Mokena Elementary School

Friendly reminder: school resumes tomorrow! See you soon! ☺️

Kindergarten students held a "Weather Expo" with their second grade buddies this week. Kindergarteners presented the writing they accomplished throughout their Weather Wonders ELA module. We are "snow' proud of their hard work!

This morning the first grade team had breakfast with the winners from the Fall Swing fundraiser. The breakfast was provided by the PTA. Thank you, PTA!

MES Student Council boxed up all kinds of supplies for foster kids & teens in Will and Grundy County. They were able to pack a van full of socks, games, coloring books, art supplies, lotions, chapsticks, diapers & more! Thank you to our amazing MES families for their generosity!

2nd graders in Ms. Matt's and Ms. Lagunas' classes had their 50 States Celebration last week! Students dressed up as their chosen state, conducted research to create posters, and took visitors through a variety of activities!

Wednesday is the winter concert at MIS! We can't wait! 🎄

Kinderbuddies wrote letters to Santa and made an elf craft this morning!

Friendly reminder: tomorrow is an early dismissal day!

1st graders took a trip into space this week by visiting the StarLab at MES! This experience supported the learning in their ELA module: The Sun, Moon, and Stars. It was out of this world!

On Friday, November 17, MES celebrated Kindness Day and wore pink in honor of Addy, a first grader who passed away earlier this year! Classes worked on notes to pass out to friends and family to express kindness and gratitude and talked about how to spread kindness.

The first session of walking club at MES has come to an end! See you in the spring!

Today is Substitute Educators Day! We have the BEST subs! Thank you for everything you do for our students!

Veterans Day assemblies last Friday at MES welcomed in 100 veterans and their guests!  The flags that lined the walkway represent our veterans who couldn’t attend or are no longer with us. The flags were donated by mokena lions club!

Thank you to everyone who came to the ribbon cutting ceremony for the playground this afternoon!

Dear Mokena Families- All Mokena internet and phone services have been restored. Thank you.

Dear Mokena Families, We are currently experiencing a problem with our internet provider. Email and phone service is temporarily unavailable at our three schools. We will contact you when service is restored. Mokena School District 159

What an incredible turnout at the wheelchair basketball game benefiting the LWSRA!

Join us tomorrow for a ribbon cutting for the new playground at MES!

Thank you, Mokena 159 Board of Education, for your dedication to our students! We appreciate all of your hard work!

Today is IL School Board Member Day! Let's thank our Board members for their service and dedication to Mokena 159! 👏👏👏