Happy Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! We hear a lot about that one teacher who made an impact in someone’s life. Who was that teacher for you? Even if you didn’t go to Mokena 159, we want to hear about the best teacher you’ve ever had! #mokena159
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best teacher I ever had graphic
Let’s keep the love for Mokena 159 teachers and staff going with a virtual applause parade! Give our rockstar employees some love and leave a clapping emoji or GIF below! Let’s see how many we can get by the end of the day! #mokena159
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virtual applause parade graphic
Happy Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! Let’s celebrate our amazing staff and give them a shout out using the form here ➡️ https://forms.gle/XkWtfDNt1rTrCgNw5
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teacher and staff appreciation week graphic
Happy Administrative Professionals Day to our amazing office staff!
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administrative professionals day graphic
6th graders went to iFLY and learned about STEM careers, the design process, physics, and much more!
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students learning in a group
student in a helmet
Mrs. Huddlestun’s class wrote about how they can help the Earth! Check out their wise words!
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Earth Day display at MIS
Last week, 6th graders heard from a multitude of speakers about climate change and its relation to Earth Day!
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woman presenting to a class
man presenting to a class
woman presenting to a class
Ms. Hentsch's class celebrated Earth Day with an electronic choice board of 9 different activities to choose from!
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screenshot of family plan to reduce energy
screenshot of carbon footprint activity
screenshot of student Earth Day survey
MJHS held the 2nd annual GeoBee this week! Students battled hard with their geography knowledge and we are so impressed with everything they know! Congratulations to our winners: Tyler Rafa (1st), Thomas Hannigan (2nd), and Lillie Gunther (3rd)!
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students participating in geography bee
top 10 geography bee
students participating in geography bee
MES students are such great artists!
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student and her teacher wearing colorful paper hats
student showing off her artwork
Last week, our kindergarteners (and a team of volunteers and teachers) braved the wind for an egg hunt on the playground! 🥳🎉
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kids pose outside on the playground
kids looking for eggs outside
kids looking for eggs outside
kids looking for eggs outside
Congratulations to our staff who recently received tenure status! 🥳🥳
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list of staff who received tenure status
Check out some of Ms. Hentsch's 4th grade students’ southeast region landmark posters! This class has some very creative individuals!
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student posters
student poster
student poster
student poster
Nominations close next Friday! ⭐️ The Galaxy Award is a program to specially recognize the above and beyond accomplishments and/or contributions of Mokena 159 employees, students, parents & community members. The nomination form may be found here: https://bit.ly/3EzDAhZ
over 2 years ago, Mokena 159
galaxy award reminder
Mrs. Robbert's Kindergarten class found words hung throughout the commons so they could "write the room". The words were differentiated based on the skill the student was learning. Clipboards in hand, they got right to work!
over 2 years ago, Mokena 159
students showing off their work
students writing on colorful sheets of paper
students writing words on a clipboard
The second grades classes recently ended their March Madness activity: “Tournament of Books”! They read 16 books in March and voted for their favorites. The winner this year was “Tikki Tikki Tembo”!
over 2 years ago, Mokena 159
class smiling under bulletin board
March Madness of Books bulletin board
Mrs. Arduino’s 1st grade class is trying to hatch chicks with their good behavior! 🐣 To keep their egg warm, students need to make sure they sit on their bottoms and push in their chairs.  1st graders are hopeful their eggs will hatch with good behavior today!
over 2 years ago, Mokena 159
colored in paper egg on a chair
1st grade class decorating their paper eggs
sheet with instructions
colored in paper egg on a chair
MJHS hosted their first home track meet of the season on Monday! Way to go, runners!
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students racing on the track
students beginning a race
1st graders recently created time capsules they’ll open their senior year of high school: March 2033! Students wrote about their future career & favorite things & included a message to their future self. Parents sent pictures & a favorite toy to include in the time capsule!
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students filling their time capsule packet
students pose with their time capsule envelope
students pose with their time capsule envelope
Check out these creative monsters our 2nd grade friends created! What a fun way to practice what students have been learning in math!
over 2 years ago, Mokena 159
monster craft
monster craft
monster craft
monster craft