Bremen High School or BHS is a public four year high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in Midlothian, Illinois

Midlothian, Illinois

Midlothian is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,315 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Midlothian is located at ....

. It is the first school built as part of Bremen Community High School District 228

Bremen Community High School District 228

Bremen Community High School District 228 is a public four year high school district covering about in Bremen Township in southern Cook County, Illinois in the south suburbs of Chicago...

 which also includes Tinley Park High School

Tinley Park High School

Tinley Park High School, TPHS or simply Tinley is a public high school located in Tinley Park, Illinois, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago...

, Hillcrest High School

Hillcrest High School (Illinois)

Hillcrest High School is a public four year high school located in Country Club Hills, Illinois. It is part of Bremen High School District 228 which also includes Tinley Park High School, Oak Forest High School, and Bremen High School....

 and Oak Forest High School

Oak Forest High School

Oak Forest High School is a public high school located in Oak Forest, Illinois. It is part of Bremen Community High School District 228 which also includes Tinley Park High School, Hillcrest High School and Bremen High School...

. Bremen High School was opened in 1953 along with the creation of BHSD 228 to serve students in the newly developing areas at the time. Bremen High School is named after the township in which it is located, Bremen Township

Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois

Bremen Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 109,575. It was organized in 1850 and is located southwest of Chicago, Illinois in southern Cook County...

.

Mission statement

Our mission is to provide each student with core values, knowledge, and skills in order to thrive academically, socially, emotionally, and physically in our diverse world; to develop character; and to achieve full potential in one's personal and professional life.

History

Prior to the opening of the school, students attended Thornton Township High School

Thornton Township High School

Thornton Township High School, often simply referred to as Thornton is a public high school founded in 1899. The school is located in Harvey, Illinois one of the south suburbs of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The school is one of three schools administered by Thornton Township High Schools...

, Bloom Township High School, Blue Island High School

Eisenhower High School (Blue Island, Illinois)

Dwight D. Eisenhower High School is a public four-year high school located in Blue Island, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community High School District 218 along with sister schools Alan B. Shepard High School and Harold L...

, and Joliet Township High School. Bremen High School opened in September 1953, though it was not officially dedicated until November, with Senator Everett Dirksen

Everett Dirksen

Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate...

 presiding over the dedication. The staff consisted of 37 teachers and administrators and 732 students. Construction costs for the construction was $1,175,000.

About Bremen High School

Bremen High School was the first school to be built in district 228. The school mainly serve's the communities of Midlothian

Midlothian, Illinois

Midlothian is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,315 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Midlothian is located at ....

, Posen

Posen, Illinois

Posen is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Posen is the German-language name for the western Polish city of Poznań. The population was 4,730 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Posen is located at ....

, Markham

Markham, Illinois

Markham is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,620 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Markham is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

 and a small part of Harvey

Harvey, Illinois

Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 30,000 at the 2000 census.Harvey is bordered by Dixmoor, Riverdale and Blue Island to the north, Posen and Markham to the west, South Holland, Phoenix, and Dolton to the east, and East Hazel Crest to the...

. Bremen High school is also member of the South Suburban Conference.
William J. Stolz, class of 1956, was the first Bremen Graduate to be elected to the Board of Education and went to Washington D.C. as the youngest school board President in the Nation.

Athletics

Athletics at Bremen include: Football,Baseball,Softball, Golf, Cross Country, Bowling, Swimming, Volleyball, Tennis, Wrestling, Cheer leading, Track and Field, Soccer, Poms, and Basketball. Bremen also hosts the district water polo team. Also, in 2008 the Boys Soccer team won their first Sectional Championship. In 2006 the Poms team won their first State Championship with their prop routine.

Clubs and activities

B.A.C.O,
Art Club,
Group Interpretation
Scholastic Bowl
Arrow (Yearbook)
Interact Club
Science Club
Band
Freshman Class
Junior Class
Senior Class
Chess Club
Key Club
Sophomore Class
Circle Book Club
Color Guard (Flag Corp)
Special Interest Choir
Diversity Club Mathletes
Speech Team
Drama
National Honor Society
Stage & Lighting
ECHO
Operation Snowball
Student Council
Energy Club
Oracle Vocational Club (BPA/DECA)
F.A.C.S. Club
Pep Club
Vocational Club (FCCLA)
P.R.I.S.M. / G.S.A.
World Language Club
BPA (Business Prof. of America)
Photo Club