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The Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats Girls Basketball team will travel to Scotland for the First Round of Region 4B Tournament. The game will start at 7 pm tonight. Admission prices are $6 for adults and $4 for students. These prices are set by the SDHSAA.
Livestream link: http://highlanders.liveticket.tv/
Good luck Bearcats!
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School Board petitions are due to the Business Manager office on Friday, February 23rd by 5:00 pm. The Business Manager will be out of the office all day on Tuesday, February 20th.
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Reminder this week is FFA week the rest of the weeks dress up days are:
Tuesday 02/20 Go hunting- Camo and Bright Orange
Wednesday 02/21 Morning chores- PJ Day
Thursday 02/22 FFA Pride-Blue and Gold
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UNOFFICIAL Region 4B GBB seedings as of Friday morning. Official brackets will be sent out after tonight's games. As of now, the Bearcats will play at Scotland on Monday, Feb. 19 at 7 pm. Admission is set by the SDHSAA: Adults $6 and Students $4.
Go Bearcats!
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The Bearcat Varsity Boys Basketball team will travel to Scotland on Saturday to participate in the Great Plains Conference Classic. The Bearcats will play Avon at 12:30. Below is a link to the livestream; it is a Pay-Per-View Link that costs $8. This helps cover costs associated with the event. Once you pay the $8 you will be able to watch all of the conference classic games scheduled for the day. Gate admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students. Conference passes will not be accepted as this is a fundraiser to cover costs of this event and other conference activities.
https://highlanders.liveticket.tv/
Good Luck Bearcats!
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In preschool, they have been studying about animals. This week they were talking about which animals make good pets, and what pets need to live. Yesterday the preschool class read the story, “ Gilbert goldfish wants a pet,” and then each student got to adopt their own goldfish.
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A fun sweet way to wrap up the 4th graders unit on fractions today.
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The Marion School District in cooperation with the Cornbelt Educational Cooperative and Head Start is please to announce a preschool screening for March 21, 2024 for all children ages of 3-5 years old. Please see the link for more information.
https://5il.co/2esmz
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The Bearcats will be on the road tonight to play the Alcester-Hudson Cubs in Alcester. Times are listed below in the poster!
Here is the link to watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/clGgWrNcivo?si=AnqrDRsJ6h-w8d4a
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Good morning, the Marion School Board approved the 2024-2025 school calendar at last evening's board meeting. It will also be linked to our website as well. Thank you!
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The Bearcat Varsity Girls and Boys Basketball teams will play the Scotland Highlanders tonight at Freeman Academy! Varsity Girls-6:15 Varsity Boys-7:30
You can watch the game live on this link-https://www.youtube.com/live/tjk8vzmZgGM?si=CZwm3T7RphFzLnxf
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On January 28th, Bearcat Cheerleaders held JR Bearcat camp for 24 JR Cheerleaders ranging from Preschool – 5th grade and 15 JH & Varsity Bearcat Cheerleaders. We enjoyed an indoor picnic, learned sideline cheers, had a special guest the Bearcat and learned a new dance to “Happy Dance” by Mercy Me. The dance was performed at halftime of the Marion/Freeman Academy vs Viborg/Hurley game on February 2nd.
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Here is a new Marion Minute...Hope everyone has had a great week! Have an even better weekend!
https://youtu.be/menEGjX5P14
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The Bearcat Varsity Girls Basketball team will travel to Andes Central on Saturday to participate in the Great Plains Conference Classic. The Lady Bearcats will play Corsica-Stickney at 11 am. Below is a link to the livestream; it is a Pay-Per-View Link that costs $8. This helps cover costs associated with the event. Once you pay the $8 you will be able to watch all of the conference classic games scheduled for the day.
https://acdc.liveticket.tv/
Good Luck Bearcats!
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The Marion FCCLA will offer Valentine's Day flowers, balloons, pop, and candy. Orders need to be sent to the school by February 9. All orders will be delivered by 3 pm on Valentine's Day.
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Cooperative Learning in Preschool!
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Congratulations to the Marion One Act cast, crew, and directors for an outstanding performance at the State One Act Competition in Brandon on February 1. Marion received eight Superior Acting Awards for their presentation of, "Elephant's Graveyard," by George Brant. Following are the actors receiving the Superior Award:
Harley Crooks - Strongman
Hadley Luke - Ballet Girl
Isabelle McConniel - Ringmaster
Emma McConniel - Engineer
Kallie Johnson - Trainer
Domani Butler - Hungry Townsperson
Karley Luke - Young Townsperson
Morgan Tieszen - Preacher
Other members of the One Act are Finley McConniel - Steam Shovel Operator, Caden Tieszen - Marshal, Jackson Donlan - Clown, Liz Piehl - Tour Manager, and Avary Thomas - Muddy Townsperson. Tech and Set personnel are Harli Ross - Student Director, Hayden Schmidt - Lights, Mylee Vietor - Spotlight, Turner Konda - Sound, Sarah Cremer - Make-up, Set and Prompts - Joelle Hawkey, Aaron Davis, Kailey Hernandez, and Mackenzie Hauck. Sarah Schanzenbach and Nicolle Timmerman direct Marion's One Act.
The attached photos are courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
©2024 SDPB | Aidan DeBoer.
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The livestream link for tonight's Boys Basketball Games against Viborg-Hurley in Marion can be found here:
https://youtube.com/live/UPOdRBK4ZvE?feature=share
Tonight's Lineup
5:00 - Boys C Game
6:15 - Boys JV
7:30 - Boys Varsity
The Little Bearcats Cheer will perform at halftime of the Varsity game.
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The Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats Boys Basketball team will host Viborg-Hurley on Friday, February 2nd in Marion. A "C" game will tip at 5 pm. Followed by JV at 6:15 and Varsity immediately after.
The Bearcats will travel to Flandreau Indian for a Basketball Double Header on Saturday, February 3rd. This will be Varsity Girls and Boys only (NO JV Games). Varsity Girls will play at 4 and Varsity Boys will follow.
Good luck Bearcats!
Due to sickness within the team, the Junior High Boys Basketball team will not travel to Centerville to play in the Great Plains Conference Tournament on Saturday. Players should hand their jersey to Coach Shape on Monday.
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Good morning. Just a couple of things to communicate:
— Conferences will be today from 2:30-8PM today.
—Book fair is taking place in the library during conferences.
— Please check lost and found. Items located on the bleachers by the stage
— Please make lunch payments with Amanda at the front table by the main office.
Finally, a huge good luck to the One Act cast, crew, and directors as they compete at the state tournament today!!