
Tuesday, May 19th will be the last day we provide lunch and breakfast meals for the school year. On the 19th we will provide meals for Tuesday-Friday! Stay safe and stay healthy! See you soon!


Patriot Parents,
Just a reminder that the Marion School District welcomes your input as we prepare for the 2020-2021 school year. Please take a few minutes to answer questions to help us improve our schools' parent and family engagement plans. This survey will close on Friday, May 15, 2020. Thanks! Click this link to give us your input. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6aGiH30jCeaaRMSUAHhFKT696FToBfxXN42M7Sl4Noo-0lg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1


Mrs. Morgan’s second grade class has been growing tomato plants during quarantine, as they learn about the life cycle of plants.
🌱☀️🌱🌨🌱☀️🌱


There’s no doubt this lady deserves this honor... We ❤️ you, Ms. Dennies!


Attention incoming 6th graders !!!


Congratulations to HCGC's Teacher of the Year!


What would we do without Nurse Cassie?! HCGC sends a HUGE {virtual} hug to her on National School Nurse Day!
❤️😷🩺🩹🌎💙


A huge THANK YOU goes out to Marion & WM Sonic locations for providing Route 44 drinks for HCGC staffers today! And GPA carded our yard! We most definitely feel the love, y’all! ❤️🌎💙





Parents, the Marion School District welcomes your input as we prepare for the 2020-2021 school year. Please take a few minutes to answer questions to help us improve our schools' parent and family engagement plans. This survey will close on Friday, May 15, 2020. Thanks!
Click this link to give us your input.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6aGiH30jCeaaRMSUAHhFKT696FToBfxXN42M7Sl4Noo-0lg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1


A reminder for Patriot Parents/Guardian: Completed paper packets for days 1-10 can be turned in at the main office of the building where your student attends on Tuesday, May 5th from 8:00 am - 3:00 pm. This is the final day paper packets for days 1-10 will be accepted. Stay safe, stay healthy, and GO PATS!

Fourth grade teachers at HCGC have been missing their students, so on Friday, Mrs. George, Mrs. Millsap, Mrs. Preslar, and Mrs. Salter, went on a wave parade through Marion and West Memphis to see their students they haven’t seen in weeks. While students stood outside their homes, teachers drove by and were greeted with the sweetest posters, sidewalk messages, and waves from them. The teachers LOVED seeing their students!
https://www.magisto.com/album/video/eXt5DQYARQp9dQt0eg1GB3h-eQENAg


We love and appreciate our administrators. ❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙


HCGC Mrs. Salter Mad Science Lab: Virtual Experiement
Mrs. Salter wanted to share with MSD some pictures from a live science experiment she did with my 4th grade students last Friday.
When you have no classroom to teach in you have to get creative!
HCGC 4th graders were told to choose between 4 color tops to see which shape would create the tallest geyser! Students voted and picked the blue top to win!
Their hypothesis was incorrect as they came to the conclusion that the red top created the tallest geyser!
This was so fun and she's so glad she was able to support one of Marion's local businesses The Merry Magnolia owned by Tara McKenzie Barton by buying this fun product!


🌎❓See the flyer below for the list of HCGC’s most frequently asked questions. ❓🌎


Gov. Hutchinson: No high school graduation ceremonies prior to July 1 by Michael Tilley
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday (April 25) that traditional high school graduation ceremonies will not be allowed prior to July 1. Arkansas Department of Education officials also are reviewing options in the event it is not safe to fully open schools in the fall.
The governor and Arkansas Department of Education Secretary Johnny Key said during Saturday’s COVID-19 press conference they know the delay is disappointing to many, but is necessary for public safety.
“I’m very sympathetic because I have a granddaughter who is a senior in high school this year. But it’s really a risk whenever you bring thousands of parents and students together in one assembly to have a celebration, and that’s exactly the kind of gathering that could lead to a spread of COVID-19,” Gov. Hutchinson said.
Key said he would “encourage” school districts to wait until after July 1, but the department is open to alternative graduation plans. He said the department will contact superintendents this upcoming week to let them know how to submit proposals.
“There are a number of techniques that schools have already started exploring to see how they could make this happen as a celebration for their seniors, at the same time, taking into consideration and following our social distancing protocols, the restrictions of congregant gatherings of 10 or more people,” Key said.
He also said the department will continue to monitor data and work the Arkansas Department of Health to consider any modifications to the July 1 order. He also said social distancing guidelines and other directives issued by the governor will prevent private schools from having a traditional graduation.
Education officials and educators also are preparing options in the event COVID-19 spread remains a public health crisis when schools should open in the fall.
“We have teams of teachers we brought together, and principals and superintendents, that are planning out different scenarios and possibilities. It is something that we are looking at and hopefully we’ll be presenting the governor with options coming up in the next couple of weeks,” Key said.
Gov. Hutchinson said the “first option” is to have schools open as normal, but it’s important to have other options in place.
COVID CASES
Known COVID-19 cases in Arkansas totaled 2,830, as of Saturday afternoon, up from 2,741 on Friday. Of the 89 new cases between Friday and Saturday, 47 were inmates in the Cummins state prison.
Of the total of cases, 1,813 are active, with the remainder accounting for deaths and recoveries. The number of deaths rose from 46 to 49. The number of COVID patients hospitalized in Arkansas was 104 on Saturday, unchanged from Friday. Of the COVID-19 patients, 22 were on ventilators, down from 25 on Friday.
As of Saturday at 1 p.m., there were 924,376 U.S. cases and 52,782 deaths. Globally, there were 2,865,938 cases and 200,698 deaths.


School Choice: Reading is a BIG Deal in the Marion School District. Find out how big by clicking the link.
http://marionar.apptegy.us/article/237687?org=msd


Happy Earth Day 🌎 from Mrs. Hughes Class
“Be a Rainbow in Someone else’s cloud” Maya Angelou 🌈


Just a reminder, meals will not be provided until Friday. Beginning yesterday, meals will only go out on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays drop off provides breakfast and lunch to cover Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Then on Fridays drop off the meals cover breakfast and lunch for Friday and Monday.


COVID-19 for Kids.
A great infographic to explain to our kids about the COVID-19 virius.

