🎵 Congratulations to Sydney and Chloe for being selected to represent Mokena Junior High School at the Junior District Festival put on by the Illinois Music Education Association in November! 🎵
It's National School Bus Safety Week and today we are sharing a safety tip with community drivers about stopping when the stop-arm is out on a bus. This graphic shows when drivers are required by law to stop!
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Join us on Thursday for the Fall Concert at MJHS featuring our Orchestra, Concert Band, Singing Meteors, and Symphonic Band!
Sixth grade science students are learning about how mass and height affect gravitational potential energy!
It's National School Bus Safety Week and today we are sharing a safety tip with community drivers about the flashing lights you will see on a school bus:
🟨 Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is preparing to stop to load or unload children. Motorists should slow down and prepare to stop their vehicles.
🟥 Red lights flashing and the stop-arm is extended means motorists have a legal responsibility to come to a complete stop as students are loading or unloading the bus.
🟨 Yellow flashing lights indicate the bus is preparing to stop to load or unload children. Motorists should slow down and prepare to stop their vehicles.
🟥 Red lights flashing and the stop-arm is extended means motorists have a legal responsibility to come to a complete stop as students are loading or unloading the bus.
Congratulations to our instructional coaches Lisa Fiene, Sharon Youngblood, and Jessica Mucenski for representing Mokena SD 159 at today's Illinois Council of Instructional Coaching Conference! They presented a session to other coaches from across the state titled "Coaching with Purpose: Centering Students For Lasting Impact" that highlighted the practices of our coaching program in the district.
This week is National School Bus Safety Week! To celebrate, we will be highlighting important safety tips and information for our community to help keep our Mokena bus riders safe. Be sure to check out our daily posts this week!
🎣The MJHS Anglers Club is off to a fun start! Look at all of these great catches! 🎣
Congratulations to our four cross country athletes who represented Mokena Junior High at today's IESA State Cross Country Meet! We are so proud of your hard work and all that you each accomplished this season!
🥈 Stella C.- 2ND PLACE IN STATE! (run time of 11:46)
⭐ Cole N.- 85th out of 220 (run time of 13:24)
⭐ Owen M.- 111th out of 223 (run time of 12:07)
⭐ Carson M.- 116th out of 223 (run time of 12:10)
The MJHS Halloween Dance is quickly approaching! Student sign up for this spooktacular event can be found at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSez8QO_VsxcUS_esvgVu4eDV199YCTXjUOwI5kzOKs6vKt3KQ/viewform !
Our 8th grade ELA students are currently reading the book "Refugee" by Alan Gratz, a best-selling author of middle school books. On Wednesday night, Gratz was in Naperville for an author talk. Our very own ELA teacher Mr. Martinus was able to attend the event, learn more about the author for class, receive an autographed copy of his book, and meet the author!
👏 MJHS students cheered on our four cross country runners who are heading to the State Meet tomorrow! You got this Stella, Cole, Owen, and Carson! 👏
At last night's Board of Education meeting, two artists from each of our schools showcased a piece from art class as part of our "Student Spotlight"! Violet, Victoria, Fiona, Fiona, Lila, and Andrew impressed everyone with their talents and efforts! Thank you to our art teachers for inspring our students' creative abilities!
The Mokena Cross Country Team had a great Sectionals Meet on Saturday! Four runners qualified for the IESA State Meet next weekend:
🥇Stella Ciccarelli- 1st place, 11:30 run time (next runner was one minute behind!), personal record
🏅Cole Nappo- 13th place, 13:22 run time, personal record
🏅Carson McGrath- 14th place, 11:48 run time
🏅Owen Mulcahy, 15th place, 11:49 run time, personal record
In addition, the following runners had a personal record at the meet: Kaitlyn Tidball, Helena Calvillo, Audrey Larson, Issac Oost, and Greysen Dorr.
🥇Stella Ciccarelli- 1st place, 11:30 run time (next runner was one minute behind!), personal record
🏅Cole Nappo- 13th place, 13:22 run time, personal record
🏅Carson McGrath- 14th place, 11:48 run time
🏅Owen Mulcahy, 15th place, 11:49 run time, personal record
In addition, the following runners had a personal record at the meet: Kaitlyn Tidball, Helena Calvillo, Audrey Larson, Issac Oost, and Greysen Dorr.
Don't forget there is no school on Friday (Teacher Institute) or Monday (School Holiday)!
It is amazing what we can do when we come together as a community! Last night's "Volley for the Cure" event was a huge success as we raised funds for Mokena's Cancer Support Center! Thank you to our students and families that came out and cheered us on, our staff members who played and helped run the event, our local first responders who gave us some tough competition, and the athletic boosters that ran concessions! A special shoutout of gratitude to Mrs. Michelle Matt who coordinated and organized the event!
We hope to see you at tonight's "Volley for the Cure" event! Doors open at 6:00pm.
7th grade artists are working on creating succulent chalk drawings in art class! How impressive!
Connect and share your input with Superintendent Gurney at one of the upcoming Community Listening Sessions. We hope to see you there!
