SMS Wins 2025 WV History Bowl

Pictured from left, front row: State Champions- Griffin Sturgill, Brady Barnhart, Drew Marling and Abby Allman. Back row from left: Coach Jeff Stephens, Colsen McCutcheon, Kabe Blake, Chloe Weekley, Izzie Dougherty and Coach Dan Gatts.

Sherrard Middle School West Virginia History Bowl Team 2 defeated Sherrard Middle School West Virginia History Bowl Team 1 by a score of 28 to 20 to capture this year’s…

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Sherrard Middle School Band Concert Date Released

The Sherrard Middle School Bands will present their spring concert, “Moonlit Dances & Other Melodies” on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 7:00 pm in the John Marshall High Center for Performing Arts. The show will feature the SMS Concert Bands, Rams of Steel and 5th grade bands from Center McMechen, Glen Dale, Hilltop and Sand Hill elementary schools.

The Sherrard Middle School Bands will present their spring concert, “Moonlit Dances & Other Melodies” on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 7:00 pm in the John Marshall High Center for…

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Middle School Robotics Teams to Compete for a World Championship

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The Moundsville Middle School Robotics team “The Return of Self-Destruct” and the Sherrard Middle School Robotics teams “Killer Frequency” and “Lil’ George” earned a spot at the VEX Robotics World…

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All-State Chorus Concert Features 22 MCS Students

The chorus members are pictured from left. Row 1: Trevor Richards (CES), Avery Oliver (CES), Jacquelyn Hart (HES), Aubrey Gatts (HES), Everett Aubrey (HES) and Sara Kelley (WLES). Row 2: Gabrielle Dantrassy (GDES), Madison Burke (GDES), Jolyn Updegraff (CMES), Shasta Francis (CMES), Sydney Mlodsik (SHES), Brielle McClelland (MMS), Kadence Crawford (MMS) and Adalyn Bell (MMS). Row 3: Skyelynn Duymich (SMS), Jayde Carpino (SMS), Morgan Cooper (SMS), Abigail Clark (WLES), Kailynn Wesley (CES), Maylee Bartsch (CES), Nathan Gomez (CES) and Jaxson Rine (WLES).

Choral students from Cameron Elementary, Center McMechen Elementary, Central Elementary, Glen Dale Elementary, Hilltop Elementary, Moundsville Middle, Sand Hill Elementary, Sherrard Middle and Washington Lands Elementary represented Marshall County Schools…

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MCS Strings Students Play at Concerts in Charleston

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Fifteen students from the Marshall County Strings Program participated in the annual West Virginia All-State Orchestras at the WVMEA In-Service Conference. Students from Moundsville Middle School, Sherrard Middle School and…

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2025 Young Writers Contest Winners Announced

The 2025 Marshall County Young Writers Contest winners list has been released. Each of the original stories will be printed in the 2025 Marshall County Young Writers Anthology. The student…

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Music In Our Schools Month Hits Milestone

Cutline: The Marshall County Schools Music educators are pictured with Dr. Haines. From left front row: Sue Lewicki, Leslie Tedesco, Dr. Shelby Haines, Tracey Filben and Kathy Fox. Middle row: Dawn Boyd, Laura Oswalt, Rachel Price (student teacher), Keenan Seditz, Eli Lambie, Christian Oliver, Julianna Perkowski (student teacher) and David Scherrick. Back row: Michael Murphy, Evan Williams, Stephen Oswalt, Joshua Garrett, Shaun Hancher, Justin Jones and Alex Talkowski. Not pictured: Ashley Elliott.

For 40 years, March has been designated by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) as Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM). The positive impact of music education in the…

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