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Academic Excellence Pairs Well in Welding Program

Congratulations Jacob Costello

Congratulations Jacob Costello on being named an Illinois State Scholar! Jacob is yet another fine example of how well academic excellence pairs with career and technical education - this time Welding Technology. This fine young man has worked very hard and it has paid off. Jacob attends KACC's Zero Hour Welding Technology Program. This class meets bright and early at 6:15 a.m. Jacob has not missed a single . . .

Preschool Registration for Fall 2021 is now open. Just click on the link below and follow instructions to submit your child's registration request. Registrations are taken on a first-come/first-serve basis. Instructions for Online Registration

8th Grade Career Days - Options and Opportunities!

Kankakee Area Career Center's 8th Grade Day - Options and Opportunities! Don't Forget - Once you enter: Sign - In on the Options and Opportunities Home Page! Participate in the Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win one of many $25 Amazon Gift Cards! Now - Just click on the enter button and GO!

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Law Enforcement Scholarship Program Continues

All of us at KACC, especially our Law Enforcement Program, are incredibly grateful to many local police departments and Fraternal Orders of Police for once again supporting our annual Law Enforcement Scholarship Program. This program, originally instituted seven years ago, has aided many KACC Law Enforcement Students to pursue their post-secondary education. Our KACC Alumni are scattered throughout police departments and . . .

Fire-Rescue-EMR students training with hoses

The most fundamental task an engine company must perform is stretching hose lines to extinguish a fire. And there is nothing worse than "stretching short" and not having enough hose to reach the fire. Students in the Fire/Rescue/EMR class at the Kankakee Area Career Center have been performing fire hose evolutions that include loading and deploying hose lines of varying lengths. Most . . .

Fire-Rescue-EMR Students going through SCBA Confidence Course

After weeks of training using self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), students in the Fire/Rescue/EMR curriculum were able to put the skills they learned to the test by completing a rather unusual SCBA confidence course. The students put all their SCBA skills together as they navigated the course with their vision obscured following a hose line simulating what typically occurs in an actual fire.

Take Advantage of this New Oppportunity

Special opportunity for incoming juniors and first-year seniors - limited to 25 students - first come, first serve.

49° F Bourbonnais

Current conditions as of 8 May 19:35 pm CDT

Rain

Location:: Bourbonnais
Feels like:: 44°
Humidity:: 57
Wind:: NE 13 mph

49°

Tonight

Rain, mainly after 9pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 38. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Sunday

Rain, mainly before 1pm. High near 47. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Patchy frost after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 34. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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