⭐ Congratulations to this month's MES Star Award recipients! We are so proud of your hard work in the classroom and the kindness you show others in our school! ⭐
It is the last week of National Attendance Month! An absence here and there adds up, sometimes without even realizing it. Use this stoplight and attendance tracker to keep track of your child's attendance throughout the year. Let's work together to make each day count.
⚾ MJHS students lined the grand hallway this morning to send our boys baseball team off to the state tournament! We wish them all the best as they take on Channahon at 4:30 down in East Peoria! ⚾
8th grade ELA students are hard at work collaboratively evaluating sample essay paragraphs as a step in starting to write their own. Students are also enjoying choosing their independent reading books from the library.
Our 3rd grade scientists have been learning about the butterfly life cycle by watching caterpillars turn to butterflies. As a class, they recently released their class butterflies to conclude their studies!
Our 8th grade students enjoyed a trip downtown Chicago as they took a river cruise to extend their in class learning about industrialization and the rise of the Second City.
The Cross Country Team ran in the Troy Invitational this weekend with over 1,500 other runners. A special congratulations to the following Meteors for placing in their event:
👟Stella Ciccarelli- 2nd place in the 2 mile run with a time of 11:36 (out of 263 runners)
👟 Cole Nappo- 18th place in the 1 mile run with a time of 7:54 (out of 313 runners)
👟Carson McGrath- 24th place in the 2 mile run with a time of 11:31 (out of 309 runners)
👟Stella Ciccarelli- 2nd place in the 2 mile run with a time of 11:36 (out of 263 runners)
👟 Cole Nappo- 18th place in the 1 mile run with a time of 7:54 (out of 313 runners)
👟Carson McGrath- 24th place in the 2 mile run with a time of 11:31 (out of 309 runners)
Save the date for a spooktacular event! The PTA's Pumpkin Decorating Contest will be held on Friday, October 24th from 6-7.30pm at MES. MES and MIS families can register their pumpkins at https://bit.ly/PTAPumpkins1025 .
🏆⚾ The Meteor Baseball Team is headed to STATE! Congratulations to our Sectional Champions on a 12 to 0 win over Summitt Hill. The game was called in the 4th inning due to this impressive score! Congratulations on a fantastic game! We are so proud of you!🏆⚾
September is National Attendance Awareness Month! Did you know the state of Illinois considers students who miss 10% or more of the school year chronically absent? This includes both unexcused and excused absences. Chronic absenteeism counts towards 20% of each of our school's state report card designation because being at school is that important! We know sometimes challenges come up like illness or family emergencies, but when possible, please make school a priority and encourage your child to be here each day. Thank you for partnering with us; together we can make sure every student is present, engaged, and on the path to success!
MES Walking Club is off to a great start with 55 participants! This year, students will be using pedometers to track their steps!
Connect and share your input with Superintendent Gurney at one of the upcoming Community Listening Sessions. We hope to see you there!
At last night's meeting, the Board of Education recognized our preschool team for their Gold Circle of Quality program rating! We are very grateful for all you do to support the development of our youngest learners each and every day.
Congratulations to the Regional Champions! Our baseball team defeated Homer 12 to 7 to bring home the hardware! Next up, Sectionals on Saturday!
MIS students are enjoying visiting the library to pick out self-selected independent reading books!
The Mokena PTA has created a central form for parents to sign-up to volunteer for their various events throughout the year. Please visit https://bit.ly/PTAVolunteers25?r=qr to see what opportunities are available. As a reminder, PTA membership is not required to volunteer.
We are cheering on our baseball team as they play for the regional championship tonight! You got this boys!
We deeply value and appreciate the ongoing partnership and collabroation with Lincoln-Way Central! Each month, a different department at the junior high has the opportunity to either visit LWC or have LWC staff members visit us to observe classes and articulate about programming. Today, we hosted three staff members from LWC in our PE and Tech & Design classes!
Happy National IT Professionals Day to our technology department! Today we honor the IT professionals who do the critical but often unseen work to keep our networks, devices, and applications running for our students and staff!
Our Meteor Cross Country Team had a great meet this weekend at the Manhattan Invite! Congratulations to our runners! (Not pictured- the many girls ribbons as awards were handed out later in the day.)
