Ms. Hentsch's class celebrated Earth Day with an electronic choice board of 9 different activities to choose from!
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)!
MES students are such great artists!
Last week, our kindergarteners (and a team of volunteers and teachers) braved the wind for an egg hunt on the playground! 🥳🎉
Congratulations to our staff who recently received tenure status! 🥳🥳
Check out some of Ms. Hentsch's 4th grade students’ southeast region landmark posters! This class has some very creative individuals!
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
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!
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”!
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!
MJHS hosted their first home track meet of the season on Monday! Way to go, runners!
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!
Check out these creative monsters our 2nd grade friends created! What a fun way to practice what students have been learning in math!
MIS students helped with the Mokena Clean Up on Saturday! Thank you for helping keep our hometown clean! ☀️🙂
Congratulations to the MIS Big Deal Award recipients for March!
NJHS members helped the Mokena Lions Club fill 8,000 eggs with candy and small toys for their upcoming egg hunt on Saturday!
Congratulations to the MES Star Award winners for March! 🥳
Happy Assistant Principal Week to our wonderful assistant principals! We are so thankful for their commitment to excellence each and every day. Their dedication and hard work are what makes our schools great!
FLIP, FLOAT & FOLLOW!
Before break, Dave Benjamin from the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project come in and presented on water safety to MJHS and MIS.
This presentation was sponsored by the Matthew Kocher Foundation.
8th graders had a blast on the annual bowling field trip before spring break! 🎳
