Academic Challenge Team Rolls to TV Victory Science Olympiad Beachwood High School’s Academic Challenge team cruised to victory during its televised game show appearance that aired Jan. 17th on WEWS – Channel 5. Senior Ryan Reilly and juniors Jodi Shapiro and Henry Grasso led the Bison to victory over Lake Center Christian and Sandy Valley by the respective scores of 650-420330. The team’s adviser is Mr. Matthew Kostelnik. Jennifer Yen and Mukul Govande placed first in the Dynamic Planet category at the Kenston High School Science Olympiad Invitational. More than 1,000 students from 69 schools competed. The following BHS students placed: u Dynamic Planet, 1st place: Mukul Govande and Jennifer Yen u Chemistry Lab, 8th place: William Zhang and Janet Wang u Compound Machines, 8th place: Janet Wang and John (Zhonghan) Li u Experimental Design, 8th place: Lynn Jiao, SriVidya Uppalapatti, Jess Tall BHS Student Stars in The Fantasticks Beachwood senior Nnamdi Okpala starred as Mortimer in The Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Academy’s performance of The Fantasticks last month. 28 Beachwood Buzz n March 2015