ATTENTION LADIES INTERESTED IN VOLLEYBALL GOING INTO GRADES 7-12. Registration deadline is JULY 1st!
This is a tribute video we made for the seniors who scored a 30 or higher on their ACT. What an AMAZING group of students MHS is sending out into the world!
Final call for 2020 Yearbook
Phase I - Return of Team Sports
https://www.aractivities.org/post/phase-i-return-of-team-sports
Stop by the MSD Band Facebook page and leave a welcoming message for our two new band directors. We are happy to have them and look forward to seeing the wonderful things they’ll do with our great band students.
https://www.facebook.com/MarionPatriotBand/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Tuesday, May 19th will be the last day we provide lunch and breakfast meals for the school year. On the 19th we will provide meals for Tuesday-Friday! Stay safe and stay healthy! See you soon!
Patriot Nation the track surface is finished and it’s beautiful! It’ll be striped next week. We look forward to seeing you on the track once we get the ok from the building administration and receive guidelines for use and social distancing. Stay safe and stay healthy. ❤️🤍💙
Seniors:
If you did not have a senior photo taken by LifeTouch for your senior picture, we have schedule a date and time for you to have a photo taken. Photos will be taken next Tuesday, May 19, Ms. Westerman will be at the school to take your picture. Boys, please wear a dark blazer/dress coat with a white button down shirt. Girls, please make sure your dress shirts are modest black dress shirts. If you don’t have the necessary clothes we will just take a headshot.
1. If you wear something not matching the other senior photos, it will only be a headshot.
2. If you do not take this photo, only your name will be featured on the virtual graduation.
3. Please enter the humanities building by the MPAC and go to Ms. Westerman's room AA-161.
Senior Picture Schedule:
9:00--9:30: A-D
9:30--10:00: E-H
10:00-10:30: I-M
10:30-11:00: N-R
11:00-11:30: S-Z
Patriot Parents,
Just a reminder that the Marion School District welcomes your input as we prepare for the 2020-2021 school year. Please take a few minutes to answer questions to help us improve our schools' parent and family engagement plans. This survey will close on Friday, May 15, 2020. Thanks! Click this link to give us your input. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6aGiH30jCeaaRMSUAHhFKT696FToBfxXN42M7Sl4Noo-0lg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1
Greetings Patriots,
As previously promised, we are offering this update to our April 17 memo regarding 2020 MHS Prom and Graduation.
Please note a summary of the latest directive dated April 26 from the Arkansas Department of Education re. 2020 Graduation-“Traditional high school graduation ceremonies are restricted until July 1 at the earliest. As we have throughout this emergency, we will review data and reevaluate the situation as we approach July 1 and continue to make decisions based on current public health data.”
Plainly, ADE is NOT guaranteeing the ability to hold a traditional Graduation ceremony in July. They are simply establishing that July 1 is the earliest date that they will allow for planning such an event.
In accord with the April 26 ADE directive MHS Principal Paul Johnston and his staff have set Saturday, July 11 as proposed date for Prom and Thursday, July 16 at 10:00 a.m. as a proposed date and time for our traditional Graduation Ceremony. With this plan we are taking the liberty of extending the ADE guidelines for Graduation- to include Prom as well.
In early July we will reevaluate the proposed date(s) for both events in accord with the most current ADE directives for such , and make appropriate decisions regarding moving forward at that point.
Regardless of the final outcome of the traditional Graduation event, we do plan to release the Virtual Graduation video on July 16.
Please keep in mind that we are dealing with circumstances well beyond our control. However, we do sincerely hope that this plan provides for both Prom and Graduation in their traditional formats to become realities for our 2020 MHS Seniors.
Go Pats!
Dr. Glen Fenter, Superintendent
Congratulations to MHS's Teacher of the Year!
Parents, the Marion School District welcomes your input as we prepare for the 2020-2021 school year. Please take a few minutes to answer questions to help us improve our schools' parent and family engagement plans. This survey will close on Friday, May 15, 2020. Thanks!
Click this link to give us your input.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6aGiH30jCeaaRMSUAHhFKT696FToBfxXN42M7Sl4Noo-0lg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1
A reminder for Patriot Parents/Guardian: Completed paper packets for days 1-10 can be turned in at the main office of the building where your student attends on Tuesday, May 5th from 8:00 am - 3:00 pm. This is the final day paper packets for days 1-10 will be accepted. Stay safe, stay healthy, and GO PATS!
First layer complete and it's beautiful! It won't be long before Patriot Stadium welcomes MSD students and community members back. Stay safe and healthy Patriot Nation!
Gov. Hutchinson: No high school graduation ceremonies prior to July 1 by Michael Tilley
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday (April 25) that traditional high school graduation ceremonies will not be allowed prior to July 1. Arkansas Department of Education officials also are reviewing options in the event it is not safe to fully open schools in the fall.
The governor and Arkansas Department of Education Secretary Johnny Key said during Saturday’s COVID-19 press conference they know the delay is disappointing to many, but is necessary for public safety.
“I’m very sympathetic because I have a granddaughter who is a senior in high school this year. But it’s really a risk whenever you bring thousands of parents and students together in one assembly to have a celebration, and that’s exactly the kind of gathering that could lead to a spread of COVID-19,” Gov. Hutchinson said.
Key said he would “encourage” school districts to wait until after July 1, but the department is open to alternative graduation plans. He said the department will contact superintendents this upcoming week to let them know how to submit proposals.
“There are a number of techniques that schools have already started exploring to see how they could make this happen as a celebration for their seniors, at the same time, taking into consideration and following our social distancing protocols, the restrictions of congregant gatherings of 10 or more people,” Key said.
He also said the department will continue to monitor data and work the Arkansas Department of Health to consider any modifications to the July 1 order. He also said social distancing guidelines and other directives issued by the governor will prevent private schools from having a traditional graduation.
Education officials and educators also are preparing options in the event COVID-19 spread remains a public health crisis when schools should open in the fall.
“We have teams of teachers we brought together, and principals and superintendents, that are planning out different scenarios and possibilities. It is something that we are looking at and hopefully we’ll be presenting the governor with options coming up in the next couple of weeks,” Key said.
Gov. Hutchinson said the “first option” is to have schools open as normal, but it’s important to have other options in place.
COVID CASES
Known COVID-19 cases in Arkansas totaled 2,830, as of Saturday afternoon, up from 2,741 on Friday. Of the 89 new cases between Friday and Saturday, 47 were inmates in the Cummins state prison.
Of the total of cases, 1,813 are active, with the remainder accounting for deaths and recoveries. The number of deaths rose from 46 to 49. The number of COVID patients hospitalized in Arkansas was 104 on Saturday, unchanged from Friday. Of the COVID-19 patients, 22 were on ventilators, down from 25 on Friday.
As of Saturday at 1 p.m., there were 924,376 U.S. cases and 52,782 deaths. Globally, there were 2,865,938 cases and 200,698 deaths.
School Choice: Reading is a BIG Deal in the Marion School District. Find out how big by clicking the link.
http://marionar.apptegy.us/article/237687?org=msd
While we are all safe at home the resurfacing of the MSD Patriot Stadium continues. It’ll be ready for our students and community once it’s safe and we’ve been given the ok by the head of the district facilities and our local government. Go Patriots! ❤️🤍💙
Click the link for the complete AMI packet for ACT prep work.
https://5il.co/ffep
Just a reminder, meals will not be provided until Friday. Beginning yesterday, meals will only go out on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays drop off provides breakfast and lunch to cover Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Then on Fridays drop off the meals cover breakfast and lunch for Friday and Monday.
Important Cookie Dough Update!
