Marion Public Schools

Remember that Take Home Learning Packets can be picked up for all elementary k-5 students today from 11-6 at the elementary school.

Ladies & Gentlemen, Our friends at Rose Lake asked us to alert our families to their summer programs. Let's hope life returns to normal by then! Here's the information if you are interested. https://5il.co/f4vf

Ethan T., 7th grader, has achieved an excellent rating on 25 skills he's been practicing online! Two 8th graders are making progress with math in EdReady! Bonnie K. has finished her 2nd study path and Alekz R. has completed his 1st study path. Mrs. Horstman's 2nd grade class is rocking math skills as you can see by the photo. In her class, Donovan F. has mastered 25 math skills himself to add to the contribution. Keep up the awesome efforts Eagle learners!

Dear Marion Elementary Parents: After reflecting on some parent and teacher communications, our district is making some changes to our plan to distribute learning "packets" and/or chromebooks that remain on campus. We are asking for your help, if you are able. On Thursday, from 11 a.m - 6 p.m, a handful of staff will be present at the elementary to help distribute learning materials and chromebooks. We are hoping as many parents as possible can visit campus to pick up materials on Thursday. Some of our staff feel it will be more efficient to pass out materials in this manner. Likewise, they will be able to provide information that will be helpful to parents in terms of using the materials at home. After Thursday, if you still need to pick up materials, please email your child's teacher directly. Please explain how we can best serve you in terms of getting you the materials. Your options include: (1) setting up a pickup time and date to come to campus for pick-up, (2) indicating that you will pick materials up from one of our other four lunch distribution sites: (Redding Township Hall, Dighton Store, Middlebranch Township Hall, and Winterfield Township Hall - just tell us which one, please). If this is not possible, please let us know, and we can (3) arrange for a bus to deliver things to your driveway. Again, please let us know the address and the days you need delivery. Here is a link to staff email: https://www.marion.k12.mi.us/o/mps/staff. If you require immediate help, please email dsalis@marion.mi.k12.us or carrington@marion.k12.mi.us. The main district line is (231) 743-2486 extension 1. Thank you for your help in this important manner. After this disbursement of materials, the district will be providing future communication regarding how to submit returned student work and outlining the process for future "batches" of work being sent home. All homework questions should be emailed to your child's teacher. Please indicate a good phone number to reach you back. We hope you and your loved ones are safe and well.

Ladies and Gentlemen: Our Board of Education meeting is slated for tomorrow evening (April 14th) at 6:00 p.m. To honor the Governor's Orders, we will be meeting remotely. If you would like to participate, there will be regularly scheduled points of public comment. If you have a smartphone or device with internet connectivity, simply click on the link below at 6:00 p.m. If you are in need of a device and/or internet, please come to the Elementary parking lot a little before six. We have a small number of chromebooks we could loan to community members for those who want to attend the meeting using a district chromebook and wifi (the wifi reaches into the parking lot. This is our first attempt at a virtual public meeting. I appreciate the cooperation in advance. Thank You, meet.google.com/bpt-iafc-dds

Good Morning! Marion Public Schools is dedicated to keeping our employees and our students and their families safe. If you are picking up breakfast/lunch for your children PLEASE do not exit your vehicle. The drivers will hand you the meals through the student entry door of the bus into your vehicle window or your trunk/hatch.

Good Monday morning Eagle Nation! We have an accomplishment to share: Miss Gabby D. has successfully completed her first study path of three for 7th grade math! Way to go, Gabby!

Official news on Continued Learning Plan will be coming from MPS soon. For now, here some accomplishments to celebrate! Give a shout out to teachers and students if you know them! From Mr. Mayer: Jacelyn M, Kaylee B, Alekz R, and Mackenzie S have all completed a variety of American History. Nicholas N. and and Mason S. submitted their persuasion presentation. From Ms. Baker: Alivia E. completed chapter #11-21 English IV novel reading organizers and the character quotes activity. Darian T. and Rylie R. have completed their 10 required Senior Volunteer hours. Jacelyn M. completed her Spanish 1 Verb conjugation worksheet packet, Verb Slideshow project, and the grammar and reading workbook pages. The 6th graders have answered 100 social studies questions on IXL. Mrs. Quist's 3rd graders have answered 100 science questions on IXL.

If you have not picked up your child's chrome book, classroom supplies or the contents of their locker, please call, send a facebook message, or email to school and arrangements will be made for those items to get home.

Friday, April 10 is Good Friday, Therefore, the breakfasts and lunches will be delivered on Thursday for both Thursday and Friday. Again, no meals will be delivered on Friday but your child will receive two days worth of each meal on Thursday.

Taking care of yourself physically, emotionally, and academically will be important in the next weeks. MPS is pleased to see students accessing Suite360 (aka marion360.org )to learn self-care. The following middle school and high school students have mastered these lessons! WAY TO GO! Gabby D. and Shawntay V.: Dangers of Self Injury Emily C. and Dawson T.: You Can Make an Impact on Your World Elizabeth F.: My Gifts, My Passions Ethan R.: Respectful Conversations about Tough Topics Jennifer F.: Stress Strategies You Can Use And...1st grader, Mia D.: It Takes Your WHOLE Body to Listen Well

Loving all the Levels of Learning!! Giving a "hear-hear" to the following achievements! Mrs. McCrimmon's kindergarten class has outstanding completion of 15,000 IXL math questions so far this year! Gunner M., 7th grader, has completed ALL 3 study paths for 7th grade math using EdReady! Bonnie K., completed her Algebra I assignment from Mrs. Grimm AND finished the first 8th grade math study path in EdReady!

WHO'S practicing math? Kindergarten kids!! Brantley E.achieved excellence in 50 Kindergarten math skills! Devon S.spent 10 hours practicing math, achieved excellence in 50 kindergarten math skills and answered 2,000 math questions! Annabelle E.achieved excellence in 20 kindergarten math skills! Way to grow and way to learn using IXL!!

IXL is used for math practice in grades K-6. During our distance learning, IXL has also opened science and social studies for our students. Way to go, sixth graders in Mrs. Deighton’s science classes for taking advantage of this opportunity! ♥️🦅🔬🧪🌱

Mrs. Baker has some new progress to announce from her students in Spanish and English! Bonnie K. turned in her Spanish 1 Review Packet Worksheets and her Verb Project. Elizabeth B. turned in her Spanish 1 Review Packet Worksheets. Liz has also read about 18 new books cover-to-cover as she found a new series or two. Riley K. and Alivia E. completed all the English IV Exit Target Tasks from our novel, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Thank you all for your learning efforts!!

Marion Public Schools is continuing to provide breakfast and lunch for children during this difficult time. We have stations at the Winterifleld Township Hall, Redding Township Hall, Middle Branch Township Hall, the Dighton Store and the Elementary School Parking Lot. We are asking adults to not vacate their vehicle when picking up meals. If you are able, please pull your vehicle up next to the bus and pop your trunk where the meals will be deposited.

There is another Personal Finance student that deserves recognition. Congratulations to junior, Morgan Wetherford, for completing this course before we left school in March! Outstanding dedication, Morgan!

Some high school students have an online Personal Finance class, that is part of their regular class schedule, monitored by Mr. Baldwin. Congratulations to junior, Riley Moggo, for completing this course! Outstanding dedication, Riley!

A few more First Grade Feats... Mia D., Kinley E., Isaiah M., Brady M., and Preston T. have read themselves to Accelerated Reader Excellence by passing AR Quizzes. Way to go, we love your reading progress!

Accomplishment announcements in the math world: Emily C, eighth grader, has reached a milestone in her math practice/review resources. She's worked hard to get here and is moving on to the next phase. Yay, Emily! 1st graders, Mia D. completed Addition Facts A to Z in Rocket Math. and Braelynn D., Isaiah M., Brady M., Lilianne R. and Preston T.e have all received Certificates of Achievement in IXL for answering the 100 questions needed to complete a math skill(s)