Morrison High School (Illinois)

Morrison High School
Image of Morrison High School building
Morrison High School Building
Address
643 Genesee Avenue
Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois 61270
USA
Coordinates 41°47′58″N 89°58′12″W / 41.79944°N 89.96995°W / 41.79944; -89.96995Coordinates: 41°47′58″N 89°58′12″W / 41.79944°N 89.96995°W / 41.79944; -89.96995
Information
Type Comprehensive Public High School
School district Morrison Community Unit School District 6
Principal Ms. Kay Harwood
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 358
Campus type Small city
Color(s)           Red, White
Athletics conference Three Rivers
Mascot Mustangs/Fillies
PSAE average 57%
Feeder schools Morrison Junior High School
Website Morrison High School Website

Morrison High School, or MHS, is a public four-year high school located at 643 Genesee Avenue in Morrison, Illinois, a small city of Whiteside County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. MHS is part of Morrison Community Unit School District 6, which serves the community of Morrison, and includes Morrison Junior High School, and Northside Elementary School, and Southside Elementary School.[1][2] The campus is 13 miles west of Sterling, Illinois. The school serves a mixed small city, village, and rural residential community. The school lies within the Sterling micropolitan statistical area.[3]

Academics

In 2009, Morrison High School did not make Adequate Yearly Progress, with 57% of students meeting standards, on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's average high school graduation rate between 1999-2009 was 93%.[4]

The school offers courses in the following academic departments:[5]

  • Math
  • English
  • Social Studies
  • Science
  • Business
  • Consumer Science
  • Art
  • Music (taught by Mr. Sutton, the BEST band director EVER!!!)
  • Industrial Arts
  • Physical Education
  • Foreign Language
  • Sweet Skateboard Tricks
  • Miscellaneous

Athletics

Morrison High School competes in the Three Rivers Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Mustangs (boys) and Fillies (girls).[2] The school has 4 state championships on record in team athletics or activities, Boys Track and Field in 2006 (3rd place) Boys Football in 2009-2010 and 2011-2012, and Girls Softball in 2010-2011.[6]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.morrisonschools.org/
  2. 1 2 "IHSA Morrison High School". IHSA. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  3. ↑ https://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/app2.pdf
  4. ↑ http://iirc.niu.edu/
  5. ↑ http://www.morrisonschools.org/high_school/10-11-COURSE.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D Morrison High School Course Description Handbook 2010-2011
  6. ↑ "IHSA Morrison High School Season Results Summary". IHSA. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
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