Morton Junior High School News and Notes

Each week the counseling department will send out an article, podcast, or video designed to connect you with insights about technology, emotional health, or career pathways related to your teen. Click here to  learn more about the MJHS counseling team . Book Study: What Happened To You? Care-U is a platform filled with resources and reflection prompts for anyone doing the most rewarding, exhausting, joy-filled, and hard work of raising and caring for children. It is our intention to provide accessible content in a non-shaming and non-blaming manner. The Care-U podcast is an integral part of this mission. We are excited to expand our reach and offer another Care-U: 709 Community Book Study. We will use the book's content to cultivate an engaging, reflective discussion and walk alongside caregivers in our Morton CUSD 709 community. "What Happened to You?" written by Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey will be the tool we use to drive our discussions. We want to invite a convers...

Red Team Parents/Guardians,  First of all, thank you very much for your support and assistance back in September for our monthly “teacher appreciation” snacks!  It was greatly appreciated.  As I stated in my email back in the fall, we are asking one team each month to consider donating.  (Each team will be asked twice.)  For this month, we are again asking the 8th Grade’s Red Team parents. Please consider donating to this committee on January 12.   Here is the link to this month’s sign-up.   Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AA5AF2DAAFBC43-47965611-mjhs#/   Thanks! Chris Carter Principal