Middle school track practice will be over at 5:00 pm tonight due to the high school track meet.
There will NOT be basketball skills after school today for the elementary!
We will have it as scheduled Wednesday!
The Marion forensics team competed at the HOA League Meet at Sedgwick. The Warriors took second as a team, earning a plaque, brought home nine medals, earned our ninth state qualification, and have a league champion and three league runner ups in individual events. Caitlin Thornhill took second in poetry, fifth in prose, and second in IDA. Caitlin is now triple state qualified. Ella Mackey took second in IDA. Ella is now state qualified! Alyera Koehn took first in solo serious and sixth in duet. Willow Spence took sixth in solo serious and fifth in duet. Sara Groening took sixth in impromptu and fifth in duet. Gabrielle Stuchlik took fifth in humorous solo and sixth in duet. The Warriors will end their season at the State Championships at Bishop Carroll on May 4th!
Golf Update! Last Friday the boys played a JV meet in Goessel. The Alec/Jacob team took 4th place and the Austin/Noah team took 10th. The boys travel to Council Grove today for a varsity meet.
Friday, April 12 track practice will be finished at 5:00 p.m.
The MHS forensics team attended our largest and toughest meet of the year. Against more than fifty entries, Caitlin Thornhill broke both poetry and prose, taking fourth in both. Caitlin has now qualified prose for state and is double qualified. In a year full of great individual efforts, Caitlin may have had the most impressive. The Warriors finish the regular season next Monday at the HOA League Meet.
The FBLA students had a great couple of days at the State Conference in Topeka this week. They competed well and placed in the top 10 in several events: Accounting 1 - Harrison Beery 9th and Dom Marcu 6th, Accounting 2 - Cooper Bailey 4th (qualified for Nationals), Business Communication - Haley Kraus 9th, Business Management Team of Cooper Bailey, Grace Hett, and Alexis Hostetler 6th, Cyber Security - Dom Marcu 10th, International Business team of Alexis and Dom 6th, Intro to Business Communication - Harrison 9th, Sports and Entertainment Management team of Cooper Bailey, Grace Hett, and Dom Marcu 3rd place. Cooper, Grace, and Dom have qualified for Nationals!
MHS Golf Update: The Marion Boys Golf team has participated in three meets this season (Salina, Herington, and Herington JV). The first week of competition was highlighted by a 4th place medal earned by Gavin Wasmuth and Jordy Raymer. Gavin also won the longest drive in that competition.💪The boys play on Monday in Hutchinson at Carey Park. ⛳️
MMS track will not practice Friday, April 5 due to the Marion Relays. The MMS track athletes will be helping at the relays following dismissal.
PLEASE NOTE: The Sports Aquatic Center will be closed Friday (April 5th) and Saturday (April 6th) for prom and after prom set up. Due to the closure, no activities will take place. The Sports Aquatic Center will reopen on Sunday, April 7th. Thank you for your support of USD 408!
Reminder,
MMS Track pictures will be tomorrow at practice. Please bring your track uniform to school tomorrow.
Track practice will be over at 5:00 pm tonight (April 2nd) due to weather.
Good morning USD 408 family. Due to weather MMS/MHS track practice will take place at the SAC, ending at 5:00. Pictures will be taken Wednesday, April 3.
The Baseball & Softball games scheduled for today with Remington have been postponed due to weather conditions. The games have been rescheduled for Monday, April 8th starting at 4:30pm.
There will be no CNA class tonight for Butler CC.
Track will be done by 5:15pm today. Monday, March 18th.
FINAL CALL: Marion gear store will close by midnight today! If you have not ordered already, get your orders in!
mariongear.com
Pre-enrollment at MHS begins on March 18th. See the email from Mr. Venable for more information.
MS/HS Track practice will start at the SAC and end at the SAC by 5pm today.
Marion-Florence USD 408 is taking applications for bus driver positions. Successful candidates will be required to have or obtain a Commercial Driver’s License and must pass the district’s drug and alcohol test. The district will pay for training for the CDL and wages will be earned during training. Starting salary is dependent on experience. Bus Drivers are guaranteed 20 hours per week with the possibility for additional hours for activity trips. Benefit package is available including health insurance. Interested individuals should contact the Central Office, 101 N. Thorp, Marion, 620-382-2117 for an application. USD 408 is an equal education opportunity agency.
The Warrior forensics team was in action at Burlington tonight. The team broke six entries and picked up an additional state qualification (our seventh!).
Willow Spence - First in IDA and third in Solo Serious. Willow is now triple qualified for state!
Alyera Koehn - First in IDA, third in duet, and sixth in Impromptu. Alyera is now triple qualified for state!
Ella Mackey - fourth in IDA
Caitlin Thornhill - Second in poetry out of forty-six entries and fourth in IDA. Caitlin has already qualified poetry, but would have done so again.
Gabrielle Stuchlik - third in duet
The girls finished in fourth out of seventeen schools, missing a plaque by just five sweeps points.
Great work, Warriors!
The team will be back in action April 8 at Wamego.
