Photo by Shelley Hanson Shey McGuire, West Virginia Education System facilitator and safety coordinator for Marshall County Schools, holds one of the pieces of metal used in the new NightLock system for doors at Glen Dale Elementary School

MOUNDSVILLE — Marshall County Schools’ students will soon be getting card-style report cards instead of single sheets of paper in the mail.

Assistant Superintendent Karen Klamut and Shey McGuire, West Virginia Education System facilitator and safety coordinator for the district, recently teamed up to revamp the report cards to make them look more professional and like report cards of the past.

McGuire presented examples of the new cards to Marshall County Board of Education members on Tuesday.

He said Klamut gathered the information needed from the educators and he went to work on his computer to reorganize the information into a tri-fold card made from legal-sized paper with information on each page.

The covers have a title, grade, school name and address, and a district logo. There is also a place to write the teacher’s and student’s names. Inside are headings for each subject and breakdowns of skills underneath and a place to insert grades. The child’s school mascot is also printed on an inside page. The back of the card includes space to report attendance, tardiness and comments from teachers.

McGuire said, next, he just needs to find the correct envelopes for the cards as they are a little bigger than a standard size business envelope.

McGuire said the district recently updated its parent portal to see students’ grades along with logos for the schools. And it seemed like a great time to make the report cards look like actual report cards. Previously they were just printed on a sheet of paper.

“It was something the schools could be proud of to hand out to students,” he said. “Hopefully it’s one more piece that makes the school experience that much better.”

Meanwhile, as part of his presentation, McGuire also updated the board on some new safety measures. For example, new NightLocks were installed on doors inside Glen Dale and Cameron elementary Sschools. The lock system includes a special piece of metal that can be inserted into a plate installed on the floor or the wall, depending on which direction the door swings. When not in use, the piece of metal is stored in a wall unit beside the door.

McGuire said the locks were necessary because it was quicker to get them installed than trying to replace all the doors as most of the door frames would need to be replaced as well.