Mokena School District 159

Congratulations to all of our Rocket Runners that ran the Gobbler Gauntlet through the New Lenox Park District on Saturday. We are proud of all of you!

Happy Education Support Professionals (ESP) Day! Today is a celebration in honor of ESPs who keep schools running and students safe, healthy, and ready to learn. Thank you!

Congratulations to our 7th Grade Girls' Basketball Team on being the Regional Champs! The Meteors won 43-25 to claim the title and move onto the Sectional Championship. The Sectional game will be played in Homer on Dec 4th at 6:30 p.m. Go Meteors!

The 7th grade girls basketball team claimed a win last night over Chicago Heights Middle School 38 to 8. They are headed back to Chicago Heights Middle School for the Regional championship today at 4:30! Let's go, Meteors! 💚🤍

The Mokena VFW will be collecting Toys for the local families in need through the Frankfort Township Food Pantry this Holiday Season. Unwrapped, new toys can be dropped off at The Mokena VFW on 19852 Wolf Road from 12:00-6:00 pm from November 19th – December 13th!

Yesterday was MES Kindness Day! To celebrate, Mrs. Arduino's first graders created bookmarks and passed out flowers! Students and staff wore pink in memory of Addy, took pictures as the "I" in "Kind", and talked about how they can show kindness to others.

Thank you to the Mokena Fire Department for teaching MES students all about fire safety!

Girls volleyball tryouts are almost here! 🏐

Ready Set Goal! 4th graders have been learning about goal setting as part of our Second Step SEL program. This week, they applied their knowledge about the goal setting process through a challenge to see how many cups each group could stack by only using rubber bands and string, not their hands! Each group set a 10 minute goal, created an action plan, checked their progress midway through, and reflected on how things went.

Today is Illinois School Board Members Day! Join us in thanking our seven Board members for their dedication of time and service to our students, staff, and community. #ThankABoardMember #IllinoisAssociationofSchoolBoards

We had a great time last night at our district ELL Family Festival! Thank you to all of our families that attended and to our ELL team that planned and put on the event!

1st graders are learning badminton! 🏸

Join the Mokena Miracles for the Santa’s Secret Workshop Crafter and Vendor Fair on Saturday, December 7 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at MES! *Cash only*

Parent/Teacher Conferences are happening Tuesday, November 26!

MIS Rocket Runners, lead by Ms. Horsch, completed a practice 5K on Thursday in preparation for running in the Gobbler Gauntlet on November 16. We are proud of our Rocket Runners for their hard work and look forward to watching them run on Saturday!

All three schools held assemblies yesterday to honor our veterans!

This week is School Psychologist Week! Thank you for all you do for our students!

Today MES students honored our heroes, our veterans, with an all-school assembly full of cards, speeches, poems, and patriotic songs! Thank you to Mrs. Arduino, Mr. Hippleheuser, and Ms. Schubbe for all of your dedication to helping our students celebrate our heroes! https://youtu.be/jO2sCdoJVEM?si=hGKfD-_oCuuD9wMe

Thank you to the amazing veterans we have on staff here at Mokena 159! 🇺🇸

Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸