
Congratulations to the 4th Grade Spelling Bee Winners! 1st Place Lydia Hammond and 2nd Place Micah Randle-El. Thanks to Mrs. O'Gorman and everyone who participated. #BESD53


Parents of 7th graders:
Chromebook Turn In for 7th graders will be Tuesday, May 22nd. For more information - http://5il.co/3597

Parents of 8th graders:
Chromebook Purchase or Turn In for 8th graders will be Wednesday, May 23rd. For more info - http://5il.co/3598

Just a reminder that flower pick up is TOMORROW morning from 9-11am at BUGC. Rain or Shine you MUST come and pick up your orders. This includes gift cards as well! Thank you for supporting the Bourbonnais PTA!!

Parents of 6th graders:
Chromebook Turn In for 6th graders will be Monday, May 21st. For more information - http://5il.co/3596

LAST CHANCE! Sign ups for Junior Boilermakers Football and Cheer are Thursday May 17th at the Bourbonnais library from 6-8pm!


Join Author Nancy Gee for Reading is in Bloom Tuesday, May 15th 6pm at Shabbona School


Congratulations to 3rd Grade Spelling Bee Winner Jace Cousins and 2nd place finisher Kylie Veit. Thanks to all participants! #BESD53


The Illinois FFA Service Project this year is called "The Crayon Initiative." This project takes donations in the form of used crayons, recycles them, and makes new crayons to be distributed to children's hospitals across the nation. Their goal this year is to collect 2,000 pounds of crayons.
Bourbonnais Elementary would like to help the Manteno FFA organization to reach this goal. Starting on Monday, May 14th, collection bins will be placed in the front offices of our buildings including the central office. We want to encourage teachers, students and parents to donate used crayons to this cause. Often times crayons are thrown out when kids are cleaning their desks. Parents and community members are encouraged to drop them off at the Central Office. The initiative will continue through Thursday, May 31st.
Thanks!

SNAP available at Kankakee Farmer's Market!


Say thanks to a teacher this week!


Last night at BBCHS Senior Awards Night, Dr. Hollowell had the privilege of presenting the Todd Hildebrand Memorial Scholarship to former BESD#53 student Brandon Wray!

Warning! We have experienced several scam calls in the district today of missed jury duty. "Kenneth Cook" was the name given. This scam was reported last year in Iowa. Please beware! http://www.kcci.com/article/sheriff-warns-of-significant-increase-in-fraud-phone-scams/10002177

LeVasseur 4th Grade Math Team finishes 6th place in State ICTM Competition.

Reminder PTA Flower Sales are due Friday, April 27th!
No Orders will be accepted after Friday!


Visit the Curiosity Cube this Saturday!


We have created seven different fun enrichment camps for BESD 53 students during the month of June. Please click this link for all the options. Use the Google Form links on the document to sign up for individual camps. You can sign up for more than one.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f4y72zE_x98SRpf1bEGCdGzhKWOaaHn0Rk2aMt1a1S4/edit?usp=sharing


Liberty, LeVasseur, and BUGC are back to normal operations. Law enforcement has resolved the issue in the area. Schools were not at risk, simply putting student safety first at all times.

There is no direct threat to BESD#53 schools, the building restrictions are a precaution due to a law enforcement investigation in the area.

Liberty, BUGC, and LeVasseur are currently on building restrictions (what we used to call soft lockdown). Instruction continues but no children outside, and no visitors admitted into the building.