The Marion School District had a visitor today causing trouble.  The Grinch tried to do Mr. Leberman's job but decided to run the halls instead and steal our Christmas presents. 







Good morning,
The Marion Student Council will be showing The Polar Express for a fundraiser event tonight (12/15/2023). The event is $5 for adults and $3 for students. The doors open at 5:50 pm, please use the EAST entrance of the school, the movie will start at 6:30pm. You may bring pillows and blankets to get cozy while watching the movie. Concessions that will be available are pop, water, candy, popcorn, and baked goods. Please come out to support the Marion Student Council. 
Elementary Parents: Here is the order of students on the risers.  This is important information - if your student is on the far left or far right of the riser, you will want to sit on the opposite side of them to get the best view of them.  Can't wait to see you at the concert tonight, 6:45!
K/1:
Back: Lander, Aytana, Sawyer, Joseph, Kaydence, Sterling, Paxton, Freya, Jeb, Reddic
Middle: Deyla, Killian, Thomas, Adalyn, Kia, Ezra, Sophia, Harper, Charley
Front: Genevieve, Ashtin, D'miya, JoLynn, Easton, Brianna, Charli, Nolan, Stella, Jackson
2/3:
Back: Addyson, Sawyer, Jamie, Sam, Lane, Jazlyn, Serenity, Jerrilee, Brently, Alayna K, Alaina W, Markus
Middle: Gibson, Scarleth, Hayley, Katerin, Kade, Henry J, Dominic, Leyton, Carson
Front: Melody, Ashtin, Jace, Henry B, Savanna, Robert, Rilynn, Kassidie, Blaine, Courtney, Hayden
4/5:
Back: Camdyn, Nathan, Adalynn, Wyatt M, Wyatt C, Ally, Lilly, Brooklyn
Middle: Jacob, Kinley, Meadow, John, Caleb, Saya, Ella
Front: Wilma, Alaska, Adeline, Izaiah, Hadleigh, Jaxon.
The Bearcats play Centerville tonight in a doubleheader at Marion. The GJV plays at 4, BJV 5:15,  GV 6:30, BV 7:15! You can now also watch the games @ Marion for free with live ticket tv! Link for tonight-https://www.youtube.com/live/ANGoKCO-3Vs?si=hQTHKlsMdExvOyQJ

 The Student Council is selling baked goods and rootbeer, orange, and coke floats! Tonight at the Double Header basketball game vs. Centerville. Prices are $1 for baked goods and $3 for floats!

Check out the door decorating contest going on at the Marion School!  Please like your favorite doors (and share the post).  The six doors with the highest number of likes will win a pizza party!  BEAR PRIDE!  https://www.facebook.com/MarionSchoolSD
It's concert week!  A few reminders - elementary students are to their classrooms at 6:30 with their portion starting at 6:45 in the small gym.  6-12th students are in the music room at 7:00 with their portion starting roughly around 7:15 in the small gym.  Student attire is "Christmas Best," and if you signed up to bring some treats for the bake sale, please have those in the small gym by 6:30.  As always, please email with any questions! courtney.hentges@k12.sd.us

Mr. Leberman is flipping with excitement over the kids enjoying the great school lunch provided by the amazing kitchen staff. 


Good afternoon,
A couple reminders, Saturday December 9th is the Marion Community Christmas Celebration in the Marion High School new gym. The Celebration is 10:30am-1:00pm. From 11:00am-1:00pm there will be a free pork loin sandwich meal.
The Marion School District Student Council will be hosting a Christmas movie night on Friday Dec. 15th starting at 6:30 pm in the New Gym open to the public $5 per adult $3 per child. The doors will open at 5:50pm. Please use the East entrance. The movie showing is Polar Express. The concessions that will be available are popcorn, candy, water, and pop.  You are welcome to bring blankets and pillows.  If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Feilmeier in the main office at 605-648-3615 ext.0.
Good luck to the Bearcat Junior Varsity and Varsity Boys basketball teams as they open their season up tonight against Mitchell Christian. The games will be played at Freeman Academy. The JV game will tip at 6 with the Varsity to follow. Below is the livestream link for tonight. Go Bearcats!
https://youtube.com/live/a-bKhj5vyM8?feature=share

Congratulations to the Oral Interp students that participated at the State Oral Interp at Harrisburg this weekend! Reader's Theater "Jack and the Beanstalk ....and the French Fries. (Alexa, Domani, Kaylee, Avery, Kolter, and Harli) received a superior rating.
Alexa participated in Storytelling, "The Mansion and the Visitor".  Harli Ross competed in Non-original Oratory, entitled, "Creativity". 
Karley Luke participated in the SD State FFA competition in Rapid City on Dec. 4 and received 5th place overall in Creed Speaking. 

The Lady Bearcats Varsity basketball team traveled to Colome to open the 2023 season. They came out on top with a 31-20 win over the Cowgirls. Great job!
The Lady Bearcats will host Chester Area tonight at Freeman Academy. JV will tip at 5:30 with Varsity to follow. Good luck tonight!

Congratulations to the JH Lady Bearcats Basketball team on their 2nd place finish at the Alcester-Hudson JH Basketball tournament this weekend! Go Bearcats!

Great job by our Rebels Wrestlers at their tournament today in Kimball. Brody Gossen 1st, Easton Tschetter 1st, Keaton Prehiem 3rd, Logan Pankratz 4th, and Axle Schultz 4th. Great job, boys!

Good evening, please feel free to check out the latest Marion Minute.  Have a great weekend and please reach out to the school if/when you need something or with questions.  Thanks! https://youtu.be/TZK6PodOF38?si=RRWfsTEZZ4Rxi2IF
What makes a roller coaster go so fast? The 4th graders learned about gravitational energy, speed, and collisions in an experiment today. They built paper roller coasters. They released marbles down the roller coaster track to understand height energy and energy transfer. 




Good morning, absentee voting for Marion's general obligation bond (for school updates and improvements) begins tomorrow.  Please visit our website or click https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2501/MPS/3769023/Sample_Ballot.png for a sample ballot.  Absentee voting will be held in the Marion business manager's (Ms. Crystal Longe) office. The deadline to register to vote in this bond election is Tuesday, January 2, 2024 (registration and election notifications will be published in the paper as well in the upcoming weeks).  The in-person election will be held on Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 in the school's music room which is readily accessible (to the left) as you enter the first set of doors at the NE entrance of the school (new gym entrance).  Thank you!

The Lady Bearcats Basketball team will travel to Colome on Friday. Due to low participation numbers at Colome, there will not be a JV game played tomorrow. The Varsity game will start at 6:00.
Livestream Link: https://colomecowboyslive.com
Good luck Lady Bearcats!

Due to scheduling conflicts, the Marion FCCLA must cancel the junior high ugly sweater dance on Friday, December 1. We are so sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. We look forward to seeing you at the next junior high dance in the spring. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Pankratz at the high school.
