Community Corner

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Exercise Club
The focus of this club is to promote exercise and proper health practices among our students at MIS.  A session may include stretching, an activity such as jump roping or power walking, and discussing a health practice such as hand washing or the food pyramid.

Contact:
  
Mrs. Leanne Lavery         laveryl@mokena159.org    

Intramural Basketball
Intramural Basketball has 10 sessions in which the students learn fundamentals of basketball leading up to student games.  Each student will be on a team for the remaining intramural sessions.

Contact: Mrs. Shellie Neiheisel     neiheisels@mokena159.org

             Mrs. Leanne Lavery         laveryl@mokena159.org

The Launch Newspaper Team
Get the inside scoop on the events happening at MIS.  This club focuses on staff interviews, current events, entertainment reviews, and sports.  Like a regular newspaper, these positions need to be filled by a team of hard working, responsible journalists.

Contact: Mrs. Leanne Lavery         laveryl@mokena159.org  
             

          

Peer Mediation
The focus of this club trains students as mediators to create a peaceful school environment.  Students gain insight on how to deal with conflict differently.  The end result is a more peaceful school.

Contact: Mr. Mike McGreal     mcgrealm@mokena159.org

Rocket Readers
Rocket Readers is a Book Club at MIS open to fifth-grade students.  Each month, a different book will be read, discussed, and critiqued.  The goals of Rocket Readers are for students to read and understand different genres, to discuss and critique novels that are read, and to do small projects to go along with each book.

Contact: Mrs. Kim Klappauf    klappaufk@mokena159.org

Say No to Drugs
The focus of this club will be how to say no to drugs and building self-esteem.  A session will include a presentation, group discussion or project, followed by an activity period where students will participate in a group activity.

Contact: Miss Tiffany English     englisht@mokena159.org

             

Student Council
Student Council focuses on building a good school environment.  Student Council members perform many service oriented functions.  These include collecting items for less fortunate people, community based involvement, and working together to lend help at MIS.

Contact: Miss Megan Horsch     horschm@mokena159.org