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GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT NEWS: Deadlines closing in for many scholarships

Posted: Dec 11, 2017 by Patricia Gibson, Communications Director

The MHS Guidance Department reminds seniors that application deadlines for many scholarships are coming up.

The winter break is a great time to review scholarships and complete / compile what you can. Then, when you get back after break, stop by the Guidance Department if you need records or any additional assistance!

>> Please click here and check out our Scholarships page and look for scholarships you are eligible for today!

MHS senior Kaylynn Scher named Lilly Scholarship winner

Posted: Dec 08, 2017 by Patricia Gibson, Communications Director

Congratulations to MHS senior Kaylynn Scher, who has been named a 2017 Lilly Endowment Scholarship winner!

The Lilly scholarship provides coverage for tuition and book fees for Indiana colleges/universities. The nomination and selection process for the Lilly Scholarship locally is handled by the Community Foundation of Grant County. Two scholarships are awarded in Grant County.

The scholarship recognizes academic success, along with leadership and civic involvement.

Kaylynn follows in the footsteps of several outstanding Giants from recent years, as this is the fifth year straight that a Marion High School student has won the Lilly Scholarship. (To see the full list, click here.)

MHS choir members to help spread holiday cheer

Posted: Dec 08, 2017 by Patricia Gibson, Communications Director

Members of Marion High School choral groups will be helping to make spirits bright this holiday season.

They will be caroling at Brookdale Assisted Living Center on Monday, Dec. 11, and at the VA Medical Center on Wednesday, Dec. 13.

We're proud of our talented choir students and their director, and we're pleased to see them share their talents with our community!

MHS JROTC Drill Team earns top finishes at U. of Toledo

Posted: Dec 04, 2017 by Patricia Gibson, Communications Director

In their first competition of the year, the Marion High School JROTC Drill team earned multiple top placements — including two first-place finishes — last weekend at the University of Toledo.

During drill team competitions, cadets perform precision drill movements under the watchful eye of Army drill sergeants. Saturday, in addition to the two top finishes, the Giants brought home pairs second- and third-place finishes as well.

“What a great start to our competitive season,” Command Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Jon Smith, the Giants’ Army instructor, said. “With nearly half the team being freshman, our performance showed that we have the depth and abilities for this and future years. I am proud of how our cadets performed. “

The Giants competed against eight other schools in multiple events, including:

Color guard (regulation)
Unarmed squad regulation drill
Armed squad regulation drill
Unarmed squad exhibition drill
Individual exhibition
Duet exhibition

The regulation events require the cadets to perform a specified routine mandated by the Army’s drill regulations. During exhibition events, cadets are free to develop their own routine, but it must last a specified length of time. During the competition, several drill sergeants and Senior ROTC cadets watch the movements of each cadet, looking for any minor infraction or mistake.

Cadet DJ Smith earned first place in the individual exhibition event, his highest finish ever in this category.

“As soon as they announced the second-place finisher, I knew I had won,” he said. “It felt great.”

Smith also partnered with Cadet Austen Robbins for a top finish in the duet exhibition category.

The Toledo competition also allowed teams composed of only first-year cadets to compete in the various events. The Giants’ first-year color guard team, composed of Hayleigh Cravens, Kaitlin Alcantar, Jessica Pickell, and Korbin Elliott, earned a third-place finish.

Other top finishes for the Giants were:

Second place, individual exhibition, Cadet Joseph O’Donnell
Second place, unarmed squad exhibition
Third place, veteran color guard

MHS JROTC instructor loses bet, will eat ‘world’s stinkiest fish’

Posted: Dec 01, 2017 by Patricia Gibson, Communications Director

Marion High School JROTC’s senior Army instructor lost a bet with his cadets, and now has to eat the world’s stinkiest fish.

Retired Lt. Col. David Farlow bet his Raider team that if they placed in the top five on any event during the JROTC Raider National Championship in November in Molena, Ga., he would eat surströmming, a Swedish canned fermented herring, said to be one of the strongest-smelling foods in the world.

The Giants’ all-female Raider team rose to the challenge, earning fifth place in the physical team test component of the national competition. So now, Farlow will eat the smelly fish in front of his team at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, in the JROTC Department at MHS.

“Leaders provide purpose, direction, and motivation,” Farlow said. “So to provide some motivation for the Raider Team, I agreed I’d eat that nasty stuff if they earned a top five placement. So now I have to pay up. Yuck!”

But Farlow is not alone. Fred Johnson, who volunteers as the Raiders’ assistant coach, will also join in.

“I will be sure to have a full stomach before I try to eat that stuff,” Johnson said. “I know whatever is in my belly will likely come up.”

There are multiple challenge videos on the internet showing people attempting to eat surströmming. The smell of the fish usually overcomes all who make the attempt.

“I want to be there so bad to see him (Farlow) try to eat the fish,” said Raider team member Hailey Teeguarden. “I may have to stay on the opposite side of the room to watch though.”

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