Bourbonnais Tuesday Folder Updates
December 2, 2025
Important Information
Join us this coming Friday, December 5th at 6:15 pm. For the Bradley Lighted Christmas Parade: We invite you to walk alongside the BMCS school float in the 40th Annual Bradley Lighted Christmas Parade. The theme for the parade this year is Christmas on Gingerbread Lane. If you would like to help decorate the float, please join others at the Bradley site on Friday, December 5th from 9 am to noon. Ambassador hours will be given to all adult helpers.
School Mass Changes: There will be no School Mass on Wednesdays in December. Students will be participating in Adoration and Reconciliation.
Christmas Spirit Days: Wed. Dec. 17, Thurs. Dec. 18, and Fri. Dec. 19. See Flyer sent home today.
Christmas Program: Wed. Dec. 17, 6:30. ONU Centennial Chapel. Students PreK3 –5th from the Bourbonnais and Bradley site will be performing at the BMCS Christmas Program.
Inclement Weather: In the case of the school closing due to inclement weather, we will communicate with families via email, on our website, through WVLI, WFAV, WIVR, WYUR, and through all of our social media channels.
The Little Mermaid: Auditions for the spring musical “The Little Mermaid” will take place in January. Be on the lookout for those dates in the coming weeks!
School Board: Interested in joining the School Board? We are looking for passionate members who want to make a difference! Inquire to Kaelyn Bess kbess@bmcss.org today!
Fundraising and Events
RaiseRight (formerly Scrip): Start earning tuition credit 2025-26 now! By using gift cards to pay for everyday (and not-so-everyday) expenses, each participant can earn over $1,000 each year. For every gift card purchased, you receive earnings, 50% of your earned rebate will be applied to next year’s tuition. Questions, contact Sandy Kuntz at skuntz@bmcss.org.
No physical orders:
o Thanksgiving week: 11/23-11/29/2025
o Christmas Break: 12/22-1/3/2026
o Orders will start back on 1/4/2026
o All e-cards and reloads will be available through the holidays
Market Day: Look for the monthly specials on the Market Day website (marketday.com)
Attention Families! Protecting God’s Children Seminars: All parent ambassadors/volunteers are required to complete a VIRTUS/Protecting God’s Children course before assisting the school. If you are a new parent or have not completed the course please see the information below 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
Important Dates
December 3: No School Mass
December 5: Bradley Lighted Christmas Parade. 6:30pm
December 9: Holy Rosary in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 9th at 6pm in the Kankakee site Chapel
December 10: No School Mass
December 12: MacPac meeting at 6pm, Bourbonnais site library
December 16: Los Posadas Celebration: 5:30-8:00 pm in the Kankakee Site Cafeteria
December 17: No School Mass
December 17: Christmas Concert Centennial Chapel, Olivet Nazarene University. 6:30
December 19: Early Dismissal 11:30am/11:35am. No extended day.
December 20 - January 5: Christmas break
January 6: Classes Resume
January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No School
January 26 – January 30 – Catholic Schools Week
