September is Attendance Awareness Month, recognizing that regular school attendance is essential to student achievement. Did you know that missing just 2 days per month (10% of the school year) makes it harder for students to keep up and succeed?
Our 4th graders kicked off their poetry unit by reading "Love That Dog" and exploring our poetry based independent reading text bins! We can't wait to see the work our future poets will do!
🎶 Our Marching Band did a great job performing in today's Frankfort Fall Festival Parade! 🎶
Don't forget that there is no school on Monday!
Picture Day is coming up at each of our schools!
We have three schools, but we are one district! Our staff showed their collective Mokena Pride by wearing our district shirts on Friday! We loved seeing all of the Mokena green filling our hallways, offices, and classrooms!
🌟 Happy First Day, Stars! You will shine bright this year at MES! 🌟
🚀 Happy First Day, Rockets! Iti s going to be a fantastic year at MIS! 🚀
Rise and shine Stars, Rockets, and Meteors! It's the first day of school!
What a great night welcoming back our 2nd, 3rd, and 5th graders! Teachers were met and desks and lockers were set up! That means we are ready to get started in the morning! See everyone soon!
We are so excited to see our students tomorrow!
Join us for day 2 of Back-to-School Nights at MES and MIS!
🍎 We welcomed our teachers and staff members back this morning! There was a lot of excitement and energy in the air as we all look forward to the new school year! ✏️
Join us for day 1 of Back-to-School Nights at MES and MIS!
We hope to see you at the MES and MIS Back-to-School Nights on Monday and Tuesday!
We are still looking for bus drivers for the upcoming school year! An updated bus driver compensation package was just approved by our Board of Education. Information can be found at https://www.mokena159.org/article/2356894. Please share with everyone you know!
Our last day of New Staff Orientation was led by our instructional coaching team and special education coordinators. New ceritified staff learned about our coaching program, curriculum, programs, and services related to their specific roles in the district.
At last night's Board of Education meeting, Board Members Eric Bush and Lisa Zielinski were recognized for their service to the district as past President and past Vice President. Thank you for all you have done and will continue to do for the students, staff, and community of Mokena SD 159!
We are so thankful for our strong partnerships with the Mokena Police Department and Mokena Fire Protection District! We appreciate their time in meeting our new staff members this week to share safety information and how they support our classrooms and schools!
This afternoon our new staff members met their mentors as the first step in our two year mentoring program! We can't wait to watch these relationships blossom as they work together for our students! Thank you to our mentors for fufilling this very important role in supporting our new staff members as their "marigolds"!
