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The Beachcomber

The student news site of Beachwood High School.

The Beachcomber

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Dress for the Occasion

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor May 28, 2015

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...

The Beachwood City Council meeting on Dec. 15, 2014.

City Council Moves to Reform Mayoral Benefits

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor April 29, 2015

On Monday, April 20 the Beachwood City Council voted 6-0 to pass a  new ordinance that will not allow any mayor to pocket gratuities from officiating weddings or to cash in unused vacation days. In...

The class of 2016 Team talks strategy. Photo by Naomi Grant.

Student Council Kicks Off New Fundraiser For Cancer

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor April 27, 2015

About 50 BHS students turned out on Sunday, April 26 for a Kick it For Cancer kickball tournament. According to kick-it.org, this organization was established in Chagrin Falls when a 10-year-old boy...

College Advice to the Young'uns

College Advice to the Young’uns

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor April 18, 2015

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...

Image source: CBS Films

“The DUFF”: Slightly More Realistic Than Your Average Teen Drama

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor February 23, 2015
"Because this book was written by a high school student, the characters speak and act like real high school students rather than sheltered characters on made-for-TV Disney movies."
Slide of Measles virus. Photo Credit: Cynthia S. Goldsmith / CDC/  William Bellini, Ph.D. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

A Scourge From the Past

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...

Cartoon by Janet Wang

A Survival Guide For Ohio Winters

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...

Photo by Bradford Douglas.

District Adjusts to New Teacher Evaluation System

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor December 13, 2014

Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, the Ohio Department of Education implemented a new system of teacher evaluations, created on the principle that teachers should be held accountable for student growth. “One...

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Here’s Why I’m Not Telling Anyone Where I’m Applying to College

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor October 31, 2014

When anyone finds out you’re a senior, the nearly inevitable question is, “Where do you want to go to college?” I assume most people expect to hear from a Beachwood student either a nationally-renowned...

Tensions Increase Locally After Violence in Middle East

Tensions Increase Locally After Violence in Middle East

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor October 19, 2014

The crisis in Israel and the Gaza Strip this summer, Operation Protective Edge, has caused an increase in anti-Israeli sentiment, and has led many to question whether criticism of Israeli policy is making...

Photo by Jeffrey Zuckerman, Beachcomber archives.

Open Letter to the Class of 2018

Naomi Grant, Arts & Life Editor September 1, 2014

Dear freshmen, I went to my sister’s eighth grade graduation ceremony. I watched adults who graduated from high school decades ago give her class the same cliche advice that every adult gives, so...

Image Source: Sayurta via Wikimedia Commons.

It’s Time to End the Tyranny of Summer Homework

Naomi Grant, Opinion Editor May 29, 2014

As we race out the door to the exciting destinations that our summer will take us, the joy that comes from our new found freedom from school for ten weeks is diluted by the fact that we are not really...

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