Marion High School is a public high school in Marion, Kansas, USA. It is one of three schools operated by Marion USD 408, and is the sole high school in the district.
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The high school is a member of T.E.E.N., a shared video teaching network, started in 1993, between five area high schools. The high school has a library for student access.
Extracurricular activities
Sports
The Marion High School mascot is a Warrior. All high school athletic and non-athletic competition is overseen by the Kansas State High School Activities Association. For 2010/2011 seasons, the football team competes as Class 3A. Recently the City of Marion and Unified School District 408 jointly build a gymnasium and indoor swimming pool. Located just south of Marion Elementary School, the pool is open all year round and the gym features a walking track above a sunken gymnasium floor. The bond issue that financed the project also built a new auditorium on the Marion High School campus.
Notable people
- Randolph Carpenter, U.S. Representative from Kansas and a U.S. Army World War I veteran.
- William M. Runyan, preacher, songwriter who composed Great Is Thy Faithfulness
See also
- List of high schools in Kansas
- List of unified school districts in Kansas
Further reading
- The Early Schools Of Marion County, Kansas; Wilma Stewart Stallwitz; Located at Peabody Township Library; 33 pages; November 11, 1960.
- Marion County Kansas - Past and Present; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House in Hillsboro, KS; LCCN 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972.
- Standard Atlas of Marion County, Kansas; Geo A. Ogle & Co; 1902.
References
External links
- Official Website
- USD 408, school district
- USD 408 School District Boundary Map, KDOT
- Marion City Map, KDOT