Two kindergarten classes at Northside are still in need of Junior Achievement volunteers. If you are interested, please contact Monica Telschow monica.telschow@ja.org.
Students in Morrison High School’s Driver Education classes learned about the importance of automobile insurance and safe driving during a presentation from Country Financial representatives Michael Briscoe and Christina Wetzell on Monday, Feb. 27. Mrs. Wetzell, who oversees safety education and marketing for the Michael Briscoe Agency, shared a heartfelt reflection on the tragic 2019 crash that claimed the life of her 19-year-old daughter, Julia. Mr. Briscoe discussed insurance terminology for consumers, and he walked students through an activity to calculate how much liability insurance a particular driver needs based on his or her assets and earning potential. Thank you, Mr. Briscoe and Mrs. Wetzell, for sharing your insurance knowledge with students!
Each year, schools are required to give standardized tests to their students to measure how the students, schools, and districts are doing compared to others across the state. The results of the tests are used in a variety of ways including determining curriculum changes and supports needed to help students learn better. Below is the schedule for these assessments:
March 20 - 24 Junior High IAR Tests
April 3 - 6 Southside IAR Tests
April 12th - PSAT and SAT for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders
Last night MHS StuCo hosted February Fling. We had a fantastic turnout and the students had a great time. We'd like to give a huge shoutout to Trent Bush for his DJ services and keeping the dance floor full!! And a big thank you to all of our chaperones: Mr. Snider, Mrs. Snider, Mr. Ford, Mr. Bartoz, Mrs. Knie, Ms. Worrell, Ms. Deter, Mrs. Bechtel and Ms. Grim. Thank you for your help and your dance moves!
-MHS StuCo
Northside Elementary is currently accepting applications for a kindergarten teacher for the 2023-24 school year. If you are interested in the position, please apply here: https://www.applitrack.com/roe47/onlineapp/JobPostings/view.asp?FromAdmin=true&AppliTrackJobId=3891
There will be a HS softball parent meeting in the cafeteria on Monday, February 27th at 6pm.
Congratulations to Morrison High School’s Varsity Scholastic Bowl team for earning a fourth-place finish in the Masonic Sectional Tournament held at Prophetstown High School on Saturday, Feb. 18. Morrison’s team consisted of Mark Cyphers, Dylan Anderson, Lisa Hardesty, Violet Mills, and Blaine Williams.
The Varsity team will conclude the Three Rivers Conference season during a home competition on Thursday, Feb. 23; Morrison will play Kewanee HS and Hall HS. The Fr/Soph team will play two matches against Mendota HS. All matches on Feb. 23 will start at 5:00 p.m. Best wishes, Mustangs!
Northside and Southside Families: Scratch Cupcake orders were due today (2-21). No orders will be accepted after Friday, Feb 24 at 3pm.
The Morrison Track and Field webstore with Adcraft is now open. The track and field team would appreciate your support through purchasing and item or two. There are items that are simply Morrison Athletics so not everything is track and field. This is a fundraiser for us so your support would be appreciated.
Here is the link to browse:
www.adcraftwebstores.com/morrisontrackandfieldathletics2023
Thank you and happy shopping!!
Congratulations to Skylar Drolema for qualifying for the IHSA State Swim Meet in the 50 and 100 freestyle. The state meet will be this Friday and Saturday in Westmont.
High School Students: Sauk Valley Community College will be here for a visit in the cafeteria on February 21st during lunch periods
Due to poor road conditions for early tomorrow morning MCUD #6 will have a two hour delayed start tomorrow, Friday February 17, 2023. There will be NO morning PreK or WACC.
Given the forecasted snowfall and strong winds forecasted for the morning and through the day MCUD #6 will be closed on Thursday February 16, 2023. A make up date will be announced at a later date.
Junior and Sophomores parents! Your students have their forms for next year's courses. The WACC form is due this Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. If you have any questions, please let Ms. Streets know.
Happy National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day to our SRO Officer Dan Simmons. Thank you for all you do for the students and staff of the Morrison School District.
Congratulations to the Fillies varsity basketball team on its win over LeWin last night. They will play in the Regional Championship on Friday 2-17 at 7:00 pm. Gates will open at 6:00 pm. Good Luck ladies!!
The varsity boys basketball team will play in the IHSA quarterfinal game against East Dubuque Saturday 2-18 at 3:30 pm. The game will be hosted by East Dubuque.
The Varsity girls basketball team will play in the Regional Semi-Final game at Pearl City tomorrow evening. Tip-off against LeWin is set for 7:00 pm. Good Luck Fillies!!!
All students that were involved in this morning's bus incident have arrived safely at school. Thank you to the Whiteside County Sheriff's Department, Morrison Police Department, CGH, and Morrison Community Hospital for helping to ensure the safety of our students.
MHS will be hosting Landon Ballard (https://www.mwah.net/landonballard) on Thursday, Feb 16th. Landon was a member of the MWAH group that presented here years ago. He will be telling his story of substance abuse, recovery, and mental health awareness to the students and staff. We will run our assembly bell schedule which extends 7th period until 3:05. Seniors, you should make plans in advance to stay for the entire day on Thursday, Feb. 16th.