Mokena Intermediate 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.

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!

Some of our 4th graders visited our 3rd graders to share their "Choose Your Own Adventure" books that they wrote. 4th graders authored a story about an animal they researched that was trying to protect itself from a predator using two different defense mechanisms. The 3rd graders choose which defense mechanism to continue the story with to see what the ending would be!

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 MIS after school Book Club is excited to be reading "The One and Only Ivan" together! Each week, club members come prepared to discuss assigned chapters and complete activities related to the book!

❤️ 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. ❤️

Our 5th graders practiced teamwork, coordination, and sportsmanship during their floor hockey unit in PE class. Activities like these promote active learning and lifelong fitness skills! Way to go, Rockets!

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!

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!