Kindergarten

Your kindergarten aged child will get a quality pre-school experience in the trusted and competent hands of the teachers in our Kindergarten system.

Contacts:

Guin Elementary & Kindergarten Principal -   
Tracy Brown  
(205) 468-3433

	Guin Elementary School

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Elementary

Small town doesn't have to mean small offerings in education.  Your youngster will thrive in the one-on-one atmosphere of our school systems.

For more detailed information regarding Guin Elementary please click on the button below for a printable PDF.  Please note, you will need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.

Contact:

Guin Elementary & Kindergarten Principal  
Tracy Brown  
(205) 468-3433

Website: http://ges.mcbe.net

MCES 2nd grade class shown enjoying their Reading Initiative area, in the shape of a dog-house.  Each classroom has its own unique reading area; some in the shape of a bus, a house, a train, etc.  The Reading Initiative program makes reading fun, and these kids love to read!  

Photos in and around Guin Elementary:

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High School

Marion County High School is noted for its high scores in the language fields and we have high percentages each year that routinely pass the high school graduation exam.  
The high school is very proud of it's large twin computer labs, housing approximately 55 computers which were purchased with the taxpayers dollars.  The community is very supportive of the educational system here in Guin.

We're also proud of our large, spacious library which not only serves the MCHS population, but is the community public library as well.  

MCHS is committed to striving for excellence.  We are dedicated to making MCHS an outstanding school.  

• Marion County HS Website

MCHS Photos: top L - MCHS exterior     top R - Band Hall & Gym bottom L - School & Community Public Library      bottom R - one of MCHS's two computer labs

Contact: 
MCHS Principal: Mr. Van Nelson
(205) 468.3377

Library:
School Librarian: Mrs. Margaret Massengil
Phone: 205.468.2544

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Other Choices

Alternative schooling ideas, out of the general public school tradition and on a smaller scale, are also available here in Marion County.

• Liberty Christian Academy
  Liberty Christian Academy is a local church operated, Bible based Christian school using the "School of Tomorrow" and "Abeka" curriculum.  The Academy has been in operation since 1977.

Contact: 
Principal:  James Curry
Administrator: Mark Maddox
(205) 468.3620
email: Mark Maddox
website: LCAGuin.com

• Winfield Career Link  
  
  A satellite center of the 
  North Alabama Skills Center

The North Alabama Skills Center (NASC), a member of the North Alabama Skills Training Consortium, is an agency within the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education. The Skills Center is funded through the federal (WIA) Workforce Investment  Act legislation via contract with the Workforce Development Division of Alabama's Department of Economic and Community Affairs. The principal officers of the organization are the elected members of the State Board of Education, the Chancellor of Post Secondary Education and the North Alabama Skills Center Director. The Alabama State Board of Education created the NASC by resolution, in 1978, to provide a comprehensive system of training and training related services to a selected target population. The center can trace its origin back to 1962, with the implementation of the Manpower Development and Training Act.
Listed as Winfield Career Link, this is a satellite center of the NASC's main office, located in Russellville, AL (Franklin Co).  

 
Services include:

• worker retraining for dislocated workers

• adults

• youths

• adult basic education (GED)

• basic computer skills

• pre-employment work maturity training

Contact: 

Instructor:  Dan Rayburn
Address: 1083 US Hwy. 43 - Winfield, AL  35594
 Phone: (205) 487.8147

Web Address: www.northalabamaskills.org

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Junior and Tech Colleges

For those not quite ready for a large university experience there are quality junior and community two-year colleges right in our neighborhood.  These schools also provide our communities with technical degree programs, nursing programs, and the opportunity for Adult Continuing Education classes and free classes for the Senior Citizens.

Area Community Colleges:

• Bevill State Community College
  (Hamilton, Fayette, and Sumiton)
  Contact: 
  Dean Musgrove - 205.921.3177
  Toll Free: 1.800.648.3271

• Northwest-Shoals Community College
  (Phil-Campbell and Muscle Shoals, AL)
  Contact: 
  256.331.6200
  Toll Free: 1.800.645.8967

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Colleges and Universities

Quality educational facilities are within a short radius of our community.  Depending upon you or your child's future career choices, from a noted "teachers" university, a noted Vet school, law school, or medical school, Alabama has it all.  We've also included in our brief listing of our state universities two Mississippi universities within close proximity which are also popular local choices for higher education. 

Universities within a 200 mile radius: 

• Auburn University
  (Auburn, AL)

• University of Alabama
  (Tuscaloosa, AL)

• UAB
  (University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL)

• University of North Alabama
  (Florence, AL)

• Birmingham Southern
  (Birmingham, AL)

• Judson
  (Marion, AL)

• Troy State
  (Troy, AL)

• University of Mississippi
  (Ole Miss in Oxford, MS)

• Mississippi State University
  (Starkville, MS)
  

Contact information is on each individual Website.

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Educational Stats

Want to see some real proof?  Check out our Educational Stats in PDF (Printable Document Format). We're happy for you to see our school statistics, for more information contact our BOE. 

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Board of Education 

A public message from our 
Superintendent of Education:

Contacts: 

Bravell Jackson - Superintendent of Schools
Email: MCBE
Phone: 205.921.3191
Office Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Address: 188 Winchester Drive - Hamilton, AL
Website: Marion County BOE

Alabama Department of Education Website, featuring Marion County statistics and contacts:

• Alabama Department of Edu
  

Printable PDF:

• Marion County School System Report Card

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Financial Statistics for Guin Edu.

The City of Guin began the 1% city sales tax for the schools on October 1, 1998.

The following is a total of the tax and interest that has been collected from October 1, 1998 through May 25, 2006.

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