The annual District 228 Bigger, Faster, Stronger competition was a huge success! Congratulations to Tinley Park High School for winning first place for the 6th year in a row!
Be sure to check out our amazing school musicals this weekend! Our students and staff would love to see you there!
Ticketing information, dates, and times can be seen below.
On Earth Day, Hillcrest High School hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate Hillcrest’s achievement of being recognized as an arboretum. Hillcrest is the second high school in the state of Illinois to earn the prestigious status of becoming an arboretum.
Over the past five years, the Hillcrest High School Ecology Club, under the guidance of educator Theresa Kelsey, has worked tremendously hard to transform the Hillcrest High School campus into a thriving ecosystem, one tree at a time. In those five years, the ecology club has planted over 60 trees on campus.
In order to receive arboretum status, the ecology club had to plant 25 different species of native trees or shrubs on school grounds. Additionally, each tree must be tagged and identified with either an electric system or physical tag. There are 43 different species of trees at Hillcrest, and 101 tagged trees on campus.
In addition to the ribbon cutting, Hillcrest High School planted a new tree in honor of the late Marshawn Mitchell, a beloved student of our Hillcrest High School community. A memorial plaque was placed in front of the tree in his honor. The tree also marks the 25th species on campus.
“May this tree serve as a symbol of hope, renewal, and the enduring legacy of Marshawn, and those who have dedicated themselves to the noble cause of environmental conservation,” Principal Towner said.
Check out the full story by visiting our website: https://hillcrest.bhsd228.com/o/hhs/article/1563092
Check out this really awesome upcoming event at Tinley Park High School! Our Titan Girls Soccer Program will be holding an event to raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer (Lynn Sage Foundation) and honor one of our own, Chrissy Hermann (class of 2011) who recently passed from Breast Cancer. See more details in the flyer below:
Good luck to our students across District 228!
Last weekend, District 228 had a successful Operation Snowball Retreat! Snowball provided Large Group presentations that addressed topics of coping skills, motivation, grief & loss, drug prevention and gender upstanding. Agencies that provided education during these large groups included Safe Haven Counseling, VITAS Healthcare, See the Poet (Hillcrest graduate), the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists, Lurie Children’s Hospital.
D228 Snowball is also extremely grateful for the help of district staff who took time out of their day to provide our students with workshops in their areas of expertise.
More info can be seen on our District website: https://www.bhsd228.com/article/1549240
What an extraordinary event! Our schools went outside to view the highly anticipated #solareclipse this afternoon (safety glasses, of course) and it was a blast!
Today we celebrate the dedicated paraprofessionals who go above and beyond to support students every day! Thank you for your hard work, patience, and kindness. Happy Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! #Bremen228 #ParaprofessionalAppreciationDay
D228 had their Junior Leadership Conference Tuesday at the Bridge Teen Center. This conference had Junior leaders from each school in our district. The day's activities were a combination of idea exchanges, team building opportunities and service project opportunities!
Just before Spring Break, Tinley Park High School's Seekers Diversity Club hosted it's second annual Ramadan Iftar! It was a wonderful evening full of community fun and bonding.
On Saturday, April 6, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) will host a Youth Opportunities Fair at Hillcrest High School to connect students with year-round and summer opportunities - including employment, internships, volunteering, and various service programs for youth of all ages. The event is free for all attendees, and is open to the public.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/22byjpnh
Have a wonderful Spring Break!
On Friday, Oak Forest High School hosted the first ever Senior Literary Festival in the IMC! Two OFHS graduate authors, Ian Ryan and Bridget Morrissey, spoke at the start of each period, which was then followed by a choice of 15 different activities for students to follow. Students received free, signed copies of their popular books, which can be seen in the images below! We thank them for swinging by, and hope to have them back again!
Hillcrest science courses welcomed an awesome guest from southern Illinois on Thursday! Kim has grown up on a farm and is a third generation farmer. She and her family work tirelessly every year to provide essential crops. While visiting Hillcrest on Thursday, she told students all about the process of farming, the pros and cons, the day-to-day, and why its such an important part of making the world go round. We thank her for making the long journey out here to Hillcrest!
We had a great time hosting the senior citizens breakfast at all four of our high schools today! Thank you to everyone who attended!
Bremen High School District 228 hosted the 50th Annual Keith Anderson Fine Arts Festival at Oak Forest High School on Saturday, March 16th!
All four of our district schools, along with Hillie, Arbor Park, Prairie Hills, Southwood, D143 and Kellar participated in music performances and/or the art display.
Music clinicians Glen Williams and Elise Green were present to provide feedback to the musical ensembles. Art adjudicator Eric Tucker judged the D228 artwork the night earlier and awarded ribbons to all 4 high schools.
Jean Bartecki presented the Eleanor Ferraro Fine Arts Scholarship to four Senior students who plan on pursuing the fine arts in college. This year's recipients were Grace Adams, Princess Sofiyea, Karol Lopez Valadez and Monyrah Tabelin. Congratulations to all who participated!
Bremen High School District 228 hosted its first-ever Battle of the Books competition at Oak Forest High School on Friday! Each school in D228 sent a team of passionate readers who read a number of books for the competition, battling for the chance to win a district trophy. Congratulations to our Hillcrest Hawks for being named our first-ever champions!
Check out the full story on our website: https://www.bhsd228.com/article/1509160
Oak Forest High School hosted its second annual community iftar event for Ramadan on Wednesday night! Thank you to all of the vendors who donated food for our students and families!
Last week, 31 D228 students went through ServSafe Manager Training. A total of 26 students, and Bremen High School's Nurse Pryor, passed the exam on Friday! Congratulations to all!
Hillcrest High School was 1 of 15 high schools in the state of Illinois to participate in the highly sought after NIU Exceptional Anatomy Program! Hundreds of schools across the state apply every year for this one-day, six hour course. This truly was an amazing opportunity for our students!
Read more about this awesome initiative here: https://hillcrest.bhsd228.com/o/hhs/article/1492876