Local Forecast:
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Click here to see pictures of the 1st grade Volcano project

Click here to see pictures
of the 5th grade field trip
to Springfield

MRSA 
Prevention Plan
For information about District 709’s proactive MRSA
prevention plan,
click here for the parent letter.

Click Here  for the latest Grundy Newsletter

Market Day Fundraiser
You can now place Market Day orders online.
Go to Market Day to create an account.

Favorite Links:
Clifford Kindergarten Web
Kindergarten Starfall
Math Magician 
ISAT Practice Sites
Lite Brite


MAP Testing
Students throughout the district are being assessed through
Measures of Academic Progress. For detailed information
regarding the MAP tests, please read the district
MAP Announcement.

Accolades
During the school year, the district Accolades program
recognizes and thanks individuals who make our district outstanding.
Each month a different group is identified for recognition. Throughout
March, please submit Accolades recognizing the district’s students.
Comments will appear the following month. Read February comments 
recognizing instructional aides.

Community Computer Classes
District 709 will again offer a series of computer classes
that are open to the community. All classes will be taught by
Rick Everetts from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in room 40 at Morton High School.
The seventh class in the series will meet Monday, April 28.  
Registration forms and the $5 registration fee may be returned
to the Morton Public Library.
Computer Class #7 Registration Form

Accelerated Reader
Links
AR Parent Letter
AR Log in


Great selection of children's stories.
Morton Library Tumblebooks

Grundy 6th graders just completed a unit on the Middle Ages.  The students designed and constructed castles as the final event for the unit.  The castles were then judged by other Grundy classes.  The first place winners were Reid B. (6F) and Kate B. (6B).  Second place honors went to Jake B. (6F) and Austin W. (6B).  Well done, 6th Graders!!!

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Students, Parents and Staff:
Click here for a free trial of World Book Online!


As warmer weather approaches, this is a great time to review our District 709 dress code:
Personal Appearance
If a style of dress or grooming becomes, or appears to become, disruptive to the educational process or constitutes a threat to the safety or health of students, it will not be permitted in school.  Furthermore, some types of dress are considered inappropriate when worn in school since they do not promote an educational atmosphere that is conducive to wholesome learning.  The way a student dresses reflects his/her attitude toward school and class work.  Students are expected to be neat, clean, and fully dressed in good taste at all times.
Examples of inappropriate dress include but are not limited to:

• Hats, caps, or head coverings of any kind
• Accessories with chains or spikes
• Sunglasses
• Tops which expose the midriff
• Tank tops of any kind
• Dresses with spaghetti straps
• Shorts, skirts, or dresses with hemlines above mid-thigh
• Spandex clothing
• Transparent clothing
• Mesh clothing
• Brief, immodest, or sexually suggestive clothing
• Clothing with any references to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex, obscenity, bigotry, superiority, violence, death, gangs, or the occult
• Undergarment exposure
• Heelys (shoes with built-in wheels)
  
  Outerwear (including but not limited to coats, jackets, and gloves) may not be worn in the classroom without the teacher’s permission.
  
  Shorts, skirts, and shorter dresses may not be worn during the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters of the school year (unless worn with tights). 
  
   Footwear must be worn at all times.
  
  Students who violate the personal appearance policy will be required to change clothes. 

Click here for the newly adopted 2008-2009 District school calendar




AR BookFinder offers Quick Search and Advanced Search. The Advanced Search allows you to search based on interest level, book level, topics, subtopics, fiction and nonfiction, and language.
From the Advanced Search, click on "Interest Level" (lower grades K-3, middle grades 4-8, or upper grades 9-12). Click on "2000 point scale." Enter your student's Lexile range reported on the MAP Student Progress Report. Click "Go."
You will receive a customized reading list of AR books.

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 Recycling Program

Help out our Schools' EXCITING INKJET AND TONER CARTRIDGE RECYCLING PROGRAM

WITH EACH ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL OF $500 WORTH OF CARTRIDGES WE COLLECT, WE RECEIVE AND ADDITIONAL $100 DONATION


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