Tomorrow, August 21, 2024 is the first day of school for Marion County Schools, grades 1-12. Help us keep our students safe.
Tune In to Mannington Middle School for a welcome back with an open house tonight. Classroom teachers and the secretary greeting visiting parents and students with gym teachers outside on the playground playing games. The music, art, media teachers, and special education teachers provided energy and resources all around. The counselor shared information about Game Changers and Flipside after school program. It takes a full team and the Mannington PTO to set up and organize as MMS Turns It Up! 💚🎤🐊
As our teams in Marion County Schools return today for mandatory trainings before the first day of school on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, we are thankful for our expert nurses like Nurse Karri at Jayenne Elementary, who leads staff training.
HEARING, SPEECH/LANGUAGE, & VISION SCREENING TO BE
CONDUCTED IN SCHOOLS
The Pupil Services Department of Marion County Schools will be conducting hearing, speech/language, and vision screening during the 2024-2025 school year. Students enrolled in Marion County Universal Pre-K and students enrolled in kindergarten will participate if previous screening results are not available. Referrals from teachers and parents, students entering West Virginia schools for the first time, and children failing previous screening will also be screened. The purpose of the screening is for early identification of possible hearing, speech/language, and/or vision problems that could adversely affect a child academic progress.
Following screening, parents will be informed of the results as quickly as possible. If further assessment is necessary, testing results and recommendations will be sent to the parents within 30 days.
Hearing screening will consist of pure tone testing (assessment of auditory acuity) and impedance testing (assessment of middle ear function). Procedures for the pure tone test will consist of a child listening to three frequencies in each ear and responding by raising his/her hand upon hearing the sound. Impedance tests require no response from the child because all measurements of middle ear function will be made by instruments.
Speech/language screening will consist of naming pictures, following directions, and answering questions.
Vision screening will consist of HOTV for distance acuity and PlusOptix digital screening machine.
Parents who object to their child being screened for hearing, speech/language, or vision problems during the 2024-2025 school year should notify, in writing, Dr. Christina Hare, NCSP Supervisor of Pupil Services, Marion County Schools, 1516 Mary Lou Retton Dr., Fairmont, WV 26554.
Turn It Up! as Marion County Schools principals and assistants welcomed the State's Assistant Superintendent of Support and Accountability Jeffrey Kelley today to dive into data, set high expectations for achievement, and exercises in charting a path to "catch the rabbit."
Marion County Schools teachers Turn It On! to learn tools to create safe and engaging learning environments for students at the Go Guardian session today.
Media teachers Turn It On! to network and review the use of the Follett cataloging system and how it relates to co-curricular activities.
Turn It Up! to continue reflection upon iReady for K-8 teachers with sessions that focus on the correlation between the WV State Standards and the State's assessment.
Teachers Tuned In! to learn more about artificial intelligence and best practices as well as the proper way to utilize AI on Marion County Schools Technology Apps.
Turn It On! as teachers from around the county rotate into sessions to discuss and plan Social Studies Fair and Science Fair Prep and Carnegie Learning Conference Math for Grades 3 & 4 at East Fairmont Middle School today.
What a day to Turn It On! in Marion County Schools as Presenter Andrew Nelson led Pre-K teachers and their classroom assistant teachers through tools for structured teaching, including task boxes for students with autism and social skills.
Teachers in grades kindergarten through 5 Tune In! Turn On! And Turn It Up! in digging deeper into tools for the Science of Reading today in Marion County Schools.
Tune In! Fine Arts teachers from across the county are sharing best practices in breakout sessions today.
Tune In! as classroom teaching assistants, our ECCATS, receive training in the tools for the new math series in Marion County Schools today.
Tune In! as school administrators receive a session on WVEIS 2.0 capabilities, tips, and tools today for data, scheduling, and reports.
All smiles and Turning It On! As high school math teachers and special educators explore online tools to support students from the new textbook adoption today.
Tune In! as teachers from across the county visit our STEAM Center for STEAM Problem Based Learning with Margie Suder.
Tune In! to Marion County Schools as the teachers of Math, Art, and Social Studies from across the county are welcomed back with professional development and prep for the upcoming year, including the social studies fair.
Tune In! as health and physical education teachers from across the county attend a session from That Yoga Studio on integrating yoga strategies to classrooms.
Tune In! for a great 2024-25 as Marion County Schools counselors are at East Fairmont Middle School today to share out updates, supports, and best practices for school and student counseling.
