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22ndCenturyMedia.com education Guide
22nd century media | August 8, 2019 | 11
Advanced learning with a family feel — St. Mary Catholic School in Mokena
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
8. Since 1949, teachers have
been providing an extraordinary,
personalized learning
environment, allowing each
student to achieve their 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 vice
president and 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
science, technology, engineering,
art, 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
allow 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
6 through 8 with an individual
iPad, a class set of iPads for
grades 3 through 5, and kindergarten
through grade 2 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
opened up opportunities for families
to receive scholarships for
up to 100 percent of tuition for
Catholic education. Through Empower
Illinois, families can apply
for tuition assistance in the form of
grants 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 1, $500
in Year 2) for students entering
grades first-seventh 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
School, 11409 159th 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 anyprivate*, public,charteror
home school.
*Students transferring from another Catholic school in the Diocese of Joliet or neighboring diocese are not eligible.
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11409 195 th St., Mokena
Call 708-326-9330
Or visit us online at
www.stmaryschoolmokena.org