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Students, Parents and Staff: Click here for a free trial of World Book Online!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Click here for information concerning Student Drug Testing Program for Extra-Curricular Activities - Morton High School
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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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 Special Education Department
The special education department of Morton CUSD 709 provides support to 421 students with disabilities. Each school is equipped with a speech therapist and numerous special education teachers.
Office of Special Education
Room 110 MJHS
225 E. Jackson
Morton, IL 61550
Phone: (309) 263-0522
Fax: (309) 284-5071
Director
Dana Ashby
Coordinator Jill Thornton
Secretaries
Diane Snyder
Carol Williams
School Psychologists
Bobbie Jennings – Serves the four elementary buildings
Pat Bradle – Serves the junior high and high school
Social Workers
Sandi Cross – Morton Junior High School
Emily Kelone - Morton High School Sandy Lambur - Jefferson School Jill Thornton – Lincoln School Faith Waterfield - Lettie Brown and Grundy Schools
Occupational Therapist
Julie Huelsmann
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Carie Dorn
ISBE Special Education Home Page
Links for Students with Special Needs |
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