Bradley Tuesday Folder Updates
December 2, 2025
Important Information
Thank you to all who volunteered or sent desserts to our Turkey Feast. It was a huge success. We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are ready to take on Advent. Please see below for some events to help you celebrate this time of year.
Snow Day Packets: Today all children in PK-5th grade will bring home a large gold envelope containing two days of work to be done if we have a snow day in the future. Since our students do not participate in e-learning, we wanted them to be prepared if and when we have to close school due to weather. Each packet contains two days of work. If we have a day off of school, you will be directed to have children complete a day's worth of activities that say, "Day 1". If we have an additional day, they will complete the work that says, "Day 2."
o Please keep the packets in a place where they can be found easily. You will be notified when to use them. This allows us to finish the school year on time without adding extra days to our calendar. Thank you for your help!
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.
Christmas Practice and Program/Save the Date: Students PreK3 – 5th grade from the Bourbonnais and Bradley sites will be performing at the BMCS Christmas Program on Wednesday, December 17th at 6:30pm at Centennial Chapel on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University.
o Our school children will travel by bus to ONU during the day on Wednesday, December 17th to practice their Christmas program on the big stage. Then we will come back together Wednesday night at 6:00 pm for the official show. Students should be dressed up in their most festive clothing for the Christmas program. When the children arrive, they will find their teacher and then sit with them until the program begins. The Centennial Chapel at ONU is so spacious, you can invite entire family to join us for this special occasion. Doors open at 6:00 pm.
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:
Thanksgiving week: 11/23-11/29/2025
Christmas Break: 12/22-1/3/2026
Orders will start back on 1/4/2026
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 2: 3rd-5th grade Reconciliation Service at 10:30 am
December 5: Float decorating 9 am-noon. Bradley Lighted Christmas Parade, 6:15 pm
December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass with St. Joseph Parish, 8:30 am.
December 8: Grade School Band Concert, 7:00 pm at the high school
December 9: Holy Rosary in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 9th at 6pm in the Kankakee site Chapel
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: Christmas program at ONU Centennial Chapel.
December 19: Early Dismissal at 11:30 am. No afternoon Extended Day. Christmas Break Begins.
December 20-January 5: Christmas Break
January 6: School Resumes
January 9: Midterms are issued for the 2nd Trimester.
January14: Midterms are issued
January 19: No School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
