September 9, 2025

Important Information

Save the Date: Our Open House is Thursday, September 25th from 6:00 pm-7:30 pm.  Parents and students are invited to attend this evening to view classrooms, talk to teachers, visit the Book Fair, enjoy ice cream and sign up for classroom parties. This event is for the entire family! We hope you will join us!

Our first School Improvement day is this Friday, September 12th. Students will be dismissed at 11:30 am. Extended day services will be available. If your child is staying past lunch time in extended day, please send a packed lunch with them. This day is designed so that teacher can have professional development opportunities.

 Please Help! When sending money to school with your child for and reason, please put the money in an envelope with the child’s name on the outside and what the money is meant for. Thank You!

Grade School Night: Grade School students are invited to join us for fun, games and giveaways before cheering on the Fightin' Irish!  Friday, September 12th.  We will be set up near the North Endzone from 5:30-6:30pm. Bring a friend and have some fun the IRISH WAY!!!!  Wear your GREEN and Irish Spirit wear for the chance to win a prize!!  We can't wait to see you there!

 Students Absences and Appointment: Please remember to send an email or phone the secretary when students are absent, need to go to an appointment or other important news. Mrs. Powers can be reached at spowers@bmcss.org or by phone in the main office at 1-825-933-8013.

 Mark Your Calendars. School Picture Day is Tuesday, September 16th. Your child will be photographed wearing “Dress Clothes” Please no Jeans, this is a special day. Picture Packet Forms will come home soon.

 Looking for Uniforms? Our school has a Swap Shop! You may come to the front doors to request the opportunity to look through our donated uniforms. Take what you can use at no cost to you. If you have some uniforms to drop off, please send them to the front office. Thank you for any donations…we will put them to good use.

 Homecoming: Save the Date! Homecoming is always a wonderful opportunity to connect! The celebration is open to students, alumni, families, friends, and the community. We look forward to seeing you! Mark your calendars for the Week of September 15th-20th. A list of events will be on the Tuesday Folder Portal soon. Check throughout the week!

Parent Volunteer Opportunity:
Parent volunteers are needed to help reshelf library books. You can come anytime except for Tuesday to reshelf books.

Parents are welcome any day to help on our playground or in our lunch room. Parents will help younger students open milk and food packages and they will help us clean tables after students are dismissed. They will also pass out milk and other foods as needed. You do not need to inform the school that you are coming to volunteer. Please sign the volunteer sign-in book and come to the gym. Be sure to record your hours on you FACTS Family Portal.

o   PK-K recess is 11:20-11:40 am
o   PK-K Lunch is from 11:40-12:05 pm.
o   Primary Recess (1st and 2nd) is from 11:50-12:10.
o   Primary Lunch (1st-2nd) is from 12:10-12:35.
o   Intermediate Recess (3rd-5th) is from 12:40-1:00.
o   Intermediate Lunch is (3rd-5th) from 1:00– 1:25 pm.

 Attention New Families! Protecting God’s Children Information: All parent ambassadors/volunteers are required to complete a VIRTUS/Protecting God’s Children course before assisting the school. When choosing your location of service, please choose Diocese of Joliet, Bishop McNamara (Kankakee).  If you are a new parent or have not yet completed the course you must do so before volunteering. In order to volunteer in any capacity, i.e., classroom parties, lunch duty, parent work day etc. the Diocese requires certification. Please see the following steps for completion:

Step 1: Go to www.virtusonline.org to create an account.
Step 2: Accept and Acknowledge understanding of the Policy and Standards.
Step 3: Take the Protecting God’s Children online course through Virtus.org
Step 4: Give consent for the Name-Based Background Check through Virtus.org
Step 5: Fill out the Parent Volunteer Application

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Important Dates:

September 10: MacPac Meeting, Bourbonnais Site library, 6:00 pm
September 11: Gratitude Drive Thru for first responders, 8:30 am-9:30 am
September 12: School Improvement Day. Early Dismissal at 11:30 am. Extended Day is available.
September 16: School Picture Day, Mexican Independence Day, Special Assembly
September 19:  Student Council Speeches/ Homecoming Parade/ EXTREME Spirit Wear Day: School Improvement Day, Early Dismissal at 11:30 am. Extended Day available.
September 22-26th : Book Fair
September 23: Mrs. Bovie’s Faith in the Family Meeting 6:30pm (Bradley)
September 24: Mrs. Bovie’s Faith in the Family Meeting 8:00pm (Bourbonnais)
September 25: Open House, 6:00-7:30 pm
September 26: 5th grade Retreat, 1:30-3:00 pm / NUT Day for $1.00
September 30: 5th-grade field trip to Kankakee Museum’s History Days
October 1: One Shirt Day
October 3: First Progressive Raffle Drawing

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