Marlin Elementary School

CALLING ALL GRADUATING SENIORS AND FORMER MARLIN DRAGONS!
We want to see you one more time as we send you off in Dragon-style!
**Please arrive at 3:00 and park in the lot.**
❤️🎓🐉
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

Taylor England, one of our fantastic student teachers, has been recognized by the IU Outstanding Future Educators Award as one of the eight Honorable Mentions. Miss England is a real go-getter and has been doing great work with the third graders in Ms. Drews' classroom. Miss England is from Kokomo, IN and plans to continue her career in Indiana! Congratulations Miss England!

Andy Bishop, one of our outstanding Marlin student teachers, has been recognized by the IU Outstanding Future Educators Award as one of eight Honorable Mentions. During his time in Mrs. Barrow’s 4th grade classroom, Andy has made a meaningful and lasting impact on students. We are proud to have been part of his journey in education and wish him continued success as he begins his teaching career in a 5th grade classroom in Southern Indiana.

We awarded our 2025-2026 3rd Quarter Marlin Ambassador and Personal Best students and classes today! AMAZING JOB! Congratulations to all the student winners, Mrs. Barrow's class, and Ms. Drews' class!

Join us in congratulating our 2026 Teacher of the Year honorees! All were honored at our awards ceremony earlier this month.

Juli Fisher demonstrates exemplary instructional practices every day in her first grade classroom at Marlin Elementary through collaboration, project-based learning, direct instruction, and consistent expectations. She utilizes innovative strategies such as vertical spaces, math rotations, and strategic groupings based on data. She is a leader in the building's Project Based Learning initiative with an ongoing garden project where students actively participate alongside community partners — linking gardening to math and English Language Arts (ELA) while even sharing soup made from the garden's harvest with the Pre-K classroom. Her students regularly demonstrate strong reading growth, building a foundation that carries through to later assessments. 📖🌱

Mrs. Fisher serves as a leader in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, communicates with families through every channel available — ParentSquare, phone calls, written notes — and is a leader in the school’s implementation of Reveal Math. She advocates for students, collaborates with staff and families, and presses forward with initiatives that make a difference. As her nominator shared, "Her students demonstrate growth academically and they demonstrate growth personally — through self-monitoring and goal-setting." 💛🐉

Join us in congratulating each of our 2026 Student Excellence Award winners!

Jacob is a creative thinker and dedicated learner who brings curiosity and determination to every challenge at Marlin Elementary. 💡 In math, he regularly seeks out creative problem-solving approaches, and his ever-growing proficiency reflects his consistent effort and love of learning. Jacob’s talents extend well beyond math—he is also an outstanding and devoted reader, recognized as a leader among his peers in that area as well. 📚 Whether working with numbers or diving into a great book, Jacob approaches learning with enthusiasm and excellence. 🌟

Thank you to all future Pre-K and Kindergarten Dragons who visited Marlin tonight. We enjoyed meeting you and look forward to you joining us next school year. ❤️🐉❤️

Friday is our last day for Read-A-Thon. We will end with Read in Your Pajamas Day. Wear your favorite (school appropriate) pajamas!

It's Hats Off (or ON) to Reading Day! 🎩🧢👒

On Thursday, we will have Hats Off to Reading Day. Wear your favorite hat to school! 🎩👒🧢

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On Wednesday, Marlin Dragons will make book covers during Library. These covers will be from their favorite books. Be sure to ask to see the covers. 📘📙📗📕

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