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Students, Parents and Staff:
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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
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

The district maintenance department assists with the upkeep of building and grounds at all seven of the district’s current facilities.  Along with the normal upkeep, repair and improvements, the maintenance department is assisting with a number of major projects.  These projects include:

·        Security entrances are being added at the high school, Jefferson and Brown. 

·        Ceiling and Lights on the 2nd floor at the junior high.

·        Science greenhouse at the high school.

·        Agricultural greenhouse at the high school.

·        Renovations at the new educational service center.

·        New ceilings and flooring in the main hall and south classrooms at the high school.

·        Removal and replacement of partition walls at Brown Elementary.

·        New hallway flooring at Lincoln Elementary.

·        Electrical upgrades to each of the buildings.

·        Air conditioning at each of the buildings.

District Maintenance Staff

John Brown             Director of Building and Grounds

Rodney Schock      Director of Maintenance/Life Safety

Larry Shafer             K-8 Building and Grounds Director

Scott Schoon           Maintenance Engineer/Life Safety

Steve Young             Asbestos Manager