2024 Scholarships to MHS Graduating Seniors

MHS Senior Scholarship winners presented at the MHS Honors, Leadership Recognition, and Scholarship Awards night held at the Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center, Monday, May 6, 2024.


MHS Scholarships:

The following scholarships, available to graduating Morton High School Seniors, are held at the Morton Community Foundation and are administered annually through the Morton High School counseling office in early March. If you feel you may qualify for one of the scholarships, you may pick up information, applications, etc. at MHS, in the counseling office.

 
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Kay Beth Jibben Bane
Memorial Scholarship - $
1000

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior
who will study music education in college


 
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Drew M. Cousins
Memorial Scholarship - $2,500

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior FOOTBALL PLAYER
WHO WILL BE ATTENDING COLLEGE THE FOLLOWING FALL.


 
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Kent Geiger Memorial
Coaches’ Impact Scholarship - $600

ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GIVEN TO AN MHS SENIOR WHO HAS PLAYED AT LEAST 2 YEARS
OF MORTON JFL FOOTBALL OR MYBA BASEBALL OR BOTH.


 
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Ethel Gerber
Memorial Scholarship - $1,600

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior with special consideration
to students planning to pursue a career in education


 
 

Myron and Laura Litwiller
Memorial Scholarship - $1,000

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior pursuing a career in education,
with preference given to students pursuing a special ed degree


 
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Renee Mahrt
Memorial Scholarship - $2,000

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior
who participated in girls track and/or cross country


 
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William E. and Betty L. McCormick
Memorial Scholarship - $1,000

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior
who comes from a single parent home


 
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Morton
Soccer Scholarship - $1,000

Annual scholarship given to an MHS
Senior boy or girl who played soccer


 
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Wayne L. Sampson
Memorial Educators’ Scholarship - $3,500

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior
PURSUING A CAREER IN EDUCATION


 
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Kelli S. Hendryx Memorial
Scholarship
(2 scholarships - $2,800 each)

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior
pursuing a career in either Physical, Occupational,
OR Speech Therapy, or Elementary Education


 
 

THE FIRST APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE ACCEPTED IN EARLY 2023 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FALL 2023!

Hero James O. Vernon Scholarship - $800

Annual scholarship given to an MHS Senior
pursuing a career in ENGINEERING AND WHO
HAS PARTICIPATED IN A MORTON CHESS CLUB


 
 

Eric Weber Pay it Forward Scholarship - $500

annual Scholarship for MHS Senior who emulateS
Eric Weber's generosity, and his pay-it-forward attitude


 
 

Continuing Excellence in Math Education
and Accounting Scholarship

(2 Scholarships - $875 each)

annual scholarships…one for a student pursuing a career in math education,
and one for a student pursuing an accounting degree.


OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS:

 
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Rewarding Resilience Dyslexia Scholarship - $1,000

The purpose of the Fund is to identify and support, with scholarship(s), the development of dyslexic students with outstanding future potential. An award is to be made annually from the fund, granting a scholarship to allow said student to attend a university, college, community college, vocational school, trade school, or technical training program. Said student must be either:

(1) a graduating senior at Morton High School (MHS), Morton, IL,

(2) a prior graduate from MHS,

(3) a student who is a resident of Morton, Illinois at the time that such student is expected to graduate from high school or that such student is expected to receive his/her high school graduation equivalent (e.g. a Morton resident who is a graduating senior at Peoria Notre Dame, Peoria Christian or any other current or future local area high school or who is a home schooled high school senior) or

(4) a student who was a resident of Morton, Illinois at the time that such student graduated from high school or that such student received his/her high school graduation equivalent (e.g. a student who was a Morton resident when he/she graduated from Peoria Notre Dame, Peoria Christian or any other current or future local area high school or who was a Morton resident when he/she graduated from high school as a home schooled student).


 
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Morton Lacrosse Club Scholarship - $1000

(Annual college scholarship established to assist deserving students who have participated in various MLC Lacrosse programs with college expenses and to encourage their participation as adults in community youth lacrosse programs.)


 
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Ilse Droell Memorial Women's Medical Career Scholarship
(2 scholarships - $1000 each)

(Annual scholarship given to a female Morton area resident pursuing a medical career)


 
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Garrett W. Mooberry Memorial Scholarship
(2 scholarships - $1800 each)

(Annual college scholarship for a Western Illinois University sophomore, junior, or senior student from Tazewell, Peoria, or Woodford County, pursuing a degree in Agriculture)


OSF ST FRANCIS COLLEGE OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS:

The following scholarships are held at the Morton Community Foundation, and are administered by the OSF Saint Francis College of Nursing Scholarship Office. TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, CLICK HERE, and then click on “College of Nursing Scholarships for Currently Enrolled Students”.

 
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Tari L. Cruse Memorial Nursing Scholarship - $1,200


The Tari L. Cruse Nursing Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Tari Louise Cruse as a tribute to her dedication, hard work and perseverance. She struggled with being a single parent. And she struggled to complete her nursing degree. But she overcame her many struggles and she persevered. She will be remembered as a nurse who made a permanent impact on those for whom she cared. Tari was known by her patients as a devoted, loving caretaker who loved her role as a nurse.

Criteria: Full-time enrollment, single parent.


 
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Chuck Tolly Memorial Nursing Scholarship - $1,350

This fund was started September of 2017 by Susan D Tolly in memory of her late husband, Chuck Tolly.. The primary purpose of the Fund shall be to make an annual scholarship grant from the fund in memory of Chuck to a qualified student who is interested in pursuing a career in critical care nursing from the OSF Saint Francis College of Nursing.