Marion County Schools

While a majority of MCS students rest their brains today on Election Day, Advanced Placement students throughout the nation fuel up to take a test that is a culmination of a whole year’s worth or high school career’s worth of knowledge in English Language Composition or Physics.

Marion County Schools are closed Tuesday, May 10, 2022 for Election Day.

Sunday STEAM Opportunity for Families in Marion County on May 15, 2022:

Congratulations to Stephanie Tomana, a teacher at 7th grade science at WFMS, who won the 2022 J. Kevin Scanlon Award for an educator who has promoted science education beyond his/her classroom.

ART CONTEST: As part of 2022 WV Katherine Johnson Day celebrations, students, 6-8, can creatively visualize Katherine Johnson’s story in the 2022 GHS “Reaching for the Moon” Graphic Art Contest. See: https://www.greenbrierhistorical.org/art-contest.html

Marion County Schools wishes all of our mothers and those who selflessly fill the role of mother today. Happy Mother’s Day 2022.

Marion County Schools Art Students’ work is displayed at the Arts Alive Celebration at the WV Cultural Center in Charleston tonight. This is year 14 for Arts Alive which showcases collaborations and interdisciplinary partnerships in works from school dance, music, theater, visual art presented to an audience of students, family members, educators, policy makers, leaders, advocates and philanthropists.

Arts Alive is the annual showcase of the West Virginia Department of Education, featuring a snapshot of some of the most talented visual and performing arts students in West Virginia. Fairview Middle School students Brayden Perkins, Braiden Morris, Laila Ruckle and Lariah Boyce and Teacher Sandra Cress receive a 1st place and take the stage with Randall Reid-Smith, Curator of West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History.

It’s a celebration of art at the WV Arts Alive 2022 at the WV Cultural Center in Charleston tonight and MCS talented students and teachers are on the stage. “A Day in the Diner,” the work of Brayden Perkins, Braiden Morris, Laila Ruckle and Lariah Boyce from Fairview Middle School won 1st place from the West Virginia Art Education Association Awards.  Their teacher is Sandra Cress and Principal is Steve Rodriquez.

If you’re interested in more information about Girl Scouts in Marion County on May 7, 2022.

Congratulations to our new administrators, who completed the Early Bird Principals’ Cohort today. They attended 5 sessions on leadership in curriculum, personnel, facilities, transportation, finance, special services, personnel this year and received a building level mentor.

Celebrating Super Powers: Gabe and Kingston give Ms. Crump, a cook at Barnes Learning Center, a card and gift for being their school lunch hero.

Due to an unexpected power outage in several areas of the building, Mannington Middle will release early today, May 6, 2022. Bus operators will be returning students to their homes on busses. Parents may also pick their child up at Mannington Middle.

The MCS team of cooks provide more than a basic need, breakfast and lunch, for students. They build relationships and often extend their care and concern beyond the cafeteria walls. On Friday, May 6, 2022, MCS celebrates the 10th Annual School Lunch Hero Day! Thank you!

The members of the North Marion ACapella Choir Sound Station, under the direction of Brenda Cress, North Marion Director of Choirs and Guitar, are having a spring concert on Friday, May 6, at 7 pm at NMHS’s Auditorium. The ensemble just won second place in Grafton Choral Classic.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Marion County Technical Center FFA Greenhouse will open on Friday morning, May 6, 2022. Stop by and get a beautiful hanging basket.

MCS adds 7 more schools as recipients of the Purple Star Award. This adds to our 12 schools who obtained this status in December 2021. The Purple Star Award is a designation assigned to schools which display a special commitment to supporting military children and their families. Congratulations to the latest military- friendly schools: Barrackville Elementary/Middle School East Park Elementary School Jayenne Elementary School Watson Elementary School Fairview Middle School Monongah Middle School West Fairmont Middle School Learn more at https://wvde.us/commonground/purplestaraward/.

Partnership: WV Army National Guard HHB, 1-201st Field Artillery Battalion, located in Fairmont, hosted MCS elementary principals at a book study of THE PRINCIPLED PRINCIPAL tonight. Principals presented chapters, reflected upon influential books read, and shared best practices.

Exploration Earth. Your World Through STEAM presented by the WV Dance Company.

Marion County Schools announces Ms. Charlotte Romberger, teacher at East Fairmont Middle School, as the Marion County Teacher of the Year. Ms. Romberger will go on to represent MCS at the state level for the WV Teacher of the Year. Congratulations!