🌳Kindergarteners had a special visit from the Morton Arboretum today! Our visitors brought a hands-on program to extend our ELA module that is all about trees. Students learned new facts about trees and looked closely at different leaves, seeds, and tree cookies (sliced tree trunks)! Thank you to the PTA for sponsoring this awesome experience for our students! 🌳
For some light-hearted fun celebrating Pi Day, 6th grade math students were given the option to memorize as many digits of pi as they could in one week. The winning student from each class got to pie their math teacher, Ms. Sievert or Mrs. Kolodziej, in the face. Chloe C. memorized the most this year for the whole grade level at a whopping 214 digits!
Third grade advanced learners in Mrs. Lauzze's classroom extended their learning by creating reference posters showing equivalent fractions through multiple models. They then had the opportunity to share their posters with their classmates!
Sixth grade scientists were able to collect samples from various places in their ponds and view the samples under the microscopes. They were able to see Drosophila (water fleas), many varieties of protists and algae, and even snail embryos!
🎵 Miss Payton's music time is always a highlight of the day when she visits Mrs. Frank/Ms. Flesher's class! 🎵
The Mokena School District 159 Board of Education has approved the 2026-2027 School Year Calendar. The calendar can be found on the district website at https://drive.google.com/file/d/10XU79esFWvZ8pJ-IhHGh0w-TVtgkoUdq/view or under the "Our District" dropdown on the mainpage.
Fourth grade students are learning about the Northeast Region of the United States in social studies. To demonstrate their learning, students created a digital comic strip that highlights life in this region using knowledge gained from their readings, population density maps, and classroom discussions.
We loved spotlighting our Kindergarten students and teachers at last night's Board of Education meeting. Students showcased their learning about different places that make up a neighborhood community and introductory map skills by sharing important places in Mokena, how these places help our town, and where they are located on an interactive map. Great work, Stars!
🚨 New lunch menu item alert! MES and MIS students will have a new menu item on Friday, March 27th... Mac and Cheese Bites! A served portion will include 5 bites. We hope you will give it a try! 🚨
First graders made their third grade buddies cards and bookmarks to wish them good luck with their state testing. How thoughtful and encouraging!
Friendly reminder that there is no school tomorrow due to the use of Mokena Junior High as an Election Day polling place.
The Mokena PTA would love your help in celebrating our amazing staff during teacher appreciation week in May! You can donate to help with their plans at https://bit.ly/159Teachers2026 !
🎨 Congratulations to our students who had their artwork on display at Lincoln-Way's Artfest on Saturday! 🎨
Registration for the Color Run is open! Visit https://bit.ly/PTAColorRun2026 to register today! Also, volunteers are needed for the event. Visit https://bit.ly/ColorRunVolunteers26 to volunteer!
Friday is the end of the 5Essentials Survey window. If you have not done so already, please take a few minutes to provide us your insights at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ . Thank you for helping us reach 20% completion rates at each school; we would love to have as many parent voices as possible in our data!
🎵 MIS bands and orchestra put on a wonderful performance last night! We are so impressed with the growth they have made as individual musicians and as ensembles! 🎵
Looking for a fun, family event this weekend? Head out to Lincoln-Way's Artworks Festival! The day is full of performances, workshops, demonstrations, and an art exhibit featuring some of our students' art pieces!
🏐 Congratulations to the 8th grade girls volleyball team as they beat Summit Hill in last night's regional game! Come cheer them on as they play Hickory Creek tonight at 4:30 at Martino Junior High in New Lenox! 🏐
Mokena School District offers a developmental screening for children ages 3-5 residing in district boundaries. The next screening date is April 15th at Mokena Elementary School. Call 708-342-4850 to schedule your child's screening!
We love to see our students making connections from the classroom! First grader Mia was visiting her grandparents in Door County this past weekend and when her grandma was reading the newspaper, Mia noticed this article about birds’ beaks and feet. She asked if she could have it to bring to school since the class has been learning so much about birds’ body parts as part of our ELA curriculum. Mia's whole class read the article together yesterday and they were so exited to hear so much familiar information about what they’ve already learned as well as some new facts. Thanks for sharing Mia and grandma!
