Marion County Schools

We honor you today, Bus Operator Rick Garcia and Bus Aide Michelle DeMary, and so many others, as you finish your route on WV School Service Personnel Day #MCSgetbackinthegame

Bus Mechanics John Williams and Mark Thomas prepare to address the mechanical issue on this bus on West Virginia Service Personnel Day. #MCSgetbackinthegame

Full STEAM ahead: Students are performing studies using student designed football helmets at East Fairmont Middle School. #MCSgetbackinthegame

Randy Moran, bus operator, visits MCS bus mechanics to get his bus serviced on WV Service Personnel Day #MCSgetbackinthegame

It’s WV School Service Personnel Day and MCS has some of the finest here as Jayenne cooks serve breakfast to students today. #MCSgetbackinthegame

Taking Form: The progress is more and more apparent each day on the Mannington Bus Wash. #MCSgetbackinthegame

On the evening of September 3rd, WVDE released updated guidance information with two options related to contact tracing and quarantines in WV Schools. In collaboration with the Marion County Health Department, Marion County Schools puts the following into effect as of 5 PM Friday, September 3rd. Marion County will be using Option 1. Students and staff and a county under a mask mandate will no longer need to quarantine EXCEPT if unmasked and the exposure to a positive was in a high risk, unmasked area such as a cafeteria or extracurricular. #MCSgetbackinthegame

Work on the fence around the East Fairmont High School practice field began this week.

7th Annual Girls in Aviation Day is September 25, 2021! Who is our next WV Aviation SHERO! Look at ways to participate: Download the APP and an app User Guide: https://www.wai.org/sites/default/files/assets/GIAD/2021/giad2021_app_userguide_091421.pdf. See Girls in Aviation Day Digital Magazine: https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=716695 Welcome video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oggKCU4w9vw.

Putting in long hours for student growth! After school today, teachers in grades K-2, Title I, and special education, along with psychologists and school and county administrators, attended iReady training to reflect upon beginning of the year checkpoints. #MCSgetbackinthegame

What’s your angle? Monongah Middle teachers designed an intervention period to recover instruction based on the latest data. This group uses manipulatives to build acute and obtuse angles, learn circumference, and talk vertex and perpendicular. #MCSgetbackinthegame

Monongah Elementary ROARS with learning declarative sentences, the effects of altitude on lungs, “peace begins with me” yoga, Flat Stanley, and student art expression in time for Fall. #MCSgetbackinthegame

The MCS STEAM bus arrived at Monongah Elementary today as Rachel Hulldeman provides hands on learning to support teachers’ instruction from the regular classroom. The bus is on a schedule for 3 days at the school. ##MCSgetbackinthegame

Busy bees in reading and math and science at East Park Elementary today as students practice writing the letter “G,” prepare for a science lab, explore number lines, and more! #NCSgetbackinthegame

September 23 has been proclaimed WV School Service Personnel Day by Governor Justice. East Park Elementary gives a shout out to all service personnel for the difference they make daily. #MCSgetbackinthegame

Do you have symptoms of COVID-19? The Marion County Health Department offers COVID-19 testing on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 AM to 4 PM. MVA Health Centers offer testing on Wednesdays from 8 AM to 5 PM at their clinics as well.

There is no doubt why a Jayenne Jaguars is known for immense power and agility! Students were working on 3 properties in math, letter recognition, reading, puppetry, parts of the Constitution, and being kind today. #MCSgetbackinthegame

As we all continue to work together to battle this pandemic, MCS and the MC Health Department remind families: If a student is experiencing symptoms of COVID 19 or awaiting a test result, please keep him/her home from school and extracurricular events and social activities.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission joins the YWCA for “Project on Racism Essay Contest. It honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while encouraging students’ creativity through essay writing, musical expression, and film. Deadline: Nov. 15 Learn more at https://minorityaffairs.wv.gov/MLKCommission/ESSAY_CONTEST/SiteAssets/Pages/default/2022%20Project%20on%20Racism%20Contest%20Guidlines.pdf

The Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission, in collaboration with Beta Beta Omega Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, announces the 38th Annual Poster Competition. It is a way WV students can celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dec. 1 deadline.