Attention MISD families with students currently in fourth through eighth grades including Marion home school students- early registration for The Jacobson Institute closes on Thursday, April 9, 2021! What is The Jacobson Institute? The Jacobson Institute equips students with innovation and entrepreneurial skills that are critical for young people to have now and for the […]
Estol R. “Jip” Fleming began his baseball career serving as star pitcher on the Parsons College baseball team from 1947-1951. After serving in the United States Army and being honorably discharged as a Corporal, Jip pitched for the Fulton (KY) Lookouts, an affiliate of the Washington Senators. Jip was employed at Rockwell Collins beginning in 1954, until retiring […]
Loco Drone curriculum, purchased through the support of a Marion Foundation Grant, allows 8th grade tech students the opportunity to combine their learned middle school technology skills of hardware, coding and working with a partner, to build and fly their own drone. Students have already learned so much from this program. But don’t take our […]
Does anyone really know what it is like to have to care for a baby before caring for an actual baby? The 8th grade students at Vernon Middle School are now be able to have a better experience in learning what caring for baby is like with a set of 5 new Real Care babies […]
On October 6, 2020 staff and board from the Marion Foundation met at Farmers State Bank for a check presentation. Farmers State Bank showed their support for the Marion Independent School District by sharing an annual gift to the Marion Foundation of $6,000 and a gift of $12,500 as part of $50,000 total given to […]
Hills Bank awarded $1,082.66 to the Marion Independent School Foundation & Alumni Association in June. The funds were collected through this year’s Classroom Cash program, which allows Hills Bank customers to designate Marion Independent School District as their district of choice. Then a percentage of debit card purchases are donated to Marion schools at no […]
Marion students are encouraged to use donated art supplies to create May flowers and spread joy. Supplies will be distributed during “Grab and Go” lunch pick up on Tuesday, May 26 at Vernon Middle School. Completed flowers can be left in a drop box at Lindale Mall located at the main entrance on Collins Road […]
Marion Independent School Foundation & Alumni Association and Friends of the Marion Library have teamed up to promote literacy this Giving Tuesday Now on May 5th, 2020. Giving Tuesday Now is a new global day of giving and unity – in addition to the regularly scheduled Dec 1, 2020 #GivingTuesday – as an emergency response […]
Thank you to Marion Independent School District parents Cody and Jeni Crawford who raised $750 selling handmade face masks to promote literacy for local students. Funds were used to purchase 170 new books which were distributed to Marion students during lunch pick-up on April 30th at Vernon Middle School. Librarian Liz Pearson and FMI Media […]
GreenState Credit Union’s Give & Grow School Match Initiative offers members the opportunity to donate to school foundations, with GreenState matching each gift dollar-for-dollar. There is no minimum or maximum gift amount, but in order to take advantage, GreenState members must set up their contribution using this link at GreenState.org between April 13 and May […]
