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22ndCenturyMedia.com education Guide<br />
22nd century media | August 8, 2019 | 13<br />
Advanced learning with a family feel — St. Mary Catholic School in Mokena<br />
Benefits of a learning community<br />
focused on academics, faith and<br />
family<br />
St. Mary School is a vibrant<br />
and welcoming Catholic school,<br />
serving students in preschool<br />
through eighth grade. Since<br />
1949, teachers have been providing<br />
an extraordinary, personalized<br />
learning environment, allowing<br />
each student to achieve<br />
their full potential.<br />
“We chose St. Mary’s for its<br />
community, its extraordinary<br />
faculty and staff, and its exceptional<br />
learning environment,”<br />
said Frank Murray, St. Mary<br />
School Board vice president and<br />
parent. “It is the faith-based,<br />
family community that we believe<br />
is critical for our children’s<br />
academic, social and spiritual<br />
development. St. Mary’s family<br />
is everything we wanted in a<br />
school community.”<br />
See the exceptional learning<br />
environment<br />
St. Mary’s offers 3-year-old<br />
preschool through eighth grade.<br />
Visitors are always impressed<br />
with the school’s facilities,<br />
which include a music room, library,<br />
computer lab, science lab,<br />
spacious gymnasium, and the<br />
science, technology, engineering,<br />
art, mathematics classroom.<br />
The STEAM classroom allows<br />
teachers to bring a unique<br />
approach of teaching to enhance<br />
student learning and understanding<br />
of how all things relate to<br />
each other, in school and in life.<br />
Unlike other STEM programs,<br />
St. Mary’s program also emphasizes<br />
the integration of the<br />
arts and offers more creativity to<br />
students in the learning process.<br />
The STEAM program and open<br />
classroom setting allow teachers<br />
to facilitate rather than lecture,<br />
resulting in students experiencing<br />
their education as a process<br />
instead of a final product.<br />
St. Mary’s also offers a oneto-one<br />
technology program that<br />
provides each student in sixth<br />
through eighth grade with an individual<br />
iPad, a class set of iPads<br />
for grades third through fifth,<br />
and kindergarten through second<br />
grade has designated classroom<br />
iPads and smartboards for educational<br />
use. Primary students<br />
also benefit from a certified reading<br />
specialist and teacher aides.<br />
Learn about numerous<br />
extracurricular opportunities and<br />
more<br />
Students can enjoy many after-school<br />
programs, including<br />
band, chess, bell choir, youth<br />
choir, drama club, STEM, yearbook,<br />
Scout groups, Student<br />
Council, social events and an extensive<br />
athletic program. Before<br />
and after school care is available<br />
for a fee from 6:45-7:50 a.m. and<br />
2:40-6 p.m. Bus service is an option<br />
for those families who reside<br />
in the Mokena School District<br />
159 for a fee.<br />
Learn about tuition assistance<br />
Recent legislation in Illinois<br />
opened up opportunities for families<br />
to receive scholarships for up<br />
to 100 percent of tuition for Catholic<br />
education. Through Empower<br />
Illinois, families can apply for<br />
tuition assistance in the form of<br />
grants to help pay for their child’s<br />
Catholic education. Additionally,<br />
St. Mary’s offers a special Tuition<br />
Transfer Grant for up to $1,500<br />
per family ($1,000 in Year 1, $500<br />
in Year 2) for students entering<br />
grades first through seventh who<br />
transfer from any private, public,<br />
charter or home school. Students<br />
transferring from another Catholic<br />
school in the Diocese of Joliet<br />
or neighboring dioceses are not<br />
eligible.<br />
Submitted by St. Mary Catholic<br />
School, 11409 159th St. in Mokena.<br />
For more information, call (708)<br />
326-9330, or visit<br />
stmaryschoolmokena.org.<br />
OFFERING $1500 TUITION TRANSFER GRANTS<br />
St. Mary School is offering a Tuition Transfer<br />
Grant up to $1,500 per family ($1,000 in year<br />
one, $500 in year two) for students entering grades<br />
1-7 who transfer from anyprivate*, public,charteror<br />
home school.<br />
*Students transferring from another Catholic school in the Diocese of Joliet or neighboring diocese are not eligible.<br />
Find Us on Facebook @ facebook.com/stmaryschoolofmokena<br />
COME SEE THE DIFFERENCE.<br />
11409 195 th St., Mokena<br />
Call 708-326-9330<br />
Or visit us online at<br />
www.stmaryschoolmokena.org
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