Turn It Up! Marion County Schools is honored that 3 elementary teachers presented research and best practices this morning at the West Virginia Science Teachers Association conference. You make us proud Carolyn Honsaker of Blackshere, Debra Wilson and Rachel Keller of East Dale.
Turn It Up! and #pullthesled together as North Marion High School held Academic All Star Night to recognize all feeder schools and their students who performed at Proficient level on the WV General Summative Assessment and SAT. The special recognition was held during half time.
Turn It On at after school programming in Marion County Schools. Lights on Afterschool is a project by the Afterschool Alliance and is celebrated every year by afterschool programs across the country. This year at the 21* CCLC afterschool program at Watson the theme was all about working together to bring positive change and make positive people, not just in schools but in the community as a whole!
Y-Teens of Barrackville and Mannington were Turning It On! in student leadership and service at a meeting last night with speaker Dr. Cathy Shaw, who talked with them about empathy.
Turn It On! as Title I Family Night at Watson Elements was a success. Students experienced the Moon Landing inside the NASA Star Lab.
Tune In! as Watson Superstars had so much fun learning about bus safety with Buster the Bus and Ms. Dee‼️🌟🚌
White Hall students will be on a 2 hour delay schedule Friday, October 25, 2024 as we await water test results.
Congratulations to the students of Barrackville Middle School Band, the latest recipient of the VH1 Save The Music in Marion County. In this grant to support the endless possibilities provided through the power of music,
156 schools have received packages of 38 to 40 free instruments, music stands, a stand holder, and instructional materials. In addition, clinicians have visited West Virginia, and Save The Music pays all expenses for 17 West Virginia middle school directors to attend the Midwest Music Clinic in Chicago. This is the largest gathering of music educators in the country. This all totals to : 6240 free instruments $6,240,000.00 to students in WV. Thank you to VH1 and Randall Reid-Smith, who is currently serving his 17th year as commissioner and curator for the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History.
White Hall students will not report today, Thursday, October 24, 2024, due to a water break impacting White Hall Elementary and being investigated by the City of Fairmont.
Tune In! as Fairview Elementary School had an important family training on cyberbullying and limiting screen time. Adults and kids were split up for their own special lesson. They finished the session with s'mores in the park. What a beautiful evening to share with families.
Turning It Up! Mannington Middle School 5th grade boy's basketball players met with Tony Caridi. He talked to them about leadership and doing the right thing all the time...not just when someone is watching you.
Tune In! as 8th grade students experienced the “Get A Life” financial planning activity from the WV Treasury Office today at Barrackville! We love to see the ah-hah lightbulb 💡 moments when they begin to understand just how expensive life really is. They got to practice 2 different rounds of stretching their budgets & figuring out how to make ends meet.
Turn It Up! as students in Mrs. Marra’s 5th grade class participated in a Decimal Diner simulation, working collaboratively to solve problems on their task cards at Fairview Middle School today.
Turn It Up! to support our students in Marion County because "every child deserves a Christmas." Thank you to Blue and Gold Development for its donation to the Marion County Toy Shop.
Tune In! as Barrackville Girls x-country celebrate being named Mason Dixon Champions. Roslyn Noechel took individual first place. The boys team earned runner up.
Tune In! Amanda give a SHOUT OUT TO Coach Thorne and the Mannington Girls x-country for placing Second Place in the Mason -Dixon Championship this evening with three girls placing in the top 10. Woohoo 🐊
Addison Spencer -3rd
Elizabeth Shore - 6 th
Cyla Szentes - 9 th
Congrats also to Gunner McAtee for placing third in the boys Mason-Dixon Championship 🐊🏃♂️
Fairview Elementary and Middle students will not report to school Friday, October 18, 2024. Marion County Schools has been notified by the Fairview Department of Water that they continue work on the pump, the tank is extremely low, and water remains discolored and under a boil water advisory. We remain in daily contact with Fairview and make decisions regarding cancellation of school on the latest updates provided to us.
Captain Red Beard was a guest a Barrackville Elementary today during National School Lunch Week.
Due to a loss of power, Fairmont Senior High School students and staff will be dismissed at 11:30 today, October 17, 2024. We are told the estimated restore of power is 2 PM to the campus.
Marion County Schools very much enjoys celebrating our cooks during National School Lunch Week and every day for the vital role they play in our students' lives and our communities. We are honored to share this proclamation by Governor Justice as well.
