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Students, Parents and Staff:
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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



Information Systems is responsible for Morton Community Unit School District 709’s technology needs.  Services include network support, hardware support, software support, technology integration, professional development, and data services.  Most recently the network has upgraded to a SANS server and supports nearly 1,200 workstations in six different buildings.

The vision for the Information System department is set by a comprehensive technology plan.  This plan focuses on four main areas: Technology Deployment and Sustainability, Community Involvement, Curriculum and Instruction and Professional Development.  Each area includes specific goals for growth and improvement though 2009.

Click here to see the district technology plan.

Information Staff Members

Troy A. Teater Ed. D.     Director of Research and Information Systems
Patty Munson                Technology Coordinator - High School
Tony Crum                    Technology Coordinator - Junior High School
Bethany Witherell         Technology Coordinator - Elementary
Rhonda Stalter              Technology Coordinator - Elementary
Lauri VanDerVoorn       Technology Integration Specialist
Bernice Wells                Director of Data Processing
Lavern Harper               Coordinator of Curriculum Data