Tribe – The Student News Site of Morton Independent School District

Preparing for the Christmas Parade
December 20, 2019
Melody Joy Maldonado, For The Tribe
It’s the most wonderful time of the year here in Morton, Texas. Christmas lights, decorations in front yards, and Christmas music playing all around. The 12th of December...
Morton ISD Mobile App
December 3, 2019
Learn to use the new Morton ISD moblie App for your phone.
Football season recap
November 7, 2019
District games are often the most exciting games of the season. Everybody is fighting as hard as they possibly can to get into the playoffs. The first game of...
Students participate in drug awareness campaign
November 6, 2019
Hannah Mankin, for The Tribe
October is mostly about football, Homecoming, and breast cancer awareness. But, last week in Morton, students also participated in Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is...

Seven inducted into National Honor Society

November 1, 2019 • No Comments

Seven high school students were inducted into the National Honor Society on Monday in a ceremony in the Gym Foyer. Presiding over the ceremony was high school principal Regina Ingle. Students Senior Haleigh Guajardo, Juniors...

Indian Band makes the grade

Melody Maldonado, Editor

October 21, 2019 • No Comments

Saturday, October 19, 2019, marked one more history-making event for the Morton Indian Band. The band competed at the biennial UIL marching band contest. This contest was held at Lowry Field in Lubbock, Texas. The band members...

A time to play

Ann Hill, for The Tribe

May 17, 2019 • No Comments

The play day started early with each grade 3rd grade and up participating in track races. Then the grade levels rotated through stations with a potato sack race, tug of war, golf with plastic clubs, broad jumps, and an obstacle...

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Opinion

Are cell phones really all that bad?

Marissa Rodriguez, For The Tribe

December 20, 2019 • No Comments

In today’s day and age, technology is something that is always improving and advancing. There is a lot of technology and it makes it almost impossible to choose my favorite one to use, however, the one piece of technology...

Why I love Morton November 4, 2019
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Features

Forgotten History: The Murder of Juanita Kelly

Cheyenne Barnes, For The Tribe

February 19, 2020 • No Comments

By all accounts, twenty-one-year-old Juanita Kelly was a lively, beautiful, fun-loving young woman with big brown eyes, dark curly hair, dimples, and a “distinctly feminine” figure. Juanita had...