Morris Elementary School District #54

Endurance Camp 2024 kicks off Monday, July 15th! All 5th-8th grade students from Morris and the surrounding areas are invited to come out and develop their physical and mental toughness with MCHS coaches and members of the 2023 State-qualifying Cross Country teams! See just how far and fast you can go this summer - see flyer for more details!

Meal Delivery Driver Needed!

WE ARE HIRING! Check our website (morris54.org, click on join our team) to see all of the available positions.

We all had a great time at our 4th annual Braves Booster Club Golf Outing. Beautiful weather and a great turnout for an amazing event that directly supports our athletics and activities at Morris Grade School. Thanks to all of our golfers and volunteers!

We all had a great time at our 4th annual Braves Booster Club Golf Outing. Beautiful weather and a great turnout for an amazing event that directly supports our athletics and activities at Morris Grade School. Thanks to all of our golfers and volunteers!

Thank you so, so much to all of the sponsors of the 4th annual Braves Booster Club Golf Outing. We greatly appreciate your support of our athletics and activities program!

~Children's Used Book Drive~ Drop Off at Grundy County Admin Building-1320 Union Street!! 📚💙

Below are the fall sport tryout dates for Morris Grade School Athletics. Please pay close attention to who each sport is open to. ALL UP-TO-DATE PHYSICALS MUST BE ON FILE WITH THE SCHOOL OR BROUGHT TO TRYOUTS! NO PHYSICAL, NO TRYOUT! Registration for all fall sports will open after tryouts! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to our athletic director, Matt Lafond @ mlafond@morris54.org. GO BRAVES!!

Morris Elementary Summer Breakfast

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The Braves Booster Club is still looking for donations for their upcoming Golf Outing! This is a great opportunity to support Morris Grade School Athletic/Activities and showcase your business. Please see the flyer for more information on what is needed. The donations can be dropped off at the school offices between 7am and 3pm (closed for lunch noon to 1pm) on Monday through Thursday. Please bring them in by June 6th. We appreciate your support!

For any runners that are going to be a part of the Morris Grade School Cross Country team next fall, here are some programs that are happening over the summer. This is a great opportunity to get your body and mind ready for the fall Cross Country season. Go Braves!! Endurance Camp - Endurance Camp 2024 registration is open! All incoming 5th-8th graders are welcome to come out and participate in a camp that helps them build up resilience, stamina, and toughness it takes to KEEP GOING! Camp will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursday from July 15th - August 1st. See attached flyer for more details, QR code for registration. Email Coach Blumberg (fblumberg@morrishs.org) with any questions! Morris Braves Cross Country - The Runnin' Braves take to the course on August 5th! All MGS, Saratoga, ICS, and Nettle Creek 5th-8th graders are invited to come out and run with the Braves for their 10th season this fall - no experience required! Registration opens late July/early August. See attached flyer for more details, QR code for registration. Email Coaches Ben Lawrence (blawrence@morris54.org) or Dawn Behrens (dbehrens@morris54.org) with any questions! Morris Braves 100 Mile Club - This summer, all MGS, Saratoga, ICS, and Nettle Creek students are invited to lace up, hit the trails, and become inaugural members of the Morris Braves 100 Mile Club! From Thursday 5/23/24 to Sunday 8/4/24, take on the challenge of running 100 total outdoor miles throughout the 74 days of summer! No matter if you're an experienced runner or just starting out, the Morris Braves 100 Mile Club is a great way to build self-discipline, set goals, and stay active! See attached flyer for more information. Email Coaches Ben Lawrence (blawrence@morris54.org) or Dawn Behrens (dbehrens@morris54.org) with any questions!

We are so proud of all of our preschool graduates! We hope you have an amazing summer. See you in August! 😎🍉🏝️#teachmorris

There will be an informational meeting for any incoming 6th-8th grade students and parents interested in being a part of the Morris Grade School Golf team next fall on Thursday may 23 @ 5:00 pm in the MGS Cafeteria. This is open to any 6th through 8th grade students who will be attending Nettle Creek School and Morris Grade School next school year. If your son or daughter plans on playing, please plan on attending! GO BRAVES!!

Thank you to the Morris Kiwanis Club for donating books to ALL K-5 students in Morris School Districts! We appreciate their support and donation to help our students kick off a Summer of Reading! #teachmorris

Braves Booster Club's 4th Annual Golf Outing is June 12, 2024! Please check out the information in the news article and consider donating to our event if you can. We are in need of the following: Prepared Gift Baskets Silent Auction Items Gift Cards (Any $ Amount) Bottles of Wine (Any $ Amount) for the Wine Pull Bottles of Whiskey (Any $ Amount) for the Whiskey Wall Prizes/Awards for Golfers or items to include in the Golfers Gift Bags (approx. 120 golfers) All proceeds directly benefit the Morris Grade School Athletics and Activity Programs. This is a great opportunity to showcase your business. No donation is too small, we appreciate your help in making our event a success! Contacts: Athletic Director, Matt Lafond : mlafond@morris54.org or Lisa Beeler: lbeeler@morris54.org Drop-off or Mail Items to: Morris Grade School at 2001 Dupont Ave. Morris, IL 60450

The Morris Grade School Track and Field team had an extremely successful trip down to East Peoria to compete in the IESA 3A State Track and Field championships over the weekend! We had two relay teams representing and here they are... 7th Grade Girls 4 x 100 Meter Relay consisting of Aniston Caputo, Cyncere Rucker, Cora Passerman, Brealyn Robinson and Makayla Needem finished with a time of 55.16 - GOOD FOR 10TH PLACE AND A NEW SCHOOL RECORD! 8th Grade Boys 4 x 100 Meter Relay consisting of Aiden Dean, Romero Zdanwic, Dominic Sallese, Kado Thanadabouth and Ryan Resar finished with a time of 48.04 - GOOD FOR 7TH PLACE! For our individual running events, we came home with some hardware... In the 7th Grade Girls 100 Meter, Aniston Caputo ran a time of 13.58 - GOOD FOR 14TH PLACE! She also competed in the 7th Grade Girls 200 Meter race and completed it with a time of 28.20 - GOOD FOR 17TH PLACE! In the 8th Grade Boys 800 Meter race, Ryan Resar came in with a time of 2:09.63 beating the school record in which he set last year - GOOD FOR 6TH PLACE! He also ran an amazing 8th Grade Boys 1600 Meter race with a time of 4:50.92, also beating his own school record - GOOD FOR A 5TH PLACE MEDAL!! The highlight of the weekend came during the throwing events for our two state champions! In the 8th Grade Boys Shot Put, Malachi Congo threw a ridiculous distance of 50 ft. 9.5 in. which was right behind the state record of 51 ft. 1 in. to bring home a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in the shot put event. In the 7th Grade Girls Discus, Aniston Caputo threw an unbelievable distance of 94 ft. 1 in. shattering her own state record of 85 ft. 11 in. that she threw last year as a 6th grader. In only two years, she has set two state records and brought home two STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS in the discus throw. We could not be prouder of all of our athletes that competed at every level this season. You represented Morris Grade School with so much pride! Of course, this couldn't have been possible if it weren't for our amazing coaching staff that put in countless hours to work with these amazing student-athletes! A very deserving THANK YOU to Coach Brad Guilinger, Coach Marcy Hood, Coach Ben Lawrence and Coach Dawn Behrens. GREAT SEASON MORRIS GRADE SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD!! GO BRAVES!!

Congratulations to Dr. Marie Stover, Morris Elementary School District #54 Assistant Superintendent, for her recognition and award of being one of those who excel by the Illinois State Board of Education. We're so thankful to have Dr. Stover on our team!

Good Luck to all of our Track & Field athletes at State this weekend!! #teachmorris #braves #track&field

Earlier this month Mrs. Lindenborn and some of our MGS 8th grade students went on a trip to Springfield, IL and St. Louis, MO. They had an opportunity to see the following areas/sites while on the trip: Capitol building (pictured) Lincoln's tomb Lincoln's Presidential Museum Lincoln's home Gateway Arch (pictured) Meramec Caverns Riverboat cruise of the Mississippi River St. Louis Zoo City Park Museum Hannibal Mo. Mark Twain home. (We read the novel in my class.) Mark Twain Cave (pictured)