Lisa Goldman is retiring this year after 23 years as Beachwood Orchestra Director and 42 years in music education. Goldman has enriched countless lives by exposing students to music in and beyond her...

College Credit Plus (CCP), a dual-enrollment program that has been available to Ohio middle and high school students since 2015, is attractive to students for its flexibility and for the opportunity it...

For the first time since its first meeting in 1915, the Beachwood Board of Education is all female. With the swearing-in of new members Kim Allamby, Dr. Josephine Chan and Wendy Leatherberry in January...

Destination Imagination (DI) is a global problem-solving competition for students from elementary school to college.  Students form teams and test their skills in a variety of STEAM-based (science,...

 There are a lot of clubs at BHS, but for students with an interest in finance, there is one that rallies over the rest.  ”[We have] around 30 members,” Club President Rafael Rubeck said. “You...

Many stories can be told through cuisine. Pizza, which was first made by lower class Italians in impoverished times since the ingredients were cheap, or the true tale of Ratatouille, made by poor French...

For the past 32 years, Lori Joyner has been the first person greeting visitors to the BHS principal’s office. Beginning this week, guests to the front office will be welcomed by a new face. Joyner...

You’ve probably seen pictures of a stereotypical granny sitting in a rocking chair by the fire, her knitting needles clicking away at a striped scarf for her grandson.  However, such is not always...

If you’ve walked by the Shakercrest side of the school in the last two months, you’ve probably noticed a large rainbow made entirely of plastic bottle caps. The bottlecap rainbow was built by a...

From the darkness of COVID-19, the vaccine brings a light of hope. But not everyone trusts the effectiveness of the vaccine. A history of racism in healthcare and recent political polarization have...

As students returned to in-person learning for the 2021-2022 school year, BHS faculty members observed teenagers coming back to school facing greater mental health struggles than those exhibited prior...

Assistant Principal Aubrei Erkins has adorned her office to be inviting, with inspirational quotes on pillows, decorations and a bowl of candy on her desk.  Erkins also places snacks for students outside...