Marion County Schools

Want to submerse yourself in a community that values literacy? We will see you at the Marion County tradition - The Family Literacy Fair.

A lawyer, police officer, nuclear engineer, air rescue, engineer - and a soldier, who is giving of themselves for something bigger than themselves in signing today to serve in the US Armed Forces at East Fairmont High School during the 2nd Annual Military Signing Day.

Blackshere is busting with pride! Mrs. McCoy was recognized as Grade School Teacher of the Year by Fairmont VFW post 7048 at the Region One Annual Awards Ceremony. Blackshere also had two students from Mrs. Richardson's 3rd grade class who were recognized by the VFW post 7048.

Mrs. Ford’s Earth Science class at East Fairmint High School worked through an engineering challenge to design a space suit, from random materials, for their marshmallow peep astronauts that had to withstand a drop in air pressure.

Nearly 800 students in grades K-8 registered for Marion County Summer SOLE Programming this year. Representatives from various departments met today to coordinate support services at all sites throughout the county.

One step at a time. Fairview Middle School raised $148 for Marion County Special Olympics today. The Special Olympics will be held May 18, 2023 at East-West Stadium.

MCS Families: Students entering 7th & 12th grades for 2023-24 are required to have the Tdap & meningitis vaccines to return on the first day of school or to participate in summer practices/activities. Students may not attend school without proper verification of vaccines. PreK, K, 2nd, 7th, and 12th grades are required to show proof of Health and Dental exams. Please send documents to your child’s school as soon as possible. ALSO, state law requires that any student who has Emergency Medications ordered must have the medication administration form AND the medication available at school or the student may not attend school. Ensure these are given to the school nurse.

We are aware that Microsoft k12 email users, including students and staff, are experiencing problems accessing apps in the Waffle and are getting an alert that they do not have proper licensing. We have heard from WVDE that there are no licensing issues. Microsoft has released this notification and updates will be provided. This is a statewide issue.

All Marion County Schools employees with family health insurance coverage through the Board, please log on to PEIA.wv.gov.  Go under “Manage My Benefits” to log on your account.  If you have a spousal affidavit to complete, please do so on this site, during the Open Enrollment period through May 15, 2023.  If you have any questions, please check your K12 email.  Thank You!

It was a beautiful day for Barrackville's Builder’s Club day in Washington, DC 💙🦬💛

Second night of Summer SOLE training is underway. Teachers are working to learn new strategies and reflect on how to recover and enrich Instruction for K through 8. Registration is open through April 21, 2023. We have a spot for your child at https://forms.office.com/r/PxfqdNHLVh

Our schools shine through the hard work of custodians like those at Blackshere Elementary today.

Marion County Counselors received training today on county's crisis team and quick response and care for schools in trauma situations. The team, consisting of counselors from throughout the county, responded to the recent need for staff and students at North Marion High School.

Marion County School’s Maintenance Department took part in training today on the proper installation and preventive maintenance of playground equipment.

Thank you to the Marion County Rescue Squad and the Easter Bunny for visiting Marion County Schools this week to send our students off to spring break with fun and love. Yesterday at Blackshere was EGG-ceptional! 🐰

Round 2: Marion County Schools cooks receive staff development in First Aid training, along with Chef Ted and Mandy Curry from Healthy Kids Inc., who is conducting a scratch cooking training today.

Growing and Sharing Knowing Together in the Hive this Morning: East Fairmont High teachers were given time to dive deeper into a subject and explore a book or topic of their choice this year. They celebrated their learning and shared presentations today with colleagues.

Transportation Department training today kicked off with additional awareness for the needs of students and with special needs and supporting Marion County Special Olympics and donating 1 dollar for the Special Olympics tennis shoe. They raised $187 for the cause.

How EGG-cited are we that the Easter Bunny showed her mad skills in breaking it down to do the griddy at Monongah Elementary today?

The 1st grade Spring program at Blackshere was out of this world today!