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Spring Sports Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic After multiple conversations with the Arkansas Department of Health, the Governor’s Office, the Arkansas Department of Education and with the announcement of the closure of Arkansas schools through the end of the school year, all remaining AAA spring activities, state championships, AHSCA Coaches Clinic, and All-Star games have been cancelled. “Today’s heart wrenching decision is difficult for all members of the AAA family,” said Lance Taylor, AAA Executive Director. “We sympathize with the students, coaches, parents, and school communities, and especially our graduating seniors, but we recognize that the cancellations will allow our collective focus to remain where it is needed at this time – on the health and safety of all Arkansans. We all must come together to stop the spread.” The AAA will continue to receive guidance from the Arkansas Department of Health, the Governor’s Office, and the Arkansas Department of Education. The AAA wishes to thank them for their leadership during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Helping Your Student Prepare for AP Exams Join College Board on Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 pm ET to hear the head of the Advanced Placement program Trevor Packer share information about this year’s at-home AP Exams and how to help your child prepare. Click the link and add this to your calendar and plan join the webcast. https://globalmeet.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1302024&tp_key=73070ccd21&fbclid=IwAR0LvfElj9JAUop6ov06duKfdzLyLOaY0k88gYSn1gJliHGWIxx_r58ZDno

AAA Extends “Covid-19 Dead Period” For Schools Due to the continued spreading of the COVID-19, and after the announcement of the closure of Arkansas schools through the end of the school year, the AAA will extend the “Covid-19 Dead Period” for all AAA member schools through May 30, 2020. During this time, coaches shall be prohibited from engaging in any type of face to face contact whether it be practicing, training, weight lifting, tryouts, competition or travel. Further, school athletic facilities will be closed during this period. The AAA will work with the Department of Health, Department of Education, and the Governor's office later in May to announce plans following May 30. We continue to encourage coaches to use technology to keep up with their students during this tough time.

Attention current 6th graders: You are now going to select your courses for 7th grade. You will need to click the link and fill out the form with your parent/guardian. If you have any questions please email your new 7th grade counselor Mrs. Lisa Lovely at llovely@msd3.org. https://forms.gle/tEX13JCUpZjgiZir9

AGATE is an independent organization promoting excellence in education, particularly as it relates to gifted and talented children and youth in Arkansas. https://www.facebook.com/Arkansans-for-Gifted-and-Talented-Education-AGATE-266480970049510/

Ms. Patti Coleman can still be found each day at C/O keeping the front desk organized and up to date. You can find her in her yard in the afternoons enjoying the beautiful weather. She is practicing social distancing by waving to her neighbors as they pass by on the street.

Perkins Survey-Please take a moment to participate Marion Patriot Community: Marion School District has been working with other districts in our co-op area in efforts to create a survey to help us as we plan our Perkins activities going forward. Perkins federal funds help us maintain our career and technical classes that are offered at MHS and MJHS. Please take a minute to fill out the attached survey. Your input will help MSD create and focus our efforts towards offering desired classes to help our students as they enter college, technical education, the military and/or the workplace after graduation. Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-jJ25Ka2w8drkEivjJd7tFCTrEjtIz6nCjzMCu8JxXfLPtw/viewform Note: If the link does not go directly to the survey, copy and paste the link into your web browser. Thanks for you time and stay safe, Julie Coveny Federal Programs Director Marion School District 870-739-5100

Shout out to Gina Thompson making and donating facemask for the people who are delivering the school meals. She has two students at MST and one student in junior high.

MHS students, faculty, parents: Please send your best photos from throughout this school year to mhs2020photos@gmail.com as we will attempt to recap arguably the most unforgettable school year in MHS history. The email address will close at the end of the month, so don't delay!

It’s National Assistant Principal’s Week. Show your love to the wonderful men and women who love and care for their students. Post your message in the comments. ❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

It’s National Librarians Day! We have some pretty awesome librarians in the Marion School District. During this unusual time, you can count on your librarians to still provide you with many resources you can access at home. They miss you! Stay safe and healthy!! Go Pats! ❤️🤍💙❤️🤍💙

Starting Monday, April 6th, the delivery route has some changes. Please see the picture posted. Breakfast & Lunch will be handed out at the same time at the following up-dated locations and times. We will do our best to offer different options each day. In an effort to ensure that we have plenty of meals available, we would ask that you please try to arrive at the stop as close to possible as when the bus arrives. This will allow us time to have additional meals delivered to certain locations if we should run low. Thank you for your continued support in making this effort possible. All meals are available for kids 18 and under.

Patriot Parents: As of 5pm today, Friday, April 3rd, MSD will no longer accept requests for paper packets for days 1-10. All requests placed by 5pm will be honored. Next week we will be sending out information about the collection of packets for days 1-10 and our transition to Edmentum online offerings moving forward. Thank you for your patience as we continue to meet your child's educational needs.

Join the Boys and Girls club’s “Easter Egg Hunt”. Look at the flyer for information and click the link for the color page. https://mcusercontent.com/b45cd813d732f1e14a9c48a00/images/e618f985-c73f-49cd-9e0b-4dcb20dd0679.jpg

Attention Patriots: All athletic tryouts scheduled for April are postponed. This includes cheer, basketball, and volleyball. All efforts will be made to reschedule when deemed safe to do so. More information will be shared when available.

MSD Parents and Students, while school is closed due to COVID-19, the K-6 GT teachers are coming together to share with you GT enrichment to stretch your creativity and critical thinking! Many of these activities will be fun to do with the entire family! As you complete the activities, feel free to post pictures of your work, experiments, or creations! We miss you terribly, and hope you and your family are healthy and happy!!!! Ok......time to exercise our Brain!!!!! LIKE their page by clicking the link! https://www.facebook.com/TEAM-MSD-Gifted-and-Talented-108738350783418/

COVID-19 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FROM THE AAEA - they are in both English and Spanish https://www.theaaea.org/article/225233?org=aaea

POSTPONED: MSD Volleyball tryouts schedule for April 26-29 are postponed. The MSD Volleyball department will reschedule when it is safe to do so. More information will be shared when available. GO PATS!

POSTPONED: Athletic physicals scheduled for April 13-24 have been postponed. All efforts will be made to reschedule athletic physicals when it is deemed safe to do so. More information will be shared when available.

Hello Patriot Nation: In order for us to better serve you, we have established an AMI hotline. If you have any questions or if you are unable to access the digital copies and are in need of an AMI paper packet for days 1-5 or 6-10 call 901-504-6452. Thank you for your patience. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay calm. Go Patriots!