After an incredible summer filled with camps and waterparks, I went back to school.  I had a successful freshman year, did well academically and got involved with a lot of activities, so for my sophomore...

Tonight, many BHS students will complete an egregious amount of homework. They will read several chapters of a book assigned from their high level English class, complete an assignment from a college level...

The College Board is changing the curriculum of some AP courses and making new resources available to students and teachers beginning this year. One major change is an earlier exam registration date...

In 2015, The Ohio Department for Higher Education instituted a new program called College Credit Plus (CCP), which allows students as young as 7th grade to take courses at colleges such as Tri-C, Cleveland...

In recent years, BHS students have had the opportunity to take Advanced Placement (AP) classes in their freshman year. Currently, AP US History is the only course offered to all freshmen. BHS guidance...

Incoming freshmen are now required to take chemistry, a course which was previously offered primarily to sophomores and juniors. Until 2014, freshmen took physical science, a class no longer offered...

Social studies teachers Pam Ogilvy and Greg Deegan have found a new way to welcome students back into their classrooms this year. “Mr. Deegan and I decided to do some team building for our students,”...

In recent years, district administrators have sought to increase the number of students taking Advanced Placement courses. Over the last three years, the school increased AP enrollment 53%, and bumped...

The administration has made it a goal over the past two years to increase enrollment in AP classes, a move which has been largely successful, resulting in both excitement over new opportunities and dismay...

District administrators have made a series of moves in recent years to make the district more competitive with other schools: increasing AP enrollment with the result of improved national rankings, the...

As Beachwood administrators sought to increase enrollment in AP classes last school year, one idea that circulated was to weight grades for AP and honors students receiving a C+ or greater. Many students...

Students will soon be sitting in the guidance office once again picking classes for next year. Many will be faced with the choice of whether to pick a light load or to pile on the Advanced Placement classes....