J. Sterling Morton High School District 201

This article is about the high school district in suburban Chicago. For the high school in Central Illinois, see Morton High School (Morton, Illinois). For the Central Illinois district with that high school, see Morton Community Unit School District 709.

J. Sterling Morton High School District 201
Location
5801 W. Cermak Rd.
Cicero, Illinois
District information
TypePublic Secondary District
Established1890s
SuperintendentDr. Timothy Truesdale[1]
Students and staff
Enrollment7,945
ColorsMaroon, Gray and White
Other information
Websitewww.morton201.org

J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 is a school district headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, United States.[2] The district serves the town of Cicero, the city of Berwyn and the villages of Lyons, Stickney, and Forest View. A small section of McCook also lies within the district boundaries.[3] The school district is named after Julius Sterling Morton, Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture during his second term, who is best known for founding Arbor Day.[4] The district and its schools are named after Morton because he was friends with Cicero resident and fur trader Portus Baxter Weare.[5]

The district competes in Illinois High School Association athletics as a unified school with the shortened name "Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)".[6]

  1. ^ "Meet the Administrators / Superintendent".
  2. ^ "General Contact Information / Overview." J. Sterling Morton High School District 201. Retrieved on December 21, 2016. "District 201 Address: 5041 W. 31st. St., Cicero, IL 60804"
  3. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Cook County, IL Page 4." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Event Honors Originator of Arbor Day". Chicago Tribune. April 30, 1964. ProQuest 179456053. The seedlings were planted in memory of J. Sterling Morton, who originated Arbor Day in 1872 and for whom the high school district was named
  5. ^ Kay, Betty Carlson. Cicero: The First Suburb West (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0738507865, 9780738507866. p. 46.
  6. ^ "Berwyn-Cicero (Morton)". Bloomington, Illinois: Illinois High School Association. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014. This is a combined interscholastic program involving two separate high schools from the same school district: Cicero (Morton East) and Berwyn (Morton West).