J. Sterling Morton High School West
in Berwyn, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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2400 Home Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402, USA Print route »
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J. Sterling Morton West High School (Morton West or JSM for short) is a four-year public high school in Berwyn, Illinois. It is a part of J. Sterling Morton High School District 201. In 1958, the school opened to 2,359 students. The building fronts along 2400 block of Home Ave. Constructed on former farmland, Morton West sported a state-of-the-art, two story campus style structure that has about nine wings designed to evenly distribute student traffic throughout the building. Morton West school is the second newest building in the district (the first being the Morton Freshmen Center built in 2004).The district and its schools are named after Julius Sterling Morton because he was friends with Cicero resident and fur trader Portus Baxter Weare.In the high school district students living west of Ridgeland Avenue are zoned to Morton West; areas west of Ridgeland Avenue include most of Berwyn, Forest View, Stickney, and Lyons.
