It was the high school introduction night for students and parents, and an eighth grade version of me was quaking in my red-cushioned seat.
The principal was introducing one national-merit debate-champion...
With warmer weather comes the inevitability of students, mainly girls, breaking dress code, like the one that frequently goes unenforced at BHS. Nationally, this is the time of year when the stories trending...
On March 6, Superintendent Dr. Richard Markwardt wrote an open letter to the Beachwood community urging 10th-12th grade BHS students to take the new state-mandated American government exam not required...
In recent years, district administrators have sought to increase the number of students taking Advanced Placement courses. Over the last three years, the school increased AP enrollment 53%, and bumped...
I’ll be blunt: applying to college sucks. Just like buying a house, applying to college sometimes shows people’s dark sides.
Still, it doesn’t need to be as painful as many people make it. It...
On Feb. 3, the proposed amendment for term limits in Beachwood was defeated. The narrow margin -- 48.1% in favor to 51.9% against -- was somewhat surprising.
Given the fact that the election was in...
Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor
• February 20, 2015
Many things from the twentieth century have recently come back to haunt us, none of which belong in the twenty-first.
These relics include shoulder pads, despotic Russian leaders such as Vladimir Putin...
With the PARCC exams the students’ diplomas, their teachers’ salaries and their community’s property values are all on the line. This places unnecessary stress on already overburdened teens.
Tamir Rice, 12; Kimani Gray, 16; Trayvon Martin, 17; Kendrec McDade, 19; Oscar Grant, 22 Sean Bell, 23; . These names represent just a few of the many unarmed African American boys and men shot to death...
On Aug. 9th, 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Accounts of what happened differ. Several eye witnesses claiming that Brown was surrendering with his hands...
Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor
• December 18, 2014
Contrary to what the retail industry may want you to believe, this is actually the least wonderful time of the year.
I see nothing appealing about upwards of five months of snow, ice and well-below...
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