Yearbook Photo Submissions

8th grade baby pics are due by February 19.

The yearbook staff also requests candid or portrait submissions from students in all grades by March 1, to help fill out our pages.

Please submit to: terrimiller@fayette.kyschools.us

Morton students take 2nd & 3rd place in 2021 MLK essay contest

Morton Middle seventh grader Jai Kapadia was runner-up and eighth grader Fernando Hislop placed third in the 2021 Unity Breakfast essay contest, whose theme was “Unity: In an Age of Uncertainty.” Their prizes were $300 and $100, respectively. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, which is going virtual because of COVID-19 restrictions, will air at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, on MeTV (18.2), Spectrum cable channel 186; and at 11 a.m. on WLEX-TV. 

Read their essays: Jai | Fernando 

The Alpha Beta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s Education Foundation sponsors the annual essay contest, which is open to all Fayette County middle schoolers. For questions, please email Kenneth Jones, director of educational activities.

(Posted Jan. 15, 2021)

Congratulations to Reflections winners!

YMCA basketball leagues forming

Online registration for YMCA basketball in Lexington will begin Jan. 18; it is open to all middle school students. The season starts Feb. 5 and runs through March 12. Games will be played on Friday nights. Register here or call Mr. Kendrick Adams at (859) 367-7357 for more information.

Boys basketball tryouts set 

Boys basketball tryouts will be held Jan. 18-19 and 22-23 (if necessary) in Morton's gym. Sixth and seventh graders will try out on the 18th, 19th, and 22nd from 5:30-7 p.m. and on the 23rd (if necessary) from 10:30 a.m. to noon.  Eighth graders will try out on the 18th, 19th, and 22nd from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and on the 23rd (if necessary) from noon to 1:30 p.m. KHSAA has told us there will be no sixth grade specific team. However, sixth graders should still tryout, as they may be able to make and play on the seventh grade team (B-Team).

Players will need a signed contract, current KHSAA physical, and a recent printout or screenshot of their grades from Infinite Campus (Documents can be found on the Boys Basketball “Athletics” webpage). If students do not have access to a printer or need help obtaining their most recent grades, please let Coach Kissack know.

For tryouts, players will need to enter on the Tates Creek side of the building (front door).  Players need to wear a mask upon entry and exit of the building, bring their own water bottle with enough water for the duration of the tryout, and come dressed and ready to go.  Players may carry their basketball shoes in and put those on in the gym, but there will be no locker room access to change or get dressed. 

Please contact Coach Dylan Kissack with any questions.