Marion County Schools

The Annual History Expo by the Marion County Historical Society, is April 6th in the County Courthouse, 10 am until 3 pm. Come and learn Fairmont, Marion County and area history, featuring the greatest train robbery in U.S. history. It happened about 65 miles from Fairmont.

Third graders at Watson Elementary held their annual egg drop. Students worked all week designing their contraptions to protect their eggs and loved seeing their teachers on the roof.

Families: On the afternoon of April 8, 2024, our region will experience a partial solar eclipse on the first day students return from spring break. Out of an abundance of caution, MCS has purchased solar eclipse glasses. The eclipse will continue during dismissal time. Please discuss with your child wearing the solar glasses provided until arriving home. Further reinforce dangers of viewing the solar eclipse or looking directly at the sun during the specific timed event. If your child drives to and from school, discuss your expectations regarding safety measures. All schools are encouraged to share the solar eclipse viewing experience with by utilizing television feeds or internet live streams. See: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

The Easter 🐰 hopped in to say hello to Fairview Elementary School students with some help from the Marion County Rescue Squad.

Watson's 4th Grade hopped into Math mode and found fractions and decimals inside their Easter eggs. Once all problems were solved, they turned in a completed answer sheet in exchange for a treat! 🐰 🧮

Kindergarten students at Blackshere Elementary created bunny traps this week to capture the Easter Bunny 🐰 When they returned from their reward day, they were excited to see their traps had caught some bunnies.  But not THE Easter Bunny, who is still hopping around somewhere.

Friday, March 29, 2024 begins Spring Break through April 5 in Marion County Schools. Rolling into spring break, Mr Williams’ Fourth Grade Class at Watson Elementary made Oreo Balls for their class reward today.

On May 2, 2024 Marion County Schools will again collaborate with partners to support the Marion County Special Olympics at East-West Stadium. White Hall Elementary is jump starting its support with the tennis shoes that students colored.

Congratulations to the Fairmont Senior Marching Band, under the direction of John Schneider. The Polar Bears received a Superior I Rating today at the Regional Band Competition. 💙

Congratulations to Rivesville Middle School Band, under the direction of Josh Tharp, for your Superior I rating at the Regional Band Competition today.

The White Hall Way: White Hall Elementary's 4th graders participated in an independent research project where they chose a famous artist, conducted research, created a Google Slides and poster board presentation, and then presented their findings. 💙🎨🖼️🖌️

Superior all around! Fairview Middle School Band recrived all superior ratings in today’s Regional Band Ratings Competition.

Marion County Schools is proud to be at the Fairmont State University Career Fair, recruiting new educators alongside our partners in teacher education.

What starts a day off better than a fun run by Pleasant Valley Elementary School students, sponsored by the PTO, and held at East Fairmont High School? They were welcomed by the EFHS Drumline and are ready to run for fun, lead by motivating 🐿️s and classmates, staff, parents cheering them on.

Support a 5-year Marion County Schools Bond May 2024 for equal distribution of $19.9 million with 6 projects across the district. Check out the 6 projects in our START for much-needed improvements for our students. Learn more at https://www.marionboe.com/page/bond.

Salute Our Teachers: Final night of the year-long Marion County Schools New Teacher Academy. There were many strong, reflective conversations that focused upon best practices, relationships, rigor and relevance tonight.

MCS Families: Students entering 7th & 12th grades for 2024-25 are required to have the Tdap & meningitis vaccines to return on the first day of school or to participate in summer practices/activities. Students may not attend school without proper verification of vaccines. PreK, K, 2nd, 7th, and 12th grades are required to show proof of Health and Dental exams. You can find this form at https://5il.co/23oan. Please send documents to your child’s school as soon as possible. ALSO, state law requires that any student who has Emergency Medications ordered must have the medication administration form AND the medication available at school or the student may not attend school.

The West Fairmont Middle School 6th Grade Beginning Band and the WFMS 7/8 Concert Band both received straight Superior Ratings from all 3 judges at the WVSSAC Region 10 Band Festival today. Superior Rating is the highest rating given at the festival. Congratulations to WFMS students! Thanks to Mr. Tharp and Mr. Schneider for leading these students to Superior ratings.

The WV Community Educational Outreach Service, based out of the Marion County WVU Extension Service, made a monetary donation to the Healthy Grandfamilies today for a meal for grandparents and families at Blackshere Elementary.

Mrs. Reesman’s math classes at East Fairmont Middle presented their City Geometry Box Projects today. Students measured rectangular prisms and calculated the surface area and volume. They decorated the prisms as a building of their choice.