April 13, 2022
Youth Violence Prevention Week is April 25-29, 2022. There will be a free event on April 29th from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the YMCA on Kennedy with pizza, give-a-ways, and entertai...
March 28, 2022
At tonight’s school board meeting, the BESD #53 School Board unanimously voted to appoint Mrs. Jamie Freedlund to fill the vacant seat on the board. Her appointment will be from t...
March 15, 2022
Did you know that Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 is the only school district in the county that utilizes this cutting edge technology in our pre-school classrooms? Take...
March 15, 2022
The United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties and Success by 6 have partnered to offer this incredible resource so support families with children prenatal to age 8. Simpy text...
February 1, 2022
Dear BESD #53 Staff and Families,
We are aware of the winter weather that is forecasted over the next couple of days. Please note that canceling school or initiating E-Learnin...
June 3, 2021
A big thanks to our Central Office Team for making sure all the classrooms have the necessary supplies for our Extended School Year (ESY) programs. ESY starts June 8th at LeVasseu...
May 24, 2021
Online registration for the next school year (2021-2022) is now open for both returning students and new students. For returning students and students that are new to the distric...
May 4, 2021
Please take notice that the Board of Education of Bourbonnais Elementary School District No. 53 will hold a public hearing on Monday May 24, 2021 at 7:00 PM at Bourbonnais Upper G...
February 5, 2021
Dear Parents/Guardians and Bourbonnais Community:
The most recent offer of the Board is posted on our website at
https://www.besd53.org/
Both the Board and BEA offers are...
February 4, 2021
Dear Parents/Guardians and Students:
July 1st, 2020 marked my first day on the job for BESD #53. At that moment, I inherited the monumental task of ensuring that all BESD #53 s...
February 4, 2021
Dear Parents/Guardians and Bourbonnais Community:
The Board of Education and the Bourbonnais Education Association (BESD #53 teachers) have been negotiating since March of 2020...
August 4, 2020
As we continue to prepare for the upcoming school year, we have received several questions regarding aspects of the Return to School and Remote Learning Option Plans. We have comp...
July 29, 2020
BESD #53’s Board of Education has approved Return to School Plans (linked here ) in light of Covid-19. Below is a form that we are asking all parents to complete. This form is a...
July 24, 2020
Dear Bourbonnais Families and Students,
We are all aware that preparing for school this fall has presented unique challenges. Next week, the Bourbonnais Elementary School Dist...
July 17, 2020
Parents and Guardians,
BESD53 is offering a registration session on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 from 10 am to 7 pm at Liberty Intermediate Center on Career Center Road in Bourb...
May 27, 2020
Due to technical issues, we were unable to live stream tonight's meeting of the Board of Education on Facebook. We were able to record the meeting and you can view it below. We ap...
May 18, 2020
UPDATED 5/18/2020 11:10 AM Enrollment for students who will be new to the district is now open!
Due to Covid-19, BESD53 has worked with Skyward to move this to an online ...
May 9, 2020
On Monday May 4th, BESD53 opened up a form to allow students and families to ask questions about COVID-19 and all the issues surrounding the pandemic. Tonight, May 8th, our Interi...