Many Cultures, One Bison
Maya Neyman and additional reporting by Prerna Mukherjee & Amelia Port
March 23, 2018
The Beachwood Schools, Beachwood’s Marketing Excel Tech program, and community partners, alarmed at the rise of racial tension among students, collaborated to create the One Bison campaign. On Feb. 26, BHS held its first One Bison Summit, a day to celebrate diversity and promote school unity. The s...
Feel the Music
Amelia Port, Staff Writer
March 23, 2018
The Beachwood orchestra has won a remarkable number of awards this year.
Throwing Stones
Sam Thomas, Staff Writer
March 18, 2018
Library / media assistant Paige Dudley finds fun and friendship on the curling ice
GSA Dives Into Hidden LGBT+ History
Vivian Li, News Editor
March 7, 2018
The Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) held a presentation about LGBT+ history in the military in English teacher Casey Matthews’ room on Feb. 21. The presentation was given by freshman Emily Isaacson and sophomore Mirabelle Wooley and was the second in an ongoing series of talks on LGBT+ history. According...
Pre-Med Club Explores Wide Range of Career Options
Clinton Sansonetti, Staff Writer
March 7, 2018
Dimmed lights hung above the 707 classroom. A little light filtered through the windows, but that was the only natural light. Artificial light was cast from a projector and onto the screen at the front of the room. Junior Julia Woomer had prepared a presentation on alternative medicine. Ten pre-med...
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 for balance and take some classes they will find fun and engaging as well as academically challenging. Here are some great Beachw...
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 2005-2014. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, these incidents have been more t...
Teaching His Way Around the World
Ben Connor, Staff Writer
January 19, 2018
Math Teacher Arthur Gugick Has a Once-in-a-Lifetime Adventure
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 running in 2011, and I've run six marathons and even more half-marathons," Ogilvy said. "I ran smalle...
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. “I always liked to draw things when I was young,” he added. These drawings developed into the de...
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 the front desk, and charts of polyatomic ions are taped to each lab counter. In the corner, a...
Assessing the Assessments
Prerna Mukherjee and Additional reporting by Athena Grasso
May 19, 2017
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, AIR tests are administered in English 1 and 2, Biology, American History, American Government, Algebra...
