Marion County Schools

Congratulations to 8 MCS teachers who committed to starting their journey in pursuit of National Board Teacher Certification, highest credential a teacher can earn in the nation and profession. MCS National Board Cadre Leaders: Mary Adams, Lee Anne Burton. Katrina Wilson.

Marion County Schools 504 school-level facilitators meet tonight to reflect on 504 plan supports and to further align practices with policy.

Families, If your child was in Grade 11 last year, he/she can access the SAT 11 WVGSA Video Results on his/her K12 school email account now.

Families, Marion County Schools is sending a copy of the results of your child’s WV General Summative Assessment from 2021-22 home on Thursday, September 15, 2022. If your child was in grades 3-8 last year, he/she will receive a paper copy of WVGSA results at school on Thursday. You may also access the WVGSA Video Results on your child's K12 school email account now.

The vocabulary terms for the day are “block,” “apple,” “line,” “wetland,” and “combinations of ten” at classrooms throughout Pleasant Valley Elementary today and oh the ways students are applying them in math notebooks, sketch notes, writing samples, and illustrations.

Pleasant Valley Elementary is out of this world in learning fun! Jarrod Petersavage of NASA visited students to talk to them about the Milky Way and all kinds of learning experiences in the Star Lab Planetarium.

English 12 at Fairmont Senior start the year with Mission Statement collage, based The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Students wrote essays based on the results of personality tests in order to get to know themselves better or argue about the use of personality tests.

Over 75 Marion County Schools special educators, principals, and related service providers gather tonight to learn the State’s new IEP platform.

Fairview Elementary celebrated grandparents today at Grandparent Breakfast, sponsored by PTO and Title I. The cafeteria was full of love and good food prepared by our cooks. Books were sent home with the grandparents to read aloud. It was another wonderful day in Fairview!

Over 50 families represented tonight at Blackshere Elementary for parent volunteer training, PTO, Title I, discussion about the WE Surveys, and the new family engagement partnership with WV Family Engagement Center.

🚨 Save the Date: North Central WV Girls In Aviation Day is Saturday, September 24, 2022 from 10am-2pm. ✈️

Marion County Schools honors Patriot Day, September 11, in honor of those lost in 2001 in the World Trade Center in NYC, Pentagon in Virginia, and the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. Thank you to all first responders and our Armed Forces.

"Positivity Breeds Positivity!" said Mr. Paul Perdue MCA Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy - South as the latest graduates from East Fairmont High School walked across the stage today. Congratulations.

Jayenne’s Jazzy the Jaguar is dancing into the weekend with a visit to discuss positive behavior with students as part of the PBIS kick off for 2022-23.

We Remember. Today, Pleasant Valley Elementary honored those who lost lives in the unfortunate tragedies on September 11, 2001. They reminded us that “even in terrible tragedies we can come together, help each other out, and grow as a country.” View: https://youtu.be/MZNLjjDl1K4

As excited about new construction on the outside as the magic within the classrooms, students at East Dale Elementary use math in writing, reading aloud, visual organizers, writing to form student connections, and reminders to form complete sentences to kick this year off right.

Latest policy reviews: View MC BOE public agendas or through the MCS website at Current Policies Being Reviewed by MCBOE at https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1972/MCS/2431231/Summary_of_Recommended_Policy_Revisions.pdf. Each policy has 3 readings.

When you think of the work of MCS counselors it’s profound and always a team effort. The counselors had a work session today to provide support on the new WVEIS 2.0 platform and The Comprehensive School Counselor Plan.

Getting closer! Omni and Veritas provided a tour of work to-date at East Dale Elementary PreK and Kindergarten addition this morning. After delays of steel and other materials during the pandemic, the November 2022 completion date is honey sweet! Project funded by SBA and MCS.

As one of the counties taking part with the 12 pilot schools of the WV GameChangers initiative, MCS was excited to witness the ribbon-cutting of the DEA Educational Foundation traveling exhibit Drugs: Costs and Consequences at the WV Culture Center at WV State Museum today.