
May 20, 2022
The Marion School District is pleased to announce the hiring of longtime Marion resident Shelbi Cole as principal at Herbert Carter Global Community Magnet, starting with the 2022...

May 18, 2022
According to state guidelines,
special education records must be destroyed six years after a student is
dismissed, graduated, found ineligible, or if the records are no longer u...

May 13, 2022
The Marion School District is honoring some of its highest achievers with the announcement of its 2021-22 Teachers of the Year. Through votes of school staffs, one Teacher of the ...

May 12, 2022
On the heels of winning two national awards a year ago, the Marion Patriots Activities Network picked up three more national honors during the recently announced 2021-22 Mascot Me...

May 11, 2022
Marion Visual & Performing Arts Magnet is one of only 14 schools in Arkansas selected to participate in the sixth cohort of the state’s Professional Learning Communities at Work p...

April 29, 2022
More than 50 students from Marion High School and Marion Junior High School competed in the 2022 Regional Math Contest in March, racking up a whopping 29 awards on the day. The ev...

April 29, 2022
One of the most intriguing stories in the history of public education in the Marion community is the story of Phelix School.
Located in the Sunset community just north of Mario...

April 22, 2022
Coming off a historic year that saw the Marion Band reach unprecedented heights on the field and the concert hall, the band program is poised to take another big step forward next...

April 22, 2022
This year, students in Mrs. Ashleigh Rakestraw’s Digital Sales and Marketing class were able to use “Stukent,” a social media marketing simulation that allows them to be social me...

April 21, 2022
Tuesday night's varsity conference doubleheader between Marion and West Memphis was Senior Night for 10 members of the Patriot baseball team. That figure includes team manager Bry...

April 19, 2022
The Marion High School Treble Ensemble earned one superior rating and two excellent ratings recently at the State Choral Performance Assessment in Bryant.
This was the first ap...

April 14, 2022
The Marion School District has been honored with the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education....

April 7, 2022
“The Wall That Heals” is now open in Crawfordsville, thanks in part to the efforts Wednesday by members of the Marion Patriot football team.
The Wall that Heals is a replica of...

April 7, 2022
The Marion Junior and Senior High Band Programs enjoyed a historic two-day stretch at the Region IV Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association Region Concert Assessment held t...

April 6, 2022
Anyone who has ever had a child or grandchild in school is probably familiar with the traditional “school awards assembly” – regular gatherings of students, teachers, and parents,...

April 5, 2022
Marion's football program isn't resting on its laurels following back-to-back voyages to the Class 6A state semifinals.
In an array of moves that have quickly generated a posit...

March 30, 2022
From trips to Disney World and Hawaii, to birthdays at the zoo, to international professional development opportunities, staff in the Marion School District made good use of the d...

March 18, 2022
The Marion athletic department continued to make history in the 2021-22 school year as the only school in the state of Arkansas to have volleyball, football, and boys and girls ba...

March 17, 2022
In 2019, when the Marion School District put a millage proposal before district patrons, the plan came with a promise to improve campuses, better support students and staff, and s...

March 17, 2022
The Marion High School Treble Ensemble is headed to state competition after scoring a coveted “Superior” rating at the March 14 Region 1 Choral Performance Assessment at Batesvill...