Morrill Jr/Sr High School

JH basketball in Bayard 3:00pm today will only be one game due to low numbers for Bayard. You must be on the list to get into the game. Good luck LIONS!!!!

Check out what our FFA officers are doing in our community and reaching the next generation of members! Thank you Star Herald for the great article! https://starherald.com/news/local/education/morrill-ffa-members-read-to-students/article_be8b5d87-0409-547e-8954-409fe9304569.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

Winter Royalty Dance will be this Saturday, January 30th at 8 pm in the High School Gym. Masks are required. The Coronation will be during halftime of the the Boy's Basketball on Friday against Crawford.

Boys game at home tonight will be at 6:00pm vs Sioux County. JH boys basketball on Thursday in Kimball will start at 3:00pm with both the B and A teams playing at the same time.

There has been a change to the PAC tournament on the boys side. Edgemont boys will not be participating in the tournament due to Covid issues. This will mean that tomorrow evening there will only be one game in Morrill. Morrill vs Sioux County the game time will be moved to 6:00pm.

BOE Meeting tonight is at 6:30 PM and will be located at 508 Jefferson Ave (Tri Community Preschool)Morrill, NE.

Report Cards have been mailed out as of today, January 12th. If you do not receive one in the next few weeks, please contact the office to ensure your mailing address is correct.

Driver's Education for second semester will begin on Monday, January 11th at 7 am. If you are interested in having your child take this course please call the school or email Mr. Sides at rick.sides@mpslions.org for enrollment.

We have had some adjustments to the schedule for the Sioux County Holiday tournament. One of the teams unfortunately had to withdraw from the tournament due to Covid issues. The schedule has been adjusted to the following- Monday we will play in Sioux County- 10:00am will be girls JV (4 quarters) followed by boys JV (2 quarters) followed by girls Varsity and boys Varsity. Tuesday we will play Crawford at home- 11:00am girls JV (4 quarters) followed by boys Varsity (12:30pm) followed by girls Varsity. (2:00pm)

Morrill Jr./Sr. High Christmas Concert information in the link below! https://www.mpslions.org/o/jr-and-sr-high/events/#event_6800124

Check out what Junior High Reading has been doing during their study of "The Christmas Carol" https://www.mpslions.org/article/365471

From Morrill-Mitchell FFA Facebook page and Ms. Wilke: We had our first District FFA contest virtually today. It was a large learning curve for all of us, but the kids powered through! Results are as follows: Ag Demo A - Luke Ott, Ryal Baldwin 7th Place - Red Ribbon Ag Demo B - Bernadette Pieper, Daniel Thomas, Bryce Hodsden, Tyler Keener 8th Place - Red Ribbon Creed Speaking - Kyndall Sprague 14th Place - Blue Ribbon Parliamentary Procedure - Paityn Homan, Libbie Schaefer, Brooklin Hess, Brandon Buckley, Jessica Wilkinson, Isaiah Waite DISTRICT RUNNER UP (2nd Place) STATE QUALIFIED Special shout-out to Mr. Peacock for proctoring our demonstration rooms and handling all of the IT leg work to make this possible for our students. Thank you to Julie Wilkinson and Amber Wilke for patiently working through all day zoom calls to judge events for us! Congratulations to all of our members! It has been a trying year to have practices and be prepared. I am so proud of each and every one of you for the hard work and dedication you give EVERY DAY!

Kimball is unable to play the basketball games this Saturday due to a Covid issue. Those games will be rescheduled to Monday January 11, 2021 same game times.

Unfortunately the JH high girls basketball game scheduled for tomorrow in Hemingford has been cancelled due to Covid concerns from Hemingford.

Happy Veteran's Day! We are so thankful for those have served for our freedom. Due to COVID, the MHS Student Council has put together a video honoring those who are and have served. Click the link below to see both the Elementary and High School celebrate and thank veterans for their service. Thank you again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlXxkcfipAY

The Junior High girls basketball game scheduled for tomorrow vs Hay Springs has been moved to December 10, 2020 at 4:00pm B game followed by A game at home as originally scheduled. This change is due to Hay Springs concern over the current Covid situation.

Reminder that Picture Retakes are Monday, November 9th! Thanks!

Tomorrow's Junior High Girls game in South east will start at 4:30pm with the B game. A game will follow. They will play in their elementary gym (bigger gym) Masks will be required at all times in the building for spectators.

There will be NO SCHOOL Monday, November 2nd for teacher comp day. There will also be NO SCHOOL Friday, November 6th for Teacher's Professional Development. Thanks!

Parents: For the safety of the public, teachers, and students MPS is changing parent/teacher conferences tonight and Thursday night to a remote format. Teachers will be available via phone call, ZOOM call or email during scheduled times of 3:00-8:00pm. WE will be sending report cards home with students today. Thank you for your understanding. If you have questions or need contact information for teachers, please call the school office.