Mokena Junior High School

Here are our Week 1 5Essentials Parent Survey completion rates! We need your voice! Visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey to begin. Please remember to fill a survey out for each school your children attend.

Thank you to Lincoln Way Central for coming out to MJHS to present to our 8th graders about high school and the open house next week! One more big step closer to graduation!

💗 Kinderbuddies felt the love today as they had some Valentines Day fun together! 💗

The Mokena Junior High Positive Impact Team's 3rd Annual Blood Drive with the American Red Cross is underway! Staff and community member walk-ins are welcome until 6pm at MJHS. Come on out!

Don't forget...

The Illinois 5Essentials Survey for parents is open. Visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey to begin. For more information, please see the district email sent today.

Mark your calendars for the February district dates to remember!

❤️ The PTA invites you to celebrate love this Valentine's Day with heart-shaped pizzas! Order your pizza today at https://bit.ly/VDayPizza26 ! Ordering closes February 6th. ❤️

6th graders are investigating the intensity of solar energy and how much energy the Earth gets from direct and indirect sunlight. Students used a clamp light to model the suns energy and a radiometer to represent the Earth.

Mokena School District offers a developmental screening for children ages 3-5 residing in district boundaries. The next screening date is February 4th at Mokena Elementary School. Call 708-342-4850 to schedule your child's screening!

Today is a big day for our 8th graders as they take their 8th grade pictures and are measured for their graduation gowns!

Mokena SD 159 Schools will be open for in-person learning on Monday, January 26th. Please see your email for more information.

The Mokena PTA would love your help in celebrating our amazing staff during teacher appreciation week in May! You can donate to help with their plans at https://bit.ly/159Teachers2026 !

Have you wondered how our district's e-Learning plan was created?

💻The district formed an e-Learning Committee that included teachers and administrators from each school, representing various grade levels, content areas, and student services to review our previous plan and state requirements.
💻The district sought feedback from all parents through a survey. 308 parents responded. The survey data was analyzed by both our Parent Advisory Committee and our e-Learning Committee to look for patterns in the data that informed what should stay the same and what should change or be added to our previous plan. The Parent Advisory Committee also gave feedback within one of its meetings.
💻The district also sought feedback from all teachers and staff through a survey that was analyzed by our e-Learning Staff Committee to look for patterns in the data that informed what should stay the same and what should change or be added to our previous plan. 65 responses were collected. Committee members also gathered feedback from discussions in their schools.
💻The e-Learning Committee then made modifications to our previous plan based on the above feedback and their experiences.
💻The updated plan recommendations were presented to the Board of Education. The Board of Education then held a public hearing regarding the plan. The e-Learning plan was approved by our Board of Education and then renewed through the Regional Office of Education for use through the 2026-2027 school year.

And that is how today's plan came to be!

We appreciate everyone's contributions to its development and your support today as we use it! It is a true team effort to make the day the best it can be for our students!

Due to forecasted temperatures, all Mokena SD 159 schools will have an e-Learning Day tomorrow, January 23rd. Please see your email for more information.