Marion High School Alum, community leader, and school board member Dennis Trout ’66 unexpectedly passed away on February 15. To carry on the legacy of Dennis ‘Barney’ Trout, the family has created a memorial fund to establish a scholarship to graduating high school students who plan to seek an apprenticeship through the Plumbers and Pipe […]
A total of 17 bricks were engraved on the Wall of Support. Those engravings are listed below. The wall is located in the school district’s administrative office wing on the south side of the high school and pays tribute with nearly 600 memorials, honorariums and achievement highlights. For a donation of $300 or more donors […]
It all started over 170 years ago when the first school opened in Marion Township in 1841 on the north side of 7th Avenue. It was a simple log building surrounded by tall prairie grass with Mr. Higbee as the sole teacher. A four-room, two-story Union School opened 13 years later in 1854 and was […]
