The Mokena Educational Foundation's spring fundraiser is underway with a hanging basket sale going on now and a "Shop and Support" event on May 7-8. Order your hanging baskets today at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/mokena-educational-foundation-spring-basket-sale--2026?fbclid=IwY2xjawQ83GdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyRGFoUlUwVUduVW9VQTJrc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhlUdzqe-gjjePU1TEb3MFw_XukgrkZMCtJNjVQt2uQ3VCvjmMqJQTL4iHi8_aem_m2JpPB50MdmQNmRkbdiWzQ .
The Will County Regional Office of Education held its very first Educators of Excellence Awards cermony last night. Congratulations to Sharon Youngblood, instructional coach at MES and MIS, for receiving the award for Certified Student Support Staff! Her leadership, support, and commitment to empowering teachers and students make a lasting impact every day. Join us in congratulating her on this well-deserved honor.
It's Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! Thank you to our amazing paraprofessionals that guide, support, and nuture our students each and every day!
⭐Kindergarten enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year is open! Enrolling now helps us plan for next year. Please share with anyone you know that has an incoming Mokena kindergartener ! Visit https://sites.google.com/mokena159.org/kindergarten-enrollment to learn more. ⭐
We are officially on Spring Break! We will see everyone again on April 6th!
Save the date for the Color Run! We look forward to ending the school year with this awesome event!
Thank you to our student volunteers at MJHS who helped stuff eggs for the Lion's Club Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday!
Mokena School District offers a developmental screening for children ages 3-5 residing in district boundaries. The next screening date is April 15th at Mokena Elementary School. Call 708-342-4850 to schedule your child's screening!
Save the Date for a Special Education Family Night on April 23rd!
Fifth grade students in Mrs. Sendera's math class are learning about volume. They created their own characters and then calculated the volume of their 3D figure! Great work, Rockets!
The Mokena School District 159 Board of Education has approved the 2026-2027 School Year Calendar. The calendar can be found on the district website at https://drive.google.com/file/d/10XU79esFWvZ8pJ-IhHGh0w-TVtgkoUdq/view or under the "Our District" dropdown on the mainpage.
Fourth grade students are learning about the Northeast Region of the United States in social studies. To demonstrate their learning, students created a digital comic strip that highlights life in this region using knowledge gained from their readings, population density maps, and classroom discussions.
🚨 New lunch menu item alert! MES and MIS students will have a new menu item on Friday, March 27th... Mac and Cheese Bites! A served portion will include 5 bites. We hope you will give it a try! 🚨
Friendly reminder that there is no school tomorrow due to the use of Mokena Junior High as an Election Day polling place.
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 !
🎨 Congratulations to our students who had their artwork on display at Lincoln-Way's Artfest on Saturday! 🎨
Registration for the Color Run is open! Visit https://bit.ly/PTAColorRun2026 to register today! Also, volunteers are needed for the event. Visit https://bit.ly/ColorRunVolunteers26 to volunteer!
Friday is the end of the 5Essentials Survey window. If you have not done so already, please take a few minutes to provide us your insights at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ . Thank you for helping us reach 20% completion rates at each school; we would love to have as many parent voices as possible in our data!
🎵 MIS bands and orchestra put on a wonderful performance last night! We are so impressed with the growth they have made as individual musicians and as ensembles! 🎵
