Beachwood Boosters Invites You to Get Off the Sidelines and Into the Game! T he Beachwood Boosters want to get you off the sidelines and into the game! With athletics soaring in the Beachwood schools, a dedicated group of parents has joined forces to rebuild Beachwood Athletic Boosters, making it stronger than ever. Under the direction of executive board members Jeff Babbush, Brian Davis, Josh Mintz, Missy Bystrom and Robert Marks, the Boosters is committed to elevating Beachwood athletics to a higher competitive level and needs the support of the entire community. the Boosters is committed to elevating Beachwood athletics to a higher competitive level and needs the support of the entire community. “Athletics are on a huge high. Our teams are breaking records and winning championships every season. Our students are the pride and joy of our community and we must continue to support them every step of the way,” Mintz told us. “As a result, parents have become verbal and active about rejuvenating this incredible organization to support our kids and create a community-wide spirit. Our kids deserve this.” Mintz explained how the dynamics of athletics has changed to include programming that starts in the elementary schools. “By creating feeder programs at younger ages, it builds interest in younger students and their families, and teaches the important lessons of sports at an earlier age. Athletics helps build our kids’ minds, bodies and social wellbeing,” he said. “And that interest at the younger ages helps to boost community spirit because we’re seeing that younger kids want to attend high school sporting events, so their parents are becoming involved as well. This parental and community involvement will help allow our kids and community to reach higher levels of success.” The Boosters recently held a “Fall Sports Celebration” to honor and recognize our Beachwood Bison Athletes of the Week and our Fall championship teams. The meeting also provided the community with our vision and action plan for the future of the Boosters and how we want to help our schools and student athletes reach their maximum potential while promoting the benefits of the Beachwood Athletic Boosters. We are very excited about the community fundraisers we’re planning for upcoming months. Whether you have a student athlete in the schools, were a student athlete at Beachwood, or are a community member or a business partner, the Beachwood Boosters needs your support. You can support the Boosters by getting involved and/ or helping to raise money for our athletes and high school, middle school and youth sports teams. The Beachwood Athletic Boosters 2014-15 membership and sponsorship drive is now underway. Please support our successful Beachwood athletes and teams by joining and contributing. To join or to make a contribution, visit https:// beachwoodschool.revtrak.net/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jnpmdop0. “Together as a community we can create something great,” Mintz said. “Help us keep the momentum going by joining the Boosters!” For more information about the Boosters, email bdavis@shakerautolease.com. For information about Beachwood Bison Athletics, visit: www.beachwoodbison.org and sign up for the Bison E-Newsletter. Open to the Community T Call for Artists! Artists that are interested in working on the 100 Leaves public art project (described on page 5) are encouraged to submit their designs. Artists will decorate their beech leaf in their studio or home and may paint, sculpt, transform and adorn the beech leaf as he or she wishes based on the official guidelines. Designs must be submitted no later than December 30, 2014. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by a selection committee to ensure that the designs conform to the standards set forth in the application. Once the beech leaf is approved upon completion, the artist will receive a $400 honorarium. For more complete information on the process, guidelines and design template, please visit www.100leaves.com. Questions can be directed to Greg Perry at gwp@beachwoodschools.org, 216.831.2080, ext. 114 or Karen Carmen at karen.carmen@beachwoodohio.com, 216.595.3720. RCOCT14 he Beachwood Bistro, located inside Beachwood High School, is a restaurant that is run by students who participate in the Excel TECC Career-Technical Culinary Arts Program. Participating students receive training in food preparation and other food-related occupations, such as hospitality management. Operated under the direction of Chef Kortez Wilson, Chef Danette McHale and culinary assistant Pat Stoltz, students learn all aspects of cooking and restaurant operations. The Bistro’s menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, pastas, focaccias, specialty entrees, sides, beverages and desserts. “We provide a great community resource and invite you to join us for a culinary experience created by our future restaurant and hospitality professionals,” McHale said. “This restaurant is operated by students who are committed to offering only quality food and service to our customers.” The restaurant is open most Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. A special holiday buffet will be served Thursday, December 18, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Reservations are strongly recommended 24 hours in advance. Please call 216.831.2080 ext.131 or email pas@beachwoodschools. org. Carry-out is available. Generally, when the high school is closed, so is the Bistro. December 2014 n Beachwood Buzz 7