Mokena 159 would like to thank the veterans on our staff for their service and sacrifice. We appreciate you and are honored you’ve chosen Mokena 159 as a place to spread your impact! 🇺🇸
4th grade students are completing their Module 1 ELA Performance Task in which they synthesized their learning about what inspires poets to write poetry by presenting their own original poems inspired by something meaningful to them, along with a speech, including supporting visuals, about what inspired their poem and where you can see evidence of this in their poem. Amazing work, Rockets!
Looking to clean out your closet?! Donate old sneakers to any of our Mokena 159 schools from November 6th-14th with your child's PE teacher. All donations from Project Kix will benefit our Wheelchair Basketball Fundraiser with LWSRA. Thank you so much for your generosity!
All three Mokena 159 schools are working together to celebrate and honor our Veterans! All money raised will go directly to Honor Flight Chicago.
MIS was visited by LWSRA during PE, where students rotated between 3 different adaptive games. Austin Spalla, son of MIS teacher, Mrs. Spalla has been selected for Team USA for the Parapan Games in Santiago, Chile for Track and Field later this month. Good luck!
Halloween fun yesterday!
Save the dates! The MIS Book Fair is next week, November 6th to November 10th!
5th grade students have been writing monologues based on a character's reaction to an event in their novel "Esperanza Rising." Over the next few days, they are performing their monologues with their group and have even created a program that includes the cast and Director's Note!
We're SO excited for the upcoming wheelchair basketball game on November 14!
This week is Bus Driver Appreciation Week! Give your child's bus driver a shout-out in the comments! We are SO grateful for our fabulous drivers!
Save the date! On Nov. 14, we'll host a Wheelchair Basketball game to raise money for Lincolnway Special Recreation Association. The t-shirt store closes October 23: bsnteamsports.com/shop/54dncdPQnt
Contact Mrs. Kocher at kocherb@mokena159.org to donate! Hope to see you there!
Friendly reminder: tomorrow is an early dismissal day!
Tonight's the night! We hope to see everyone there! 🏀🏀⛹🏼♀️
October is National Principals Month! This celebration is an opportunity to recognize and thank our principals for their unwavering dedication, exceptional leadership, and remarkable impact on student success. #ThankAPrincipal
MIS loved the pj and stuffie day last week! Look at those smiles! ☺️
✏️ Students are off today, but our AMAZING staff members are learning and growing professionally at today's Teachers' Institute! ✏️
Friendly reminder: no school tomorrow and Monday! Enjoy the long weekend!
4th graders are working in "expert groups" to research and learn about a poet of their choice's life and what inspires this poet to write poetry. This will prepare them to not only write an essay about their poet, but will also support students in thinking about what inspires them in preparation for writing their own poetry in the coming weeks.
The "Painted Essay" is an organizational structure to support informational writing in our new ELA program. This patterned structure is tied to certain colors so that students are able to use and internalize a template for thinking – and therefore, writing.
5th graders in Mrs. Huerta's class learned about rising action, exposition, climax, falling action, and resolutions in the novel "Esperanza Rising". Great work, Rockets!
