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Nate's Story
Nate’s bright future was cut short on January 13, 2022, when he died by suicide after being relentlessly cyberbullied by certain classmates and basketball teammates at the Latin School of Chicago through a group chat, Snapchat posts, and a separate Snapchat message cruelly directing Nate to go kill himself.

Nate reported the group chat and the Snapchat posts to the school, but the school did not take appropriate measures to protect Nate and the school did not notify Nate’s parents of the cyberbullying report as required by Illinois law.
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A Profile on Buckets Over Bullying
April 1, 2026

A Profile on Buckets Over Bullying

Buckets Over Bullying Founders Rose & Rob Bronstein sit down with Chicago’s WGN News to discuss how they turned their own personal tragedy into a grassroots organization to help protect children everywhere from the dangerous effects of cyberbullying.
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Two prep school headmasters quit jobs as Jewish teen suicide probe wraps up
January 31, 2026

Two prep school headmasters quit jobs as Jewish...

The headmaster of a prestigious Westchester private school resigned last week just days after his successor at a renowned Chicago prep school announced his shock resignation — as a probe into their connection to a Jewish student’s suicide wraps up....
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NY Post: Elite Chicago middle school embroiled in Nazi-music controversy for second time.
January 3, 2026

NY Post: Elite Chicago middle school embroiled in...

The ritzy Latin School of Chicago is being plagued by another antisemitism controversy, this time involving middle schoolers learning a marching song synonymous with the Nazis, The Post has learned. Students at the Windy City private school — an elite...
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Tristan Jass with Buckets Over Bullying on WGNTV. Taking Action: 3 steps to fight back against cyberbullying.
October 1, 2025

Tristan Jass with Buckets Over Bullying on WGNTV....

Taking Action: 3 steps to fight back against cyberbullying. Tristan Jass, co-founder of Buckets Over Bullying discusses the dangers of cyberbullying with WGN and highlights the alarming statistics on how pervasive cyberbullying is among children. October is National Bullying Prevention...
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FOX 32 ChicagoNOW: How Parents Can Protect Kids from Cyberbullying
September 9, 2025

FOX 32 ChicagoNOW: How Parents Can Protect Kids...

Cyberbullying is on the rise, and nearly half of teens experience it. Rose and Rob Bronstein, founders of Buckets Over Bullying, share their mission after losing their son Nate to online harassment. | ChicagoNOW is a fast-paced, conversational show that...
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CBS News: Announcing the Launch of the Tech Safe Learning Coalition
March 4, 2025

CBS News: Announcing the Launch of the Tech...

Latin School of Chicago student Nate Bronstein died by suicide in 2022 at the age of 15, after relentless cyberbullying. Three years later, Nate’s mom is making good on her promise to protect other kids — teaming up with a...
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Protest Occurs Outside Latin’s Annual Fundraiser
April 15, 2024

Protest Occurs Outside Latin’s Annual Fundraiser

“Latin Parents: Your Donations Condone Bullying” read signs by protesters gathered outside Latin’s annual Romans Raise and Revel fundraiser on Saturday night. Roughly 40 protestors, organized by the anti-bullying project “Buckets Over Bullying,” stood outside Union Station’s entrance at around...
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PURPOSE IN THE PAIN Parents Fight To Find The Rainbow Through Storm Clouds
August 4, 2023

PURPOSE IN THE PAIN Parents Fight To Find...

Robert and Rose Bronstein, the parents of Nate Bronstein, have filed a Second Amended Complaint (SAC) against the Latin School of Chicago (LSC) (IL) detailing additional particularized allegations of Latin School of Chicago’s failures in properly addressing Nate’s reports to...
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Latin School of Chicago Named in Yet Another Lawsuit
July 18, 2023

Latin School of Chicago Named in Yet Another...

School withheld diplomas and transcripts from two seniors tossing them into college limbo, ruining their graduation The old idiom, “if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck,” directly applies to the Latin School...
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Who is the principal of Latin School of Chicago? Tragic Nate Bronstein’s parents claim school is refusing access to his records
June 28, 2023

Who is the principal of Latin School of...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Nate Bronstein’s parents have gone to court again, this time filing a lawsuit for not allowing access to their son’s school records. The 15-year-old killed himself last year after being brutally cyberbullied by his classmates. Nate, who is...
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‘Gone in a Snap,’ parents protest the social media company they view as complicit in their children’s deaths
May 13, 2023

‘Gone in a Snap,’ parents protest the social...

This Friday marked the fourth time that Amy Neville has marched to Snapchat’s Santa Monica headquarters since her 14-year-old son, Alexander, died in 2020 after taking a counterfeit pill containing fentanyl he purchased via the social media app. Other parents...
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Her son died at 15 after being cyberbullied. Now she’s campaigning against bullying: ‘I don’t want him to have died in vain.’
May 12, 2023

Her son died at 15 after being cyberbullied....

Rose Bronstein claims her teen was driven to suicide because of cyberbullying by other students. The mom is suing her son’s former school because they didn’t do enough to stop it, she says. She’s campaigning against cyberbullying because she doesn’t...
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An Open Letter to Snap, Inc. Founder & CEO on Putting Profits Above Children’s Safety
April 17, 2023

An Open Letter to Snap, Inc. Founder &...

Dear Mr. Spiegel, Snapchat’s own community guidelines begin: “At Snapchat, we contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.” Perhaps if I were authoring that statement, from everything...
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Resorts World Las Vegas partners with Buckets Over Bullying
March 14, 2023

Resorts World Las Vegas partners with Buckets Over...

The casino resort will host Full Court March later this month to raise cyberbullying awareness. Resorts World Las Vegas, along with basketball fans Tristan Jass and Mamadou N’Diaye, have partnered with Buckets Over Bullying to raise cyberbullying awareness. Together, they...
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Parker Students Fight Cyberbullying
December 16, 2022

Parker Students Fight Cyberbullying

On a brisk Saturday morning, hundreds of students and parents across Chicago attended the first Buckets Over Bullying rally on November 5, 2022, decrying cyberbullying across the country. Buckets Over Bullying is a non-profit founded by Rose and Rob Bronstein...
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The Latin School of Chicago in Shambles
October 27, 2022

The Latin School of Chicago in Shambles

Depravity, “rules for thee and not for me” and bullying culture appear systemic at Chicago’s most elite private school ‍What do Doug Sohn (Hot Doug’s), Carol Fox Flanigan (Co-Founder of the Lyric Opera of Chicago), William Wrigley (creator of the...
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Mom of Chicago private school boy, 15, driven to suicide by bullies over lie he was unvaccinated calls for former school head to be axed from his new $1M-a-year post at top NY school​
June 19, 2022

Mom of Chicago private school boy, 15, driven...

Rosellen Bronstein demanded fromer Latin School of Chicago Principal Randall Dunn be canned from his new job at a prestigious NY private school Bronstein claimed Dunn failed to help her son, Nate, 15, who comitted suicide in January after months...
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‘IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN’: Distraught Mom of Dead Son Bullied Over COVID Warns Parents
June 19, 2022

‘IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN’: Distraught Mom of Dead...

The parents of a Chicago teen who committed suicide allege that officials and staff of his elite private school ignored and even participated in relentless bullying against their son, WBBM-TV reports.In January, 15-year-old Nate Bronstein hanged himself in a bathroom at...
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Dad Sues School After Son Dies by Suicide Because He Was Bullied to Death by a Classmate
June 4, 2022

Dad Sues School After Son Dies by Suicide...

Rose and Robert Bronstein have also sued the Latin School of Chicago because they believe that the school officials didn’t do much to stop the bullying aimed at their son, Nate Bronstein, 15 years old. He was a victim of...
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Latin School of Chicago: Bullying of a Jewish Student Leads to Suicide, $100M Lawsuit
May 4, 2022

Latin School of Chicago: Bullying of a Jewish...

Identity politics, selective bullying enforcement and DEI-based anti-Semitism may be to blame for the lack of response to a child’s pleas for help ‍Nate Bronstein, a 15-year-old student at the Latin School of Chicago, committed suicide earlier this year after...
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Parents Sue After School Allegedly Bullied Son to Suicide by Shaming Him for Being Unvaxxed
May 2, 2022

Parents Sue After School Allegedly Bullied Son to...

A tragic case has surfaced out of Chicago this week, highlighting the worst possible scenario of the corporate government’s divisive propaganda that stoked hatred and fear toward vaccine skeptics. According to a lawsuit filed by Robert and Rosellene Bronstein this...
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15 Year Old Commits Suicide After Getting Bullied For Being Unvaccinated
April 27, 2022

15 Year Old Commits Suicide After Getting Bullied...

A 15 year old student of Latin School of Chicago, Nate Bronstein, was bullied about being unvaccinated and committed suicide. Latin School of Chicago is a private college prep school that charges $40,000 annually. According to court documents from a lawsuit...
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Student Takes His Own Life After Being Bullied Over His Vaccination Status
April 27, 2022

Student Takes His Own Life After Being Bullied...

According to lawsuit filed Monday, a 15-year-old boy took his own life after other students continued to be bully him over a false rumor that he was unvaccinated.  The suit filed against the Latin School of Chicago claims administrators at...
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Parents of teen who died by suicide sue Latin School of Chicago, claiming it ignored cyberbullying
April 26, 2022

Parents of teen who died by suicide sue...

CHICAGO (WLS) — The parents of a 15-year-old student at Latin School of Chicago who died by suicide are now taking legal action against the school. Nate Bronstein was a bright, witty 15-year-old who loved everything about sports.  “He was...
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Parents of boy, 15, who killed himself sue $40,000-a-year private Chicago school claiming officials knew he was being cyberbullied by students and at least one mother who called his parents anti-vaxxers
April 26, 2022

Parents of boy, 15, who killed himself sue...

A 15-year-old boy asked for a meeting with the dean of his $40,000-a-year private Chicago school to report that several students were bullying him via text messages and on Snapchat – one of which encouraged him to kill himself. Nate Bronstein, 15, took his...
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Family of Teen Who Took His Own Life Says Latin School of Chicago Knew of Son’s Bullying
April 26, 2022

Family of Teen Who Took His Own Life...

The parents of Nathan Bronstein, the 15-year-old boy who took his own life in January, say the Latin School of Chicago knew of their son’s extensive bullying prior to his suicide and that school officials wrote the problems off as...
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Chicago’s Latin School Screens Jewish Families for Wokeness
December 21, 2021

Chicago’s Latin School Screens Jewish Families for Wokeness

Progressive litmus test rattles elite Chicago school admissions The Latin School of Chicago is earning a reputation among the Windy City’s Jewish community of screening parents for wokeness, according to multiple families familiar with the admissions process. Chicago Contrarian has spoken to...
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