Kindergarten enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year is open! Please help us get the word out to all incoming kindergarten families!
Information can be found at: https://sites.google.com/mokena159.org/kindergartenenrollment2025?usp=sharing
Save the date for the junior high musical!
MIS wants to congratulate our January Big Deal Award Winners. We are proud of them for their effort, their leadership, their empathy for others, and for simply being great kids!
Two of our 4th grade classrooms are piloting new social studies materials over the next 6 weeks. Pictured here are students practicing their map reading skills as part of a lesson about the regions of the United States.
Mokena School District will be hosting a blood drive on February 5th. You can make a donation appointment by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or by visiting RedCrossBlood.org.
Congratulations to MIS English Language Learner (ELL) Specialist, Ms. Al-Takriti, who recently had an article published on how she uses one of the district's 4th/5th grade digital subscriptions to support and further the learning of our ELL students.
We thank her for sharing with other educators one of the many ways our teaachers go above and beyond to support our students!
We hope to see you at the "Winter White Out" volleyball games tonight at the junior high! Wear white and cheer on our girls volleyball teams!
We love having the Lincoln Way High School student interns in our district! These seniors are taking a Teaching Intership course that introduces potentional future teachers to the profession.
Today, Miss Caruso (an intern in Mrs. Horsch's class) did a mini lesson with fractions greater than one on a number line. The class assembled a number line ranging from 0 to 4 and then students were invited one at a time to place a fraction on the number line and justify its placement. The fractions were listed as improper fractions, so they had to think carefully about where the fraction would fall between whole numbers.
Schools are open tomorrow, January 21st, for in-person learning!
What do you get when you combine 267 students, 22 parents, and one principal?
AN AWESOME MOVIE MIS MOVIE NIGHT!
Thank you to all of our parent volunteers, it was a wonderful night.
At the January Board of Education meeting, our prinicpals presented a mid-year update on each school's progress towards their 2024-2025 goals. Our school improvement planning process reflects a district-wide commitment to continual growth in what we do for our students. We are very proud of the students and teachers for their hard work and progress made so far this year! ⭐🚀 ☄️
We did it! Finally back outside and we were able to use our new play surface!The area received 2 thumbs up from our students. When the weather permits, more will be added for our students: a pavilion, benches, a basketball hoop, soccer goals, and Gaga Ball are all in the works.
Friendly reminder... No school on Monday!
Congratulations to our two 5th grade DARE essay winners, Cassidy G. and Adrianna M., who were chosen to read their essays to our Board of Education at their January meeting! We are very proud of you!
The 2025-2026 school calendar is now available!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14VEC8k9l6TCE4yC3nJ2v1xARTpnERVyD/view
Friendly reminder, tomorrow is an early dismissal day!
We are thrilled to announce that Mr. Luke Munch has been named the Assistant Principal of the Year by the Illinois Principals Association, Three Rivers Region!
Mr. Munch has been a dedicated and influential leader at Mokena Junior High School for the past six years, where his passion for education, commitment to excellence, and unwavering support for students and staff have made a lasting impact. His leadership exemplifies the very best in educational administration, and this well-deserved recognition highlights his outstanding contributions to the Mokena school community. Mr. Munch will represent our region as he will now be advanced into the pool for the Illinois Principal Associations state finalist for Assistant Principal of the Year.
Please join us in congratulating Mr. Munch on this remarkable achievement!
MIS kicked off our Kids Heart Challenge this morning with a wonderful assembly. Please visit www.heart.org/schools to get register. The learning, the fun, the prizes, and the wonderful impact on others is only a few clicks away.
Thank you Mr. Boss for being Mr. KHC.
Mokena School District will be hosting a blood drive on February 5th. You can make a donation appointment by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or by visiting RedCrossBlood.org.
See you on Monday!
