Mokena School District 159

At last night’s Board of Education meeting, two fifth grade students shared the D.A.R.E. essays they wrote at the conclusion of the ten week D.A.R.E. program at MIS. We are incredibly proud of Claire and Kaylee for being selected as the schoolwide winners. Their thoughtful, detailed essays beautifully highlighted what they learned from the program and how they plan to apply those lessons to both their current and future lives.

The MJHS History Department held its annual Geography Bee on Friday! The students answered tough questions related to United States and World geography with the entire student body as their audience. Congratulations to all of the contestants and top place finishers:
🥇 Ashkan Ranjbari
🥈 Ethan Thompson

Our website has a new page for parents. In addition to weekly emails, you can now access district and school newsletters on our website under the "Parents" drop down! Visit https://www.mokena159.org/page/district-newsletter anytime to view!

The Mokena Junior High Positive Impact Team is partnering with the American Red Cross for our 3rd Annual Blood Drive. The blood drive will be held on February 4th from 1-6pm at MJHS. Community members and staff can sign-up for a donation time at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=MSD159 !

1st graders wrapped up their Social Studies unit "Who Works At Your School?" by interviewing someone who works inside MES to learn more about their job and how they help the school. Students prepared interview questions that would help them better learn about the job, invited their guests to a class period, and asked their guest the interview questions. Each class then created a riddle with three clues about the work the special person does for the other classes to guess who the person might be! Students finished the project by writing thank you notes to their MES worker telling him or her how they help the school.