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Advanced learning with a family feel: St. Mary Catholic
School in Mokena offers early learning programs
Benefits of a learning community focused
on academics, faith and family
St. Mary School is a vibrant
and welcoming Catholic school,
serving students in preschool
through grade eight. Since 1949,
teachers have been providing
an extraordinary, personalized
learning environment allowing
each student to achieve his or
her full potential.
“We chose St. Mary’s for
its community, its extraordinary
faculty and staff, and its
exceptional learning environment,”
said Frank Murray, St.
Mary School Board Member
and new school parent. “It is the
faith-based, family community
that we believe is critical for
our children’s academic, social
and spiritual development. St.
Mary’s family is everything we
wanted in a school community.”
See the exceptional learning
environment
St. Mary’s offers 3-year-old
preschool through eighth grade.
Visitors are always impressed
with the school’s facilities,
which include a music room, library,
computer lab, science lab,
spacious gymnasium and the
STEAM — science, technology,
engineering, art and mathematics
— classroom.
The STEAM classroom allows
teachers to bring a unique
approach of teaching to enhance
student learning and understanding
of how all things relate
to each other, in school and in
life. Unlike other STEM programs,
St. Mary’s program also
emphasizes the integration of
the arts and offers more creativity
to students in the learning
process. The STEAM program
and open classroom setting allows
teachers to facilitate rather
than lecture, resulting in students
experiencing their education
as a process instead of a
final product.
St. Mary’s also offers a oneto-one
technology program that
provides each student in grades
six through eight with an individual
iPad, a class set of iPads
for grades three through five, and
kindergarten through grade two
have designated classroom iPads
and SmartBoards for educational
use. Primary students also benefit
from a certified reading specialist
and teacher aides.
Learn about numerous
extracurricular opportunities
and more
Students can enjoy many after-school
programs, including
band, chess, bell choir, youth
choir, drama club, STEM, yearbook,
scout groups, Student
Council, social events and an
extensive athletic program.
Before and after school care is
available for a fee from 6:45-
7:50 a.m. and 2:40-6 p.m. Bus
service is an option for those
families who reside in the Mokena
Public School District 159
for a fee.
Learn about tuition assistance
Recent legislation in Illinois
has opened up many opportunities
for families to receive
scholarships up to 100 percent
of tuition for Catholic education
in Illinois. Through Empower
Illinois, families can apply for
tuition assistance in the form of
grants from the Illinois government
to help pay for their child’s
Catholic education. Additionally,
St. Mary’s offers a special
Tuition Transfer Grant for up to
$1,500 per family — $1,000 in
year one, $500 in year two — for
students entering grades firstseventh
who transfer from any
private, public, charter or home
school. Students transferring
from another Catholic school in
the Diocese of Joliet or neighboring
dioceses are not eligible.
Submitted by St. Mary Catholic
Elementary School, 11409 195th
St. in Mokena. For more information,
call (708) 326-9330, or visit
stmaryschoolmokena.org.
OFFERING $1500 TUITION TRANSFER GRANTS
St. Mary School is offering a Tuition Transfer
Grant up to $1,500 per family ($1,000 in year
one,$500 in year two) for students entering
grades 1-7 who transfer from any private*, public,
charter or home school.
*Students transferring from another Catholic school in the Diocese of Joliet are not eligible.
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COME SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
11409 195th St., Mokena
Call 708-326-9330
Or visit us online at
www.stmaryschoolmokena.org