Robotics Teams to Compete in State Qualifier HHS Student Named

February 2014
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Gary Barber, Superintendent
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Robotics Teams to Compete in State Qualifier
Grant Middle and Marion Harding High Schools’ robotics teams will compete in the state qualifier to
be held on Feb. 22 at Harding High School.
Two Harding teams and three Grant teams have qualified to compete at tournaments leading up to
what will be the first ever state qualifier for the VEX Robotics World Championship to be held in April
in Anaheim, Calif. “It should be the best of the best from the State of Ohio,” said Brad Pottkotter, who
teaches technology with Mark Robinson at Harding.
Teams involved in robotics are responsible for building, programming,
and controlling the robots during the tournaments.
Pictured, top right: Harding students among qualifiers in VEX Robotics contest.
Pictured on right: Grant Middle School students win VEX Robotics contest.
HHS Student Named Champion
Freshman band student Phillip Nicol competed against approximately
80 Central Ohio 8-12 grade
musicians in the annual
“Young Musicians Concerto
Competition” sponsored by
the Columbus Symphony
Orchestra. Phillip was named
Champion of the Senior
division after performing
MVT1 of Rosauro’s Concerto
for Marimba on Sunday,
Pictured, l-r: Jacob Hartman, MCS Band Director
January 26 at Ohio State
and Phillip Nicol.
University’s Weigel Hall.
Phillip was awarded a $500 scholarship and will have the opportunity
to perform his selection in the lobby prior to a Columbus Symphony
Orchestra concert later this year.
HHS Student Selected for
All-State Choir
Cade Wygal, sophomore student at
Harding High School performed in the
All-State Choir at the Columbus
Convention Center, February 8th. He
was among 200 students chosen from
throughout Ohio to perform with the
choir. To be selected he had to record
his audition on a CD and then be
selected by a panel of judges.
HHS Students are Named
“Outstanding” at Mock Trial
Marion Harding High School students Jasmine Gaffney and Zach Edler
made an impression at the Ohio Mock Trial District Competition on Feb. 1.
Gaffney was named outstanding witness and Edler was named outstanding attorney. Edler may also get the chance to job shadow a local
attorney who was impressed his performance.
Teams of four compete at the mock trial while each team has its own
timekeeper. Two students act as attorneys and two students take on the
role of fictional characters described in the case. They compete against
teams from other schools.
“You get to act just like you are a lawyer,” Gaffney said. “It’s stressful at
times but afterward it’s a great experience.”
The team also included Ali Church, Kim Sodowsky and Erin Malone
and was led by advisor Joshua Clevenger, an intervention specialist at
Harding. The team beat North Union High School but lost to Marysville
and Thomas Worthington high school teams.
“I thought we did a
great job considering it
was the first time participating in a mock trial for
almost all of our students
on the team,” Clevenger
said. “It was a great learning experience and will
help these students perform even better in the
future.”
GW Students Win Award for
Solving Einstein Math Problems Employees Setting an Example
Harding students Jasmine Gaffney and Zach Edler received recognition as the outstanding
witness and outstanding attorney at the Ohio Mock Trial District Competition on Feb. 1.
GW SOAR math students, Jayde Pineda, Jared Moody, and Shelby
Westler won the Einstein award for February. All three students won an
Einstein certificate, a candy
bar, and their picture taken
with Einstein!
To earn the award, each
student had to solve more
word problems correctly
than their classmates - and
these were not ordinary
word problems! These were
“Einstein” problems!
Congratulations, Jayde,
Jared, and Shelby.
The district is preparing for its 2014 Marion City Schools Employee
Challenge, which kicked off in February.
The wellness challenge will involve all buildings, as well as the transportation department and the district central office. Teams will compete in
four events, kickball, whiffle ball, tug of war and dodge ball. They will also
be able to work out on their own to get points and are being urged to get
their biometric readings including weight and body mass index taken.
Marion City Schools is working with the Marion Family YMCA on
the challenge and other wellness initiatives. Katara Zachmann, the district’s new wellness coordinator, is also coordinator of the Marion Family
YMCA-led Pioneering Healthier Communities Initiative.
“Every adult that kids are working with is a role model for them,” she
said. “Employee wellness is really about the kids.”
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Over 605 Students Compete in HHS Singsational Performance
Harding High School Singsational was a huge success. Over 800 people
packed the gymnasium at Harding to see 650 students competing in groups
from all over Ohio. It took a lot of people to make this event happen including the Harding and Elgin National Honor Societies.
Many local businesses and donors contributed to the success of the event
by sponsoring trophies and other donations. Jami Rawlins, Music Director
at Harding said, “I am very pleased that Marion City Schools could put on
a large and successful event that benefited Marion Harding students.”
Flipped Classroom on Display
For 2nd Annual Open House
Marion Harding
High School will be one
of two Ohio schools to
hold a flipped classroom open house in
observance of Digital
Learning Day on Feb.
19. The 2nd
annual Flipped Learning Open House will
be 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
and will feature
the flipped classrooms of Kathy Swanger, Paula
Thomas and Susan Flock. Area educators and residents are invited to register and attend.
Flipped learning is a type of blended learning that involves students
watching lectures outside of class and doing their “homework” in class.
Students watch lectures at home, communicating sometimes with fellow
students and teachers through online discussions. They take part in activities and do their schoolwork during the class day so they can put their
learning into action and get more help from teachers. Participants will see
demonstrations of the concept and get to sit in on a student panel in which
students will share their likes and dislikes and answer questions. They will
also get a lesson on how to make a short video and hear opinions from
teachers and parents as well.
Swanger, who teaches the flipped American history class that will be
part of the open house, said the flipped classroom teaching method gives
her more of a chance to build relationships with students. She said that,
anytime she can build relationships with students, it enhances their learning.
Thomas, a math teacher who teaches a trigonometry and analytical
geometry course using the flipped classroom model, said it lets students
get extra help on how to complete their schoolwork and learn the material.
They watch the lectures at home and come to class ready to practice what
they learn. She is there to help them.
The teachers said students are engaged more because they are using
technology to learn. In the American History class, they also get to participate in more activities that let them express their opinions on a safe environment and apply it to what they learn about historic events.
People who plan to attend are asked to register online at
http://goo.gl/CuZra.
MCS Educators
Recognized for Contributions
The Peace and Freedom Committee of Marion recently recognized past
and present Marion City Schools educators for their contributions to area
students. The committee held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast on Jan. 20 at the Marion Palace Theatre’s May Pavilion. It
presented 2014 Legacy Awards to Rodney Banks, Jerome Bohanna, Christine Robertson, Kathleen Clemons, Tara Dyer, and Shawn Jackson.
The awards are given to people who “have recognized and developed
potential, promoted the value of education and inspired hope, living the
legacy of Dr. King.”
“My purpose was
to teach black children
so they could live the
dream,” Robertson, a
former teacher who
now lives out of state,
wrote in a letter that a
relative read at the event.
“They’re keeping the
dream alive for all of us.”
Shawn Jackson, a former Marion City Schools
diversity coordinator
who is now The Ohio
State University at
Jerome Bohanna and Tara Dyer
Marion’s director of student life, complimented the community’s young
people as he accepted his award. “All of them have a wealth of resources
they bring to this community,” said Jackson, who is also pastor of Mayes
Community Temple.
Bohanna said, “Why we are here today is to plant a seed.”
Tara Dyer, a Benjamin Harrison Elementary teacher and a member of
the Peace and Freedom Committee, said she was happy and humbled to
receive her reward.
Dyer, who will be retiring at the end of this school year, issued a challenge to those she’s influenced as a teacher and community member. “All
of you are ambassadors and keepers of my legacy,” she said. “Are you
willing to accept that responsibility? It is my dream that you are.”
The breakfast also featured students who won the committee’s annual
speech, poetry/essay and art contests.
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Honor/Merit Roll Students for 2nd Nine Week Period
harding Honor Roll
Grade 9: Olivia Brazell, Britnee Conley, Hannah Dendinger, Elijah Gerritsen, Kennedy Kelly, Suzanna King,
Lauren Lightfoot, Zachary Lingo, Tayler Moore, Phillip
Nicol, Kathryn Poling, Madison Randolph, Gracie Smith,
Sidney Street, and Taylor Thrasher.
Grade 10: Justin Adams, Aubrey-Leigh Baker, Miranda
Bigler, Andrea Carwile, Randi Goney, Alexus Holmes,
Michelle Houston, Darian McCoy, Mason McHargue,
Anna Rich, Katherine Steinberger, Brittany Sterritt, and
Cassie Stithem.
Grade 11: Harlee Conley, Sydney Cunningham, Dillon
Hoskins, and Jenna Houdashelt.
Grade 12: Rachel Akers, Ashley Brancamp, Kayla Croyle,
Logan Hendricks, Kathleen Lightfoot, Christopher McComas, Kimberly Sodowsky, and Amelia Steinberger.
HARDING M e r i t R o l L
Grade 9: Bryanna Balliet, Trae Barbely, Alec Beickelman,
Jaycee Bentley, Danielle Blevins, Oscar Brashear, Breanna
Brown, Shania Butcher, Morgan Collins, Mitchell Conley,
Victoria Crossland, Colton Curry, Cole Delavern, Owen
Fransen, Tyreece Harris, Tyriq Harris, Jordynn Ison,
Weston Jessie, Aundrea Jordan, Brandon Keller, Wyatt
Kingsley, Darian Lake, Alexander Maynard, Alexis Meyers, Jennifer Moodie, Bishop Oldfield, Roberto Oswald,
Tait Palm, Logan Pirnstill, William Powell, Madelyn
Predmore, Rachel Ratliff, Tyler Rice, Raeleigh Richards,
Cloie Riedlinger, Allison Russell, Trent Stapleton, Blake
Summers, Joseph Tinnerello, Jessica Vela, Raven Villa,
Kaylee Wallace, Zoe Welch, Samantha Whitaker, and
Brynn Williams.
Grade 10: Jesse Ansley, Joshua Blauser, Teccorra Bracy,
Cheyenne Bradley, Christian Bunner, Austin Craig, Michael Davis, Noel Diaz, Jordyn Flowers, Kendra Forman, Amanda Gifford, Mallory Haas, Brenden Higgins,
Shelbie Howard, Kody Jones, Spencer Jones, Nathan
Kappes, Taylor Leonard, Ashleigh Lindsey, Tyler Longstreth, Sarah Lyons, Angel Manley, Dessarae Marcum,
Carissa Martin, Joshua Martin, Taylor McIntire, Hunter
Merchant, Twila Mollett, Alyssa Moodley, Emily Needels, Phillip Parthemore, Chelsea Patton, Lynisa Ritchey,
Frank Schofield, Jordan Scott, Alexis Shuler, Jaida Shuster, Andrew Snowden, Alexander Soule, Cheyenne
Springer, Tes Stauffer, Fallyn Stephens, Kalib Stephens,
Peighton Thacker, Angelica White, and Cody White.
Grade 11: Andrew Bell, Janicia Bonney, Jonathan Brazell,
Chase Brooks, Sierra Fields, Kendra Fogle, Stephen Hogg,
Ashley Janson, Dale Lingo, Trey McClure, Ryan McDole,
Holden Nance, Marco Rodriguez, Daniel Schirtzinger,
Allison Skinner, Zharia Troutman, and Joshua Wallace.
Grade 12: Taylor Ballard, McKayla Bigler, Grecia Catalan, Colton Columber, Gene Creighton, Keily Cunningham, Sara Davis, Davis De la paz, Jacob Deem, Zachary
Dendinger, Shellie Dye, Wesley Gherman, Taylor Hancock, Jordan Henderson, Nathan Indoe, Chase Jarrett,
Haley Miner, William Moodie, Kevin Muche, Lindsy
Nutter, James Patton, Miranda Potts, Sydney Roush, Jennifer Schott, Jason Scott, Skyler Shuler, Randi Smith, and
Lexas Teague.
GRANT H o n o r R o l l
Grade 6: Annie Bell, Erin Briggs, Christopher Conner, Isabella Frazier, Liliane Hanshaw, Logan Herr, Skyler Honaker, Olivia Houpt, Rylan Johnson, Jordyn Jury, Amara
Laidley, Madison Maynard, Hannah McClarey, Kashia
Mills, Brandon Neff, Joshua Nutter, Chase Plotner, Sydney Schertzer, Davyion Simms, Kenadee Smith, Daniel
Stimson, Alexus Toombs, Kaylee Webster, Emily White,
and Chenoa Williams.
Grade 7: Kaylynn Adkins, Alexys Bell, Paige Bending,
Arielle Bigler, Andrew Brazell, Makiya English, Dane
Flores, Dawson Gamble, Madison Gibson, Ashley Hickman, Megan Keller, Hunter Meade, Daeveonna Middleton, Garey Moaney, Paige Nelson, Emma Phillips, Maggie Pitts, Alex Plaza, Ai’Layshia Randle-Williams, Rylee
Ratliff, Karington Reed, Brittany Riley-Dunn, Lainey
Smith, Mason Sparks, Gavin Spellman, Addison Steele,
Austin Taylor, Avri Thomas, Austen Toland, Meranda
Walker, and Brooklin Williams.
Grade 8: Hydeia Barron, Sydney Cook, Emilee Cox, Camryn Craig, Mickayla Edwards, Colton Hoffman, Shayna
Houdashelt, Abbigail Jackson, Katlyn Large, Shelly
Lovsey, Julia Martin, Jacob Nelson, Brittany O’Shell,
Madison Smith, Marlena Stimson, Brendan Swihart,
Alexis Teeple, Whitney Teets, Nathaniel Thacker, Rubie
Thompson, and Kelsie Welch.
GRANT M e r i t R o l L
Grade 6: Evelyn Abrams Gonzalez, Dedie Adissem,
Andrew Arce, William Atkinson, Emily Baer, Kandy
Bauler, Jazmyn Benjamin, Elizabeth Bennett, Drew
Biederman,Christian Blauser, Ian Bonsel, Nathan Caserta, Megan Clark, Bode Coleman, Juan Contreras, Jordan
Cooper, Drema Coykendall, Peyton Creasap, Breauna
Crowe, Sarah Davidson, Audreanna Dice, Felisha
Dissinger, Emily Farmer, Makaiya Freeman, Zachary
Gamble, Lillian Gibson, Lizbeth Gonzalez Segura, Ivan
Granado, Aviana Greene, Chase Gregory, Hunter Gullett, Joseph Hamon, Sofia Hernandez, Megan Hickman,
Jacob Hoffman, Kashawna Horton, Miguel Jaimes Fernandez, Lily Janson, Taylor Keeran, Juathesha Lampkin,
Elijah Lovsey, Adam Malone, Elizabeth Manley, Asia
Manns, Connor McGeorge, Madison McKinniss, Grady
Metz, Alysia Miller, Ashley Millisor, Cheyenne Morgan,
Noah Mosher, Madilynn Motes, Savannah Mullins, Seth
Mullins, Mitchell Myers, Carson Neff, Andrew Newsome, Kylee Nichols, Barbara Norton, Cheyanne Parker,
Savannah Pennington, Jude Phillips, Brianna Pickens,
Faith Richards, Parker Richards, Taylor Saunders, Aaron
Seabold, Shannon Skidmore, Gabrielle Slagle, Heav-
en Smith, Chad Snyder, Owen Stone, Wyatt Stout,
Cheyanne Thomas, Clay Thomas, Tanayja Watkins,
Dawson Whitaker, Maddison White, Janae Williams,
Croslie Williamson, Ashley Wilson, Payton Wolfingbarger, and Riley Yeater.
Grade 7: Alexis Amsbaugh, Sam Bauer, Mykenzi
Bays, Duncan Beary, Maisie Beary, Elizabeth Blankenship, Jett Bolenbaugh, Michaela Brady, Marika
Brammer, Chaniya Campbell, Jimmer Catalan, Elijah Collier, Dreshon Correa, Madison Cox, Diane
Crossland, Dalton Darst, Krimson Davenport, Devin
Dillinger, Morgan Essex, Sierra Forman, Cierra Fraker, Jordan Freeman, Trisha Gattshall, Ahkia Grant,
Mitchell Gruber, Dalton Gullett, Claudia Hewitt, Zoe
Hicks, Hayden Houpt, Drake Hunt, Summer KayHawkins, Alex Kitzmiller, Nathan Maggs, Courtney Martin, Abigail McClure, Nina McGinn, Corbin
McKenney, Sam Mitchell, Olivia Moodley, Nathan
Neville, Kari Nutter, Tyron Pickens, Aaron Pirnstill,
Tadley Pollard, Amber Pollock, Hannah Ramey, Autumn Rawlins, Tristin Seitz, Emma Shamel, Makenzie
Smith, Zarreah Smith, Dylan Staton, Layne Stephens,
Meghan Taylor, Chris Thompson, Bobby Vitek,
Mykira Wade, Crystal Waterer, Haley Whittington,
and Damian Young.
Grade 8: Brandon Adkins, Kaylee Adkins, Erin Ballard, Maya Bisignano, Christina Boudinot, Autumn
Brammer, Katiana Carmon, Carol Check, Brooklyn
Church, Ryan Clark, Logan Gamble, Lucy Graser,
Carson Greashaber, Hayden Hamilton, Gwendolyn
Harris, Maven Hendrickson, Kollin Hill, Jocelynn
Hoch, Samantha Honaker, Brock Howard, Ethan
Howard, Brandi Hughes, Alexis Jones, Shannon
King, Kylie Kumalaa, Christian Lehman, Brandee
Long, Tahvean Mason, Alexander McCoy, Meah
McGary, Grant McGinnis, Kaitlyn McKinniss, Hope
Meddings, Kelsey Montgomery, Shanna Morris,
Sydney Morrow, Bryanna Parks, Devin Peters, Lacey
Richards, Brandon Roberts, Daniel Rollins, Drake
Ross-Facione, Taytum Ryan, Ivy Sedam, Megan Sisson, Damonte Smith, Shasta Snare, Alexander Soice,
Taylor Sprinkle, Cole Stallings, Natalie Steven, Josephine Street, Parker Tackett, John Thacker, Sequoyah
Thompson, Brennan Thrasher, Savion Tyler, Seth Tyler, Joseph Whalen, Savannah Williams, Zoie Wilson,
Samuel Wink, and Tanner Wink.
Harrison Honor Roll
Grade 3: Jada Adams, Florabel Adongo, Hadyn Ball,
Destiny Braddy, Jase Craycraft, Nick Hecker, Caleb
Issler ,Karla Mejia-Vera, Megan Montgomery, Isabella Noakes, Paige Powers, Kaylee Ramsey, Ayris Rich,
Gretchen Roberts, Adrian Shipley, Raiden Sipes, Brielle Stone, and Adyn Thompson.
Grade 4: Carson Gagni, Alix Goney, Sydney Hancock,
Payne Ratliff, Tucker Sloan, and Haleigh Stover.
Grade 5: Kiersten Dailey, Megan Freeman, Olivia
Hays, and Brody McDonald.
HARRISON M e r i t R o l l
Grade 3: Quentin Belcher, Bobby Clark, Quinton
Claypool Madison Curry, Noah Deeren, Saxon Sharp,
and Gracelin Thompson.
Grade 4: Napierre Braddy, Asa Deeren, Dulcelea
Dye, Taylor Everhart, Kirk Freeman, Jennifer Gonzalez Segura, Karina Jaimes-Jimenez, Josh Mullennix,
Tori Parks, Abbie Peters, Ronnie Prater, Allister Scott,
Katie Shoaf, Anthony Stumpo, and Brady Wink.
Grade 5: William Adkins, Abigail Austin, Lilly Diehl,
Allie Green, Preston Harbolt, A’Shiah Harris, Ashley
Hecker, Skylar Jackson, Sydney Jackson, Mayra Jaimes Fernandes, Victorious Jones, Aden King, Dustin
Martinez, Janie Mitchell, Lance Roberts, Olivia
Schertzer, Leah Shipley, A’Keyeria White-Stevens,
Kylie Tackett, Jaxson Tackett, and Nautica Thacker.
McKinley Honor Roll
Grade 3: Matthew Abrams, Aliyah Baker, Aubrey
Boehm, Cadence Gary, McKenzi Hines, Kylee Miniard, Taylor Myers, Nicci Pigott Devin Reynolds, Emmaleigh Sharp, Mason Shepherd, and Anna Slone.
Grade 4: Dominic Jett, Madison Meadows, Avery Petrie, Morgen Rhodes, and Dallas Taylor.
Grade 5: Ethan Boehm, Aiden Davis, Allison Simon,
Brody Thomas, and Deagan Thomas.
M C K INLEY M e r i t R o l l
Grade 3: Monique Ball, Esabella Carter, Aerianna Darling, Greg Fraher, Jaxson Greenawalt, Carter Jones,
Braxton Kightlinger, Nicole Manley, Connor McCoy,
Kaelin Schondel, Diona Smith, and Lilian Thomas.
Grade 4: Tiffany Gill, Meredith Gruber, Cody Lehman, Evelin Loaeza, Thomas Margraff, Jadden Parr,
Randy Meade, Amare Pedraza, Hanna Price Krimsen
Riley, Ryleigh Tillman, NaJeh Vanness, Mitchel Wallingford, Alexia Walters, and Noah Watson.
Grade 5: Kaitlyn Burton, Harli Davenport, Vanessa
Franklin, Bronson Gamble, Autumn Hawkins, Eric
Kamphowe, Aaron Kimes,Abigail Thrasher, Myles
Tooson, and Shelena Wilcox.
HAYES H o n o r R o l l
Grade 2: Jonah Rinderle.
Grade 3: Andreiz Brown, Taryn Simmers, and Nevaeh Rawlins.
Grade 4: Leah Beekman and Pippa Rothermel.
Grade 5: Arian Burris and Juliana Tron.
HAYES M e r i t R o l l
Grade 2: Alister Duncan, Zeek Evans, Damian Lines,
Caitlyn Snare, Kilynn Walter, Athena Saylor, Alexandrea Kincaid, Emily Holsinger, and Mersaydeez Hall.
Grade 3: Jailynn Bussey, Skylee Cutlip, Skylor Davis,
Keshaun Lucas, Connor Ross, Joshua Russell, Danny
Slark, Pablo Soto, Phillip Starcher, Austin Allen, J’veaune
Braddy-Faggs, Marian Clevenger, Dylan Jarrell, Matthew Large, Shayle Livermore, and Jason Mullins.
Grade 4: Riley Keeran, Draven Mullins, Karci Akers,
Haley Baer, Brooklyn Brammer, Erin Dye, Chelsey Hall,
Aaliyah Jordan, David Robinson, Heziekiah Russell,
Branton Wolfingbarger, and Mackenzie Parrish.
Grade 5: Kaylee Welch, Madison McCombs, Tyler Simmers and Sydney Spellman.
ta f t H o n o r R o l l
Grade 2: Chris Smith, Lydia Galati, Hayleigh Franklin,
Alexus Burns, Arie’Anna Ross, Daylen Boler, Josiah
Payne, Levi Chatman, Calina Cain, Camden Boster, Fabian Baltazar-Lopez, and Damion Brannon.
Grade 3: Cameron Rayner, Aiden Miller, Jayden Combs,
Madison Fox, Mariah Toombs, and Kylie Witten.
Grade 4: Sarenity Toombs.
TAFT M e r i t R o l l
Grade 2: Lindsey Twigg, Nolan Scheitler, Kawika Hudson, Emily Fugett, Elexis Farmer, Michael Edgington,
Ronnie Newman, Cassandra Holcomb, Taricus Cosey,
Havyn Thomas, Jalil Shelton, Crystal Ramirez-Espino,
Jasmine Nelson, Maddox McGuire, Ruby Cooper, Shayla Cochran, Abbey Crabtree, Mahayla Kurtz, Timmy
McCoy, Corey Miller, Xavier Phillips, and Jessica Ray.
Grade 3: Isabella Clark, Alexandra Saunders, Abrianna
Smith, Caleb Starace, Kane Thoman, Amanda Candela,
and Justin Farmer.
Grade 4: Jayden Alwood, KayLee Crockett, Kaden Hill,
Astrid Mounts, MaKinzey Schifer, Leison Williams,
Jacob Arndt, Isaac Canada, Kaitlyn Daum, Haley Hill,
Keifer Jones, Duryan Jordan, Ganaysia Parker, Jillian
Shelton, Keelin Barnhart, Neavia Cansler, Tahlia Cirillo,
Fayth Franklin, Karli Harris, Mariana Quesada, Kyrie
Scott, and Gage Warren.
Grade 5: Riley Adams, Aniya Keith, Gabby Williams,
Halina Butler, Eli cox, Dejah Moaney, Tansy Pollard,
Alex Teeters, and Carla Murfield.
GARFIELD HONOR R o l l
Grade 2: Macie Bondurant, Beria Cooper, Aubrey Crabtree, Connar Goodwin, Matthew Hutchinson, Preston
Lyons, Elijah Moore, Andrew Murphy, Jarryn Mustard,
Laci Smith, Rayma Smith, Kylie Thrasher, and Dylan
Wilson.
Grade 3: Gabriel Hartman, Abigail Jordan, Carissa Laidley, Gabriella Sansotta, and Madison VonDach.
Grade 4: Avery Longacre, Pauline Norton, and Michael
Sprinkle.
Grade 5: Dominic Gerritsen.
GARFIELD m e r i t R o l l
Grade 2: Kyson Bailey, Zachary Bondurant, Tre’Shawn
Bonney, Aaron Davis, Michael Franklin, Danilo Lopez,
Hannah Moore, Kamira Norton, Akasha Perry, Andrea
Tagle, Luis Vera, Maxayany Villegas, and Keara Winn.
Grade 3: Ivan Alejandre, Gavin Burns, Faith Daniel,
Rebecca Davenport, Brensen Epperson, Hayden Hennessy, Tyler Holcomb, Breanna Lust, Anthony Mirow,
Makayla Pounds, Juan Ruiz, and Dustin Williams.
Grade 4: David Backus, Ethan Bender, Caleb Edwards,
Dylan George, Autumn Goldsberry, Jessica Hupp,
Elizabeth James, Noah Ramsey, Joseph Thomas, Anna
White, and Melanie Zorns.
Grade 5: Sierra Arthur, Hannah Ballard, Desawray Davis, Mason Edwards, Cheyenne Hinze, Savannah Lytle,
Madison Redmon, LeeAnn Sansotta, Keyareuh Stephens, Samantha Straw, and Caitlin Zell.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HONOR ROLL
Grade 3: Jayde Pineda, Emily Shuster, Kaitlynn Sutherland, Mallori Ballinger, Shelby Stimson, Nathaniel
Vaughn, Austin Jensch, Nathaniel Simon, Makhi Cole,
William Fink, and Katie Fry.
Meet Your Child’s Counselor Meetings
Grade 4: Ried Jury, Shelby Westler, Brennin Beecham,
Emma McCumber, Zane Menzie, Madison Monahan,
Wyatt Stout, and Sofia Tinnerello.
Grade 5: Cassandra White, Katelynn Basinger, Kylar
Hall, Anna Redd, Nicole Flock, Anastasia Umlauf, and
Simon Varney.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MERIT ROLL
Grade 3: Olivia Dean, Eriona Friley, Owen Hoffman,
Gavin Houseworth, Madilynn Sherman, , Hailey Baker,
Bryson Higgins, Aaliyah Starkey, Joseph Zent, Skyler
Ault, Jagger Howell, Aubree Lyons, Joshua Smith, Kacey Redmon-Timm, Adam Baker, Douglas Crawford,
Colton Weaver-Lampkin, Cansas Witzberger, Kearsten
Vaughn, Christien Osborn, Harmony Diggs, Stephen
Mitchell, Hailey Baker, Eliana Bush, Aleeseah Hammock, Eddy Hernandez, and Zachary Mullins.
Grade 4: Chloe Baker, Richie McDonald, Wyatt Monahan, Alexia Clarke, Hunter Combs, Jordan Darling,
Lleyton Holsinger, Grace McCrery, James Neighbor,
Johnathan Ryan, Kelsie Tefft, Walker Williams, Cory
Primett, Kissy Boterman, Trinity Diggs, Caden Millisor,
and Shanele Smalley.
Grade 5: Jared Moody, Ethan Austin, Cameron Carmack, Chloe Oliver, Devin Bonney, Evan Craig, Lane
Craig, Madyson Neighbor, Skyler Simmons, Kensey
Sprinkle, Sydney Simpkins, Jaime Pineda, Ryan Neville,
Christopher Mount, Nevaeh Friend, Kaden Darling,
Macie Easterday, and Kelly Shipley.
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McKinley Students Celebrate 100 Days of School
100
Preschool Registration Begins in March for 2014-15 Year
Marion City Schools is reaching out to parents as preschool registration
approaches.
The district held a preschool parent workshop in January that focused on
social emotional development and strengthening children’s sensory needs.
Kelly Pack from Catalyst LifeServices of Mansfield and Michele Semmelroth, an occupational therapist with Marion City Schools, served as the
presenters.
Pack said there has to be more attention focused on teaching parents how
to interact with their children. She said that, despite giving birth four times,
no one ever asked her if it’s important to engage with your child.
When there is not engagement, she said, “The baby learns, ‘I don’t know
if I can trust that person to take care of these needs.’” That can later affect
the learning process when children start preschool.
When a child does something praiseworthy, Pack suggested saying “you
did it” rather than “good job.”
“It starts to create this internal ‘I did do it’ pride,” she said. “She has to
know on the inside of her that sense of pride. You are making her think,
‘Hey, I did do this.’”
Semmelroth discussed how to calm children and the need to let them
play and crawl versus “container babies.”
“They really need to be with us, on the floor, crawling,” she said, stressing the need for developing gross motor skills.
Semmelroth said drawing, building puzzles and playing board games
help with eye-hand coordination.
“It’s essential that children play,” she said.
More family engagement is being planned and will be announced in the
future. Student services coordinator Rhonda Goings and preschool coordinator Bonnie Metzler said their goal is to provide resources for parents and
to help educate them as well as the children.
Metzler said parents can help prepare children for preschool by getting
them used to routines, getting them involved in activities with other children, and reading with them.
“That reading daily to a child, opens up a world to them,” she said.
Preschool registration will be held March 19, 20 and 21 at the First
Church of the Nazarene, 233 W. Church St. It will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, and Friday, March 21 and 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, March 20.
To register, call 740-223-4416.
The registration includes screening for visual motor, speech and lan-
guage, and fine motor skills. School nurses will be available to discuss
health concerns and social workers will also be at the registration.
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or sneeze into the crook of your
elbow. If you are sick, stay home!
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Grant’s Art Club Decorates Ceiling Tiles in Style of Aborigines
Aborigine art inspired Grant Middle School’s Art Club members to decorate ceiling tiles that now hang in the hall outside of Grant’s art department.
Students painted designs similar to what Australia’s Aborigines do using
brightly colored patterns of swirling dots and scenes out of nature.
Computer art teacher Stephanie Meyer, the club’s advisor, said that
Aborigines paint on objects like stones, branches, human bodies, drums and
canvases using similar designs. “Aborigines believe that painting objects with
this style of art gives the object magical powers,” she said. “As you look up
and perceive the
beauty of the tiles the
art club has created,
you may also agree
that this art is truly
magical.”
Notes From the Harding High School Guidance Office
To all high school students:
• We hope you are keeping up with good educational habits – good attendance, good behavior,
reading, taking good notes, consistent homework
efforts, and giving your all on quizzes and tests!
• Presidential Pride Academic Assistance Period – This is 25 minutes of assistance at the end of
each day. During this time, the staff is available
to provide proactive support through one-on-one
or small group instruction. In addition, this program should aid in student-teacher relationships
by providing individual time for students. Buses
will run at the traditional time (2:30). Students
who are not assigned to Academic Assistance and
have transportation available may leave at 2:00 or
report to the cafeteria, computer lab, or library.
Once the period starts at 2:05, students are required to stay with teachers until 2:30.
• Homework Assistance - FREE academic help
offered to our students Mondays –Thursdays
from 2:30-4:00 pm in the high school media center. Students can get help with homework, projects, studying for quizzes/tests/OGT, etc. They
can use the computers for educational purposes.
Students can come for the whole time or just for
what is needed. Students are asked to sign in and
out just so we have record of who attends. An
“Activity Bus” is available to take students home
for free at 4:00! The MAT bus is also available if
needed for 60¢.
• HUB21@Harding – This is an opportunity
available for students to take make-up and/or enrichment classes online during a study hall, after
school, or on your own time. Programs, courses,
and events are operating now from 2:30-5:30,
Monday-Thursday. Many new things are being
planned that will strengthen student learning
skills as well as provide fresh opportunities for
students and adults to learn in new ways! Keep
watching! A full calendar of programs will be
starting in January! See your guidance counselor
or Sharon Watkins to learn more about this.
• Dinner is now available on Tuesdays and
Thursdays in the high school cafeteria. This is
FREE to any student under 18 and only $3.00 for
any parent or visiting adult. It has been a great
opportunity for students working in the HUB,
doing MindCraft, and others still in the building
for games or practices. Come check it out!
• PowerSource is the online program that is
used to keep track of grades and attendance. Account information has gone out for parents and
students. If you have questions, please feel free
to call or email your teachers, counselors, or principals with any comments or concerns.
• OGT – The Ohio Graduation Tests will be
given again in March. In the past, we have run
the week of OGT’s on a 2-hour delay for students
who do not need to test. All sophomores will test
for the first time. Any junior or senior who has
one or more sections to pass will test on the given
days. Also, we test all freshmen on practice tests.
All test-taking students who report on-time and
give full effort throughout the week, earn another
day off as a pay-off for taking the tests while
other students had the 2-hour delay all week. In
addition, if there is anyone from past graduating classes who still needs to pass a section of the
test, he/she should contact the guidance office to
get the exact dates and make arrangements to
take the test. The OGT’s are only offered three
times per year – March, June, and October.
• Scheduling classes for next year – Information has been shared with students to select
courses for next year. Students were given
the scheduling form in January and asked to
select their courses based on their future plans,
academic abilities, and interest in elective
classes. We met with freshmen, sophomores,
and juniors in their English classes. All courses
have been entered into PowerSchool to help
us look at the numbers for next year. Freshmen and Sophomores interested in applying to
programs at Tri-Rivers Career Center for next
year MUST complete an online application! If
parents/guardians have questions about this
process, please do not hesitate to contact us!
• There are some new Duel Enrollment
courses that will be offered to our students next
year in the math, science, and business areas.
Students can take some of our current courses
or choose from a few new ones and also receive
college credit from Marion Technical College.
See our course description book for more information or contact your guidance counselor.
• AP Information – Exams for AP classes
will be given in May. Juniors and seniors who
are taking one AP class this year are required
to take the one AP test. Seniors taking two or
more AP classes are required to take at least
two AP tests. There will be a meeting in February to remind students of this requirement and
to share the dates and other pertinent information. The cost for each test is about $89 unless a
student qualifies for a fee reduction. Payment
will be due by March 14. See Mrs. Jury if you
have any questions.
• Post-Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO)
– This is an opportunity for juniors and seniors
to take college classes at OSUM or MTC. If you
are interested in learning more about PSEO,
plan to attend one of the meetings on Wednesday, February 26 or Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30
pm at OSUM/MTC in their new Health Building. There is an application process and paperwork that needs returned by the end of March!
freshmen: Class of 2017
• Remember the importance of good attendance, passing grades, and making productive
plans for life after high school.
• Tri-Rivers Career Center - Applications
to attend next year are available ONLINE at
www.tririvers.com and due by February 15 for
priority consideration. You need at least 2 core
credits to apply for the Transitions or STEPS
Renhill Group is
now hiring substitute
staff for
Marion City Schools!
Teachers, classroom aides, & one-on-one aides
Apply online at www.renhillgroup.com
Click “NOW HIRING”
EOE
Program.
SOPHOMORES: Class of 2016
• Tri-Rivers Career Center - Applications to
attend next year are available ONLINE at www.
tririvers.com and due by February 15 for priority
consideration. You need at least 6 core credits to
apply for the any junior/senior program.
Juniors: class of 2015
• It’s never too early to start planning for life
after graduation – start now to do some research
on careers, colleges, military, jobs, etc. Plan to
take the ACT and/or SAT sometime this year.
SenIOrs: class of 2014
• What are your plans???? – the year is going
by quickly . . .
• Recommendations – students should ask
now for letters from teachers, coaches, employers, etc. for college and scholarship applications.
• Scholarships
- The sharing of scholarship information is an
on-going process, but most local scholarships are
available after January 1st, and particularly February through April. Announcements are made
via telecom, on the board outside of our office,
and via our website. The applications/directions
are available on the board inside the guidance
office.
- On any scholarship, if you need educational
information (like your transcript) for any application, please see your guidance counselor with
as much notice as possible so that the information can be prepared and sent out prior to the
deadlines!
- The Marion Community Foundation Scholarship application is online and open for students
to start that process. There are hundreds of
scholarships available through this site. Don’t
miss the opportunity to apply once but be considered for many!
• Financial Aid - The Free Application For
Student Aid (FAFSA) is available online and, if
needed, in paper copy. Any student planning to
attend college next year needs to complete this
financial aid application! There are “Completion Nights” to help fill this out at OSUM/MTC
in both January and February. Dates in Feb are:
4, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 13. See our website for more
specific information!
Meet Your Child’s Counselor Meetings
Similar information and more is available on
the school website under the high school guidance page.
Mrs. Deb Sanchez; Ms. Debbie Maynard (A-G);
Mr. Mike Light (H-O); Mrs. Jenni Jury (P-Z);
Mrs. Mary Edington, Secretary, 740-223-4640.
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New Program Gives Rushmore Students a Home
Rushmore Academy, a community school
sponsored by Marion City Schools, is taking
another step toward helping its students become
self-sufficient.
House for Hope, a non-profit organization
launched in 2013, operates two homes that house
Rushmore students. Each house, one for boys
and one for girls, has a live-in professional staff
member who oversees the residents. Up to four
students can live in each house.
Rushmore Director Steve Vanderhoff said he
started having conversations in 2013 with Jeremy
Dunn, involved in student outreach with Family
Life Church, about whether such a concept would
be possible. Dunn, who serves as the business
director for House for Hope, put together a team
and found an anonymous donor willing to donate
the homes.
“Rushmore is not just a school for academics,”
Vanderhoff said about the need to provide services past academics to its students.
He said the program teaches students selfsustainability and individual living skills, important concepts at a dropout recovery school that
has students who suffer from neglect, abuse and
other issues.
“It tears you up,” he said. “They leave here for
the day and where do they go?”
Dunn, who has also developed a financial
literacy program aimed at middle and high
school students, said students who live in the
homes work with mentors and learn how to
develop positive relationships with people.
“It’s cool to become part of these light bulb
moments,” he said as he talked about seeing
the students grow emotionally.
The organization works with Rushmore but
is its own entity. Dunn said he hopes House
for Hope becomes a community effort. He
plans to seek a non-profit status and develop a
program called My Marion My Mission.
“What I want to tell our people is you need
to drive around Marion and picture it as your
mission,” he said, contrasting it with churches
sending people elsewhere to do mission work.
Each house can hold four students and the
live-in staff member. Students must be 18 and
all the students living in the homes have jobs.
Kendra Osborn, a Rushmore student, has
lived at the girls’ house for about four months.
She described the experience as positive.
“I’ve learned a lot,” she said. “I’ve grown
up. I’ve learned to love people. I’ve learned
responsibilities.”
Osborn, who works at Goodwill, said she
didn’t accept any responsibilities before moving
into House for Hope.
She said that, since moving in, “I just matured
a lot.”
Vanderhoff talked about another student who
had been caring for her seven siblings before
moving into the house. She had dropped out of
school at 18 but returned to Rushmore at 21 to
get her high school diploma.
Because of House for Hope, Dunn said, she
can now focus on her own needs.
Senator Brown’s Staff Visits Rushmore Academy
Rushmore Academy recently received praise from two of Sen. Sherrod
Brown’s Central Ohio Regional Directors who paid the school a visit.
Joe Gilligan and Chadd Smith met with students and staff on Feb. 11.
They toured the school with Rushmore Director Steve Vanderhoff and
Marion City Councilman Mike Thomas, a member of Rushmore’s Board of
Education.
“It’s wonderful what you guys are doing here,” Smith said to staff and
a group of students. “What you are doing to get your lives on track … and
be great citizens is inspirational.”
“The atmosphere here is exciting,” said Gilligan. “It’s all about what
you do moving forward.”
Employees Honored For Perfect Attendance
Papa John’s and Groovy Spoon
honors our employees that have
perfect attendance every month.
The following employees were
selected for the month of January
to receive a free pizza & yogurt.
Thank you, Briar Steimer,
Marion Manager of Groovy
Spoon and Brent Phillips, Marion
Manager of Papa Johns for the
donation of pizza and
yogurt coupons.
Monica Albright,
Harrison
Miles Burson,
DCS
Tina Cain,
Harding HS
Tracy Lutz,
Harding HS
Basketball Season is Coming to a Close . . .
The eighth season of Marion Harding Pee-Wee Basketball has concluded. Unfortunately, the last week was cancelled due to the weather.
Certificates and any remaining pictures have been given to Saturday and
Sunday team coaches. All others will be delivered through the elementary
buildings. Thanks for a great year!
• Saturday morning County League games have been successful for our
4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Games are played around the county at the various schools.
• A Sunday 3rd grade team plays at River Valley and is doing well!
They will finish play in February.
• The Sunday 4th grade team went undefeated in their regular season
and won the tournament championship game! They were 10-0 through
all these games. Members of this team are: Alix Goney, Riley Keeran,
Ried Jury, Nick Osborn, Amare Pedraza, Payne Ratliff, Tucker Sloan, Wes
Stokes, and Brady Wink. The team is coached by John Ratliff, Joe Goney,
and Jay Sloan.
• The 5th grade team was second in their
regular season and ended up second in their
tournament. Members of this team are: Devin
Boehm, Ethan Boehm, Preston Harbolt, Richie
Hollenbach, Tahj Mason, Caden Morris, Isaiah
Nelson, Ayden Rich, and Nathan Stewart. The
team is coached by Josh Rich and Brad Stewart.
• The 6th grade team went 11-1 in the regular
season and received 1st place trophies. They lost
a close game in the tournament championship to
take home the 2nd place trophy. Members of this
Betsy Ratliff,
Harrison
Todd Schneider,
Harding HS
team include: Alijah Arnold, Jeremiah Capdeville, Jordyn Jury, Ried Jury,
Mitch Myers, Joey Hamon, Davyion Simms, and Tabias Thompson-Reece.
The team is coached by Roger Jury and Mike Myers.
• Junior high teams are finishing up in tournaments.
• High school teams have a few games to go and will finish up with
tournaments.
• An “Adopt-a-Player” program has been going on for several years.
Classes from our elementaries and junior high have the opportunity to
“adopt” a player from the high school teams. They make cards and posters
and send snacks throughout the season. And, usually at the end of our season, the players make a visit to their adopted class. This is a great opportunity for our younger kids to make a connection to high school students.
Thanks to all who make this program possible!
Check out the boys’ basketball web page on the Marion City Schools
website! Schedules, rosters, photos, news articles, and other information is
available.
—
­ Yours in hoops, Coach Roger Jury
february 2014 Marion City Schools Community Connections
Garfield Receives a Visit From
Channel 6 Meterologist
Andrew Michael, Meterologist from WSYX, Channel 6 visited Garfield
Elementary third and fourth grade students. He talked about how tornadoes were formed and then demonstrated the rotating effect of a tornado
in a plexiglass box that he had made. The students asked questions about
the clouds, tornadoes, hurricanes and even the current weather, as to if
they would have a delay or cancellation the next day. They asked him why
he wanted to be a meterologist and he told them that his father was a meterologist and shared weather stories with him when he was growing up,
so he became interested and wanted to learn more about the weather.
MCS Fight Drug Abuse
Marion City Schools’ is partnering with Crawford-Marion ADAMH
Board, the Marion-Crawford Prevention Programs and other agencies
to launch the Prevention, Not Punishment Program. The program asks
students to take a pledge against drug abuse and sets up a voluntary drug
testing program in Marion County.
Grant Middle School and Harding High School are the first two schools
in the county to implement the program.
Students promise that they “will not take any harmful or illegal substances for entertainment, to impress my friends or to relieve stress.” They
also agree to “take the necessary actions to help my friends and family
members to stay drug and alcohol free.”
Both a parent or guardian and a student must sign the consent form. If a
student signs the form then refuses to be tested, the parent or guardian will
be notified.
A database will be maintained at the Marion Public Health Department.
Names will be randomly selected from the database and a health department nurse will request the students selected to submit a urine sample at
the school clinic. Neither the school nurse nor other students will be present.
A letter with details was sent home to parents. The letter informs parents
that the school will not be provided test results. The results only go to the
parent or guardian.
More information on the program is available by calling 740-387-8531,
ext. 32, between 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. Information is also posted to
the Marion City Schools website at www.marioncityschools.org.
Food for Thought...
I want to share a new and exciting program that Marion City Schools is
offering to our students. Supper! As part of our after school programming
at Harding High School and Grant Middle School, we now have supper
for students that participate in an after school activity. But the even better
news is that parents and caregivers are welcome to join them at a minimal
cost. Students enjoy the meal for free and an adult is only $3. What a deal!
The Brady Bunch could feed the whole family for $9 and that includes
Alice the housekeeper! All kidding aside the program is designed to
encourage students to participate in a variety of activities that will enrich
their lives. The parents are encouraged to join them for supper which will
enrich their family. It’s a win-win.
Some people have expressed an opinion that all of the food programs
we are able to provide for Marion City School students is an unnecessary
charity. I describe it as a necessary philanthropy. Let me explain my rationale. Charity is usually a short term response to a need for relief whereas
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Ted D. Bear Visits Taft Preschool
Preschoolers at Taft Elementary School got a special surprise recently
when Ted D. Bear paid them a visit. Ted D. Bear is the mascot of Marion
County Children Services. The agency made a stop at the school to visit
Tamara Williams’ classroom as part of its Ted’s Travels Campaign.
“This is a campaign for Children Services to have the community more
aware of our program and services,” said placement supervisor Cheryl
Bowers. “We will be having Ted D. Bear sightings around town.”
Ted D. Bear posed for photos with students and their parents and guardians, who were taking part in a Parents’ Day held in Williams’ classroom.
Bowers said other efforts to educate and include the community will follow. Families and businesses are urged to wear blue on April 9 and submit
their photos either through Marion County Children Services’ Facebook
page or through the agency’s website at marionkids.com. There will be
three categories, including businesses, family and children, and pets. Prizes
will be awarded.
Children Services’ Annual Pinwheels for Prevention Play Day is April
20 at its office at 1680 Marion-Waldo Road. There will be food, games and
inflatables at the free event. There will also be an egg hunt with one egg
with a special surprise, a vacation to Walt Disney World.
Along with posing for photos, parents and guardians of children made
crafts and ate
snacks at the
Parents’ Day.
Williams said
she holds similar
events each month
so she can encourage parents to do
activities with
their children and
give them games
and other activities
that they can do at
home.
Shawn Jackson Shares Info
From India Visit with Students
Shawn Jackson,
Director of Student Life
and Diversity Inclusion
at The Ohio State
University at Marion,
shares stories, photos,
currency and cultural
attire from his recent visit
to India with
Mr. Webster’s 8th grade
class at Grant.
philanthropy is a much more long term focus on rebuilding. While both
are good and helpful, the philanthropy behind offering programs such as
Universal Breakfast, lunch and dinner is to not offer charity but a chance.
A chance for all of our students to have equal, un-biased access to food
that will help them grow up healthy and ready to learn. That’s how food
services plays their part in our mission to inspire a community of achievement.
So come join us for supper! Stop by Grant and check out their cooking
class or the Rosetta Stone program to brush up on your Spanish. Or join us
at Harding’s Hub 21 programs that include our greenhouse project and the
Mindcraft program to get kids ready for the big test. And then head over
to the cafeteria for a fantastic meal with your student and NO DISHES to
do! Tonight is homemade macaroni and cheese and a BBQ rib sandwich. I
know what I’m having for dinner!
— Winnie Brewer, Food Services Supervisor
1299 Harding Hwy. E. (St. Rt. 309)
We accept: Medicaid, Medicare, Molina, Care Source.
We provide a sliding fee schedule based on family size and household income.
Medical Services
136 West Center St.
Marion, Ohio 43302
740-751-6390
Dental Services
136 West Center St.
Marion, Ohio 43302
740-382-4939
(Just West of Harding High School)
(740) 802-3290
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Mark Your Calendar For These Special Events
MCS Employees Play Wiffle ball as Part of Their Fitness Challenge
Board of Education
Meeting/Work Session
in Grant MS Library
@ 7 p.m.
HHS Music Parents
2 Meeting 7 p.m.
Market Day Pick-up
@ Grant, 3:30 p.m.
40-Minute Early Release
3
4 for All Schools
OGT Testing - HHS
March 10-14
Daylight Saving Time Begins
9
10
11
8th Grade Washington
D.C. Trip, March 18-21
16 St. Patrick’s Day 17
23
30
5
40-Minute Early Release
for All Schools
Board of Education
Meeting in Grant MS
Library @ 7 p.m.
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18
25
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Morning Parent/Teacher
Conferences, K-8
No School
13
Spring Begins
Show Choir Spectacular
@ HHS
19
March 24th - March 28th
8
National Honor Society
Banquet @ HHS
Evening Parent/Teacher
Conferences, K-8
12
40-Minute Early Release
for All Schools
Preschool Registration
Call: 223-4416
March 19-21
7
Last Day of
3rd Grading Period
NO SCHOOL
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