The Morton School District #214 will conduct a Budget Hearing – Hearing to be held on April 17, 2017 at 6:00 pm in the Morton Jr/Sr High Lecture room during the regular board meeting. This meeting is open to the public and is to consider and adopt the Budget Extension for the Fiscal Year 2016-17. The public is encouraged to attend and will be afforded the opportunity to speak for or against said budget.
Due to the highway 7 closure the Morton School District will be providing school beginning on Monday, February 13th, at the Mineral Neighborhood Christian Center.
School will begin at 8:00 AM and end at 2:45 PM for all students in Mineral.
Lunch will be provided to all students during the road closure.
Transportation will be provided by bus for students who normally ride the bus. Bus pick-up and drop-off times will be different than normal. The first pick-up time will be at 6:51 am. Routes are posted on the District Website and Facebook page.
To contact the school site in Mineral during the school day you may call the church's phone number, 360-492-3491.
Reminder that there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 16th, 2017.
Reminder that Winter Break is from Monday, December 19th through December 30th. School resumes on Monday, January 2, 2017. I hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday season.
Morton Haunted Hallways is this Saturday from 7 to 9 pm hosted by the high school ASB. One non perishable food item to enter and supports local food bank. Who is going?
Several of our ES classrooms her at #MSD214 use Osmos to help kids learn, our Jr/Sr kids have created programs on them for the ES
Our State Supreme Court missed out on sending a clear message to our legislature about following the constitution, McCleary deserves action
Approximately 1/4 of all rural students represent non-white races http://www.tolerance.org/blog/appreciate-diversity-rural-places #MSD214
Here is a great site for classroom activities on diversity: https://www.teachervision.com/teacher-resources/printable/33631.html #MWP
When students learn about diversity they learn about others, and in turn learn more about themselves #MSD214
Why is diversity awareness important? It builds mutual respect. #MSD214
This month is diversity observance/awareness month for WA Schools #MSD214
Students who have a mentor growing up are more likely to graduate & enroll in college #SchoolEveryDay #MSD214
Reducing chronic absence takes commitment, collaboration & tailored approaches. Will you help? #SchoolEveryDay #MSD214
A school can have 95% daily attendance but still have 30% of students chronically absent #SchoolEveryDay #MSD214
Students lose 14 million school days to asthma each year
Students who are chronically absent in any year of HS are 7.4X more likely to drop out #SchoolEveryDay #MSD214
Low-income kids are 4X more likely than peers to be chronically absent & miss key lessons #SchoolEveryDay #MSD214
Students who miss too much school score lower on @NEAP tests in every state and city tested #SchoolEveryDay #MSD214
Nationally 1 in 10 kindergarten & 1st graders miss nearly a month of school each year #SchoolEveryDay #MSD214