What: Meet and greet and coke floats with our new band director, Mr. Schweirjohn
When: Tuesday, July 26; 5-7pm
Where: High School Multipurpose room
Who: Current and former band members and anyone who thinks rhey might want to be in band.
Great job tonight Indians and Maidens! We are averaging 30+ athletes every night. Tribe Pride!
Morton Elementary School supply list for 2022-2023.
See you August 17!
We are currently experiencing a disruption in our phone service. We are working with our phone provider to fix the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience.
The Parent and Family Engagement Connection newsletter is available! Topics in this volume of the newsletter include: “Together We Can Make a Difference,” “How to Prevent Your Kids from Losing What They Learned in School During Summer Vacation" And so much more!
PFE Newsletter Website:
https://www.esc16.net/upload/page/4569/2022%204th%20Quarter/4th%20Quarter%20English.pdf
***Summer strength and conditioning*** June 27-30 wt room open from 8an-noon. July 5-7, July 11-14, July 20-21 summer strength and conditioning starts at 7pm. Please pass the word around, looking forward to a great turn out. Tribe Pride!!
Build Your Own Library!!
Baseball District Honors——1st Team Pitcher: Lane Lyon; 2nd Team Catcher: Cade Lyon; 1st Team Infield: Philip Mankin; DH: Xavier Ramon; Utility: Vicente Montoya
Congratulations!! Tribe Pride!
Healthy Summer Meals!
Throwing net is complete!!! Thank you VM!!
Looks GREAT!!! Thank you VM!!!
Love our kids!! Putting together our throwing net!! Tribe Pride!!
Another great day at football camp!!
Super excited about these guys!! Little Indians Football Camp is underway! Tribe Pride!!
Parents of Secondary Students (7-12), if your child must attend summer school, we will need to meet with you to fill out some paperwork. Please come with them the first day at 8:00am, drop them off at elementary and YOU please come to the multipurpose room at the high school. If that time is not convenient, please come to the high school today or tomorrow. Thank you.
Congrats to Morton High School Class of 2022!!
Please help us welcome Samantha Moorhead to Morton ISD!
Samantha is from Wellman, Texas. She will be teaching science at the high school and coaching cross country, track and junior high basketball! She will be coming to Morton with her fur babies Charlie and Major!
Due to high winds and possible storms, Junior High Awards will be postponed until tomorrow morning at 8:30am. No athletics, drop your students off at the multipurpose room. Parents are welcome to join us.
Thank you.
Morton ISD would also like to congratulate Lorenza Muro on her retirement! She has been employed with Morton for 13 years! We are grateful for Lorenza's years of service and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors!
Morton ISD would like to congratulate Mrs. Melanie Ridley and Mrs. Becky Cottrell on their retirement this year!
Mrs. Cottrell graduated from Angelo State University and received her master's from Midwestern State University. She began her teaching career in Tulia, where she was a 4th-grade teacher. From Tulie, Becky went to Breckenridge, and she was the 7th-grade math teacher.
After Breckenridge, Mrs. Cottrell went to Snyder. She was the 5th-grade teacher. Hico was her next stop, where Mrs. Cottrell was a 3rd-grade teacher. From Hico, she went to Electra and taught 3rd and 4th-grade. While at Electra, Mrs. Cottrell also served as the K-12 Counselor. Becky then went to Jacksboro, where she taught 7th-grade math and was the HS Counselor.
Mrs. Cottrell wrapped up her career back in Snyder as the JH Counselor before retiring for the first time! She came out of retirement to serve as our Elementary Counselor at Morton. At the end of this school year, she is retiring again!
Mrs. Ridley graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wayland Baptist University in 1983. She began her teaching career in Sweetwater ISD in August of 1983, where she remained until June 1987. While at Sweetwater, Melanie was a classroom teacher for Health, First Aid, Science, and English. She also served as the JH Volleyball, Basketball, Track, and Tennis coach and the JV Volleyball, Basketball, Cross Country, and Track coach.
After leaving Sweetwater, Mrs. Ridley returned to Olton ISD's high school alma mater. At Olton, Mrs. Ridley taught JH Health along with HS Speech Communication. At Olton, she was the JV Basketball and Track Coach and the Varsity Cross Country coach. From Olton, Mrs. Ridley moved to Plainview Christian Academy, where she was the HS English, Technology, Bible, and PE teacher and the Varsity Volleyball and Track coach.
Mrs. Ridley returned to Olton ISD in 2008, where she stayed until 2014. At Olton, she was the JH Tech Apps/Keyboarding teacher and K-5 and JH PE teacher during this stent. Melanie was the school Webmaster, District Technology Trainer, and the Varsity Track coach. From Olton, Mrs. Ridley spent one year at Idalou ISD. She was the HS English and Practical Writing and was the JH and Varsity Tennis coach.
Mrs. Ridley then joined the staff at Morton ISD in 2016. Since being here, she has served as the teacher for JH Tech Apps, JH Career Development, JH Reading Intervention, HS BIM 1, HS Professional Communications, HS Web Communication, and HS ComTechEd. She has been a District Technology Trainer, directed elementary technology lessons in Keyboarding and coding, and has been the District IT Assistant. Mrs. Ridley was also voted Teacher of the Year for the 2019-2020 school year!
Morton ISD is grateful for Mrs. Ridley's and Mrs. Cottrell's years of service and wishes them the best of luck in their future endeavors!
