Morton High School

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This article is about the school in central Illinois. For the multi-campus school in suburban Chicago, see J. Sterling Morton High School District 201.

Location
Morton High School

Morton, Illinois, USA
Information
Principal	Dennis Johnson
Enrollment	1000 (approximate)
Faculty	70 (approximate)
Type	Public
Team name	Potters
Established	1904
Homepage	http://mhs.morton709.org/

Morton High School is the four year public high school in Morton Community Unit School District 709 in Morton, Illinois.

1 Academic record
2 Staff
3 Campus
4 Research
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Academic record

Morton High School served 967 students in the 2004-05 school year. The average class size is 23.6 students and the school has a graduation rate of 98.2%. The average ACT composite score for students of Morton High School was 22.4.

[edit] Staff

The faculty includes nearly 70 teachers, the majority of whom have attained master's degrees.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Campus

The building housing Morton High School was built in three stages between 1954 and 1976. Additionally, a 450-seat arts theater, Bertha Frank, was built in 1997.

[edit] Research

As of the 2006-2007 school year, many faculty members forbid students from using research from many popular websites such as Wikipedia. Students are also strongly discouraged from using any .com sites, as the teachers have decided that "...Dot com sites are commercial [sites] and are trying to sell you something. Much of the information may be inaccurate..." They normally prefer the use of .org and .edu domains. These decisions have been heavily criticized by many students.^[1]