Congratulations to Autumn Chlebek! Her unique design was selected for the 8th grade class t-shirt. The Mokena PTA generously pays for the t-shirts so that every student can have one and feel like part of the 8th grade team!
Our 8th Grade STEM course is cultivating future electrical engineers! These students are working hard to use integrated circuit chips connected to breadboards to digitally control a motor's spin rate and direction.
1st graders took a trip into space this week by visiting the StarLab at MES! This experience supported the learning in their ELA module: The Sun, Moon, and Stars. It was out of this world!
On Friday, November 17, MES celebrated Kindness Day and wore pink in honor of Addy, a first grader who passed away earlier this year! Classes worked on notes to pass out to friends and family to express kindness and gratitude and talked about how to spread kindness.
The first session of walking club at MES has come to an end! See you in the spring!
MIS Student Council organized a paper foods drive for the Manteno Veterans Home! Thank you for donating! 💕
Veterans Day assemblies last Friday at MES welcomed in 100 veterans and their guests! The flags that lined the walkway represent our veterans who couldn’t attend or are no longer with us. The flags were donated by mokena lions club!
Today is Substitute Educators Day! We have the BEST subs! Thank you for everything you do for our students!
Thank you to everyone who came to the ribbon cutting ceremony for the playground this afternoon!
Dear Mokena Families-
All Mokena internet and phone services have been restored. Thank you.
Dear Mokena Families,
We are currently experiencing a problem with our internet provider. Email and phone service is temporarily unavailable at our three schools. We will contact you when service is restored.
Mokena School District 159
What an incredible turnout at the wheelchair basketball game benefiting the LWSRA!
Today is IL School Board Member Day! Let's thank our Board members for their service and dedication to Mokena 159! 👏👏👏
Join us tomorrow for a ribbon cutting for the new playground at MES!
Thank you, Mokena 159 Board of Education, for your dedication to our students! We appreciate all of your hard work!
Please join us for our wheelchair basketball game TONIGHT to support LWSRA! We can't wait to see you there at 5:30 pm at MJHS! 🏀⛹️
Deb, the Frog Lady, visited third graders today to teach students all about frogs, metamorphosis, and the difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals. She specializes in hepatology and used to work as a naturalist for the forest preserve. Thank you, Deb!
Congratulations to the 6th grade girls basketball team on their 2nd place finish at the DPVC Conference tournament!
Tonight's the night!
Mokena 159 would like to thank the veterans on our staff for their service and sacrifice. We appreciate you and are honored you’ve chosen Mokena 159 as a place to spread your impact! 🇺🇸
