MCCU employees donate money to Mar Lee School

According to a recent story in the Battle Creek Enquirer, the Marshall Community Credit Union has donated more than $650.00 to six schools in the Marshall area, including Mar Lee School. The donations were raised by MCCU staff members to thank schools for participating in the Credit Union's "CU In School" program.

Mar Lee School closes due to H1N1 flu on Monday and Tuesday, October 26 and 27

Due to excessive illness among the student body, Superintendent Bill LeTarte has closed Mar Lee school for the beginning of the week. All school activities for those days have been canceled. Students with questions about assignments due later in the week should contact their individual teachers.

Mar Lee Archery Camp

Dennis Patton recently shared his experiences with the Mar Lee Archery Camp during an interview for the "Big Buck Pole" television show (click here to watch).

Battle Creek Enquirer reports on field trip to local wildlife sanctuary

Mar Lee seventh graders will be including trips to the Voorhees wildlife sanctuary this year. Their first field trip was covered at length in the Battle Creek Enquirer. You can read the story here: Mar Lee 7th graders take to nature at sanctuary | battlecreekenquirer.com | The Enquirer

"Nearly 50 seventh-graders spread across the forest floor Monday morning, some sitting on logs and others on the ground. The sounds of trees rustling, feet crunching leaves on the ground and occasional whispering were all that could be heard as the students wrote in their notebooks...." Read the full article

Pancake Tent at County Fair Raises over $7000 for Class Trip

The Mar Lee 7th grade class raised $7,156.46 at the pancake breakfast tent at the Calhoun County fair in Marshall this year. The tent offered a menu of pancakes, sausage, eggs to order, grilled cheese, and egg sandwiches. The money goes towards the 7th grade's upcoming class trip to Washington, DC to learn about American democracy.

Service learning project adds to playground

On July 15th, students from Mar Lee's rising 7th grade joined in with parents and Mr. Henke (Middle School Social Studies) to create a new addition to the playground: the school's first gaga pit. "gaga," a form of dodgeball, is an informal game played in an enclosed area, typically a circle surrounded by a low wooden wall. Players try to tag other players "out" by batting a ball into their legs. Only the arms and upper body may touch the ball, and it may not be thrown.

Students perform to sold-out audiences

Middle school students in the Mar Lee Drama Club performed two one-act plays to an enthusiastic audience on Thursday and Friday evening, May 28th and 29th. After Hours featured a group of manikins who come alive after hours to defend their clothing store against burglars. Attack of the Giant Grasshoppers depicted the effects of a science fair gone horribly wrong.