Morton High School (Morton, Illinois)

This article is about the school in central Illinois. For the multi-campus school in suburban Chicago, see J. Sterling Morton High School District 201. For other schools with this name, see Morton High School.
Morton High School

Morton High School crest
Location
Morton, Illinois
United States
Coordinates 40°36′42″N 89°27′12″W / 40.61167°N 89.45333°W / 40.61167; -89.45333Coordinates: 40°36′42″N 89°27′12″W / 40.61167°N 89.45333°W / 40.61167; -89.45333
Information
Type Public
Established 1904
CEEB code 143-010
Principal Marjorie Johnson[1]
Faculty 70 (approximate)
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 970[1]
Team name Potters
Website http://mhs.morton709.org/

Morton High School is the four year public high school of Morton Community Unit School District 709 in Morton, Illinois. As of August 2008, the school had 970 students.[1]

Academics

As of 2006, the average class size was 220 students and the graduation rate was 96.4%.[2] Among MHS graduating seniors in the class of 2008, the average ACT score was 23.3.[1]

The faculty includes nearly 70 teachers, the majority of whom have attained master's degrees.

Band

The Morton High School marching band has become very well known regionally in recent years. The marching band website reports they have done well, both in local competitions and in national competitions sponsored by the Bands of America association.[3] The high school band was also invited to play at the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, becoming the first band in central Illinois history do so.[4][5] The high school also hosts a band invitational that ran for the ninth year in September, 2014. The band competes at the State of Illinois Invitational Marching Band Championship, where it has won Class 2A twelve years in a row. In 2010, the band placed 3rd in Class AA at the Bands of America Grand National Championships and advanced to national semifinals for the first time. In 2012, the band received the honor of being class 2A champions in the St. Louis Super Regional, and performed during halftime of a St. Louis Rams and Green Bay Packers game on October 21.

The band has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including:[6]

Math Team

The Morton High School Math Team won the 2012 State Math Championship at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign over the incumbent University of Chicago Lab School.

Campus

The building housing Morton High School was built in three stages between 1954 and 1976. Additionally, a 450-seat arts theater, the Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center, was built in 1997.

Girls' Basketball

The Morton High School Lady Potters have won IHSA Class 2A State Championships in two consecutive years: 2015 and 2016

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2008-2009 Morton High School Profile" (PDF). Morton Community Unit School District 709. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-02. Incorrectly labels statistics as "August 29, 2009".
  2. ↑ "Illinois School Report Card" (PDF). Morton Community Unit School District 709. 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Morton High School Band website". Morton Community Unit School District 709. 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  4. ↑ Barwacz, Sarah (2009-01-18). "Marching into History". Central Illinois Proud. Nexstar Broadcasting. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  5. ↑ Long, Blake (2009-01-20). "Morton band addresses rumors". Creve Coeur, Illinois: WHOI (TV). Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  6. ↑ Neavor, Jeff. "Morton High School Marching Band". www.mortonbands.com. Jeff Neavor. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ bands.illinoisstate.edu (PDF) http://bands.illinoisstate.edu/youth/festivals/ISU%202015%20finals%20Oct17.pdf. Retrieved 2 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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