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The fall sports season is heading into high gear, and the Marion School District is reminding fans to abide by the district’s guidelines for attendance at athletic events. Anyone...

The Marion High School Class of 2025 will hold its graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 17, in a plan approved last week by the Marion School Board. The ceremony is scheduled for...

The Marion School District is reminding Patriot fans of the district’s clear bag policy for all Marion athletic events. Guests may carry the following style and size bags into ve...

Marion High School will field its largest band in school history this fall, with 180 student musicians taking the field on Friday nights as part of the Patriot Pride Marching Band...

Among the new faces at the Marion School District this year is a new director of child nutrition. Melissa Lace assumed the post in July. She comes to Marion with a wealth of expe...

Oftentimes, coaches of athletic teams refer to practice or training as “boot camp.” Marion High School teacher and girls soccer coach Chris Paslay got a hint of real-life boot ca...

Marion School District students headed back to school last week, and with the new school year has come added measures to ensure the health and safety of students and staff. Over t...

The Marion School District is gearing up for a new school year, with a slate of activities, beginning this week. The full rundown is as follows: Monday, July 15 VPA Kinderga...

The Marion School District recently donated a decommissioned school bus to the Northeast Arkansas Office of Preparedness and Emergency Response Systems. The bus will be used by th...

More than 120 Marion Junior High and Senior High band members will attend Destination Band Camp held at the University of Central Arkansas over the next two weeks. This is largest...

The Marion School District will observe summer hours through Friday, July 12. During this time, offices across all campuses will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Thursd...

The Marion School District is pleased to announce the operation of the Seamless Summer Feeding program this summer for children 18 and under. Parents and guardians can bring thei...

As we prepare to celebrate our Class of 2024 this week, we are closely monitoring the evolving weather forecasts. In planning our celebration, our overriding principle has always ...

Out of respect for the safety of our students and our guests, the Marion School District has announced that next week’s MHS graduation ceremony will be a strict NO DRONE ZONE. Any...

The Marion School District is honoring some of its highest achievers with the announcement of its 2023-24 Teachers of the Year. Through votes of school staffs, one Teacher of the ...

A Marion High School junior recently earned the prestigious Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy for demonstrating proficiency in English and one or more other languages by high school gra...

With just over 1% of applicants receiving an award, the Gates Scholarship is one of the most prestigious scholarships awarded to high school students in the United States. This y...

NOTE: This is the second part of a story exploring how strong extracurricular programs impact the success of all aspects of the Marion School District. In the first part of t...

Brooklyn Slater, a junior at Marion High School, has been selected as a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders, to be held June 26-28, just outside Boston, on the Univ...

For the third consecutive year, the Marion School District has been honored with the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation from The NAMM Foundation for the district’s...