Dancing into the day with students at Fairview Elementary School, Principal Mel Coleman is “one cool dude” in the words of students participating in Summer SOLE at the camp opening today.
⭐️ Blackshere Elementary is rocking summer with “SOLE.” 🎸
Only 2.5% of every AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN is a woman. Help the workforce shortage in Aviation Maintenance Technicians/AMT and ensure that there are more young girls and WOMEN enrolling in programs of the career. June 24 at 8pm join “Ask Me Anything" webinar. WV will have 3 FAA certified Aviation Maintenance Technician Training programs in the community college system in the next few years. See https://zoom.us/j/96332853086?pwd=NzBNWkFZalUyeGlwQU5jbnBLN25WUT09.
Building Blocks to a Better Future: Progress continues at the addition at East Dale Elementary, funded through MCS and the School Building Authority.
It’s Who We Are and What We Do: During the past school year, Marion County Schools finest cooks and Child Nutrition Department kept our students fueled and served 1,384,534 meals.
Time Engaged Matters: Students at Barnes Learning Center are busy recovering credits and earning community service hours during summer programming in Marion County Schools today.
Sign up for the Bob DeVaul Memorial
Basketball Clinic and Fundraiser for
Alzheimer's on July 9, 9-1, at NMHS.
Registration is open to any youth in K-5th grade. The camp is absolutely free and participants will be doing drills with legendary basketball players. If you don't sign up in advance, it will be a $20 fee at the gate to do the camp in the morning. See https://forms.gle/qtmUNyhSkJCm9PVi8. The afternoon events (3-Point Shootout and Celebrity Game) will be free for kids k-12th grade. All-star game with former WV and Globetrotters playing to follow. Adults will be charged $5 to enter these events.
It’s about making a difference as community helps community! Jamie Dean from EFHS, 6 members of the FSHS Madrigal Chamber Singers, Friendship Fairmont Director Chuck VanKirk, Gregory DeVito from FSHS, and Patty DeVito here after they spent several hours helping deep clean Friendship Fairmont as part of the United Way’s Day of Action today. Students and teachers helped by mopping the floors, cleaning walls and tables, cleaning the restrooms, washing windows, and running a carpet cleaner. Mr. VanKirk helped educate the students as to the mission of Friendship Fairmont and provided them with a tour of the facility.
MCS is proud to be a part of the United Way Day of Action today! Community helping community!
Join WV Navigator and the Marion County Health Department for a day of family fun on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm at Palatine Park in Fairmont. Enjoy food trucks, face painting, games, homeland security drone demos, and more! Free health screenings and insurance enrollment assistance will also be available. See https://www.facebook.com/events/555028046167732/?ref=newsfeed
Career Technical Education Camp for middle school students began today to build awareness of CTE process at MCTC.
Students are rocking camp games at Jayenne today as 4th graders recover instruction. MCS SOLE summer programming began today through July 13 for students in grades K-8, including CTE Camp at MCTC, aviation sessions at Pierpont CTC, theater workshops at FSU Academy of the Arts.
She’s 159 years young and ever so beautiful! Happy Birthday, West Virginia. President Lincoln proclaimed that West Virginia would officially be recognized as a state on June 20, 1863.
Today we celebrate the national holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, which is rooted in June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law on June 17, 2021.
Marion County Schools wishes all our fathers and all those who assume the role of father daily Happy Father’s Day! The first observance of Father’s Day began right here in Fairmont, WV July 5, 1908. It was made a national holiday in the U.S. in 1972 by President Richard Nixon.
WVDE Names Teacher of the Week:
Connie Boggs is is the Library/Media Specialist at Monongah Elementary School. “My favorite aspect of my job is informal conversations about books with my students,” said Boggs.
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Are you a high school student who is interested in learning more about a career in nursing? Fairmont State University’s College of Nursing will host a free nursing academy for local high school students. Learn more at https://www.fairmontstate.edu/fsunow/global-connections-fsu-faces-front-page-college-nursing-falcons-give-back-events-academics/college.
Summer SOLE begins in MCS next week for approximately 800 students in grades K through 8. Teachers and administrators participate in planning and professional development today for the programming.
Sheriff Riffle, Dr. Hage and others meet to plan upgrades to security and safety in Marion County Schools.
Collaborating for Support and Recruitment: Building a stronger community of support for teachers entering perhaps the most impactful profession. FSU and MCS teachers and administrators serve today to provide input on the field experiences for a pilot group on teacher residency.
