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Information regarding Marion Community Schools' next weekly grab-and-go food pick-up can be found below. 

Food will be available for all who have children age 18 and younger at home in Marion, as supplies last. Some requests, for your safety and the safety of all involved:

- When possible, please only have one person per car (the driver).

- Please wear a mask or other covering for your mouth and nose.

- Please stay in your car.

- No walk-ups are allowed. 

- No restrooms are available.

- Thank you for your patience!

Marion Community Schools social workers are collecting information and resources to help you during this difficult time! We are all working together to stay connected while we are apart.

>> Click here to check out our page "From the School Social Worker's Desk"

Marion Community Schools is pleased to announce that Rianne Aguilar will step up to the role of Principal at Frances Slocum Elementary for the 2020-21 school year.

Aguilar has been Assistant Principal at Frances Slocum Elementary since 2018, and she looks forward to working with students and families in this new role.

Marion Community Schools is pleased to welcome Eleese Payne as the next Director of our Special Services Department.

Payne will officially move into this role this summer. She is currently Director of Special Education at KIPP Indy Public Schools, but lives here in Marion. She looks forward to serving Marion families.

Marion Giant families,

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has ordered all schools to be closed for the rest of the school year to fight the global coronavirus pandemic. Together, let’s all do our part and make a difference in this important fight!

While school is closed, our principals and teachers are offering enhanced home learning activities that students and families can choose to keep the learning growing at home. 

Spectrum is offering 60 days of free home internet service to Marion residents.

To qualify, you must live in an area that Spectrum supports, you must not have an internet connection through Spectrum and you must have a student living in your household.

>> Click here to check our COVID-19 page for the latest information

Due to continued uncertainty and concern surrounding coronavirus / COVID-19, Marion Community Schools has decided to cancel our annual Kindness Rally that had been set for April 3.

The monetary costs associated with waiting any longer to make this decision, with deposits for rented equipment due soon, was one of the factors in our decision in making this announcement now.

Marion Giants Sectional Champion T-shirts and hoodies go on sale at 1:30 p.m. today (March 10) at the Marion High School Athletic Office. The office will be open until 3 p.m. today, and sales will continue from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, while supplies last.

Marion High School senior Alissia Jones won first place recently at the Indiana Regional Braille Challenge!

The Braille Challenge is the only academic competition of its kind in North America for students who are blind or visually impaired. Braille Institute developed the Braille Challenge to motivate students to practice and hone their braille literacy skills, which are essential to academic and employment success. Contestants are tested on fundamental braille skills such as reading comprehension, spelling, speed and accuracy, proofreading, and charts and graphs.