Happy 100th day of school! Our students are 100 days smarter!
Yesterday Officer Tom started the five week session on safety with the first graders! Today’s focus was on when to call 911. He also gave them all the homework of learning their parent phone number and their address.
Tomorrow, January 16, will be an e-Learning Day due to the forecasted temperatures. Stay safe and warm!
Tomorrow, January 12, will be an E-Learning day due to the forecast inclement weather. Stay safe!
Tomorrow, January 12, will be an e-learning day due to the forecast inclement weather. Information on e-learning, including the schedule, may be found on our website at: https://www.mokena159.org/page/curriculum-instruction-documents.
Our first session of Kinderbuddies after winter break was SNOW much fun! ❄️☃️
Friendly reminder: tomorrow is an early dismissal day!
Our winter session of Chess Scholars starts next week and it is not too late to register. Beginner or experienced, this club is for you!
The flier has more information.
How exciting to have our very own MES Stars featured in last week's Illinois State Superintendent’s weekly message! We love to see the great things our students and teachers have done shared with educators across the state!
The Kids Heart Challenge kicked off at MES today! ❤️
Friendly reminder: school resumes tomorrow! See you soon! ☺️
7th graders are finishing up their ELA unit on "Brain Science." Students created a model of the brain based on the informational texts they read. Then, they used the model to observe the effects of Phineas Gage's accident on his brain, which was another informational text read.
At Wednesday's Board of Education Meeting, Mokena Junior High School students presented their projects from our Project Lead the Way exploratory STEM classes. We were very impressed with their design, coding, engineering, and public speaking skills.
Tinsel and Flurry are at it again!
MES students in Mrs. Barr's class created gingerbread houses last week!
6th graders in Dr. Albon's class have been working hard on their catapults! The 2nd annual catapult challenge is Friday!
Kindergarten students held a "Weather Expo" with their second grade buddies this week. Kindergarteners presented the writing they accomplished throughout their Weather Wonders ELA module. We are "snow' proud of their hard work!
Rocket Reward Winners were treated to some fun in the hamster balls at MIS! Great job to the student winners for your efforts in demonstrating our school wide expectations!
Join us for the winter concert tonight at MJHS!
Last week, the MJH Orchestra got to meet and rehearse their concert music with Mrs. Stacy Williams-Jackson, the Orchestra director from Lincoln-Way Central and West!
