Save the date for the MJHS musical!
The MJHS Scholastic Book Fair is a Month away! It will start on March 4th and run through March 8th, with a Family Night on March 5th.
We're looking for volunteers to help during the school day. If interested please contact Mrs. Mosel at mosell@mokena159.org.
Kindergarten enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year will open online Monday, Feb 5, 2024!
Incoming kindergarten students must be age 5 years old on or before September 1, 2024 to be enrolled for the 2024-2025 school year and reside within the District boundaries.
100th day fun at MES!
The Illinois 5Essentials Survey for parents is open. Visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey to begin. For more information, please see the district email sent today.
Happy 100th day of school! Our students are 100 days smarter!
Yesterday Officer Tom started the five week session on safety with the first graders! Today’s focus was on when to call 911. He also gave them all the homework of learning their parent phone number and their address.
Tomorrow, January 16, will be an e-Learning Day due to the forecasted temperatures. Stay safe and warm!
Tomorrow, January 12, will be an E-Learning day due to the forecast inclement weather. Stay safe!
Tomorrow, January 12, will be an e-learning day due to the forecast inclement weather. Information on e-learning, including the schedule, may be found on our website at: https://www.mokena159.org/page/curriculum-instruction-documents.
Our first session of Kinderbuddies after winter break was SNOW much fun! ❄️☃️
Friendly reminder: tomorrow is an early dismissal day!
Our winter session of Chess Scholars starts next week and it is not too late to register. Beginner or experienced, this club is for you!
The flier has more information.
How exciting to have our very own MES Stars featured in last week's Illinois State Superintendent’s weekly message! We love to see the great things our students and teachers have done shared with educators across the state!
The Kids Heart Challenge kicked off at MES today! ❤️
Friendly reminder: school resumes tomorrow! See you soon! ☺️
7th graders are finishing up their ELA unit on "Brain Science." Students created a model of the brain based on the informational texts they read. Then, they used the model to observe the effects of Phineas Gage's accident on his brain, which was another informational text read.
At Wednesday's Board of Education Meeting, Mokena Junior High School students presented their projects from our Project Lead the Way exploratory STEM classes. We were very impressed with their design, coding, engineering, and public speaking skills.
Tinsel and Flurry are at it again!
MES students in Mrs. Barr's class created gingerbread houses last week!
