Marion County Schools

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.

March Student of the Month assembly at East Park Elementary where the speaker spoke about trustworthiness and honesty. Mrs. Mapel class was awarded classroom of the month. PBIS sponsored this month's drawing and gave away 5 Easter baskets 🐰

World Autism Awareness Day is April 2. You can help support autism awareness in the following ways.

First grade students at Fairview Elementary practiced making graphs using skittles today.

CALLING ALL CREATORS: The Reed College of Media at West Virginia University is offering "Calling All Creators" a free one-day event at the WVU Media Innovation Center in Morgantown. This event will allow high school students to explore opportunities in the creative arts and media sectors. Participants can choose from over 20 hands-on workshops about popular and lesser-known careers, ranging from broadcast television to art therapy and filmmaking, animation, blacksmithing, game design, fashion merchandising, and public relations. Lunch is provided. See https://mediacollege.wvu.edu/calling-all-creators

It is a START in our journey to much-needed improvements in Marion County Schools with these first 6 projects in a long-term 15-year plan to address multiple improvements in the district. With this 5-year $19.9 million bond MCS could see 40 million in bonded improvements in the district: 🍎$2.6 for a 3 classroom addition and renovations to Watson Elementary School to add walls to existing classrooms and eliminate the open concept 🍎$3.7 (paired with a request for School Building Authority Funds) to build a $23.7 million new K-4 elementary school in the East Fairmont attendance area 🍎$3.7 for a 2 classroom addition and 7,000 square foot auxiliary gym at Barrackville Elementary/Middle 🍎$3.2 for stadium improvements that add a new security access road, replacement of bleachers and turf at North Marion High School campus 🍎$3.2 for stadium improvements that replace the bleachers, field turf, and concrete steps that serve East Fairmont High School and Fairmont Senior High School 🍎$3.2 for Phase 1 of a multi-phased stadium project to include a new turf field and base track at East Fairmont High School campus and provide for roof/drainage repairs to East Fairmont High School Learn more at https://www.marionboe.com/page/bond.

West Virginia state selection committee for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) has selected Kimberly Kettler from Barrackville Elementary/Middle School as a state-level finalist in the Mathematics award category. The mathematics category includes mathematics, technology, and computer science and the science category includes science and engineering. State-level finalists will be honored at state ceremonies this year. Up to three finalists in each award category, Mathematics and Science, are forwarded to a National Selection Committee composed of K-12 teachers, administrators, university professors, and STEM education researchers who will meet to select the PAEMST awardees at the national level. The teachers chosen to be Presidential Awardees will be notified by the White House, honored in Washington, D.C., will receive $10,000 from the National Science Foundation; and join a cadre of award-winning teachers who can impact STEM education in our state and nationally.

It all adds up at the Regional Math Field Day! Overall team awards for High School Division grades 10-12: Marion County - Most improved Team Division A team - Marion County 2nd place Advancing to the State Math Field Competition High School Divison Grades 10-12 (top 10 advance to states): 10th - Samuel Cox - FSHS 9th place - Hunter Upton -NMHS 5th place - Ian Bord - EFHS Placing as Alternates for the State Math Field Day Competition High School Division: 12th place 2nd alternate- Lucas messenger -EFHS

Multiplying Our Awards at the Regional Math Field Day Competition! Advancing to the State Math Field Competition Grades 4-9: 5th grade - 1st place Blake Hannah 6th grade - 1st place 6th place Will Fullen 8th grade - 2nd place Landon Starn Placing as Alternates for the State Math Field Day Competition: 4th grade - 4th place Finn Harris 5th grade - 4th place Lucas Jernigan 6th grade - 5th place Rio Rohaly 7th grade - 5th place Austin Conrad 8th grade - 4th place Adam Morris Overall team awards for High School Division grades 10-12: Marion County - Most improved Team Division A team - Marion County 2nd place

Welding and wiring today as Marion County Technical Center students compete in the "Olympics" of Career Technical Education at Skills USA competition, featuring students from all across WV and their technical center programs.

And the award goes to Marion County Technical Center and it will be displayed for the next school year for being the Skills USA chapter to add the largest number of participants this year!

Congratulations to Sidney Megna, who has an internship this summer in Washington, DC with Senator Capito! Still making North Marion, Marion County Schools and WV Rhododendron Girls State shine! ♥️🇺🇸💙

Mannington Middle School 5th graders having fun while learning at the STEAM Lab.