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Students, Parents and Staff:
Click here for a free trial of World Book Online!
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Click here for information concerning Student Drug Testing Program for Extra-Curricular Activities - Morton High School
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Accolades
During the school year, the district Accolades program recognizes and thanks individuals who make our district outstanding. Each month a different group is identified for recognition. Throughout May, please submit Accolades recognizing the retirees, administrators and substitutes of District 709. Comments will appear the following month. Read April comments recognizing volunteers and parents.
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Accelerated Reader
All Morton District elementary schools and the junior high are now using a new web-based Accelerated Reader program. The following links will help parents become acquainted with the program.
AR - Elementary Parent Letter
AR - MJHS Parent Letter
AR Log in
AR BookFinder offers Quick Search and Advanced Search. The Advanced Search allows you to search based on interest level, book level, topics, subtopics, fiction and nonfiction, and language.
From the Advanced Search, click on "Interest Level" (lower grades K-3, middle grades 4-8, or upper grades 9-12). Click on "2000 point scale." Enter your student's Lexile range reported on the MAP Student Progress Report. Click "Go." You will receive a customized reading list of AR books.
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The Illinois Learning & Technology Purchasing Program (ILTPP) has established a Microsoft purchasing program for all Illinois K-12 teachers, staff, and students. These are licenses that students, faculty, and staff buy on their own and will personally own forever. In the past this group would have to pay $499 for Office Professional in local stores. Through this purchasing program, the same product costs less than $90. Parents and staff can literally save hundreds of dollars and obtain lifelong learning tools. All pricing and orders can be found at: http://www.cdwg.com/academic/store. From the menu on the site, choose K-12, United States, Illinois, Morton Community Unit School District 709, to see the software available.
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- 2007-2008 District Calendar
- 2008-2009 District Calendar
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Morton High School - Visit Website
Morton High School (MHS) is the home of the Potters and serves students in grades nine through 12. In addition to a full complement of academics and athletics, MHS undertakes much more to develop well-rounded students and citizens, including the Athletic Training Program, which gives students the opportunity to learn proper care of injuries, proper methods of taping to prevent injuries and simple principles of physical therapy. The U.S. Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C., which hosts juniors and seniors in student government and Camp Courageous, is a supportive and fun one-day camp for children ages 5 through 18 who have lost a loved one.
The Madrigal Singers spice up the holiday season with a taste of the British Isles. On campus, the Bertha Franks Performing Arts Center is the venue for many concerts, plays and other school and community presentations. Morton is the only public school system in the area with such a facility.
The MHS Band was the 1998, 1999, and 2001 Illinois Class 4A Colorguard Champion. It has several divisions, including the Marching Band, the Concert Band and Symphonic Band, the Pep Band, the Jazz Band, the Brass Ensemble and the Pit Orchestra. The band performs for ht school musical, Madrigal dinner and graduation ceremony. Band members also choose to participate in All-District, All-State Bands, throughout the year.
The Technical Preparation Committee at MHS works to help graduates who want to enter technical fields. For students who choose the vocational education track, the “2+2+2” program, operated in Cooperation with Illinois Central College and Caterpillar, Inc., is an exciting option. It allows students to take college and technical courses while working in their chosen field during the last two years of high school. There is a similar program for nursing that works in cooperation with area hospitals.
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