Our MIS final concert of the year was a huge success! Thank you to our directors, Ms. Clifford, Ms. Schubbe, and Ms. Nyder, for all of your hard work and dedication to our Rocket Musicians. Congratulations musicians for an extremely successful school year!
2nd grade animal habitat dioramas are proudly on display in the library! Great work, Stars!
We are hiring for the 2025-2026 school year! Visit https://mokena159.schoolspring.com/ to view our open positions!
Step Up Night at MJHS was so much fun! Thank you to the PTA for putting on this great event for our students!
Join us for the MIS Beginning Band, Cadet Band, and Orchestra concert on Thursday! The concert starts at 6:30 and will take place at the junior high.
What an AMAZING day at the Special Olympics Culminating Event! Our young athletes showed us their skills and had so much fun! Thank you to our staff who coordinated, planned, and assisted, to our board members and Officer Tom who opened and closed the event, to our parents who cheered us all on, to our junior high student volunteers, and to our athletes for trying their best at each event! Also, thank you to the Special Olympics Region E Coordinators for helping to make the day possible!
Thank you to our families for all of the love and gratitude we felt during Staff Appreciation Week! A special thank you goes to the Mokena PTA and Mokena Educational Foundation for their generosity throughout the week!
Congratulations to our athletes who placed in the conference track and field meet:
🥇Stella C.- 1st in 1600 (1 mile) with a 5:32 time AND 2nd in 8th grade 800 meter run
🥇Alexis K.- 1st in high jump
🏅Abbie R. - 4th in discus
🏅AJ S. - 4th in discus
🥉John C.- 3rd in shot put and 6th in discus
🥇Gianna Y. - 1st in shot put
🥈Emma M. - 2nd in hurdles
Happy Staff Appreciation Week! Today we wear green to celebrate our lunch staff!
7th grade historians graphed and analyzed data from the Civil War as part of their unit of study!
5th graders had an awesome in-house program from Storm Science today! This experience reinforce and extended learning from their ELA module on natural disasters. Thank you to the PTA for sponsoring this to further our students' knowledge!
Happy Staff Appreciation Week! Today we wear red to celebrate our teachers, paraprofessionals, and specialists!
Mrs. Okrazinski's kindergarten class was excited to welcome Officer Zay to school today as he came in a police car! Thank you to Officer Tom and the Mokena Police Department for this memorable morinng and this raffle item at the Volley for a Cure event!
It's almost here...On Friday, over 70 Young Athletes from MES will participate in the Special Olympics Culminating Event! We are excited to welcome representatives from Special Olympics Region E and celebrate our students as they showcase the gross motor skills they have been practicing at school!
It's National School Nurses Day! Our school nurses play a critical role in supporting the health, wellness, and academic success of students. Let's thank our school nurses for all they do! #SND2025
The MJHS bands, orchestra, and choir put on a fantastic performance last night! We are so proud of our musicians and the growth they have made this school year! Thank you to our directors for cultivating a culture of music in Mokena!
Happy Staff Appreciation Week! Today we wear blue to celebrate our administrators, office staff, and nurses!
Lincoln Way Special Recreation Association visited MJHS this afternoon to share information about the association and their athletes. LWSRA challenged our staff members to a friendly game of wheelchair basketball and LWSRA came out with the W!
Lincoln Way Special Recreation Association visited MIS this morning and it was a wonderful assembly. The LWSRA coaches shared information about the association including the sports they support and the athletes that participate. The LWSRA athletes put on a wheelchair basketball demonstration which included some of our MIS staff staff.
Thank you LWSRA!!
🎶🪈 The MES 3rd grade recorder concert series kicked off this morning with Mrs. Janes' and Mrs. Hernandez's classes performing! They did a wonderful job showcasing all they have learned this year! 🪈🎶
