Brand New JV PenOhio Team Wins Regional Tournament
Clinton Sansonetti, with additional reporting by the Beachcomber Staff
March 24, 2018
Remarkably for a first year team, the Bison won first place in the JV division, and all competitors qualified for the state tournament, to be held May 19 at the College of Wooster.
Student Council Exec Board Leaders Elected For 2018-19 School Year
Prerna Mukherjee, News Editor
February 28, 2018
Student Council’s Executive Board elections were held on Friday, Feb. 23. Junior Jing-Jing Shen was elected President, along with Sydney Leikin as Executive Vice President, sophomore Lena Leland as Vice President, sophomore Joelle Rosenthal as Secretary and freshman Amy Chen as Treasurer. Student...
Martin Horwitz Sworn in as Beachwood Mayor
Prerna Mukherjee, News Editor
January 23, 2018
Martin Horwitz was sworn in on Jan. 8, making him Beachwood’s 17th mayor. Horwitz won by a close margin of 33 votes against incumbent Merle Gorden and outgoing School Board President Mitchel Luxenburg. “It’s proof that every vote counts,” Horwitz said. “My thoughts are that the vote clearly...
Human Rights Students Make a Difference With ‘Choosing to Participate’ Projects
Vivian Li, News Editor
January 20, 2018
Students from the human rights class ended their semester by displaying their Choosing to Participate (CTP) projects throughout the week of Jan. 8. The projects encourage students to engage in their communities and raise awareness about subjects they are passionate about. The projects have been part...
School District Leaders Campaign For Combined Levy On May Ballot
Vivian Li, News Editor
December 21, 2017
The Bond Levy Portion Would Finance the Planned Elementary Consolidation; The Operating Levy Would Finance Ongoing District Operations
Academic Challenge Qualifies For National Tournament
Prerna Mukherjee, News Editor
November 21, 2017
Two BHS academic challenge teams competed at East Palestine High School on Saturday, Nov. 11, with one team placing second place and qualifying for the national competition. The team qualifying for nationals consisted of junior Jing-Jing Shen and freshmen Yang Yu, Peter Soprunov and Somin Jung. ...
African American Literature Class Raises Awareness on ‘Take a Knee’
Gabriela Covolan Costa, Image Editor
November 6, 2017
On Oct. 19, the African American literature class made a bulletin board about the “Taking a Knee” movement. The movement started in the summer of 2016 when NFL player Colin Kaepernick stayed seated during the national anthem. According to Nick Wright, Fox Sports host, he did so to protest inequality,...
City Leaders Face Off in Mayoral Race
Jinle Zhu, Editor-in-Chief
November 3, 2017
Along with 72 other municipalities in the Cleveland area, the City of Beachwood will hold mayoral elections on Nov. 7. The three candidates are current Beachwood Mayor Merle Gorden, City Council President Martin S. Horwitz and Beachwood School Board President Mitchel Luxenburg. Incumbent Merle Go...
Flu Season Blues
Julia Charnas, Staff Writer
November 2, 2017
From Sept. 1 to Nov. 1, BHS teachers marked 63 absences for students in the BHS clinic, according to information provided by Asst. Principal Ryan Patti. During the same time period, 712 student absences were excused with a doctor's note as evidence. From Sept. 1 to Oct. 25, there were 25 BHS teac...
Journalism Class Hosts Student Reporters From Cleveland School of the Arts
Journalism Class
November 1, 2017
The journalism class hosted a group of student journalists from Cleveland School of the Arts on Thursday, Oct. 26. The CSA students are visiting schools for a reporting project on school report cards. Beachwood students enjoyed getting to know the guests. "It was one of the coolest experiences I've e...
No Left No More
Max Alter, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 20, 2017
The Beachwood City Council passed a motion on Sept. 5th amending the City’s charter to enable northbound traffic from Richmond Road to turn left into the BHS parking lot. The motion, penned by Councilman and Chair of the Safety and Public Health Committee Justin Berns and passed with a unanimous...
School District Uses Variety of Approaches to Maintain Security
Nakita Reidenbach, Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
A local woman called 911 on Aug. 1 about her boyfriend, who told her over facetime that he was going to go shoot up the first school he found. The man hoped to be shot and killed by police in an act known as “suicide by cop.” The man was soon located in his car at Mercer Elementary School in...
