BESD53 will open at normal times today. Buses may be slightly delayed due to black ice. Please use caution when on the roads today.
Schedule B Early Dismissal today, end of the first semester.
Looking for the Cafeteria Menus? From the website, click menu at the top, For Families, Aramark Foodservice, and select Elementary or Liberty/Upper. https://besd.schooldish.com/Commerce/Catalog/EatWellHome.aspx
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Hi, just a reminder that the grades 2-4 After School Program will resume on Tuesday January 9th. Thanks
BESD#53 will make up today by holding school on Presidents' Day, February 19th.
In the interest of student and staff safety in these icey conditions, BESD#53 Schools will be closed on Monday, 1/8/18.
BESD#53 opens for school tomorrow, Monday, January 8th.
Hi, please join us for the official kickoff of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program on Thursday Jan. 11 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm at the Bourbonnais Municipal Center Community Room.
The automated phone calls home when your child is marked absent malfunctioned Tuesday. Many of you received calls in error. This has been disabled for the remainder of the week for tech updates.
Peoples Church represented by Justin Caldwell donated $250 to BESD#53 to help outfit needy students with coats, gloves, and winter hats.
PTA Yankee Candle pick up Thursday and Friday (12/14&15) from 4-7pm at Shabbona School!
Come out to the BUGC Winter Concert tonight at 7pm to hear the Orchestra, Band, and Choir!
Follow us on twitter @besd53 or download our APP (on our website) for push messages of school closings and important updates.
Update on COLD days. Cold days will be called by 9pm the night before if the weather.com forecast is for windchills of -30 or below.
As we head into winter, a reminder about snow days. Snow days will be called usually by 5:30am and sent out on our APP, Facebook, Website, phone call, and twitter @besd53.
Starting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday December 6th, network and phone services at BUGC will be unavailable due to a network upgrade. Service should be returned by Wednesday evening.
BESD#53 offers our condolences to the family of former student Seth William Johnson who passed away last week in Mississippi
Starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday November 21st, network and phone services at Shabbona and Shepard will be unavailable due to a network upgrade. Service should be returned by Wednesday afternoon.