It was great to see so many dudes at MES this afternoon for 2nd grade's "Dudes Rock" event!
Mokena School District 159 Kindergarten enrollment is open! Enroll today!
⭐ Attention 2025-2026 kindergarten families! Please save the date for kindergarten informational night! ⭐
Thank you to our families, students, and community members who came out last night to support Volley for a Cure. Our community raised $2,845 for the Cancer Support Center of Mokena!
Thank you to our staff members who played or volunteered to work the night and to the Mokena Fire and Police Departments who provided us some competition.
We would like to extend a special thank you to Mrs. Blank as she coordinated her last Volley for a Cure after many years of doing so. Her impact from this event on our community has been tremendous and will continue to be felt for years to come. We hope you will be back next year in your retirement to cheer us on!
Tonight is the night! See you there!
It's National Assistant Principals Week! Let's give a big shoutout to Mrs. Pierik (MES) and Mr. Munch (MJHS) for their service, dedication, and leadership within our schools!
Today is National School Librarian Day! Let's give a big thank you to our schools' Library Aides who nuture a love of reading in our students and keep our libraries in order and full of great books!
It's Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! Thank you to our INCREDIBLE paraprofessionals that guide, support, and nuture our students each and every day!
🏐 🩷 Save the date for "Volley for the Cure" on April 8th! Come out to watch Mokena 159 Staff take on the Mokena Fire Fighters and Police Officers! It is always a good time! 🩷🏐
Spring break mode begins now! ☀️⛱️
This goal area aims to find ways to improve family and staff communication from the District Office through a variety of communication modes. Accomplishments in this goal include:
-Increased use of social media to communicate events, happenings, news, and celebrations
-Launch of a district newsletter that shares district and school news as well as celebrations and achievements
-Weekly Student Services Newsletter sent to staff with timely department information
-News articles published on website and in local media outlets
-Quarterly Student Services Family Newsletter sent to families regarding department happenings and local events
-Published Staff Committee Recaps sent to all staff following committee meetings to keep all staff informed of committee goals and progress
-Use of a new communications platform, Apptegy, that has allowed administrators easier and more efficient access to communicate within multiple platforms at the same time
-Increased public presentations at Board of Education meetings regarding work within the district and posted in BoardBook for public viewing
-Mokena School Report Card Publications created and sent to all staff and families
🏐 🩷 Save the date for "Volley for the Cure" on April 8th! Come out to watch Mokena 159 Staff take on the Mokena Fire Fighters and Police Officers! It is always a good time! 🩷🏐
This goal encompassess yearly school improvement planning, trimesterly benchmark data reviews, and unit assessment analysis. Accomplishments within this goal include:
-Data analysis at the district and school level to develop yearly School Improvement Plans at each of our three schools (This process has been presented at multiple state and national conferences by our very own Mokena staff members this year!)
-Updated district wide processes and systems for the review of Tier 1, 2, and 3 data sets through the work of the district’s MTSS Committee
-Grade Level Data Analysis meetings held each trimester in which benchmark data is reviewed to identify students as risk for not meeting standards and to plan for interventions needed
-Common summative unit assessments in core content classes that are analyzed by classroom teachers to identify strengths and areas for growth and instruction adjusted accordingly
The Early Start and Early Childhood "Pajama Jam" was so much fun last night at MES! Scribble Monster had our students jamming in their pjs all night! 🎸⭐
Come out to the Frankfort Culvers tonight to support the MES Student Council. MES teachers and staff will be serving you!
This goal focuses on how funds are budgeted based on student, school, and district needs as well as a focus on financial stewardship. Ongoing activities and accomplishment within this goal include:
-District continues to receive a “Financial Recognition" profile score from the Illinois State Board of Education for sound, responsible fiscal stewardship (the highest score one can receive)
-Annual budget development with district department leaders and school administrators focused on allocations of funds related to school and district improvement goals and needs
-5 year financial projections within Board of Education approved parameters of between 33% and 65% of fund balance to expenses
-Cash flow is monitored and projected to enable the district invest and accrue the
maximum amount of interest income
-Published financial highlights on a monthly basis in BoardBook
-District financial reports posted on the district website’s Transparency Page
Our March Kinderbuddies event included a writing project craft! It is so fun to watch the buddies' bonds grow each month!
Please take a few minutes to complete the 5Essentials Parent Survey before it closes on Friday. Visit: https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ .
We are currently at a 9% parent response rate and need at least 20% to receive a parent report. Thank you in advance for your feedback!
❤️ Our community is AMAZING! MES and MIS students raised a grant total of $60,844 for the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge! Thank you to our "Heart Heroes" for their generosity in this record breaking year! ❤️
Today was an exciting day in Kindergarten as students had a special visit from the Morton Arboretum! Each class experienced a hands on program to extend their ELA learning about trees. Students learned new facts about trees and looked closely at different leaves, seeds, roots, and tree cookies (sliced tree trunks)!
Thank you to the PTA for sponsoring this curricular event for our students!
