Morton Junior High School News and Notes

  Parents / Guardians -  Tomorrow is our first day of school!  Our renovations are nearly complete and our teachers are currently frantically getting moved-in! Students will participate in a building-wide orientation program and will be dismissed at 11:00.  Breakfast will be served, lunch will not. Students should NOT bring their binders, school supplies, or instruments.  They will NOT need any school supplies tomorrow.  Thursday is the first full day of school with Meet the Teacher Night from 6:00-8:00.  The program will begin in the gym with parents following their student’s schedules.  Your student’s schedule can be printed for you that evening if you are unable to find it on the PowerSchool App.   Here are a few reminders for the beginning of the year and some PTO information .  See everyone tomorrow! Chris Carter Principal

Parents and Guardians,  Tomorrow is in-person Registration from 7:00am-1:00pm. This is only required for students who are new to Morton 709 this year (meaning the student attended a different district in 2025-26 or was homeschooled).  This is optional for students who attended Morton Junior High School, Grundy, Brown, Jefferson, or Lincoln.  Students will be able to see their schedules via their PowerSchool access starting tomorrow morning.  If your student is transferring in from another district or was homeschooled, you will not be able to see your schedule until you complete the Registration process. Once the Registration process is completed, we will build the student’s schedule.    The building is NOT yet open for moving into lockers and touring.  Students will be able to do this beginning daily on Monday, August 3 from 7:30-2:30.   Our first PTO meeting in next Thursday, July 6 at 7:00 in the JH office Team Room (large conferen...

  Parents and Guardians,  Tomorrow is in-person Registration from 7:00am-1:00pm. This is only required for students who are new to Morton 709 this year (meaning the student attended a different district in 2025-26 or was homeschooled).  This is optional for students who attended Morton Junior High School, Grundy, Brown, Jefferson, or Lincoln.  Students will be able to see their scheduled via their PowerSchool access starting tomorro morning.  If your student is transferring in from another district or was homeschooled, you will not be able to see your schedule until you complete the Registration process. Once the Registration process is completed, we will build the student’s schedule.    The building is NOT yet open for moving into lockers and touring.  Students will be able to do this beginning daily on Monday, August 3 from 7:30-2:30.   Our first PTO meeting in next Thursday, July 6 at 7:00 in the JH office Team Room (large confer...

This was emailed on July 21: Hello Junior Potter Parents!  We wanted to remind parents that tryouts for fall sports begin next week. All student athletes must be registered through the MJHS athletics website and  have a valid IESA sports physical on file in the MJHS office in order to participate in tryouts. For golf only, students must be registered by Tuesday, July 28th at 3:30 pm because of course reservation policies.  To register, go to schools.snap.app/mortonjhs     The mandatory tryout/practice dates are as follows; further details can be found on the attached flyers.   SOFTBALL Tryouts : July 27th & July 28th GOLF Registration Deadline : Tuesday, July 28th 3:30 pm Tryouts :  Girls- July 30th & Boys- July 31st  BASEBALL Tryouts : August 3rd-5th CROSS COUNTRY Mandatory Practices : August 3rd-6th IESA Sports Physicals are valid for 13 months; school physicals are valid for 12 months. If you have any questions, please email Holly Levy...

 This summer update newsletter was emailed to parents on July 20, 2026.  C. Carter

Parents and Guardians, While the end of the year is quickly approaching, I wanted to make you aware of a concern we have with what we are observing lately in school.  We have started to experience students bringing caffeine pouches to school.  These pouches resemble nicotine pouches and are ingested in the same manner by placing them between the lip and gum.    While caffeine is not necessarily bad for students, we have obvious concerns with them ingesting high amounts of caffeine (anywhere between 25–200 mg of caffeine per pouch).  In addition, according to our student handbook, look-alike substances are prohibited, E.g., nicotine pouches are illegal and not permitted.   While these are legal for our students to purchase at local gas stations, they are not permitted in school. If a student has them, the pouches will be confiscated, and parents are free to pick them up from the office.  Beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13, students in posse...