Class of ‘76 News: Marsha (Thomas) McCorkle was named to the 2021 Oak Hill High School Hall of Honor.
Marsha McCorkle is a lifelong resident of Oak Hill. Marsha is the daughter of Jodie and the late Ray Thomas, the wife of Paul McCorkle, and the mother of Tyson Swann.
Marsha graduated from Oak Hill High School in 1976 where she was a member of the National Honor Society; co-editor of the Oaks Window school newspaper; in the Oak Hill High School High School Marching Oaks band; and was on the homecoming court.
She graduated from Rio Grande College in 1980. She received a Master’s Degree from the University of Rio Grande in 1994. In March of 1981, Marsha began her teaching career at Blackfork School as a Learning Disabilities Tutor. Over the next 30 years, she was an Intervention Specialist at Blackfork, KW Lewis, Central, Oak View, and Oak Hill High School. She taught elementary, middle, and high school students.
Marsha retired in 2011. While working on her Master’s Degree, Marsha created an in-service program on teaching students with Attention Deficit Disorder and she also worked with Holzer Hospital to start a support group for parents of ADD children.
In 2012, Marsha helped start the Growing Oaks Food Program. This program provides food bags to students in need in the Oak Hill schools. The program currently provides food bags to approximately 300 Oak Hill students. Marsha was awarded the Ohio School Boards Association Outstanding Volunteer in 2013.
In 2014, she received the Community Service Award from the Masonic Grand Lodge of Ohio and the Hometown Heroes Award from Modern Woodmen Insurance. Marsha is a member of the Oak Hill Presbyterian Church, the Oak Hill Public Library Board, Festival of Flags, and Oaks United.
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