30 Beachwood Buzz May 2016
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mitchel Luxenburg, President, 382-8943 · ml@beachwoodschools.org
Michael Zawatsky, Vice President, 292-9916 · mzawatsky@beachwoodschools.org
Dr. Brian Weiss, 464-6678 · bw@beachwoodschools.org
Joshua Mintz, 245-0000 · jmintz@beachwoodschools.org
Steve Rosen, 292-5562 · srosen@beachwoodschools.org
ADMINISTRATION
Robert P. Hardis, Superintendent, 464-2600 ext. 299 · rph@beachwoodschools.org
Michele E. Mills, Director of Finance/Treasurer, 464-2600 ext. 239 · mm@beachwoodschools.org
Lauren J. Broderick, Director of Pupil Services, 464-2600 ext. 234 · ljb@beachwoodschools.org
Ken Veon, Director of Operations & Technology, 464-2600 ext. 230 · kev@beachwoodschools.org
Linda LoGalbo, Director of Curriculum & Instruction/Human Resources, 464-2600 ext. 289 · lhl@beachwoodschools.org
Kathleen Stroski, Assistant Treasurer, 464-2600 ext. 240 · ks@beachwoodschools.org
Shana Wallenstein, Interim Director of Marketing & Communications, 464-2600 ext. 237 · swallenstein@beachwoodschools.org
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HONORS AND AWARDS FOR BEACHWOOD STUDENTS
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Congratulations
to Beachwood High School journalists, who
cleaned up at the Ohio Scholastic Media Association Conference on
April 1st, winning First Place Ranking Overall Web Site, Second Place
Ranking Overall Newspaper, and 51 individual and team contest wins.
3rd Place in Editors' Challenge: Grant Gravagna, Bradford Douglas, Clarissa
Djohari, and Raquel Wu
Excellent Newswriting: Grant Gravagna and Clarissa Djohari
Excellent Newswriting two Reporters: Phil Schnee and Ryan Marmaros
Honorable Mention In-depth Team Reporting: Grant Gravagna, Dalia Zullig
and Inkyu Kim
Excellent In-depth Individual Reporting: Cathy Perloff and Jinle Zhu
Superior General Feature Superior: Dalia Zullig
Excellent General Feature: Clarissa Djohari
Excellent Personality Pro le: Alex Cala
Honorable Mention Personality Pro le: Aden Stern
Excellent News Feature: Clarissa Djohari
Honorable Mention News Feature: Sydney Eisenberg
Honorable Mention First Person Narrative: Andrew Feldman
Superior Editorial: The Beachcomber Staff
Excellent Editorial: The Beachcomber Staff
Excellent Commentary: Jinle Zhu
Honorable Mention Commentary: Sydney Eisenberg
Honorable Mention Column: Naomi Grant
Superior Review: Alexander Robison
Excellent Review: Alexander Robison
Honorable Mention Sports Coverage: Alex Cala and Phil Schnee
Superior Sports Feature: Aden Stern
Excellent Sports Feature: Aden Stern
Honorable Mention Non-Editorial Art: Raquel Wu
Superior News Photo: Bradford Douglas
Excellent Feature Photo: Bradford Douglas
Excellent Sports Photo: Bradford Douglas
Excellent Photo Story: Bradford Douglas
Excellent Front Page Newspaper Layout: Raquel Wu
Honorable Mention Front Page Newspaper Layout: Raquel Wu
Honorable Mention News Package: Aden Stern and Susan Eiben
Honorable Mention On Air Talent: Ryan Marmaros and Aden Stern
Excellent Online News: Alex Machtay
Honorable Mention Online News: Jinle Zhu
Honorable Mention Online Sports: Ryan Marmaros
Excellent Online Opinion: Samantha Shaffer
Honorable Mention Online Opinion: Samantha Shaffer
Excellent Online Package: Aden Stern, Phil Schnee, Alex Cala and Raquel Wu
Congratulations
to the Beachwood Middle and High School students who competed at the 63rd
Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair (NEOSEF) held at Cleveland State University in mid-March.
Many of the students walked away with high placements and special awards at the annual 7-county contest,
which is open to all students in grades 7-12 in public, private, parochial or home school. Nearly 100 schools
competed this year.
May 9, 7 pm
Community Forum
Hilltop Elementary School
Elementary School Spinneys followed by a tour,
Q&A session and Board Meeting
Join us for the final community forum on the proposed
Elementary School Consolidation and Athletic Fields
Renovation plans. This forum will feature a tour of Hilltop
Elementary School, followed by the opportunity to ask
questions. The tour is preceded by the Elementary School
Spinney Awards and followed by a Board meeting.
Student
Category and Grade
Level
Placement
in Category
Special Award(s) Sponsors
BHS Students
Aman Bhriguvansh
Biology 9-10
2nd
Cameron Haynesworth Environmental Sciences
11-12
2nd
Stockholm Junior Water Prize Environment
Federation
Benjamin Kitay
Physics 11-12
2nd
U.S. Metrics Association, U.S. Navy and Marine
Corp Office of Naval Research
Andrew Lubinger
Math/Computer Science
11-12
2nd
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and
Air Conditioning Engineers Cleveland Chapter,
Intel Corporation
Shanhuai Ma
Biology 11-12
2nd
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Timothy Ordillas
Physics 9-10
Honorable
Mention
Ankita Prasad
Health/Medicine 11-12
3rd
American Physiological Society Cleveland Clinic
Lerner Research Institute
Jing-Jing Shen
Biology 9-10
2nd
Swathi Srinivasan
Chemistry 11-12
2nd
Cleveland Chemical Society, Cleveland Clinic
Lerner Research Institute, John Carroll University
Department of Chemistry
Sridhar Uppalapati
Math/Computer Science
9-10
2nd
Intel Corporation
Shitong Wu
Health/Medicine 11-12
2nd
Cleveland Clinic- Lerner Research Institute
Yuke Zheng
Biology 11-12
2nd
Society for In Vitro Biology
BMS Students
Damilola Aletor
Math/Computer Science 7-8
NEOSEF Board of Directors Award
Neha Chellu
Behavioral Science 7-8
2nd
Lauren Clar
Biology 7-8
2nd
International Society for Optics and Photonics
Somin Jung
Behavioral Science 7-8
2nd
Broadcom Masters
Vivien Marmerstein
Biology 7-8
2nd
Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
Sanjana Murthy
Behavioral Science 7-8
2nd
American Statistical Association
Cleveland Chapter
Yoav Pinhasi
Behavioral Science 7-8
3rd
Broadcom Masters, Cleveland Clinic- Department
of Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic -Children's
Priyanka Shrestha
Engineering 7-8
2nd
Cleveland Clinic- Lerner Research Institute,
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Rockwell Automation
Peter Soprunov
Math/Computer Science 7-8
2nd
Stephanie Yen
Behavioral Science 7-8
2nd
Broadcom Masters, Cleveland Clinic Department
of Psychiatry and Psychology