North Marion High School (West Virginia)
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1 North Marion Drive Farmington, WV, Marion County 26571 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°30′39″N 80°18′4″W / 39.51083°N 80.30111°WCoordinates: 39°30′39″N 80°18′4″W / 39.51083°N 80.30111°W |
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| School type | Public coeducational |
| Motto | We come as strangers, we leave as friends. |
| Opened | 1979 |
| School district | Marion County |
| Superintendent | Gary Price |
| Principal | Russelle DeVito |
| Faculty | 53 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Age | 14 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 714 |
| Average class size | 25-30 |
| Campus type | Closed |
| Color(s) | Black & silver |
| Slogan | "Husky Pride" |
| Song | North Marion High School Alma Mater |
| Fight song | Fight Song |
| Athletics conference | Big Ten |
| Mascot | Husky |
| Nickname | Rachel Rowdies |
| Team name | 'Huskies' |
| Rival | Fairmont Senior High School |
| Yearbook | North Star |
| Feeder schools | Mannington Middle School Monongah Middle School Barrackville Middle School Fairview Middle School |
| Website | www |
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North Marion High School is a public Double A ("AA") high school in the U.S. state of West Virginia, with a current enrollment of 905 students.
North Marion High School is located approximately 4 miles from Farmington, West Virginia on US Route 250 north. While it is closer to the city of Mannington, West Virginia, and is often considered to be located in Rachel, West Virginia, the school mailing address is Farmington. Rachel is a small coal mining community located adjacent to the school, and is an unincorporated municipality.
North Marion High School is represented as "Grantville High School" in the popular alternative history novel 1632 by writer Eric Flint. The novel is set in the fictional town of Grantville, which is based on the real town and surroundings of Mannington.
North Marion High School was completed and opened in September, 1979, and, with over 1,600 students, was at the time one of the largest high schools in West Virginia. The school is a consolidated high school (grades 9 through 12) made up of four former high schools that closed in the consolidation: Barrackville, Monongah, Mannington and Fairview. Farmington High School, which closed in 1975 because of structural problems caused by mine subsidence, is often considered to be part of the consolidated group (even though it had been closed prior to the building of the new school). The four former high schools were converted to middle schools, with all four buildings remaining in current use. One of which, Mannington Middle is the oldest currently used school in West Virginia, opening in 1902.
North Marion students, teams and alumni are known as Huskies. The school colors are black and silver. The mascot and colors were chosen by the students of the various consolidated high schools in an election in the spring of 1979. For the first several years the students enjoyed an unofficial “Husky Lunch” consisting of a Moon pie and an RC Cola until outside vending was closed.
After completion of the original facility, the building process continued sporadically. A local group calling themselves the "ebbie Cutters" completed, with mostly volunteer labor and materials, the addition of a facilities building, football stadium, practice field and softball field. Without the work and efforts of the volunteers, many of the improvements of the school would not have been possible and the continued improvement of the grounds has become a source of community pride. The school continues to enjoy strong local fan and booster support. In 2014, turf was added to Husky Field. And a Track and Field track was built in 2015.
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