Fire safety week! Thank you, Mokena Fire Department!
Our sixth-grade students are diving into the StudySync ELA curriculum!. They're exploring Red Scarf Girl or Hatchet with focused reading and note-taking through the CyberSandwich protocol, followed by lively classroom discussions.
The grand finale? A comparative essay to showcase their learning. It's amazing to see our young scholars developing critical thinking and writing skills while enjoying great literature! #MeetThoseStandards
Mokena School District 159 has begun searching for a new Superintendent to start July 1, 2025. The Board of Education would like your input through a community survey that is open until October 4th at Noon. Please go to: https://bit.ly/mokena159suptsurvey .
More information about the search can be found at: https://www.mokena159.org/article/1775521 .
The 6th grade girls basketball season has begun! We can't wait to watch them play! 🏀
Dine and Donate tonight at Aurelio's to support MES Student Council!
MJHS students are gettin' their groove on in music! 🎸🎶
Thank you to everyone who attended the bench dedication at MES for Addy. 🦋🦋
The first day of MES Walking Club was a huge success last week!
More Kinderbuddies pictures from last week!
Mrs. Berndt's class at MIS has been working on having a growth mindset and wrote down their goals for this school year!
That first day of Kinderbuddies feeling 😍
Friendly reminder: tomorrow is an early dismissal day!
MES students and teachers began their first Second Step lesson of the school year this week. Unit 1 is all about growth mindset and goal setting! Kindergarten and 1st graders learned about behaviors that help them pay attention. 2nd graders learned about ways to get better at a skill. 3rd graders learned about what happens to their brain when they learn something new. Great work, Stars! ⭐
Congratulations, Johanna! She tied for 29th out of 41 girls at IESA sectionals at Lincoln Oaks Golf Course in yesterday. Thank you, Coaches Alvey and Shaugnessey, for all your positivity and encouragement!
Pac Man tag in PE at MES!
Looking for an opportunity to make a difference? We're always hiring great bus drivers! Apply here ➡️ https://mokena159.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=135
Over the summer, the MIS library had a refresh, complete with paint and new carpeting! A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Spasojevic and Mrs. Stojak for all of their hours of work to preparing the library for the students. We can't wait for it to open on Tuesday!
Our 6th graders in A205 kicked off ELA with a bang!
First up: Frayer Models got students thinking creatively about themselves. Then, budding journalists interviewed classmates to uncover hidden talents and fun facts and wrote descriptive paragraphs.
The real showstopper? Using Padlet and an AI drawing tool called "I can't draw" to create unique profiles of their peers. Students transformed those descriptive paragraphs into funny and unique profiles of their friends.
See you tonight at MJHS!
First graders read "Our Class is a Family" and then created beautiful drawings!
