Marion County Schools

On June 19, 2023, Marion County Schools honors Juneteenth, which marks our country’s second independence day. It is the annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War and has been celebrated by African Americans since the late 1800s.

Today, Marion County Schools honors those who are fathers and those who step in as a father figure in so many ways of support. In the place where the first known Father's Day service occurred in the world on July 5, 1908, Fairmont, WV, Happy Father's Day.

There are some happy campers out there, including Blackshere Elementary. It has been a great start to Summer SOLE in Marion County Schools

MCS Families: Students entering 7th & 12th grades for 2023-24 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. 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. Ensure these are given to the school nurse.

Marion County Schools is proud to host the WV Council for the Social Studies, with 70 teachers from across State at East Fairmont High School. The WVCSS is providing tools, resources, presenters, and practitioners from the state and national level to aid in instruction in WV.

In honor of Flag Day, you’ll notice a new, more majestic flag at East-West Stadium. It was hung by MCS Maintenance Department today. We join in tradition, established in 1916 with President Woodrow Wilson’s proclamation that established June 14 as Flag Day, in honoring our flag.

You can sign up for Tygart Valley United Way's Day of Action here.

Marion County is well represented at the WVBMHTAC Conference in Charleston. Jayenne, WFMS, EFHS and NMHS are Working Smarter, Not Harder: Establishing Systems, Enhancing Skills, and Empowering People.  

Honoring Jayenne Elementary and their team of educators who are distinguished as a 2023 Model School for Positive Behavior Intervention Support in WV. The team is listening to a by Dr. J Stuart Ablon today at the WV PBIS Conference.

Tonight Marion County Schools honored the achievement and excellence of our math teachers, who have presented statewide on the "2023 Unit Design Collaborative Stars” by the SREB mathematics coaching team of the WVDE.

You will be missed, and your expertise and dedication to students of Marion County and the entire state is your legacy, Administrstive Assistant of Pupil Services Gia Deasy. Thank you to so many who stopped in to celebrate you.

What an honor to celebrate the Marion County Schools Servuce Personnel of the Year Kathy Cyphers and Teacher of the Year Kylie Reesman tonight at the MC Board of Educstion meeting. Thank you to Adam's Office Supply for sponsoring the honor.

Marion County Schools honored Lloyd White for being a constant in sharing of his expertise, dedication to student health, and training of our staff during the pandemic and for safety and security. Congratulations on your retirement and a heartfelt thank you for your service.

Fairmont Senior High School's Jamyson Posey has been selected for a position on National Student Council Advisory Board from hundreds of applicants across the US. FSHS, Marion County, nor WV has had a student on a national Student council board since 2006.

Did you get your tickets to celebrate the arts and talents of students and adults in Marion County?

Experience, Expertise, and Eager to help. Mary Kuretza is retiring as a school counselor after 40 years with Marion County Schools. Fellow school counselors, Administrative Assistant L.D. Skarzinski and Coordinators Kathy Jacquez and Stacey Oliver honored her today.

Marion County Schools is well represented among 120 student leaders at the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Seminar at Fairmont State this week. Superintendent Dr. Heston, a 1989 HOBY, spoke with the group today about ceasing opportunities to be a change agent in education.

Celebrating over 130 years of service and experience in Marion County Schools today with the retirement of Janie Gallagher, Kathy Jacquez, Lisa Poling, Gia Deasy today.

Happy Memorial Day and thank you to our veterans and their families. We caught a few of Marion County's smiling faces at the 156th Memorial Day Parade in honor of our veterans and their families today.

As we near the close of this 2022-23 school year in Marion County Schools, we think of all the students that have been molded. The kiln at WFMS was fired up during the last weeks of school. Students in Mr. Rose’s art classes learned the three S’s of clay - Score, Stick, and Slip.