Yes. The Sunday schools are certified by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.
Yes. The certificates are recognized in Bulgaria and the student can attend respective class level upon enrollment.
Yes. After completing 8th grade, the students receive a certificate for credit hours for high school language proficiency.
In the Sunday schools, the students are taught Bulgarian Language, literature, history, and geography.
The curriculum follows the established standards for Pre-K in the Bulgarian educational system.
Between 32 and 34 weeks, depending on the preferred educational program.
Classes start in the week after Labor Day and finish in the week before Memorial Day.
No, we do not offer lunch, but students are welcome to bring their own snacks.
Yes. The schools offer a wide range of extracurricular activities based on the students' interests.
We accept checks, cash, credit, and debit cards, as well as payments through our web site and Zelle.
Enrollment is online only on the web site.
On our website mbuchicago.com or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mbuchicago
The schools provide the school books free of charge but require returning them at the end of the year. Additional educational materials may be chargeable.
Yes. Our summer programs start in the week after Memorial Day and run for 8 weeks.
The schools have celebration events for the first and last day of school, Christmas, and Bulgaria's National Holiday on March 3rd - The Liberation from the Ottoman Empire.
The schools send out a weekly email message with the important information. Notices are also posted on our Facebook page and website.
No. The tuition fee is an expense but not a donation according to the IRS rules.
No one. Once incorporated, the nonprofit organization is a separate legal entity from its founders, incorporators, directors, officers, and employees. The nonprofit corporation generally owns assets of the business and is entitled to receive the revenue from its operation. More on the topic here.
The Board of Directors.
Everyone who is directly involved in executing the programs and the operational management.
No. The Board members are not compensated.
Little Bulgarian School in Chicago, Inc.
The parent organization, the Little Bulgaria School, and other organizations of the Bulgarian-American diaspora.
Anyone.
Yes. LBSC is a registered charitable organization and donations are tax credits.
Through an ongoing grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria, tuition fees, charitable events, donations, and sales of own school books, t-shirts, and souvenirs.
All unspent funds are reinvested in publishing, purchasing folk costumes, textbooks, and maintenance of the Little Bulgaria Center.