Marion County Schools

Inspiring student voice and leadership at Monongah Middle: A student leadership team takes an active part in student data. Students calculate daily attendance and prepare weekly announcements. Also, Principal Harker meets individually to establish student data learning goals.

You’re invited to an evening of jazz on the lawn at Monongah Middle on Saturday, October 29 provided by jazz musician Calvin Stemley, who has been working with MMS students last school year and this school year at least once a week to inspire and promote jazz and all music.

Pony rides, photo stations, hay bales, games, face painting, and good ol’ community fun today for all at Blackshere’s Fall Festival.

The 9th annual West Virginia Makes Festival is on the campus of Marshall University Friday, Nov. 4th. See inventors, innovators, and hands-on activities. Enter the student Design Challenge to win cash and other prizes! Email dstone@rcbi.org to register and get detailed info.

And this is the magic of community serving community! Pleasant Valley Fire Department visited students at Pleasant Valley Elementary School on Friday.

Lights On Night at Blackshere Elementary tonight on this sunny Fall day. Welcome in to see and experience the after school program, Blackshere families.

Students in Ms. Moore’s classroom at Jayenne had a special visitor today for hands on instruction based upon a unit they are doing in class.

MCS is proud of the delegations from FSHS and WFMS that attended Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp for the 2022 WVSTUCO Fall Con by the WVASC. The conference took place October 16th-18th. Lilly Wharton was elected one of five WV State Student Council officers representing FSHS. 🍀

NMHS Cyber Patriot Team helped out at Healthy Grandfamilies last night. Children created their own Sprites and coding games and also learned “The Wheels in the Bus.” The Women of the Moose of Mannington provided the meal.

MCTC is sending a team to compete at FFA Nationals in Indianapolis for Equine Judging Oct. 25. Last State winning Equine Team to Nationals was in 2006. Students are Brooke Toothman, Isabella Richards, Brenden Payton, Hayley Ford, and Abby Getz. Not pictured is Xander Brand.

Blackshere is celebrating veterans. 🇺🇸

🚨 Mark your calendar for November 1, 5 PM to 7 PM. Businesses, industry, and higher institutions will be available to discuss opportunities and answer questions for Marion County Schools students in grades 5-12 at the Fairmont Senior High School Field House.

Turn on your lights and shine so bright with the students in the after school program at Watson tonight at Lights On Night. Families were invited in to see the great opportunities for students in the programming.

It’s Lights On Night at the after school program at East Park where students shine so bright in so many ways.

Busy day in the sun and learning outside the walls of Blackshere as 4th graders visited Spring Hill Farms.

Busy day inside the walls of Blackshere working on raising student achievement..Iready trainings, building data walls, and Kindergarten practicing their program.

East Fairmont Middle School STEAM teams came in 1st and 2nd at the Charleston Pumpkin Drop! 🐝

Attendance Matters. Did you know that missing 1 day of school every 2 weeks adds up to 20 days per year, which is 4 weeks of school per year? Over 13 years of schooling, that’s 1 and 1/2 years lost. Every day for every student counts in Marion County Schools.

“Never a checklist. Always complexity. There is no step-by-step shortcut to transformation.” Middle school principals met to discuss Michael Fullan’s book, The Principal: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact. Chapter One was presented by Principal Bombard.

Jayenne’s Second-grade Scholars of Ms. Patterson’s class wrote friendly letters to their favorite Disney character. They started with a letter graphic organizer, wrote, and edited drafts, and addressed an envelope. The finals were sent to Disneyworld and Disneyland for reply..