MES Teacher Mr. Steve Hippleheuser was recently recognized by the American Heart Association for his leadership in raising $527,000 over the 21 years he has led the Kids Heart Challenge at the school. You can learn more about Mr. H's recognition and contributions at https://www.mokena159.org/article/2721442 .
about 4 hours ago, Mokena School District 159
about 23 hours ago, Mokena School District 159
Students in Mrs. Frank/Ms. Flesher's classroom enjoyed an awesome field trip this past week! Everyone had a lot of fun together trying out the swings, trampolines, and indoor play structures!
2 days ago, Kristin Johnson
Throwback vibes were in full swing at our Junior High Retro Decades Party tonight! From totally rad ‘80s neon to iconic ‘90s flannels, our students showed up in style and brought the energy to match! Thank you to the PTA for sponsoring this groovy event!
3 days ago, Mokena School District 159
Here are our Week 3 5Essentials Parent Survey completion rates! In order to receive a school report with the results, we need at least a 20% participation rate. Visit
https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey to begin. Please remember to fill a survey out for each school your children attend.
3 days ago, Mokena School District 159
2nd grade students in Ms. Lagunas's class proudly shared their knowledge, posters, and songs about the 50 states with parent and family visitors today! Great work, Stars!
3 days ago, Mokena School District 159
3 days ago, Mokena School District 159
At the February Board of Education Meeting, the results of the district's efforts to support our country's veterans were presented to the Board and community by two of our teachers, Mrs. Arduino and Ms. Green. We are proud to announce that MES and MJHS raised $3171 towards Honor Flight, which will fund two veterans to embark on a special trip to Washington DC and MIS raised $721 towards the Wounded Warrior Project. Thank you to our students, families, and community for supporting these impactful projects!
3 days ago, Mokena School District 159
We are looking forward to the many PTA sponsored events taking place this spring. Here is a list of events with sign-up QR codes for all of the fun that is to come!
4 days ago, Mokena School District 159
At last night's Board of Education meeting, seven 1st grade students shared each classroom's riddle they wrote after interviewing someone who works in the school. This activity was part of their Social Studies unit "Who Works in Your School?" The riddles included clues about the person's job including skills needed to do the job and information about how the person's job helps the school. Our Board of Education and Adminstrative Team had a lot of fun guessing who each class guest was! Great job to Mila, Connor, Maya, Lily, Logan, Chris, Cole and the first grade teachers!
4 days ago, Mokena School District 159
🦷It is National Children's Dental Health Month! Nurse Therese is visiting all of our 1st graders to teach them about the importance of dental hygiene and seeing the dentist regularly. Students are also receiving a toothbrush and dental health activity pages! 🦷
4 days ago, Mokena School District 159
The dice are rolling again! The MJHS Dungeons and Dragons club is back in action!
5 days ago, Mokena School District 159
5 days ago, Mokena School District 159
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 !
6 days ago, Mokena School District 159
3rd grade students in Mrs. Janes' class had some messy fun with their special someone as they made paper mache globes as an extension to their social studies geography unit! Thank you to all of the special someones for coming in to help with this project!
6 days ago, Mokena School District 159
Save the date for the Color Run! We look forward to ending the school year with this awesome event!
7 days ago, Mokena School District 159
MES students created over 700 valentines for local senior citizens as part of our state representiative's Valentine's Day Drive. We hope the cards brought happiness and joy as they were delivered this weekend!
8 days ago, Mokena School District 159
Mokena Junior High hosted the Illinois Grade School Music Association's Solo and Ensemble Contest today. Congratulations to the many Mokena musicians who impressed the judges with their talents! Thank you to our wonderful music program directors for organizing the event not only for our students, but for student musicians across the area. Also, thank you to the many volunteers that helped to run the event and to the Music Boosters for running concessions and the photo area.
9 days ago, Mokena School District 159
Friendly reminder that there is no school on Monday due to the observance of Presidents' Day.
9 days ago, Mokena School District 159
❤️ Happy Valentine's Day! MES students enjoyed their parties celebrating friendship with fun activities! Thank you to our teachers and parent volunteers for planning a memorable afternoon! ❤️
9 days ago, Mokena School District 159
