
Get ready to fall head over hills in love with Marion choirs! Performances featuring Marion 7GA, Marion Junior High School, & Marion High School choirs will be held Tuesday, Feb. 11th at the Marion Performing Arts Center (MPA) at 6PM. You don't want to miss this event!


Good luck to our talented musicians at MHS on their auditions for All State on Feb 7th. #ReptheM
*All State Jazz Band:
Damien Nicks, Kayden Harris, Jordan Jamison, Brennan Warren, Austin Caballero,
Keivon Robinson, Chauncey Washington, Chris Partain
*All State Choir:
Miguel Catunda, Floyd Steward


February is Black History Month. A time to honor the contributions of African Americans from all periods of U.S. History.


Feb. 3rd - Feb. 7th is National School Counseling Week. MHS would like to thank our school counselors for their hard work and dedication, not only to the academic growth of our students, but also to their social and emotional health. Thank you Jonnett Gammill, Dionne Harris, and Melissa Kohl.


Attention Patriot Nation: Huge congratulations to junior Destiny Nelson. Today, she was elected as FBLA District II Vice President. Destiny will begin her tenure on the District II Leadership Team at the State Conference in April. Congratulations Destiny! Mrs. Rakestraw and MHS are SO proud of you!
Also, congratulations to the following FBLA members for earning a spots to compete at state in their respective competitions: Tamia Taylor, Ziona Smith, Ariyah McClain and Asia Tunstall, and Amiya Gudino!


We had our first (hopefully now annual) MHS Math Competition from 4pm-6 pm yesterday. 29 students participated. They worked hard and all seemed to have fun. Categories included Algebra II, Precalculus, Statistics, and Calculus. We awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards in each subject area.


MHS will have ATLAS interim testing next week (Tuesday - Friday). Students must have charged chromebooks.


MHS would like to thank the ladies of the Omega Nu Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. for their generous donation of hygiene products and PPE bags to the Pop-up Patriots Store, sponsored by Ms. Raven Dillard and MHS National Honor Society.


Marion High School AWARE Counselor, Mrs. Jasmine Peel, launches the “Being Present Matters” campaign. The campaign highlights the myriads of reasons students are absent from school and how to remove those barriers. With the collaborative efforts of parents, educators, and CIS site coordinators, we can keep a kid in school, prepare them for life.
Great attendance=Extraordinary achievement



Another round of applause to MHS Career Coaches Whitley Green, Tyler Poole, and Montel Smith for last week's college visit to the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). Thank you for another successful event!


The MHS Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) will attend the district conference Fri., Jan. 31st. Good luck and safe travels! #ReptheM


Ms. Taylor Starkey recently conducted a Soil Lab with her RTI students who signed up to support their in-class learning about how soils impact our world by investigating the properties of a local soil. They determined the soil texture class by feel as well as assigned a color value using a soil color book.

This past holiday season MHS Patriot Art Department raised money for the Marion Animal Shelter by painting and selling ornaments and donating 100% of the money. Thank you to all who supported Mrs. Miranda Rippard and the MHS Art Department with this project.








Congratulations to Mrs. Patti Castle for her award as Blood Drive Coordinator of the Year. Mrs. Castle's donation efforts were among the highest in the Tri-State area with enough to potentially save over 160 lives. Big thanks to Mrs. Castle and to all blood donors! Awesome job!


Duck Norris is back with more ducky shenanigans for the second semester! And the Lucky Duck for the week is............Ms. Melanie Brown!


In honor of School Board Appreciation Month, MHS would like to acknowledge the MSD School Board members: Rev. Jeffrey Richardson, President; Daryel Jackson, Vice President; Gary Wehrum, Secretary; Jerri Crase; Eddie Minton; Rob Rash; Michelle Valentine Foxx (Not Pictured); Dr. Glen Fenter, Superintendent
Thank you for your tireless efforts to help us achieve excellence.


January 27th - January 31st is Holocaust Week for Arkansas public schools. Remember history and speak out against hate.


MHS Career coaches are hosting a college visit for to the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). Seniors, make sure you are on time at 8AM in the career coaches' office on Friday, Jan. 24th. Departure time is 8:15 a.m. and return time is 2:30 p.m.


MHS is partnering with Vitalant (formerly known as Lifeblood) for blood drive donations this Friday, Jan. 24th from 9AM to 1:45PM in the Med-Pro room located in the Humanities building on MHS campus. This drive is only for students and school employees. Come help save lives!


MHS would like to thank our career coaches Whitley Green, Tyler Poole, and Montel Smith for a successful FAFSA Night last Thursday. This helpful event was to assist parents and students in completing the application for federal student aid. Contact them for help with your post graduation plans.







