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Morrison High School (Illinois)

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Principal
  
Ms. Kay Harwood

Enrollment
  
358

Athletics conference
  
Three Rivers

Number of students
  
358

Color
  
Red, White

Grades
  
9–12

Campus type
  
Small city

Phone
  
+1 815-772-4071

Feeder school
  
Morrison Jr High School

Morrison High School (Illinois)

Type
  
Comprehensive Public High School

Address
  
643 Genesee Ave, Morrison, IL 61270, USA

District
  
Morrison Community Unit School District 6

Mascots
  
Mustangs/Fillies, 75pxMorrison High School Mascot

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. 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.

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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%.

The school offers courses in the following academic departments:

  • Math
  • English
  • Social Studies
  • Science
  • Business
  • Consumer Science
  • Art
  • Music
  • Industrial Arts
  • Physical Education
  • Foreign Language
  • 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). The school has 3 state championships on record in team athletics or activities, Boys Football in 2009-2010 and 2011-2012, and Girls Softball in 2010-2011.

    Notable alumni

  • John R. Huizenga, professor of chemistry and physics, participated in the Manhattan Project, elected to the National Academy of Sciences
  • References

    Morrison High School (Illinois) Wikipedia