Marion Public School

The Marion Library, with the help of Heidi Johnson and Linda Luke, will be holding a pumpkin decorating contest. This will be for grades preschool-5th. This is totally up to you and your child if you want to participate. The Theme is "Your Favorite Book Character". Decorate your pumpkin however you wish to represent your favorite book character. It can be any size pumpkin you wish. This project is to be done at home. You can use whatever you want to make your character, paint, stickers, buttons, glitter, the list is endless. The pumpkins need to be at the school on October 24th. And will be displayed until October 30th. They can then take them home after school. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Thank you to Donlan's Foodland for donating the prizes. If there are any question, please call Linda Luke at 605 -648-3615 ext. 244 or Heidi Johnson at 605-648-3615 ext. 245. The public is invited to come in and see the pumpkins.

The Irene-Wakonda After Prom will be hosting a tailgate supper after the JH Football game tomorrow. The JH game will be played at 4pm tomorrow. Varsity will kickoff at 7. Good luck Phoenix!

Dear Marion HS Families, It is "Senior & Sophomore Order Week" at Marion High School! We met with the senior class to discuss all things graduation and sophomore class for all things jewelry. Now is the time to place your order for your graduation items and class jewelry for the best deals and prices of the year! SENIORS: Use code SENIORSHIP25 to enjoy FREE standard shipping and handling for graduation, regalia, and announcement products on orders $200 or more! if you order before or by Wednesday, October 16th CLICK HERE to check out the Class of 2025 senior digital catalog! CLASS JEWELRY SENIORS AND SOPHOMORE'S Class of 2025- Get $25 off your class jewelry item when purchasing a Classic or Deluxe metal, $50 off a Premium metal, or $75 a Luxury metal. PLUS get a FREE Class Hoodie with your order. Use code GWPMETAL at checkout. Order by Wednesday, October 16th to get this deal! Exclusions Apply. CLICK HERE to check out the 2025 class Jewelry Catalog If you have any questions or need help placing your order, please call us at 1-800-Jostens

Hello, the Rebel wrestling cheer coaching position has opened up and Mr. Derrick Lehr (derrick.lehr@k12.sd.us) is accepting applications from prospective candidates. If you have additional questions about the position please reach out to Mr. Lehr and he'd be happy to assist. You can also find the opening on our website as well (https://www.marion.k12.sd.us/page/current-openings). Thank you!

8th grade science using science skills to make homemade ice cream.

First Grade has a pen pal class in Washington! They received their first letter today! Together they planned their reply, and Mrs. Gunderson will be mailing it soon.

📢 Attention Marion Families! A letter is going home this week with your student! The week of October 14th-18th, we will be celebrating National School Lunch Week. Join us for a "Take Your Parent/Guardian/Grandparent to Lunch Day" on Wednesday, October 16th! If you plan to eat lunch with your student, please contact the office by Tuesday, October 15th, at 12:00 PM to help us get an accurate lunch count. Menu for the day: Nacho Grande with a fruit and veggie bar, plus a choice of milk. Adult lunches will be charged $4.98 to your lunch account. Lunch times: Elementary: PS-2nd: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM 3rd-5th: 11:25 AM - 11:40 AM Middle School & High School: 11:08 AM - 12:40 PM If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Amanda in the office at 605-648-3615 ext. 0. We can’t wait to see you there! 🍽️🎉 #NationalSchoolLunchWeek #MarionSchoolDistrict

10/01/2024 - Marion Minute Rundown: The weather, reach out with questions, homecoming, and sporting success, great parade (marching bands), thank you Mrs. Hentges, One Act Play, conferences and reminder of the calendar change for those, financial aid night (FAFSA), eat with your child on the 16th, volunteer/visitor checkin and badges, newsletter info, October 14th school board meeting, a thank you from me. Check it out here - https://youtu.be/oMBqJ0tIQ00

Check out the newest edition to our great school! The journalism class is focused on bringing you a monthly school newletter! They're excited to continually have the issues evolve and be a comprehensive "go to" for the Marion School! Great work kids (and teacher) on putting this together...Keep working hard! https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2501/MPS/4886871/September_2024.pdf

Marion families! We’re excited to share the very first newsletter from the Marion School District, created by our talented Journalism class! Great job, students! Check it out through the link below! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GbwhtfsjWdxliT2nJxUIPvoZz4I4g2OCJn_fn-U07bc/edit#slide=id.g306cebc261b_1_0

Tonight's Girls Volleyball games against Avon can be viewed at https://youtube.com/live/pA7jM0x_EoQ?feature=share Games start at 4:00 - 7th, 8th, 5th, 6th, with JV/Varsity at 6:15/7:00pm.

Good morning - As a reminder to our Title I families, there is a Title One Open House in Mrs. Wieman's room this afternoon from 3:45-6:30. Parents of elementary age students in the title program are invited to stop in, learn more about Title and pick up some resources to use at home. Use the doors on the east side of the big gym.

1st Pic: JH percussion group is putting in the work with Mrs. Hentges! 2nd Pic: 6th grade learning rhythms with Mrs. Epp.

Marion FCCLA and Hailey Stahl are teaming up to host Freeman Academy/Marion's 8th Annual Pink Night, “These Paws Dig Pink,” at our home game against Alcester-Hudson on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Our goal is to fill the stands with Volleyball fans dressed in “pink.” Both teams will be wearing “pink” warm-up shirts, and extra t-shirts and breast cancer merchandise will be available for purchase at the game. Marion FCCLA will also have a 50/50 and a merchandise raffle during the game night. All proceeds will go to help buy supplies to be donated back to the Avera Cancer Center and Sanford Women's Center. Below is an order form for the “Pink Nightshirt” we will sell. Please return your order form to any Marion/Freeman Academy, Alcester-Hudson office, or Anne Pankratz at the High School by noon, October 15, 2024. Please make checks payable to Marion FCCLA. If you are interested in making a donation to the cause, please contact Anne Pankratz at anne.pankratz@k12.sd.us. Please follow the link below to fill out the order form and return it with a check or cash made out to Marion FCCLA, shirts are $20. Thanks! https://5il.co/2xh1n

Good morning, Marion Families, We have a few important reminders for this week: 1.Picture Retakes: Tomorrow, September 25th, we will have retake pictures. If your child needs a retake or didn’t take pictures at the open house, please let their teacher know. We’ll also be taking Fall sports pictures on the same day. 2.Pep Band Concert: On Thursday, September 26th, the Marion Pep Band will host a concert at Hieb Memorial Park starting at 7:00 PM. They will be selling pop floats for $2 each. We encourage everyone to come out and support our Pep Band! 3.Help Day: On Friday, September 27th, from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Help Day will be held for all students. Any middle school and high school students who are on the missing assignments list are required to attend until all missing work is completed. If students cannot attend, they will need to stay after school the following week for 3 hours to catch up. You can help keep track of your child's assignments by checking in with them each night or using the parent portal. Thank you for your support, and have a great week!

Congrats to the Cross-Country runners at Bon Homme yesterday. Finley 1st in Varsity Boys, Hayden 23rd in Varsity Boys, Kolter 29th in Varsity Boys, AJ 32nd in Varsity Boys, Caden 5th in JV Boys, Armando 6th in JV Boys, Estelle 16th in Varsity Girls, Sieta 17th in Varsity Girls, and Faith 1st in JV Girls.

The Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats Volleyball Team travels to Rutland to take on Oldham-Ramona-Rutland. JV will start at 6:00 with Varsity to start around 7:15. Livestream Link: https://orr.liveticket.tv/volleyball/

Good morning,, we wanted to share this information to elementary parents regarding tonight’s starting lineup for the football game. We hope all fans can be there to support our student-athletes at Freeman’s homecoming against Alcester-Hudson. Thank you and go Phoenix!

The Lady Bearcats Varsity Volleyball team travels to Gayville-Volin tonight for a triangular. The schedule is below: 5:00 PM - GV vs. Freeman Academy/Marion 6:15 PM - Freeman Academy/Marion vs. Centerville 7:30 PM - GV vs. Centerville Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/@gayville-volinraiders2218 Good luck Bearcats!

We thank you for following us on Facebook but we're looking to "spread our wings" a bit. Please check us out on two new social media sites for more opportunities to receive updates from the school on your favorite platform(s)! Follow @mariondistrictsd on Instagram and/or X! We will strive to communicate our school news and updates across the three sites as well as via text/phone/email. ***ALSO/REMINDER, there was a calendar change made at our August school board meeting. Please find the updated school calendar here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2501/MPS/4722260/2024-2025_School_Calendar_.pdf which is the updated calendar for the 2024-2025 school year. This reflects the change of moving parent teacher conferences from October 3rd to October 17th (early dismissal that day). October 3rd will now be a full day of school. Thank you!