Fairview Elementary Summer Camp welcomed the Blackwater Brass Quartet today during Music Day at camp. RJ James and Ken Kyle (trumpet), Chris DeAngelis (tuba) and Tiffany Chivers (French horn) performed a concert of patriotic music, classical music, and County Roads. Mr. James and Fairview Elementary teacher Mandy James conducted music lessons for older campers. Children also created instruments and read musical-themed books.
Marion County Schools wishes you a Happy 4th of July. Today commemorates the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America. The US declared it was no longer subject to the monarch of Britain and was united, free, and independent.
Red, white, and blue and learning too! Watson Elementary's Summer Sole Campers are ready for the weekend after a very busy week.
Opportunities to Soar! Monongah Middle students in Summer SOLE took a trip to Pierpont Community & Technical College to tour, explore air craft, including retired military helicopter to jets. They used the Microsoft Flight Simulator and constructed model airplanes to test.
At the Marion County Technical Center Summer CTE Camp, middle school students were learning about electrician, welding and 3D printing in the aerospace engineering pathways.
Barnes Learning Center is taking a break from credit recovery to give the greenhouse some TLC and earn some community service hours.
West Fairmont Middle School Summer SOLE students visited Pierpont's School of Aviation in Bridgeport today where they built and tested model airplanes. Students also had the opportunity to test their pilot skills in a flight simulator.
Legos, butterflies, and lots of learning at Jayenne Elementary's Summer SOLE today.
Over 60 middle school students in Marion County are attending the Career Technical Education boot camp at MCTC this week to become exposed to CTE courses offered.
Blackshere's Summer SOLE: Ms. McCoy's Transitional Kindergarteners are making s'mores and building team work skills with a pets puzzle and a night sky puzzle.
Marion County Schools Team of four principals from Rivesville, West Fairmont Middle, Monongah Middle and North Marion High shared their best practices #inthepursuitofexcellence on the national stage today at the Model Schools Conference 2023 as one of seven innovative districts.
Congratulations, Bailee Tucker, an East Fairmont High School graduate, for being the first person from Marion County to win a Gracie Award. She accepted the award in New York City and was nominated by Gina Martino Dahlia, a product of Marion County Schools as well.
Learn ✔️ Play ✔️ Friday Fun Day at Monongah Elementary SOLE today was a blast!
Summer, science, and centers are fun at Fairview Elementary's Summer SOLE today! Science experiment being completed by Camp James. Enjoying literacy centers at Camp Arthur. Kaylan Hall, Fairview Middle School student, helping children during Fun Friday.
Shout out to the Fairmont Senior Madrigals and all who participated in the United Way Day of Action today. 259 volunteers, 1,036 hours of volunteer service, 35 project sites. Doing good and spreading good in our community.
Summer campers at Watson Elementary are enjoying reading and math games in their tents during Summer SOLE today.
Marion County Schools is hiring substitute bus drivers.
Happy Birthday WV! On June 20, 2023, Marion County Schools celebrates WV Day, a state holiday annually on June 20, to commemorate the state's 1863 admission to the Union as a result of the secession of several northwestern counties of Virginia during the American Civil War.
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.
