Bourbonnais 53 District

Kindergarten Roundup is this Wednesday! Sign up today to attend. Who: All incoming BESD53 Kindergarteners (must be 5 on or before September 1st, 2024) Where: Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center 200 W. John Casey Rd. When: April 17th, 2024 4:00-6:00 pm Please visit our website to sign up for a screening time to ensure the best placement for your child in our district! Please RSVP at www.besd53.org/page/kindergarten-information We look forward to meeting all of our new Kindergarteners!

Kindergarten Roundup is less than a week away! Sign up today to attend. Who: All incoming BESD53 Kindergarteners (must be 5 on or before September 1st, 2024) Where: Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center 200 W. John Casey Rd. When: April 17th, 2024 4:00-6:00 pm Please visit our website to sign up for a screening time to ensure the best placement for your child in our district! Please RSVP at www.besd53.org/page/kindergarten-information We look forward to meeting all of our new Kindergarteners!

Bourbonnais Elementary is looking for educators to join our amazing team! Don't delay, submit your online application today! https://www.applitrack.com/besd53/onlineapp/default.aspx

Any way you SLICE it, our Staff and Mancino's Pizza are AMAZING! Huge shoutout to Mancino's for their delicious pizza and on time delivery of over 100 Pizza's! Pizza was Hot, Fresh, On Time and Delicious. If you've only had a Grinder, you have got to try their Pizza!🍕

Just a reminder: The Kindergarten Roundup for 2024-25 students is just two weeks away. Sign up today to attend. Who: All incoming BESD53 Kindergarteners (must be 5 on or before September 1st, 2024) Where: Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center 200 W. John Casey Rd. When: April 17th, 2024 4:00-6:00 pm Please visit our website to sign up for a screening time to ensure the best placement for your child in our district! Please RSVP at www.besd53.org/page/kindergarten-information We look forward to meeting all of our new Kindergarteners!

Spring break yoga and art for kids! Our Art Teacher at Liberty Intermediate, Chelsea Heikes, is offering some programs for kids over the break at Limber Mind & Body Wellness. Kids Spring Break Superhero Yoga & Art Tuesday, March 26, 2024 10:00 AM 11:30 AM $25 per session https://limbermindandbody.com/events/kids-spring-break-superhero-yoga-art

Enjoy your weekend and have a Happy St. Patrick's Day on Sunday!

The Kankaee Area YMCA and Rise and Thrive Wellness are partnering to offer an Art Therapy/Positive Discipline Parent/Child learning series. See the flyer for details.

Please join BESD53 for our 2024-25 Kindergarten Roundup! Who: All incoming BESD53 Kindergarteners (must be 5 on or before September 1st, 2024) Where: Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center 200 W. John Casey Rd. When: April 17th, 2024 4:00-6:00 pm Please visit our website to sign up for a screening time to ensure the best placement for your child in our district! Please RSVP at www.besd53.org/page/kindergarten-information We look forward to meeting all of our new Kindergarteners!

THANK YOU Bourbonnais Elementary PTA! Our PTA donated $21,000.00 for our Teacher Grants this year. We appreciate everyone's support and generous contributions so that we can enrich the education process in meaningful ways to help our students succeed! *Pictured below Jayne Raef-School Board President/Craig Toepfer-PTA President

Our February Staff Appreciation Event was simply delicious! " How sweet it is to have staff like you"

Thanks to a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) that was written by Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 (BESD 53) we are able to offer individual counseling with Rise and Thrive Wellness or family counseling sessions through Iroquois Mental Health Center at no cost to the family. This counseling can be for any family member (including the student) living in the home provided you have a student attending one of the twelve public school districts in Kankakee County. The agencies will work with you to determine the location and details Process: To access individual therapy call (815) 200-8653 or email info@riseandthrivewellness.net for family therapy contact Kim Rabideau, Clinical Director, at 815-432-5241 Ext. 533 to schedule the appointment(s).When you call or email, please provide the code for your school district for payment purposes. There is no cost to you. The invoice will be sent to BESD 53 for payment. This is available through June 30, 2024 or when funds are exhausted. Scheduling regular sessions is fine if it is found to be necessary but we reserve the right to cancel future appointments should the funds be depleted. Here is the list of codes. Pembroke: PS12 St. Anne: SA10 Momence: MSD11 Grant Park: GP47 Manteno: MUSD13 Bourbonnais 53: BESD19 Bradley: BS22 BBCHS: BB15 Kankakee 111: KSD8 ROE: ROE17 Herscher: HUS13 St. George: SG16 We are very excited to be able to provide this service to families in the county. Should you have questions that cannot be answered by Kim Rabideau you can email Dr. Jim Duggan at dugganj@besd53.org Thanks

Just a reminder: We are holding a Safer Internet Parent Night on Wednesday, Feb 21st. Come learn ways to help your child be safer on the internet. K-2: 5:15pm-6:00pm 3rd-8th: 6:15pm-7:00pm Location: BUGC

BESD53 Parents: We are holding a Safer Internet Parent Night on Wednesday, Feb 21st. Come learn ways to help your child be safer on the internet. K-2: 5:15pm-6:00pm 3rd-8th: 6:15pm-7:00pm Location: BUGC

BESD53 is celebrating Safer Internet Day today within each building. Each grade is learning how to be safer on the internet. Parents: Join us for a Parent Night on February 21, 2024. More information will be sent out shortly. In the meantime, you can find videos available at https://saferinternetday.us/videos/

Due to emergency maintenance on our internet, the district's phones and internet will be down for up to approximately 15 minutes today, February 5, 2024, starting at 1:30 PM. If you have an emergency and need to contact your student's school during that time please contact our emergency line *redacted*. Thank you for your understanding.

Dear Families, As you likely are aware a boil order notice from AQUA was issued to customers in Kankakee, Bradley, Bourbonnais, Grant Park, Manteno, Aroma Park, and Limestone. We are making the necessary adjustments with food service and our water fountains. If you feel that it would be beneficial for your child to bring their personal water bottle to school (as many students already do), please plan accordingly.

Dear BESD53 Families, Out of an abundance of caution and the severe inclement weather forecasts, Bourbonnais Elementary School District #53 will not be in normal attendance, tomorrow, Tuesday January 23rd. Instead, we will be utilizing an E-Learning day. Please reference the information provided by your student's teacher. Again, Bourbonnais Elementary School District #53 we will be utilizing an E-Learning day on January 23rd, 2024.

BESD53 Families, Due to the forecasted inclement weather, Bourbonnais Elementary School District #53 will not be in normal attendance, tomorrow, January 16th, 2024. Instead, we will be utilizing an E-Learning day. Please reference the information provided by your student's teacher.

In honor of Martin Luther King "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."