All D228 buildings are closed today.
Arbor Pk & Hille 8th grade choir students recently visited OFHS & performed w/our very own OF choir & Mr. Pazik.
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Congrats to our OF Varsity & JV Chess Teams on Conference!
Well Done!
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OF students from Ms. Jones', Ms. Dytrych's & Mr. Alvarez's classes recently visited the Holocaust Museum - Education is the key to learning from the lessons of the Holocaust.
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Please join the FCA Club & OF Bengals as they show their support for cancer patients through Phil's Friends - an amazing organization that create care packages for cancer patients for comfort during their treatments.
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Did you check your mailbox this week? We sent our annual District Scoop your way!
Congrats to our OF Cheerleaders on taking 1st Place this weekend @ the Buffalo Grove Coed Invite!!
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Congrats to our OF Boys Bowling SSC Blue Conference Champs!!
**11th consecutive year**
Varsity Medalists - 10th Ryan O'Conner; 1st Aiden Kidd; 3rd Jacob Serrano
JV Medalists - 7th Daijon Lewis; 6th Nathan Schmidt; 5th Nick Alaska; 10th Angelo Cervantes
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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.
Congrats to the OF JV & Varsity Dance Team on their wins @ the IDTA comp!! JV 1st in open pom & qual. for IDTA State; Varsity 1st in AAA open pom & qual. for IDTA State; Varsity 2nd in AAA Jazz; Varsity 2nd in Jazz on IHSA rubric; Varsity 3rd Pom routine on IHSA rubric!!
Join us for a special night as we honor two Oak Forest Bengals into our Hall of Fame - former Athletic Director Sue Bonner & former Athletic Secretary Betty Fox!
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#Once a Bengal Always a Bengal
Spring Musical "Callout" later this week!
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Congrats Freshman Wrestlers!!
It's that time once again....Girls Track is right around the corner!!
Mtg in Room 501
Must be Registered on 8to18
Must have a current physical on file
Let's Go Bengals!!
Our OF preschoolers & their teachers visited the IMC during 1st semester for story time, crafts, & made their very own library card....can't wait to see what fun they have during 2nd semester.
The creativity our Bengals students have in Mr. F's baking classes are truly impressive!
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🐯Attention Bengal Juniors🐯
Check out the flyers for info on registering for ACT Prep
**registration closes January 15th**
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWujoqzER6SZAJ9dNIhvU-F7XM774iY_ylf0ZczNdeaatEXA/viewform?usp=sharing
Happy Holidays!!
Classes resume on January 6th!
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#MuchNeededRest
Congrats to our OF Bengal!
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