Marion High School (Kansas)

For similar named schools, see Marion High School (disambiguation).

Marion High School
Address
701 East Main Street [1] Marion, Kansas, 66861 United States
Coordinates	38°20′53″N 97°00′53″W / 38.3481°N 97.0146°W / 38.3481; -97.0146Coordinates: 38°20′53″N 97°00′53″W / 38.3481°N 97.0146°W / 38.3481; -97.0146
Information
School type	Public, High School
School board	Board Website
School district	USD 408 [2]
Superintendent	Lee Leiker [3]
CEEB Code	171915 [4]
Principal	Tod Gordon [5]
Athletic Director	Grant Thierolf [5]
Staff	27 [6]
Grades	9 to 12
Gender	coed
Campus type	rural
Color(s)	Red      Blue      White
Athletics	Class 3A [7], District 9 [8]
Athletics conference	Heart of America [5]
Mascot	Warrior
Communities served	Marion, Florence, Aulne, Eastshore, Canada
Website	www.usd408.com/mhs.html
W i k i p e d i a

Marion High School is a public secondary school in Marion, Kansas, USA. It is one of three schools operated by Unified School District 408, and is the sole high school in the district.

History

Academics

The high school is a member of T.E.E.N., a shared video teaching network, started in 1993, between five area high schools.^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11] The bond issue that financed the project also built a new auditorium on the Marion High School campus.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of high schools 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.^[12]

References

1. ^ GNIS entry for Marion High School; USGS; July 1, 1984.
2. ^ USD 408
3. ^ "Central Office of USD 408 Marion/Florence KS". letter. USD 408. 2009. http://www.usd408.com/CO/CentralOffice.html. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
4. ^ High School CEEB Code Search
5. ^ ^{a b c} "School Search - Marion HS". Kansas State High School Activities Association. http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/General/MoreSchoolInfo.cfm?ScNo=KSS0219. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
6. ^ "Marion High School Email Directory". Marion HS. 2009. http://www.usd408.com/MHSemails.html. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 
7. ^ KSHSAA School Classification List
8. ^ KSHSAA School District List
9. ^ T.E.E.N. video teaching network
10. ^ KSHSAA Football Class Size Assignments
11. ^ Marion USD 408 Sports and Aquatic Center; City of Marion.
12. ^ Standard Atlas of Marion County, Kansas; 1902. (Download eBook)

External links

	Schools portal
	Kansas portal
	Education portal

• Official school website
• USD 408, school district

State

• Kansas State Department Of Education, KSDE
• Kansas State High School Activities Association, KSHSAA

Maps

• Kansas School District Boundary Map, KSDE
• Marion City Map, KDOT
• Marion County Map, KDOT