BOARD OF EDUCATION Mitchel Luxenbug, President, 382-8943 • ml@beachwoodschools.org Dr. Brian Weiss, Vice President, 464-6678 • bw@beachwoodschools.org Josua Mintz, 650-464-6788 • jmintz@beachwoodschools.org Steve Rosen, 292-5562 • srosen@beachwoodschools.org Michael Zawatsky, 292-9916 • mzawatsky@beachwoodschools.org Three Beachwood DI Teams Headed to Globals Three Beachwood teams qualified for the Destination Imagination Global Finals, to be held May 20-23, at The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, after their outstanding performances in April at the state competition in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The three qualifying teams are a firstyear team of fifth graders from Hilltop Elementary School that placed first at States, and two teams of Beachwood High School students that each placed third. Six Beachwood teams qualified and competed at States after placing first in their respective challenges at the Destination Imagination Regional Tournament held at Beachwood High School on March 14. More than 1,000 competitors, coaches, teachers, parents and volunteers attended that regional at BHS. At the March 14th regional, all three Beachwood High School teams qualified for States by finishing in first place, as did three teams from Hilltop Elementary School. A record 15 Beachwood teams competed, including five "Rising Stars" teams that compete for exhibition only from Brdyen Elementary School. Two Beachwood teams won the regional “Spirit of DI” award for their outstanding spirit, teamwork, volunteerism, and sportsmanship, and two Beachwood teams won the regional “Renaissance Award” for outstanding design, engineering, execution, and performance. GLOBALS QUALIFIERS The Happy Group Team, Elementary “Improv Games” State: 1st Place; Regional: 1st Place Sameer Shah, Sam Warner, Irene Yang, Tory Yang, Bowen Zhang, Zilin Zhang The Five Carbon Sugars, High School “Creature Feature” State: 3rd Place; Regional: 1st Place Asha Gaines-Smith, Meghan Opre, Angela Wang, Samantha Zawatsky, Jinle Zhu The Flaming Marshmallowzzz, High School “Improv Games” State: 3rd Place; Regional: 1st Place Andrew Feldman, Molly Rosen, Julia Warner, Amanda Wasserman The BaSix, High School “Feary Tales” & Spirit of DI Award Regional, 1st Place Olivia Adelman, Abbey Brewer, Gaby Rodriguez, Lily Steiger, Yuke Zheng STATE QUALIFIERS (Includes Global Qualifiers) The Cupcake A”Choc”lyps, Elementary “Feary Tales” Regional: 1st Place & Renaissance Award David Kuang, Gregory Perryman, Claire Weaver, Lucas Yang, Amy Zhao The Diversities, Elementary “Feary Tales” Regional: 1st Place Jack Baris, Sophia Baris, Rebecca Gips, Moonhee Kim, Olivia Moore, Anwar Sossey Pictured clockwise from top right: “The Happy Group” team: Sameer Shah, Sam Warner, Tory Yang, Irene Yang, Bowen Zhang and Zilin Zhang. “The Five Carbon Sugars” team: Meghan Opre, Samantha Zawatsky, Jinle Zhu, Asha GainesSmith and Angela Wang. “The Flaming Marshmallowzzz” team: Amanda Wasserman, Molly Rosen, Julia Warner and Andrew Feldman. “The Rising Stars” team from Bryden Elementary School: Elizabeth Liu, Isabelle McClung, Maria Zarjetskiy, Akansha Saikia and Karina Krishnan “The Diversities” team from Hilltop Elementary School: Moonhee Kim, Olivia Moore, Jack Baris, Sofia Baris, Anwar Sossey Alaoui and Rebecca Gips 34 Beachwood Buzz n May 2015