Morton High School (Morton, Illinois)

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Morton High School
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Morton High School (Morton, Illinois)
Morton
,
Illinois

United States
Coordinates 40°36′42″N89°27′12″W / 40.61167°N 89.45333°W / 40.61167; -89.45333
Information
Type Public
Established1904
CEEB code 143-010
PrincipalDeidre Ripka [1]
Faculty64.22 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment959 [2]  (2018–19)
Student to teacher ratio14.93 [2]
Color(s)Cherry and gray    [3]
Team namePotters [3]
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.

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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. [4] 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. [5] [6] The high school also hosts a band invitational that ran for the thirteenth year in September, 2018. The band competes at the State of Illinois Invitational Marching Band Championship, where it has won Class 2A since 2005. 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. [7]

The band has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including: [8]

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.

Athletics

The school competes as a 2A team in the Illinois High School Association. Its team name is the Potters.

State titles

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References

  1. ↑ "Administration". Morton Community Unit School District 709. Retrieved March 9, 2021. .
  2. 1 2 3 "Morton High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Morton". School Directory. Indiana High School Association. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Morton High School Band website". Morton Community Unit School District 709. 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  5. ↑ Barwacz, Sarah (2009-01-18). "Marching into History". Central Illinois Proud. Nexstar Broadcasting . Retrieved 2009-01-20.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ Long, Blake (2009-01-20). "Morton band addresses rumors". Creve Coeur, Illinois: WHOI (TV). Archived from the original on 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  7. ↑ "St. Louis Super Regional Championship". BOA Marching Championships. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Bands, Morton. "Morton High School Marching Band". www.mortonbands.com. Morton Bands. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  9. ↑ bands.illinoisstate.edu http://bands.illinoisstate.edu/youth/festivals/ISU%202015%20finals%20Oct17.pdf . Retrieved 2 April 2016.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Morton High School Marching Band takes Class 2A title at Super Regionals; sets up for Grand Nationals". Courier Newspapers. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Team Titles". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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