Marion Independent School District

Say hello to our new Geometry in Construction class! Students have been working on building a scale model house out of balsa wood and similarity. The class is co-taught by Mr. Fleege (woods) and Mrs. Hansen (math) and is the continuation of our AMPED class.

A big thank you to Modern Piping in Cedar Rapids for inviting our GIC (Geometry in Construction) class on a tour. The kids had a great time!

We have football games this afternoon! 7th Grade plays at Center Point-Urbana and 8th Grade plays at home versus Center Point-Urbana. Both games start at 4:15 pm.

The Marion High School Food Pantry is available for any MISD families in need and will now be open once a month the last week of each month. Contact kdixon@marion-isd to get signed up or to find out how you can help.

Join in the fun at the Youth Girls Basketball Clinic which will be hosted by the MHS Girls Basketball Team. 2 dates - October 15th and 22nd. No cost, no sign up. 2nd-3rd from 4-5pm; 4th, 5th, and 6th from 5-6pm at the Marion High School Red Gym. Use Door 13 to enter.

Congratulations to VMS 8th Grader, Collin Cook, who broke the 8th Grade 2-Mile XC record in a time of 11:03 last week. He also won his race at the North Linn meet on Saturday! #vmsinspire

MISD will celebrate America Reads on Thursday, October 19th by welcoming guest readers into our classrooms. Anyone interested in reading to a K-5 student can follow this link to be matched with a literacy classroom: https://crk12.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2t1dVovBzcfNzzE

Vernon Middle School is proud to have raised $3662 for the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital through our Wolf Pack Gives Back Fundraiser! Special shout out to Ms. Clemen, Ms. Scott, and Ms. Ehrle for all of their hard work organizing this wonderful event! #vmsinspire

Vernon runners compete at the WaMaC Conference meet today at 4:15 pm, hosted by Center Point-Urbana.

Welcome to the week, MHS! Here are your weekly announcements from The Vox! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdv3RWoFue4&ab_channel=TheVoxOnline

Cross Country competes this morning at North Linn. Good luck to our runners!

This crew, plus 3 others not in picture, helped do some back breaking work in the Monet garden yesterday. The Garden Club worked through about 2/3 of the garden. The club will meet again on Wednesday 10/18 in Señora Pickering’s room for MBlock.

Volleyball plays tonight! 7th Grade is at home versus Williamsburg and 8th Grade travels to Williamsburg. Both games start at 4:15 pm.

Students in 7th Grade Science are creating food webs to explain feeding relationships within ecosystems. #vmsinspire

Students in 7th grade Science are creating food webs to explain feeding relationships within ecosystems. #vmsinspire

Football and Cross Country are competing tonight! 7th Grade FB plays Grinnell at home and 8th Grade FBl is at Grinnell. Both games starts at 4:15 pm. Cross Country boys and girls have their meet at West Delaware at 4:00 pm. Good luck to all of our athletes!

Volleyball tonight! 7th Grade plays at home vs. Vinton-Shellsburg and 8th Grade plays at Vinton-Shellsburg. Both games start at 4:15 pm. Good luck, Wolves!

The weekly announcements from The Vox are live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPqoZNYubqk&ab_channel=TheVoxOnline

Full moon rising for the Wolves tonight!

Mrs. Farwell's Foods 1 and 2 classes were baking up something yummy this week!