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February 2016
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Beachwood Buzz
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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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Update on the BHS Auditorium Renovation
· Lower and upper seating
bowls -- curved, ramped
aisles and rows
· Functional, flexible
electrical, sound and video
infrastructure
· Connected to tv/film
studio's control room
This coming summer, construction will be completed on
Beachwood High School's newly renovated, state-of-the-
art auditorium facility in which musical, dramatic and other
performances and programming for our entire district will
shine. Renowned theater architects Westlake Reed Leskosky
have worked with us to design an auditorium that ingeniously
re-purposes the original 1974 facility to completely transform
the experience for both our performers and our audience. The
2016-2017 school year will open with a brand new auditorium
of which our entire community can be incredibly proud.
Sincerely,
Robert P. Hardis, Superintendent
Beachwood City Schools
· Original octagonal concrete tiered seating area during demolition
· New stage configuration seen in convex masonry block installation
· Sections of new curved seating bowl ready for poured concrete
· Two-tiered seating for approx. 700 people
· Reconfigured stage and seating eliminates visual obstructions
· Robust sound and lighting capability
· Enhanced stage rigging and curtaining
· Three retractable projection screens
· New sound and light locked vestibule to welcome guests
· Updated and expanded dressing rooms, restrooms, scene shop
and storage
The seven members of the
Beahwood Middle School
Robotics Team are aptly
named "The Tuxedo 7." The
members of Tuxedo 7 are
Moonhee Kim, Christian
Wu, Amy Chen, Gali Hazan,
Paige Wong, Nikhil Murali,
and Tal Yankevich. The
team is coached by two
Beachwood parents,
Evgeny Yankevich and
Michele Wong. Each year,
the competition, a part of the FIRST LEGO League, has a theme that
students study and use as they prepare. This year's theme was trash:
how it is created and ways it can be handled or reused. The
competition was judged on three categories: a core values
presentation, a project where team members research ideas to
improve the way trash is handled, stored, or created and an attempt
to implement their idea.
The team's project design received significant praise and won the
Best Researched award at their regional competition. The basic idea
of the project is to use Styrofoam lunch trays to make blocks of home
insulation as an environmentally friendly alternative to sending the
Styrofoam lunch trays to a landfill. (Learn more about the project
on page 32.)
The team advanced to the district competition at the University of
Akron after a strong performance at the Cleveland Orchard School
on December 5. At the district competition on January 9, the team
earned the Champions Award for having the best overall robot
performance, core value presentation, and project design. The Tuxedo
7's successful robot design and mission earned the most points out
of the 29 teams competing.
Please wish our Beachwood team luck as they continue to the state
competition on February 6 in Dayton Ohio!
BMS Robotics Team
Headed to State Finals
YOU
YOUR
and
Boys Varsity Basketball
Undefeated in Conference
Currently 10-1 overall and 7-0 in conference, the team has faced
some difficult opponents this year, but has come through each
game looking sharper and tighter. Amongst the highlights of the
season so far was the victory against St. Ed's, the night before
Christmas Eve. The crowd was standing room only to watch the
Bison defeat St. Ed's with fewer than 2 seconds remaining on the
play clock.
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