Bremen High School District 228

The Bremen High School Student Council is sponsoring a Turkey Trot in support of the school's annual food drive this year! From now through November 21st, monetary donations are being collected in the main office, by each staff member participating, and online. On November 22nd, the top three participants with the most money collected will face off in a race through the hallways of Bremen, while wearing inflatable turkey costumes for a chance to be crowned the turkey trot champion! The top five staff members nominated by students are: Mr. Blackwell Mr. Collins Mr. French Mr. Luby Mrs. Yunker Donations can be collected through this link here: https://bremen-high-school-girls-soccer-boosters.square.site/

The Hillcrest High School Key Club is collecting cell phones for soldiers for the 8th year in a row! CPFS is a national nonprofit serving troops and veterans with free communication services! Those who wish to donate old devices can do so through December 15. Community members can stop by the front of the school to donate their devices in a collection box in the foyer. See more information here: https://patch.com/illinois/tinleypark/hillcrest-high-school-key-club-collects-cell-phones-soldiers

Today, November 15, is about saying Thank You to the District 228 school board. Our board members spend multiple hours each month on district work, attending meetings, and other responsibilities that some may never hear or read about. This is time they could spend with their families and for themselves. We in District 228 thank our Board of Education for their service to the district and our students! #ThankaBoardMemberDay

Looking for a chance to share a meal and have great value-based conversations? Check out this super interactive event taking place at Bremen High School on Wednesday evening! Families from any district school are invited to attend. See our flyer below for additional information.

Have you checked out our latest e-newsletter? See the latest headlines here in District 228 by visiting this link: https://bhsd228.edurooms.com/engage/bremen-high-school-district-228/newsletters/november-2023-newsletter

District 228 Fine and Performing Arts students participated in the Chicagoland 4X5 Art Show on Wednesday, November 8. Students from all four of our district schools participated, and the district as a whole scored four honorable mentions for student work! Check out this story in the Patch for more information: https://patch.com/illinois/oakforest/d228-art-students-participate-chicagoland-4x5-show

District 228 is hosting STEM Night again! The events will be held at both Oak Forest HS and Hillcrest HS on November 28, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This event is family friendly and fun for people of all ages! Check out the flyer below for additional information, and we hope to see you there!

The District 228 Fine and Performing Arts Department is proud to announce the following students participated in The Chicagoland 4 x 5 Show, hosted by Oswego High School. An open reception was held on the evening of Wednesday, November 8th. Congratulations! Read more by visiting this link: https://www.bhsd228.com/article/1332423

Have you downloaded our District 228 app? if not, what are you waiting for!?

Hundreds attended Tinley Park High School's International Festival on Friday night! The festival consisted of food, music and dance from around the world. CBS Chicago covered the event! Check out the link below to see more! https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/international-festival-held-in-tinley-park/

Writing comes easy for student author Alaia Muhammad, a junior at Hillcrest who recently published her first poetry book titled, "Stability and Peace." We are so proud of her hard work! Read all about her journey to becoming an author below! https://hillcrest.bhsd228.com/o/hhs/article/1322719

Oak Forest High School took part in multiple cancer awareness initiatives in October! Read a bit a bit about their outstanding efforts and hearts below! https://patch.com/illinois/oakforest/october-held-multiple-cancer-awareness-initiatives-oak-forest-hs

It's that time of the year again! Bremen is gearing up for it's 39th annual food drive! Check out this article in the Patch to learn more! https://patch.com/illinois/oakforest/bremen-high-school-s-39th-annual-food-drive-gearing

Congratulations to our media students on their award-winning silent film! We love how creative our students can be, and can't wait to see what they do next! Check out their work in the Chicago Tribune! https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-hillcrest-film-contest-win-st-1101-20231031-rpov6kvsnrbnvee2rlwljscu6a-story.html

Tinley Park High School hosted the SSC Publications Conference on Friday! Students who attended from various schools were able to sit in breakout sessions with a variety of presenters to talk about many different media related fields.

Oak Forest AP Studio Art Teacher Dan Chambers and student artist Abbey H. were live on CBS2 this morning to talk about the Memory Project! For the past few weeks, Oak Forest High School AP studio art students have been working on portraits of children in need from Colombia through the Memory Project. Eleven students from OFHS have put in hours of hard work painting and/or drawing their portraits. On the back of each portrait, students traced their hands and wrote a message inside the tracing to the child they created artwork for. Children who will receive their artwork are orphans, refugees, or displaced. OFHS students are proud to work so hard on something they ultimately have to give away. Learn more about the project and check out the interview below! #TheBengalWay https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oak-forest-high-school-art-students-portraits-colombian-children/

On Friday, Bremen High School hosted its first annual Golf Ball Drop, a fundraising opportunity raising money for Bremen’s Academic Boosters Program. People were able to purchase golf balls for $10 each to be dropped from a fire truck ladder in the hopes of winning $1,000. There were 266 golf balls sold, and $2,660 raised ! Proceeds go toward scholarships and other incentives. Learn more by visiting our website: https://bremen.bhsd228.com/o/bhs/article/1303676

Hillcrest High School Social Science teacher Kristen Kaczmarek served on a panel at the 2023 Illinois History Conference in Springfield earlier this month! Take a moment to learn a bit more about this wonderful experience! https://hillcrest.bhsd228.com/o/hhs/article/1293856

Check out this amazing opportunity coming this Thursday!

Happy World Teacher's Day to all of the amazing teachers in Bremen High School District 228, and to all of the wonderful teachers around the world! Building the next generation of leaders!