September was National Attendance Awareness Month! It’s a bigger problem than you probably think. Learn more about chronic absence and join the Attendance Awareness Campaign today! http://bit.ly/1oqfID7
Many of our schools had attendance incentives and rewards encouraging good attendance habits early in the 22-23 school year!
Marion County School District is excited to announce for the 2022-2023 school year the introduction of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) LEGO Leagues that introduce science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem solving experience through a guided, global robotics program, helping today's students and teachers build a better future together. MCSD will have two teams participating in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge competition. The 4th and 5th grade team at McCormick Elementary School in Mullins is coached by Mrs. Natalie Grover and assisted by Ms. Amy Weeks. The 6th -8th team at Creek Bridge STEM Academy in Centenary is coached by Dr. Kristel Wallace and assisted by Mrs. Michelle Altman. As the students work with this season’s theme of Super Powered, they will explore where energy comes from and how it is distributed, stored and used. Our robotics team members will be working to reimagine and innovate for a better energy future through critical thinking, team work and coding skills. All while having a lot of fun! During the competitions our teams will be judged in the areas of Core Values, Robot Design, Robot Game and an Innovation Project. For the Innovation Project, our teams will need to identify and research a real-world problem in the area of energy to solve. During the competition they will present a model, drawing or prototype as a solution for the problem. If you are interested in more information or would like to help our teams through volunteering or sponsorship, please email Mrs. Becky Ford, Academic Officer for STEAM Education, at bford@marion.k12.sc.us.
ExCEL (Exceptional Children, Exceptional Learning) is Marion County School District's program for Gifted and Talented students in grades 3-5. This year, our students will focus on INTERCODE, which is an innovative design model that will expose our learners to 21st century innovation STEM programming (code) immersed with core content, project based learning, and real-world problem solving partnered with STEM U. If you would like to learn more about ExCEL, please contact Martina Rush, Director of Student Services, via email mrush@marion.k12.sc.us or phone 843-423-1811.
Marion County School District has enrolled with STOPit, the leading technology platform for schools that deters and controls harmful or inappropriate conduct. STOPit empowers students with an easy app to safely and anonymously report anything of concern to school officials – from cyberbullying to threats of violence or self-harm. STOPit empowers students to stand up for themselves and others while giving our schools the insight we need to keep students safe.
Our STOPit program launch is scheduled for October 10, 2022 at the following schools: Marion High School, Mullins High School, Creek Bridge STEM Academy (middle school students only), Johnakin Middle School, Palmetto Middle School and Success Academy at Palmetto Education Center. We believe STOPit is an important step in our continued effort to provide a positive school climate and a safe learning environment for our students. For more information visit www.stopitsolutions.com.
