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READY TO REOPEN: Review the BSD2 2021-2022 In-Person Reopening Plan online
The plan focuses on facilitating a safe return to as close of a normal school year as possible, with students attending classes in person five full days a week. Because we remain in the midst of the COVID pandemic, though, the plan still reviews the District’s COVID mitigation measures,
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FAMILY SURVEY: How have the District's U.S. Department of Education grants impacted your family?
In order to assist the Bensenville School District in understanding how it is meeting Bensenville students' and families' needs, you are invited to participate in a survey about the 2020-21 school year.
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PARENT CAFÉ: Listen and learn from other parents, build community, and offer support
The BSD2 Community Center's September 28 Parent Café will be offered online and in person, and will address navigating the school system and the importance of self-advocacy.
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GROWN-UPS GROW, TOO: CABS online parent workshop will show parents how to use 'Grandma's Rule' to increase cooperation
Having trouble with your child following directions? Feeling like you need to resort to bribing or threats to get your child to participate in daily activities? Learn about "Grandma's Rule" and how to set up the environment to decrease everyday battle with your child.
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FRIDA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: Celebrate 'Día de Muertos' with a month-long workshop
Create your own "Calavera Catrina" during these weekly workshops held at 6 p.m. every Wednesday in October at W.A. Johnson School
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COVID INFO: Hamdard's October 6 online info session will bring you up to date on the latest
Learn about current guidance, trends, and recommendations for keeping yourself and others safe and healthy
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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Positive cases at Blackhawk send 23 students into quarantine
More than half of these quarantines were preventable. A student attended school for one day and was sent home with COVID symptoms. Had that not happened, 12 quarantined students would still be attending school without interruption.
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DOLLARS & SENSE: Inland hosting September 16 financial literacy workshop at Tioga
Join us to learn about little known tricks to improve your credit & score, shortcuts to make saving money for your future and your children easy, and how to purchase a home with down payment grants that don’t have to be paid back!
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FOOD FOR FAMILIES: Monthly pop-up pantries return for the 2021-2022 school year
Does your family need food? Bensenville School District 2, in partnership with Fenton High School, Wood Dale School District 7, the Bensenville/Wood Dale Food Pantry, and Northern Illinois Food Bank, will continue to offer perishable and non-perishable food to families from 4-5:30 p.m. on the following dates this school year.
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DEFEND DISTRICT 2: Sign up for SHIELD Illinois COVID screening
District 2 students and staff can help protect themselves and their community from COVID by participating in SHIELD Illinois’ free saliva-based COVID screening this year. To ensure your child is part of this important program, you must submit a consent form.
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CHECK IT OUT: Visit the newly redesigned BSD2 websites
Bensenville School District 2’s newly redesigned District and school websites are now online. The redesigned websites feature embedded video, visually striking layouts and improved navigation. They are also built with responsive design, which means the websites know the device you’re using to view them and adjust the content to display accordingly.
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BRIEFS: Need-to-know info on athletics, fine arts, clubs and extracurriculars
Interscholastic sports will return this year, and a complete calendar of fine arts activities has been scheduled. Club offerings will take shape as the year progresses. Traditional large-group and school-wide extra-curricular activities will resume this year, but with adjustments to accommodate for ongoing COVID restrictions.
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BRIEFS: Need-to-know info on art, music, physical education and Encore classes
These classes will return to their typical instructional spaces. Students will travel to them to participate. These spaces will be configured to provide for appropriate physical distancing (no less than 3 feet) to the greatest extent possible.
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BRIEFS: Need-to-know info on material sharing and technology
Students will have their own individual materials that they will store at their assigned work stations. At times, classes will share equipment and materials for science labs, hands-on STEM units, art projects and other educational activities. Teachers will monitor the use of these materials within their classroom.
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BRIEFS: Need-to-know info on healthy hygiene practices and cleaning, disinfecting and ventilation
Schools will teach and reinforce washing hands, avoiding contact with one's eyes, nose, and mouth, and covering coughs and sneezes among students and staff. All District 2 cleaning, disinfecting and ventilation practices will follow procedures and expectations that align with ISBE, IDPH and DCHD guidelines.
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BRIEFS: Need-to-know info on face coverings and physical distancing
Masking will be required of all students, staff and visitors while indoors and/or on buses, regardless of vaccination status. Classrooms, intervention spaces, offices, and buses will continue to be configured to provide for appropriate physical distancing (no less than 3 feet) to the greatest extent possible.
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BRIEFS: Need-to-know info on symptom screening and staying home when sick
Parents will be responsible for screening their child before school, and by sending them to school, they will certify that the child is not experiencing any COVID symptoms. Everyone will be encouraged to stay home if they are sick or symptomatic.
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COVID UPDATE: Face coverings now required in BSD2 buildings, regardless of vaccination status
DuPage County has now moved into a Substantial level of community transmission for COVID-19. In these areas of heightened transmission, the CDC and the Illinois Department of Public Health recommend that all individuals, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, wear a mask in public indoor settings.
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STOP THE BUS: Please tell us if your child will not be riding the bus this year
COVID safety measures and ongoing driver shortages have made planning our bus routes more difficult than ever this year. Opting out of the service if your child won't use it helps us plan routes that make the most efficient use of our available drivers, allow for more physical distancing on our buses, and shorten travel times by potentially eliminating unused bus stops.
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GET VACCINATED: Here's where - and why - students 12 and older should do it as soon as possible
Health officials are encouraging parents of children 12 years and older to get their children fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the beginning of the school year. Here are a few reasons why.
