Morrison CUSD 6

Congratulations to Shelby Veltrop on being named Illinois pacesetter athlete for the Quad Cities Area! Shelby works hard and has a great passion for the game! Hard work pays off and and it’s nice to see Shelby recognized for her dedication and success in girl’s basketball!

Kewanee Wethersfield has cancelled our high school girls basketball game scheduled for this Saturday at Wethersfield.

MHS Sophomores will be touring the Whiteside Area Career Center (WACC) in Sterling on Friday, January 27. Students will leave MHS at 8:10 and then return to MHS approximately 10:15 to continue with their school day.

Congratulations to Morrison High School’s Varsity Scholastic Bowl team for winning its match on Saturday, Jan. 21 against Oregon High School on WTVO-TV’s “Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl.” Morrison’s team consisted of Grace Onken, Lisa (Nara) Hardesty, Violet Mills, Zayden Boonstra, and Mark Cyphers. Excellent work, Morrison!

All Sophomores will be touring the Whiteside Area Career Center on Friday, January 27th during 1st-3rd periods.

MCUD #6 has the following positions open for the 2022-2023 school year.

Due to a scheduling issue for Stillman Valley on Tuesday 1-24-23 the high school wrestling meet will be held at Oregon High School with a 5:00 pm start time. We will still wrestle both West Carroll and Stillman Valley.

Crazy for a Cure week is coming up later this month. If you’d like to order a shirt, orders are being taken during both lunch periods at the high school or you can drop off an order to the high school office. Orders need to be submitted by the end of the day January 18th.

Reminder that tonight's high school girls basketball game versus Fulton has been cancelled.

The Softball Team Store is now open from 1/16-1/23. My Team Shop https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/NwQwBXAhRe?utm_source=flyer&utm_medium=pdf&utm_campaign=store_shop&utm_content=store_link

MJHS Yearbooks are now for sale! Order now until February 24th. The books are $24.00. Your junior high student received an order form in homeroom last week. Please have payment and order forms turned into the MJHS office. Thank You!

The high school girls basketball games with Fulton have been cancelled. There will not be a game next Tuesday. Fulton has cancelled all of there non conference games because not being able to field a varsity team. Unfortunately none of the numerous teams contacted to fill the spot had Jan 17th open or were already maxed out with their schedule in keeping with IHSA rules.

On Friday February 3, WACC will be hosting a Union Day for high school students to hear from six local union representatives regarding career opportunities with the various unions in northwestern Illinois. If your student is interested in attending please have them stop in the high school office to sign up.

Congratulations to all of the Morrison High School 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester Honor Roll students!

Congratulations to the varsity Scholastic Bowl team for winning all three of its matches in the Three Rivers Conference event at Mendota High School on Monday, January 9. Morrison defeated Mendota (240-220), Riverdale (290-200), and Orion (320-130). Morrison’s varsity team consisted of Dylan Anderson, Zayden Boonstra, Lisa (Nara) Hardesty, Violet Mills, Grace Onken, Evan Peddicord, and Blaine Williams. Well done, Morrison!

With the start of the 2nd Semester, here is a reminder to high school parents and students on how to access Parchment in order to send formal transcripts to schools.

Tomorrow night's high school girls basketball game with Newman has been adjusted due to Newman's low numbers. The Varsity game will start at 5:30 pm. Following the varsity game there will be a 15 minute running clock JV game.

Tomorrow night's high school boys basketball game at Erie has been adjusted. The F/S will play at 4:30 pm followed by a JV game and the varsity game to follow at approximately 7:15 pm.

This Wednesday, January 11, the high school freshmen, sophomore, and junior students will be taking the MAPs Winter Benchmark test. Senior students will be engaged in a workshop hosted by the Sauk Valley Chamber of Commerce where they will be learning about career pathways in various industries as well as the critical essential skills that employers are looking for. There will be several small group and large group activities for the students to participate in. Morrison students will not attend WACC on Wednesday and should plan on attending the scheduled activity dependent of their class status.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, 6th grade girls basketball practice for today has been canceled. 5th, 7th and 8th grade still have practice.