Rivesville 6th grade student that is featured in the advertisement of Fairmont State University Community Arts holiday productions JOLLY HOLIDAY and BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER this month. Tickets on sale at www.fairmontstate.edu/boxoffice.

Safety and security are a priority in Marion County Schools as Rank One engineers and technicians work alongside MCS technician Allen Canfield for the server installation of the state-of-the-art facial recognition technologies at the entrances of our schools. 

Through a new program, Marion County Technical Center students job shadow with local businesses to learn on the job experiences beyond the classroom. Marion County Schools is among the employees as this North Marion student shadows Maintenance Department’s Andy Price today.

Congratulations STEAM Instructor Margie Suder and Curriculum Coordinator Kathy Jacquez on securing $5,000 grant for Kinetic Spinner Project from Intermediate Unit 1 Innovation, provided by Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, EQT Foundation, and Equitrans Midstream Foundation. 

The Grinch has been visiting classrooms and trying to steal Christmas spirit at East Fairmont Middle School today. 
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Thank you to Ms. Sole and the East Fairmont High School Family and Consumer Science students for spreading Christmas cookie cheer. The No Bake cookies were the favorite of the Superintendent. 

This evenings New Teacher’s Workshop session was centered around Jo Bolar’s Math Mindset.  The session focus allowed the participants to align hands on activities with grade level standards. 




We are excited when we form partnerships. Machelle and Sarah Cava of Dan Cava are making the Pleasant Valley Elementary team even stronger as a recently added Partner in Education. They presented baskets of school supplies this morning and toured the building. 




