Exciting announcement coming about Healthy Grandfamilies supports at the January 18th board of education meeting. The MCS Outreach/Healthy Grandfamilies staff met with Bonnie Dunn and Carolyn Jones of Family Services of Marion & Harrison Counties, Inc. today in planning meeting.
Congratulations to Fairmont Senior High student and one of the top-scoring candidates in WV, Kevin Chen, who qualified for the 2022 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship. The winner of this competition will receive a $3,000 scholarship, trophy, certificate, and an invitation to compete at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship.
Through a collaboration with the Marion County Health Department and Q Labs, Marion County Schools will be offering testing clinics for those students and staff who have COVID-19 symptoms or have been notified of a potential exposure for quarantine in MCS, beginning Tuesday, January 18, 9 AM to 11 AM, at two locations: Locust Avenue or a mobile lab on the campus of North Marion High School. Students who receive a negative test may test out of quarantine or meet the new requirements for extracurricular activities under the new WVDE guidance (January 2022). Please download the consent form and have it completed upon arrival at the testing center: https://5il.co/149nk. The WVDE has released new guidance (January 2022): https://5il.co/149no.
Help stop the spread in Marion County Schools. Stay home if you have symptoms. COVID-19 immunizations and boosters are available locally at https://wvumedicine.org/info/marion-vaccine/.
Exploring additional models to forge partnerships with local businesses and industry with visit to BizTown and Junior Achievement, which focuses on teaching entrepreneurship, work readiness, financial literacy through experiential hands-on learning, value of community, in K-12.
Brighter and safer: New LED lighting installed on buses as a new project to increase safety on our school bus fleet in MCS.
East Fairmont High School’s Class of 2023 is holding a fundraiser that will also help others in need. It is estimated that 300 million people around the world don’t own shoes. Shoe drive fundraisers help provide inventory to over 4,000 micro-entrepreneurs who sell the shoes to support their families. In turn, they help themselves out of poverty with a hand up, not a handout.
Please donate your new and gently used shoes to the EFHS Class of 2023 fundraiser that goes beyond raising money for our school. Shoes will be sent to developing countries to create job opportunities.
Donations may be dropped off at East Fairmont High School 1993 Airport Road in Fairmont, WV until February 1st or contact Jamie Deane at tdeane@k12.wv.us to arrange for a pickup.
Lab space, technology stations, and the fine work of the Marion County Schools Maintenance Department continues on the Marion County STEAM Center, set to open soon to serve grades 5 through 8.
Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia: Scholarship applications for high school seniors and current college students were available beginning Jan. 7. Deadline: March 4, 2022. To be considered, students may apply online at www.ycfwv.org/scholarships. Recipients will be notified of their award in May 2022. Thanks to the generosity of donors, a variety of scholarship opportunities are available. A universal application will match students to all opportunities for which they qualify.
Marion County Schools is on a 2 hour delay schedule Monday, January 10, 2022.
When it snows and every day, Marion County Schools Maintenance Department is at work tirelessly providing for safety of all.
Marion County Schools closed for a snow day tomorrow, January 7. All 261 day employees report on regular schedule.
While we await the arrival of the snow today, the craftsmen of the Maintenance Department can showcase the work in the beginning of installation of cabinets in the county’s new STEAM center, set to open in coming months to serve grades 5-8 in MCS.
Readying the Plows! Maintenance Department is preparing for snow removal in Marion County.
Marion County Schools will release 2 hours early today, January 6, 2022, due to impending weather. All evening activities and practices are cancelled this evening in MCS.
Food is Art! But it’s more than that to Fairview Elementary and Middle School students and Art Teacher Ms. Cress, who used math and art to create latger than life art pieces of food, made to scale for display.
Did you know 49.7% of East Fairmont, 56.3% of Fairmont Senior, and 47.8% of North Marion students have completed the Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form for 2022–23 to date? Families can learn if FAFSA is right for you and complete the application at fafsa.gov.
Take a deeper look in our Marion County Schools pursuit of excellence in 2021-22 at https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1696525/MCS_HalfLetterBooklet_202111_web.pdf.
Honoring our MCS legacy with 100 years of East Fairmont versus North Marion basketball tonight with recognition of past coaches, players, and principals throughout the night.
Did you know on January 3, 1921, 100 years ago tonight, the EFHS vs NMHS (Barrackville Bison) basketball game took place? Tonight the two schools tip off at 7:30 PM again and MCS honors coaches and players of this legendary event.
