MCS Child Nutrition Office has received word that its application as a countywide Community Eligibility Program has been approved for the 2021-22 school year. All students in MCS have the opportunity to eat breakfast and lunch at school at no cost through CEP. The CEP was enacted as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and provides universal meal service to children in high-poverty areas. What does this mean for students? If benefits become available again this year through the Pandemic EBT, ALL MCS families now qualify for these benefits. Marion County is an equal opportunity provider.
Like businesses across the nation, the MCS Child Nutrition Dept. has been experiencing some outs and shortages from our suppliers. MCS will continue to substitute products as possible from our suppliers. If we have to change menus, we work diligently to try to give plenty of notice to students and families. Updates are sent through your child’s school as necessary. We appreciate your patience, grace, and understanding.
Help the WV DHHR and WVU Health Affairs gather data about Marion County. The Mountain State Assessment of Trends in Community Health (MATCH) is voluntary, confidential, and non-identifiable. See WVMATCHsurvey.org.
Celebrate Freedom Week educates students about the sacrifices made for freedom in the founding of this country and the values on which this country was founded (WV State Code §18-2-9 ). In social studies classrooms, students will be learning of the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, and Constitution of the United States with an emphasis on the Bill of Rights. This includes the environments and the study of historical documents that inspired the founding fathers for the purposes of safeguarding our Constitutional republic.
MCS will gather information about the levels of proficiency in English Language Arts and Math for grades 1 to 10 today through Sept. 17. This beginning of the year benchmark will help teachers plan instruction and interventions for the coming school year to recover instruction.
MCS provides insurance for our Dell 3100 Chromebooks . The enrollment window is open through October 4th at https://gpo.worthavegroup.com/gpo/marioncounty. Kindergarten students will get packets at their school.
As we enter the months of inclement weather, MCS is releasing information so our families may proactively plan for any weather-related interruptions that may occur. Find out more: https://5il.co/y5es.
Fairmont State University Academy for the Arts is offering scholarship opportunities unique to the North Marion feeder area schools. Want to learn more, visithttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1crAmb5M3jT82IVdub_87sn0zHlwZlNcK/view?usp=sharing.
This is a Bison Herd Alert- Parents that pick up their students at dismissal must use the Bethesda Baptist Church Lot or the United Methodist Church Lot. Traffic will be stopped on Pike Street to empty those lots first. Thank you for your continued patience as we work through the first week of school.
This is a Bison Herd Alert- Parent Drop Off begins in the Methodist Church Loop at 8am-This is one lane of traffic only. Parents are not permitted to park in the Methodist Church Lot. If you need to park and exit the vehicle with your child, please park in the Bethesda Baptist Church Lot or the upper Church of Christ Lot. We need keep this drop off flowing, please pull your vehicle around to the pavilion and three cars can unload at a time. Thank you for your patience and support as we navigate through these first days of school.
For updates on COVID-19 cases in MCS, visit our homepage daily or this link:
https://www.marionboe.com/page/covid19-reporting
Academy Day 2021: All middle & high school students, parents can ask questions about U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy as well as ROTC scholarship process. No registration required.
"Grit and grace" and "stick together and take care of each other," are the words of 1986 graduate of North Marion High School and the first female WVU Mountaineer and former WV Secretary of State Natalie Tennant: https://5il.co/xos8 #MCSgetbackinthegame
Marion County Schools releases 2021-22 Quarantine Guidelines Summary Document at https://5il.co/xmt5. In the K–12 indoor classroom setting, a quarantine excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student if both the infected student and the exposed student(s) correctly and consistently wore well-fitting masks the entire time. See more information at the above link.
This is a Bison Herd Alert for Fourth Grade Parents:
Parents/guardians please join our "4th Grade Barrackville Elementary 2021-2022" Facebook Page to receive updates and information from Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Price.
Also, we will post a welcome video on that Facebook page tomorrow and we will also be available to answer any questions posted on that page tomorrow from 3-5pm. Thank you! Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Price
Given a review of Marion County trends in COVID-19 cases, in collaboration with the MC Health Department, MCS will extend the current mask mandate in all indoor spaces for all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, to the end of the first semester. This mandate was originally in place through August 25 by MCS. It will be assessed regularly in collaboration with the MC Health Department, and it is our sincere hope that it can be lifted when local cases fall within acceptable levels.
This is a Bison HERD ALERT for first grade parents:
Please email Mrs.Carpenter at andrea.carpenter@k12.wv.us to get connected to, "Class Tag," for important first grade communication and announcements. Open house will be held virtually through Microsoft Teams at 3pm, 4pm, and 5pm on Monday August 23rd. Please contact Mrs.Carpenter to sign up for one of those three times. Thank you.
*UPDATE FOR FIRST GRADE PARENTS*
At this time, first grade parents will NOT be permitted in the school building on the first day of school.
This is an important message from Barrackville School- We cannot wait to welcome the BISON HERD next week! First through Eighth graders will return to school on Tuesday Aug. 24th. Students can arrive on campus at 8am. First grade parents may enter the building on the first day of school ONLY. MASKS ARE MANDATORY AT THIS TIME. Dismissal begins at 3:08 with bus departure. Parent Pick is in the front loop of the building beginning at 3:12. Walkers are dismissed at 3:22. Please visit our website for our detailed arrival and dismissal procedures. https://www.marionboe.com/o/barrackville/page/procedures
This is an important message for Barrackville Pre-K and Kindergarten Parents- We cannot wait to welcome our newest Bisons next week! The first day of Pre-K and K is Thursday Aug 26th. Students can arrive on campus at 8am. Parents may enter the annex building on the first day of school ONLY. MASKS ARE MANDATORY AT THIS TIME. Dismissal begins at 3:08 with bus departure. Parent Pick is in the front loop of the building beginning at 3:12. Walkers are dismissed at 3:22. Please visit our website for our detailed arrival and dismissal procedures. https://www.marionboe.com/o/barrackville/page/procedures