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Scheduling Season Beginning Soon

Scheduling Season Beginning Soon

Ben Connor, Sports Editor February 9, 2018

The guidance office will begin scheduling for next year in the next few weeks. Current juniors will be scheduled first, followed by freshmen and sophomores. Guidance counselors encourage students to strive...

Image by Gan Khoon Lay via the noun project

Teen Mental Health Issues Increasing Nationwide

Amelia Port and Nakita Reidenbach January 24, 2018

The incidence of anxiety and depression in high school and college students has increased dramatically in recent years. Researchers found a 37% increase in major depressive episodes among teens from...

Gugick and his students hiked to Kuang Si falls in Laos. Photo from 80daze blog, courtesy of Arthur Gugick.

Teaching His Way Around the World

Ben Connor, Staff Writer January 19, 2018
Math Teacher Arthur Gugick Has a Once-in-a-Lifetime Adventure
Theres one last marathon on Ogilvy’s bucket list: the New York Marathon. Photo courtesy of Pam Ogilvy.

From Markets to Marathons

Jinle Zhu, Editor-in-Chief December 20, 2017

AP Economics teacher Pam Ogilvy ran the Indianapolis Marathon on Nov. 4. This is not the first time Ogilvy has completed a 26.2 mile race; it's her sixth time across the finish line. “I started...

Stern says he sold over 160 items through the pop-up shop, with items ranging from $20 to $36. Image source: http://goos1e.com/

Goosie Style

Sam Thomas, Staff Writer October 30, 2017

Sophomore 'Goosie' Gabe Stern has been designing and selling his own unique apparel since he was in sixth grade. “I made my first shirt with custom ink on a pink t-shirt with yellow text,” he said....

Anatomy & physiology students examine cell tissue under the microscope. Photo by Gabriela Covolan Costa.

Science Department Offers New Anatomy and Physiology Course

Jinle Zhu, Editor-in-Chief September 11, 2017

The classroom is dark, the only source of light being the big windows on the back wall. Thin rays of light shine through X-ray scans of biological specimens. A cart stacked with microscopes stands beside...

Assessing the Assessments

Assessing the Assessments

Beachwood students completed computerized end-of-course exams last month. The exams, designed by the American Institutes of Research (AIR), assess student skills across grade levels. In high school,...

The Model UN club at Columbia University in January. Photo courtesy of Sara Bargiel

Model U.N. Club Building Momentum

Vivian Li, Staff Writer May 18, 2017

Students in Model U.N. meet twice a week beginning in the fall to practice research, writing, problem-solving and public speaking. Students prepare for conferences by researching and discussing international...

After his two goes as head varsity coach, Iammarino has totalled an astounding 30+ years as the position. His achievements as coach include coaching 12 State Wrestling Champions and 72 State Place Winners/Qualifiers. His teams also won the Metropolitan Area Conference (MAC -8) in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Photo by Gabriela Covolan Costa

Coach Iammarino Pins 52nd Year at Beachwood

Tyler Pohlman, Staff Writer May 17, 2017

It was that time year again: trees began to shed their leaves and moms frantically buttoned their kids up in big coats. In crowded gyms across Northeast Ohio, wrestling season had begun. Bison wrestlers...

After wrapping-up the assembly with a few questions from the audience, Sedgwick was available in the library to sign books. Photo by Gabriela Covolan Costa

Author Marcus Sedgwick Describes Life on the Border

Malinda Creel, Staff Writer May 13, 2017

On Thursday, April 27, author Marcus Sedgwick spoke in the BHS auditorium. Principal Reed briefly discussed his love of reading as a child before introducing junior Abbey Brewer, library club President,...

Science teacher Lisa Bugenske described a lack of female peers and role models in her time as an engineering student at University of Michigan and during her career at General Electric. Photo by Gabriela Colovan Costa.

Female STEM Students Encouraged to Defy Expectations

Cameron Godfrey, Staff Writer March 9, 2017

According to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce (DOC), women hold nearly half of all jobs in the United States, but less than 25% of jobs related to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The Economics...

Betsy DeVos speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Feb. 2017. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Federal Move Towards Vouchers Could Cut Into School District Budgets

Dalia Zullig, Editor-in-Chief March 8, 2017

Betsy DeVos was confirmed by the Senate on Feb. 7 to the position of Secretary of Education, with the tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Mike Pence. At her confirmation hearing DeVos demonstrated...

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