
On behalf of the faculty and staff of Mokena Junior High School, we want to wish everyone a very Happy Independence Day.
Don't forget to check out the parade and look for the MJHS Marching Meteors, and our former Meteors in the LWMB!


We love ❤️ a good transformation! Check out the refinished gym floors at MES and MJHS!


Mokena Elementary School is hiring an Assistant Principal for the 2022-23 school year. For more information and to apply please visit our website: https://mokena159.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx


We’re SO proud of our K-5 students! They raised over $2,600 for the Cancer Support Center AND participated in a walk before school ended!


This summer, we’ve started replacing the fluorescent lighting with LED bulbs! 💡💡


Congratulations to our incredible employees on their years of service!
We couldn’t do this without you! ☺️


At last week’s Board meeting, we honored this year’s Galaxy Award recipients one more time!


Let’s hear it for our retirees! 👏👏👏 You will be so missed- and we wish you all the best on your next chapter!


Our junior high students are continuing to glow this summer as they keep their skills sharp through the online summer program! You make us proud Thomas, Leonard, Rex, Samuel, Lucille, Christopher, Lauren, and Andrew!

Lieutenant Sickles was recently presented with a small token of appreciation for his many years of service to our schools and to the community. Congratulations on your retirement and we wish you the best as you begin this next chapter in your life!





Our rising 6th grade Meteors are on fire as they continue their learning online this summer! ☄️ Keep it up Matthew, Liam, Kaitlyn, Andrew, Clayton, and Evan!
Participation is open for current Mokena students all summer! Please visit our district website link for more information: https://www.mokena159.org/o/msd159/page/summer-learning

Our rising 5th graders can't stop their learning with almost 2,000 minutes of summer practice! We are so proud of you Briar, Kyle, Joshua, Jacob, Eliana, Sydney, Tyler, Robert, Abigail, Kaitlyn, Emily, Andrew, Wyatt, and Carol!

We are proud of our rising 3rd graders who are practicing their reading and math skills from home in our summer learning program! Keep it up Claire, Joseph, Andrew, Matthew, Vincent, Bradley, Asher, Ryan, Fletcher, and Harper!

Our rising 2nd graders are continuing to grow into the summer with nearly 900 minutes of learning in our summer program! Keep it up Lucille, William, Amelia, Ronan, Henry, Alex, Siena, Thomas, Emma, Travis, Matthew, Derry, and Evelyn!

A special shoutout to our rising 1st graders who have continued their learning using our online summer program!
Way to go Iacovos, Rylee, Callie, Kaylee, Teagan, Griffin, Brenden, Matthew, Marlowe, Connor, and Abel!

We can see these rising 4th graders are ready to blast off to MIS as they are continuing their learning with our summer program! Keep it up Madison, Ashlyn, Elliot, Weston, Thomas, Alexander, Charles, Gage, and Luke! 🚀

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Illinois Principal Association (IPA) Student Recognition award! Students were honored at a breakfast hosted by the IPA and a Board meeting.
Way to go: Kathryn Blaisdell, Evan Dizon (MES), Addisyn Quinlan, Dominic Santelli (MIS)!





Congratulations to Girl Scout Troop 574 for earning their Bronze Award! The 5th graders chose to raise money to purchase playground equipment for MIS.
Way to go Brooke Wheeler, Nadia Guiterrez, Grace Volakakis, Julianna Siville, Breena Guidera, Andrea Voith, and Delilah Clancy!


Last Friday, Mokena Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melissa Fedora presented the annual “Teacher of the Year” awards! Congratulations to Debi Blank (MES), Nick Ruiz (MIS), and Don Shaughnessy (MJHS)! 🥳🥳


Ms. Borlee couldn’t make it to the last day of school but that didn’t stop her from sending her students off in style!
