Morton Junior High School News and Notes

This was emailed to parents on Aug. 25, 2024: Parents / Guardians,  Our 12th annual Help-a-Thon has begun!  Hopefully you saw the envelope and paperwork given out on Friday! Again, participation is voluntary, but we hope you will consider this as this is our ONLY PTO fundraiser and it allows us to provide many great opportunities and resources for students.     As I mentioned at Thursday’s Meet the Teach night, we have a sponsorship opportunity for any business that would like to advertise on the back of our 600+ T-shirts.  The cost is $400 and can be paid via cash or check (made out to MJHS).      Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to participate. Or you can simply complete this form .   We are fortunate and grateful to have such supportive families.   Thank you! Chris Carter Principal

Hello MJHS Parents- School Picture Day is next Wednesday, August 21st.  All students will be photographed, as this is the picture that will be used for the yearbook.  If you would like to order prints/packages of your child's photo, please log-in to your account or create an account with  HR Imaging . To do this, please visit  shop.hrimaging.com   After you have created an account and logged in, your student's photos, both from school picture day and also from any athletics teams they participate in, will be loaded to your account. Picture Retake Day is scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th. Thank you!

Parents / Guardians, Welcome to the new school year!  We sincerely hope everyone has had great start to the new year.   Tomorrow’s  Meet the Teacher Night  is from 6:00-8:00.  Parents will follow their student’s daily schedule, giving each class 10 minutes so you can hear details from each teacher. We encourage everyone to bring their student's schedule.  We recommend using the PowerSchool App. If you need the schedule, please stop in the office, and we will gladly print one for you.   Everyone will start in the Kiln (new gym) at 6:00 for a few brief remarks and then move to their first hour class at 6:15.  No worries, we will not mark anyone tardy.   We hope to see you all there! Chris Carter Principal BTW - If you need to leave any medication at school, here is the  form  that needs to be filled out. 

Parents & Guardians,  Student schedules are in the process of being made visible online.  You should now be able to view schedules (and locker info) from a browser in PowerSchool.  We hope to have schedules visible through the PowerSchool App by the end of the day.  We are still making tweaks and changes so there are some schedules that will still be changed in the coming days.   Regarding the Registration process, please be sure to complete all eight sections and submit each one individually.  Mrs. Presley will reach out to you if you haven’t completed it fully.  Students are free to come in this week and “move-in” to their lockers and tour the halls to get a better feel of the building.  The building is open from 8:00-2:00.  (You can stop by the office if you need your locker info.) Fall orientation for incoming 7th Graders and new 8th Graders is on Monday, August 12 from 1:00-2:00. Please meet in the Kiln (new gym).  ...

This was emailed on July 23 at 4:45... Parents & Guardians, This is just a reminder that you can now begin the online registration process including paying fees.  All parents were assessed the Registration fee (which has been combined this year with the technology fee) and an Activity fee.  If your student is NOT playing a fall sport OR in a music class, you don’t have to pay the activity fee right now. But if your student is in a music class or playing a fall sport this year, you will need to pay the activity fee during the registration process. The activity fee is a one-time fee, regardless of the number of activities in which a student participates.      Below are the same links I included in my email earlier this month. Student Information (important dates, fees, yearbook info., school pictures., PTO) Registration Instructions   New Student Orientation (this is the same as what was shared previously) Sports physicals can be dropped off i...

Parent Email - Registration,  July, 2024 Subject:  Fall Student Registration now Open Parents -  I hope your summer has been restful and enjoyable. I realize school is still about a month away, but online registration will open on Monday, July 15.  All Morton 709 parents should receive an email from the district office by July 15 with details and instructions on how to register. Linked below is information containing important dates, registration information, supply list, fees, etc.  Registration instructions are also below. The third link is the information provided during the spring’s parent orientations.     Please be aware that Morton CUSD 709 had switched its payment platform from E-Funds to REVTRAK last summer.  Here are instructions .  Our annual Registration day is on Thursday, August 1 from 7:00am - 1:00pm. While it is not required to come into the building to complete the registration process, you certainly can if you pref...

Sent out on Friday, May 17, 2024 Parents / Guardians,  Attached is a flyer from the 8th Grade fun day committee.  Students are encouraged to wear socks and shoes…and sunscreen.    We are in need of some additional assistance and below is the signup.  Please consider donating!  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AA5AF2DAAFBC43-49702555-mjhs Also, if your student has a food allergy that would impact him/her eating Thursday’s lunch of a gondola sandwich, chips, cookie, water, please email me at chris.carter@mcusd709.org or call me at 309-284-5010.    In addition to the provided lunch from La Gondola, the following food trucks will be present (at the student’s expense):  Fire Foods Nachos, Rubi’s Brick Oven Pizza, and DeMarchi’s Espresso.   Thanks you to all the parents who have organized this day.  It is always an enjoyable time.   Chris Carter Principal