The girls are headed to State!!! Congrats to our 7th grade Girls' Basketball team on their Sectional title with a win over Homer Glen with a final score of 36-21. Go Meteors!!
Another National Novel Writing Month has come and gone and the Meteor Write Club has wrapped up their season.
This year's ten writers produced 114,045 words in just 30 days. Peyton Fitzgerald, Emme Giovanini, and Alex Herman all reached their word goals. Emme led the way with the most words, writing the equivalent of novels "The Call of the Wild" or "Ten Days in a Mad House" in one month.
Sofia "Sage" Sanchez and Dominic Santelli both were chosen by their peers for two writing awards each. Peyton Fitzgerald's "Mind Breaker" was voted the best title. In the final award of the afternoon, Sanchez earned a Varsity Award for participating in all three years here at Mokena Junior High. Since 6th grade, she has written about 40,000 words which is longer than "Old Man and the Sea", "The House on Mango Street", or "Animal Farm".
Congratulations to all of our Mokena writers. They are a creative bunch!
The 7th Grade Girls' Basketball team plays in the IESA Sectional Tonight!
We are playing Homer Junior High at Homer Junior High at 6:30 PM.
Come out and support our team!
Go Meteors!
Students have been learning piano keyboard and ukulele in music class at MJHS!
Congratulations to the MJHS Speech Team members on a fantastic IESA Speech Contest in early November. We had 16 students participate earning 23 First Place medallions, 4 second place ribbons, and 5 of our students won judges awards. Way to go, Meteors!
In Social Studies, 8th graders read "Footholds in the Pacific", learning about how the US acquired Hawaii. Students storyboarded to show what they’ve learned!
Today is National Special Education Day! We honor and thank all of our Special Education teachers and staff who guide, support and provide necessary services to our students. We celebrate today as December 2 is the anniversary of the nation’s first federal special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Two weeks away from the Mokena PTA Santa Breakfast!
The 8th grade ELA classes worked together to scour the building for 10 poems and analyze their elements in a scavenger hunt. In small groups, they located the poems and looked at rhyme scheme, rhythm, figurative language, and type. Choosing between two options for each poem, they tore off the tag that corresponded with their answer and added it to their collection, returning to homebase to find out if they were right. It was a fun and exciting way to end the week before Thanksgiving Break!
One week away!
Join the Mokena Miracles for the Santa’s Secret Workshop Crafter and Vendor Fair on Saturday, December 7 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at MES!
*Cash only*
The band marched in the Parade of Lights last weekend! 🎉
Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁
Congratulations to two of our instructional coaches, Mrs. Fiene and Mrs. Youngblood, for becoming published authors! They recently had a five page article featured in the Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development quarterly journal. We are so proud of them for sharing the impactful work they do with our teachers, adminstrators, and students!
Congratulations to two of our instructional coaches, Mrs. Fiene and Mrs. Youngblood, for becoming published authors! They recently had a five page article featured in the Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development quarterly journal. We are so proud of them for sharing the impactful work they do with our teachers, adminstrators, and students!
The 8th grade girls basketball team plays Flossmoor Parker tonight at 4:00 pm in Chicago Heights for the regional championship title! Let's go, Meteors! 👏🏀
Heading to Parent-Teacher Conferences tomorrow? Don't forget to check out the lost and found at each school!
Congratulations to MJHS students for raising over $3000 for Honor Flight!
Our students may have the day off, but our teachers are here learning. We appreciate the day to grow our craft together as a district team!
Job well done to our Board of Education members and staff members who presented at this weekend's IASB•IASA•IASBO Joint Annual Conference. Thank you for shining a light on the great work we do for our students in Mokena with collegues from across the state! #mokenaproud #d159inspires #ILjac24
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