Congratulations to the students of Barrackville Middle School Band, the latest recipient of the VH1 Save The Music in Marion County. In this grant to support the endless possibilities provided through the power of music,
156 schools have received packages of 38 to 40 free instruments, music stands, a stand holder, and instructional materials. In addition, clinicians have visited West Virginia, and Save The Music pays all expenses for 17 West Virginia middle school directors to attend the Midwest Music Clinic in Chicago. This is the largest gathering of music educators in the country. This all totals to : 6240 free instruments $6,240,000.00 to students in WV. Thank you to VH1 and Randall Reid-Smith, who is currently serving his 17th year as commissioner and curator for the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History.
White Hall students will not report today, Thursday, October 24, 2024, due to a water break impacting White Hall Elementary and being investigated by the City of Fairmont.
Tune In! as Fairview Elementary School had an important family training on cyberbullying and limiting screen time. Adults and kids were split up for their own special lesson. They finished the session with s'mores in the park. What a beautiful evening to share with families.
Turning It Up! Mannington Middle School 5th grade boy's basketball players met with Tony Caridi. He talked to them about leadership and doing the right thing all the time...not just when someone is watching you.
Tune In! as 8th grade students experienced the “Get A Life” financial planning activity from the WV Treasury Office today at Barrackville! We love to see the ah-hah lightbulb 💡 moments when they begin to understand just how expensive life really is. They got to practice 2 different rounds of stretching their budgets & figuring out how to make ends meet.
Turn It Up! as students in Mrs. Marra’s 5th grade class participated in a Decimal Diner simulation, working collaboratively to solve problems on their task cards at Fairview Middle School today.
Turn It Up! to support our students in Marion County because "every child deserves a Christmas." Thank you to Blue and Gold Development for its donation to the Marion County Toy Shop.
Tune In! as Barrackville Girls x-country celebrate being named Mason Dixon Champions. Roslyn Noechel took individual first place. The boys team earned runner up.
Tune In! Amanda give a SHOUT OUT TO Coach Thorne and the Mannington Girls x-country for placing Second Place in the Mason -Dixon Championship this evening with three girls placing in the top 10. Woohoo 🐊
Addison Spencer -3rd
Elizabeth Shore - 6 th
Cyla Szentes - 9 th
Congrats also to Gunner McAtee for placing third in the boys Mason-Dixon Championship 🐊🏃♂️
Fairview Elementary and Middle students will not report to school Friday, October 18, 2024. Marion County Schools has been notified by the Fairview Department of Water that they continue work on the pump, the tank is extremely low, and water remains discolored and under a boil water advisory. We remain in daily contact with Fairview and make decisions regarding cancellation of school on the latest updates provided to us.
Captain Red Beard was a guest a Barrackville Elementary today during National School Lunch Week.
Due to a loss of power, Fairmont Senior High School students and staff will be dismissed at 11:30 today, October 17, 2024. We are told the estimated restore of power is 2 PM to the campus.
Marion County Schools very much enjoys celebrating our cooks during National School Lunch Week and every day for the vital role they play in our students' lives and our communities. We are honored to share this proclamation by Governor Justice as well.
Students at Jayenne Elementary will not report to school Thursday, October 17, 2024 due to water issues and as Marion County Schools awaits water test results from the City of Fairmont.
Students at Fairview Elementary and Fairview Middle will not report to school Thursday, October 17, 2024 due to continued water leak issues and boil water advisory impacting the schools. Decisions regarding day to day operations of school will be made on a daily basis as MCS receives daily updates on the situation from the Town of Fairview.
Mannington Middle School's 5th grade is rocking attendance. Perfect attendance for the entire 5th grade today! 💚🎸🐊
Jayenne Elementary will release at 11:30 AM due to a water leak and boil water advisory today, October 16, 2024.
It rained. It hailed. There was mud...and more mud. But these x-country middle schoolers from East Fairmont, Mannington, and West Fairmont Turned It Up! on this tough course tonight.
East Dale cooks are getting in on the pirate action today as we Tune In! to National School Lunch Week this week.
It's National School Lunch Week and the Cooks at Watson Elementary are helping students Tune In! to "Find Your Treasure” in school lunch as pirates prepare SPAGHETTI CANNON MEATBALLS, TREASURE CHEST CHEESE STICKS and NAUTICAL BREAD TWIST today.
