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INFORMATION

ACADEMICS

State Accountability

Overall School Rating for Morton Elementary:
  • B (86)
Distinction Designations:
  • Academic Achievement in English Language Arts/Reading
  • Top 25 Percent: Comparative Academic Growth

TEA School Report Card:

House Bill 3:

PROGRAMS

  • Gifted and Talented
  • Pre-Kindergarten (PreK 4, PreK 4 Bilingual)

Morton Elementary

MISSION (What We Do)

We provide a nurturing learning environment with rigorous core, physical education, and fine arts curricula where our students have multiple opportunities to form positive relationships, embrace diversity, acquire everyday knowledge through hands-on experiences, collaborate and problem-solve with peers, take responsibility for their learning, build leadership skills, and continuously grow academically, socially, creatively, physically, and emotionally.

VISION (What We Want to Become)

We want to produce resilient, life-long learners with growth mindsets who effectively know how to use their unique talents and academic, social, and emotional skills to productively thrive as leaders, innovators, change agents, producers, designers, critical thinkers, and problem solvers in our diverse society.

History

Mr. Hubert Morton taught at Dunn Elementary for one year and was principal at Berry Elementary for 21 years. Mrs. Nora Morton taught at West Side Elementary for one year before teaching at Berry Elementary for four years.

Year Opened: 1977