Summer registration days coming up soon

Online registration for all MCS schools for the 2014-15 school year is ongoing.


In addition, summer registration days are coming up later this month.

Families with students who were enrolled at an MCS school last year can register their students online.

The online registration process can be completed at any Internet-connected computer (including the public stations available at Marion Public Library). However, computer/Internet access and staff assistance will be available during our summer registration days, set for 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 22 and 23 at McCulloch Junior High School, 3528 S. Washington St. (Because construction projects scheduled this summer throughout the district will restrict visitor traffic, there will be one registration location for all student registration. Staff from all school buildings will be available at registration at McCulloch.)

Those with students who are new to MCS should plan to attend our in-school registration days to provide needed documentation and information, including proof of residence (such as a recent utility bill with your name and address), and the name and contact information for the school your student most recently attended, along with any health/allergy information.

Textbook fees and deposits can also be paid online as part of the registration process, or at the summer registration days (where you can avoid the online payment processing fee).

For more information about MCS enrollment, click here.

Our families are saving millions of dollars — and you can save too!

• The Marion High School Class of 2014 included a Lilly Scholar, a National Merit Scholar, and dozens of other scholarship winners, adding up to about $5 million in scholarship dollars earned. >> Learn more about them here.
• Class of '14 graduates earned hundreds of advanced college credits — and each of those are college classes they won't have to take on campus, saving them thousands of dollars! >> Learn more about our dual credit offerings here.
• Every scholarship dollar and advanced credit earned is a direct savings to these MHS graduates and their families!

YOU can have these opportunities too! Be a GIANT. Enrollment for new students starts soon. >> Click here for more information.

Grau, Korfmacher, Oliver earn Mary Clark Hanley Teaching Excellence Award

Three teachers earned special recognition at the MCS School Board meeting on May 14, 2014, as this year’s recipients of the Mary Clark Hanley Teaching Excellence Award.

This year’s winners are Kendall Elementary School teacher Julie Korfmacher, Riverview Elementary School teacher Dede Grau, and Justice Intermediate School teacher Cara Oliver. Marion Community Schools congratulates these excellent teachers and thanks them for the work they do every day, and the difference it makes in our students' lives.

The Hanleys had the good fortune to be successful financially and wanted to give back to those individuals, communities, and institutions that have contributed over the years to their success. Mr. Hanley’s mother was certainly on that list, inspiring him educationally to be the best he could be, and that is why they named this award in her honor.

The award, set up in 2000 through the Community Foundation of Grant County to memorialize her name and her commitment to education and to promote excellence in teaching, is given annually to three outstanding elementary teachers in the MCS system, and it includes a prize of $550.