The BHS Circle Book Club hosted their annual Virtual Bedtime stores this week. 26 guests joined in as they read through stories including "Daniel Tiger," "Mr. McKay, the Winter Coat Thief," "King Michael," "The Maze," "If I Could Not Cry," and "Chicken Little." Circle Book Club continues to create opportunities for the Bremen community through reading. CBC is lead by teacher Andrea Ignelzi. #BremenReads #BremenBraves
🎨✨ Huge congratulations to Bremen and Hillcrest students for showcasing their incredible talents at the Black Creativity Exhibition! Selected from over 1,300 entries, their artwork shines alongside professional artists at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. 🎭👏 #BlackCreativity #StudentArtists #FutureOfArt
Join us tomorrow night for the community STEM night presented by BHS Science Department! Hands on experiments, reptiles, touch tanks and much more! #BremenBraves @midlothianlibrary @markhampubliclibrary_il
The Bremen Deans hosted one of their luncheons last Friday. Students and deans ate lunch together while discussing BHS and ways to improving the culture. Jr. A.J. A. was the winner of the Bremen Dean's Trivia contest and said, "it was pretty cool being able to openly talk about things we'd like to see change. It was nice be feel heard. Even if it was something that couldn't necessarily change, the deans explained why and were very open."
#BremenBraves
Join us Thursday night for the community STEM night presented by BHS Science Department! Hands on experiments, reptiles, touch tanks and much more!
#BremenBraves @midlothianlibrary @markhampubliclibrary_il
Congratulations to Mrs. Mack & @bremenfccla for their outstanding performances at Sectionals this past week! BHS has 17 students advancing to the @illinois_fccla
STATE competition in April! BHS FCCLA had 17 Gold medals (2 perfect scores), 5 Silver, & 6 Most Outstanding awards! #BremenBraves #ilfccla #FCCLA
The BHS DECA chapter raised money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association @mdaorg to send affected children to week-long summer camps by selling MDA Holiday Tags From Nov-Dec. @bremenhsdeca sold $1,500 worth of tags. Dulce C. & Fatima P. spearheaded this endeavor and did an amazing job. Great Job DECA! #BremenBraves #ILDECA #BeTheOne
Bremen High School District 228 is thrilled to welcome our beloved senior citizens to our Annual Senior Citizen’s Breakfast! 🥞☕
Join us for a delicious meal, great company, and wonderful entertainment provided by our talented students. This special event will take place at all four of our district schools—we can't wait to celebrate with you!
📅 Date: March 19, 2025
📍 Locations: Bremen, Tinley Park, Hillcrest, and Oak Forest High Schools
Read more on our website: https://www.bhsd228.com/article/2011555
Come enjoy a morning of good food and even better company! RSVP today (RSVP by March 4th) 💙✨ #D228 #SeniorCitizensBreakfast #CommunityMatters
Support D228 Operation Snowball by visiting Chipotle in Tinley Park tonight!
We are so proud of all of our @bremenhsdeca members that participated in Sectionals on Friday @morainevalley. The feedback we received from the business professionals was outstanding! Congratulations to the students that have advanced on to the STATE competition! #NotDoneYet #DECAICDC @ildeca_yoseline @illinoisdeca #BremenBraves
Congratulations to @bdtv228 for being awarded Outstanding Cinematic Achievement at the 2025 Student Silent Film Festival for “Unpredicted” starring Caiden Forbes, Deanna Bridges, & Christian Padgett. Directed by Ava Scott, Director of Photography Brody Lynch, Script Supervisor Justin Gibbs, & Art Department Kayla Thurmond. Stay tuned to see the film in its entirety! @bremenbraves @experienceofhs @hchs_hawks #BremenBraves
IMPORTANT: With the expected low temperatures tomorrow we will be moving to an e-Learning format for Tuesday, January 21st, 2025. Consult your email for more information about attendance and the format for this school day. Regarding after school activities, your coach or sponsor will communicate with each group the specifics of that group.
- Your student needs to complete the Attendance Google Form by 10 a.m. in order to be considered "present" for school.
- Your student should refer to his/her Google Classrooms and complete all assignments posted by the teacher.
- Classroom teachers are available to assist your student between the hours of 12 pm and 2 pm. Help can be provided via Google Classroom, Voice, Meet and/or email.
All D228 buildings are closed today.
Bremen Sophomore Art Student Jamie Garcia has earned an Honorable mention at the 2024-2025 University of St. Francis High School Art Exhibition and Competition, for her piece Cavity.
The USF Art Department stated, “This is a remarkable accomplishment, especially considering the over 300 entries in the exhibition this year. Your piece stood out to the judges for its unique creativity and powerful artistic vision. It left a lasting impression and clearly demonstrates your talent and dedication.”
We are so proud!
Did you check your mailbox this week? We sent our annual District Scoop your way!
BHSD228 Families and Students,
On Tuesday afternoon, our Student Information System vendor PowerSchool notified our District that we may be among the many PowerSchool clients worldwide whose data may have been accessed during a cybersecurity incident. On Wednesday at 2PM, we attended a detailed PowerSchool debrief about the data breach.
While PowerSchool is responsible for this incident and its impact, Bremen High School District 228 is committed to protecting our student, staff and family data and is committed to communicating with transparency about this incident. We are providing the information we currently have and as more specific information becomes available we will share it.
What happened?
According to PowerSchool, someone used a compromised PowerSchool credential to access an internal PowerSchool system that is intended for supporting their clients through a maintenance connection to individual district PowerSchool systems. When PowerSchool became aware of the incident on December 28, 2024, they notified law enforcement, locked down the system, and engaged the services of CrowdStrike (a cybersecurity company that develops software to help companies detect and prevent cyberattacks) and Cyber Steward (a professional advisor with experience in negotiating with threat actors).
What data could have been accessed?
District 228 has not received specific details about the extent in which D228 faculty and student information was accessed and they have assured us that further analysis of our particular situation will be shared in the weeks ahead. Information accessed may include demographic and contact information, including names, addresses, and phone numbers as well as some limited health information for some students. District 228 does not collect or retain student or staff SSNs in PowerSchool and to our knowledge, no financial information was included in the data breach.
PowerSchool states that they have received “reasonable assurances from the threat actor that the data has been deleted and that no additional copies exist. We do not anticipate the data being shared or made public, and we believe it has been deleted without any further replication or dissemination. We have a video confirming deletion and are actively searching the dark web to confirm.”
What happens next?
PowerSchool has stated that the incident is contained, and they have no evidence of malware or continued unauthorized activity in the PowerSchool environment. They are not experiencing, nor expect to experience, any operational disruption and they continue to provide services as normal to school districts.
Although PowerSchool has assured us that the risk of data dissemination or misuse is low, we remain vigilant and are leveraging all available resources to thoroughly assess the situation and strengthen the protection of our systems.
Communication and Transparency
District 228 personnel will continue to work with our PowerSchool representative and we will share relevant information as it becomes available to us.
District 228's Operation Snowball is having a fundraiser at Portillos in Tinley Park on January 16th from 5-8pm! Save the date! Details can be seen below.
This post is for all of the BRAVE gamers out there! @bremen_esports_club is gearing up for another exciting season! If you are interested in gaming and looking to get involved at BHS come to room 124A next Tuesday after school (3-4pm) to see what its all about! #BremenBraves
Congratulations to Ian for winning the December Bremen Library Reading Raffle. Ian received a certificate and a gift card. Bremen students are able to enter our the monthly reading raffle until the last day of the month - come visit the IMC for more information. #BremenReads
Happy holidays from our Braves family to yours! Classes will resume January 6, 2025.
#BremenBraves
