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The Beachcomber

The student news site of Beachwood High School.

The Beachcomber

Shapiro and Vitek explain their Beachwood stone project to the group before placing the stones. Photo courtesy of Kate Vitek

BMS Teachers Visit Polish Holocaust Sites

Radha Pareek, Staff Writer October 12, 2023

This summer BMS English teachers Kate Vitek and Carrie Shapiro traveled to Poland to gain firsthand experience touring Holocaust sites, which will help enrich their curriculum.  The two journeyed to...

Barney-Cheney received the physical award on Nov. 19 and will be presented the award via Zoom on Dec. 16.

Barney-Cheney Wins Holocaust Education Award

Brooklyn Hollimon, News Editor December 4, 2020

Social studies teacher Kathryn-Anne Barney-Cheney learned on Nov. 5 that she had won the 2020 Holocaust Education Award from the Kol Israel Foundation. The award recognizes the nominee’s outstanding...

Johan Heldenbergh and Jessica Chastain star as Jan and Antonina Zabinski. Image source: http://www.focusfeatures.com /thezookeeperswife/

The Zookeeper’s Wife Depicts Hope in the Face of Horror

Justin Dubin, Staff Writer April 22, 2017

*This review contains spoilers. Director Niki Caro brings history to vivid life in The Zookeeper’s Wife, based on the book by Diane Ackerman. In a most surprising place, right under the Nazis’...

Stanley Bernath in Deegan's classroom. Photo by Rihab Ali

Holocaust Survivor Tells Story of Hope Overcoming Hate

Rihab Ali, Staff Writer December 4, 2016

Holocaust survivor Stanley Bernath visited Greg Deegan’s Human Rights and Conflict (HRC) class on Oct. 31 to speak about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. “HRC students were able to...

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