The Will County Regional Office of Education is hosting a Back-to-School event on August 1st in Manhattan. This event will feature free backpacks and school supples, generously donated by local businesses, to help ensure every child starts the year ready to learn!
Registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open! The system will be down from June 16th through July 14. Please log into your Skyward account to register your child(ren) for the next school year today! Visit https://sites.google.com/mokena159.org/enrollment-and-registration/home for more information!
MIS students had so much fun the last week of school celebrating the year's learning and friendships! Go Rockets!
The MES Carnival was a wonderful end-of-year event for our Stars! Rain or shine, students had so fun together!
MES students decorated hundreds of Kindness Rocks as a end-of-year activity with Mr. Hippleheuser. These rocks will continue to be hidden throughout Mokena over the summer. Head over to the "Mokena Rocks!" Facebook page for clues from Mr. H on where some may be hidden and to share your finds! Have you found any of our MES Kindness Rocks yet?
The annual MIS Kickball Tournament was a blast! Congratulations to the grade level champions:
🏆4th Grade: Mrs. Berndt's Class
🏆5th Grade: Mrs. Frainey's Class
Get ready for the 2025-2026 school year!
Congratulations to the eleven MIS multilingual students who reached language proficiency on the most recent administration of the ACCESS assessment! We are very proud of you and Ms. Al-Takriti for your hard work!
Registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open! The system will be down from June 16th through July 14. Please log into your Skyward account to register your child(ren) for the next school year today! Visit https://sites.google.com/mokena159.org/enrollment-and-registration/home for more information!
We recognized our retirees one final time at our End-of-Year Staff Celebration with a special speech from a colleague and a gift of appreciation from our District and Board of Education. Thank you again to each of these individuals who have given so much to our district over the years. We wish you all of the best as you are now officially retired!
School may have just gotten out for the summer, but please save the dates for our back-to-school events in August!
Thank you to Andy's Frozen Custard in Mokena for donating vanilla custard cups for all of our students and staff to enjoy the last week of school!
The Mokena Chamber of Commerce awarded the Teacher of the Year Awards to three teachers in Mokena School District 159. One award is given to a teacher at Mokena Elementary, Mokena Intermediate, and Mokena Junior High Schools. The awards are voted on by the students. Congratulations to the award recipients!
At our End-of-Year Staff Celebration, we recognized many staff members with Service Awards. Thank you to these recognized individuals for their commitment and dedication to our students and the Mokena SD 159 community!
Happy last day of school! It has been a great year! Enjoy your summer!
Thank you to the Mokena PTA for an amazing Color Run! It was a great way to wrap up the year as a community!
⚡ Issue 3 of "Mokena Moments" has been published! You can view the new issue in your email inbox or by visiting our website at: https://www.mokena159.org/page/district-newsletter . ⚡
Who's ready for the PTA's Color Run tonight?! We can't wait to see our families and students at this COLORIFIC event!
Congratulations to the class of 2025! We wish you all the best as you take your next steps into high school!
It's Graduation Day! We look forward to celebrating our 8th graders tonight at their graduation ceremony! Congratulations to our junior high class of 2025!
