2012 spinney program

Beachwood Board of Education 29th Annual

Awards for Educational Excellence

May 21, 2012

Board of Education Dr. Brian Weiss, President Mitchel E. Luxenburg, Vice President David B. Ostro Joshua Mintz Steve Rosen Richard A. Markwardt, Ph.D., Superintendent Michele Mills, Treasurer Lauren Broderick, Director of Pupil Services

Program Welcome

Dr. Brian Weiss, President, Beachwood Board of Education Richard A. Markwardt, Ph.D., Superintendent

"Excellence Exploration"

Kaveh Varghai, Student Council President

Program Cover Design

Ty Jacobs, 1st Grader, Bryden Elementary School Awards for Educational Excellence Presented by:

Christi Bernetich, Principal, Bryden Elementary School Michael Molnar, Principal, Hilltop Elementary School Linda LoGalbo, Principal, Beachwood Middle School Robert Hardis, Principal, Beachwood High School Paul Chase, Assistant Principal, Beachwood High School

Our deepest appreciation to Beachwood Community PTO for providing the reception following the program.

2012 Beachwood Board of Education Awards for Educational Excellence

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BRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Leana Adunts 3rd Place, CWRU Youth Art Month Exhibition, Ohio Art Education Association Megan Harlan Young People's Art Exhibition, Ohio Art Education Association Michael Keselman 2nd Place, K-5 Section, Chess Tournament Katsuki Kitagawa 3rd Place, CWRU Youth Art Month Exhibition, Ohio Art Education Association Olivia Moore 2nd Place, District Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Contest Liam Resnick Superior Rating, Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Piano Solo Competition Halle Richardson STRS Youth Art Month Exhibition George Wang 3rd Place, Ohio K-12 Grade Championship; 1st Place, Novice Section, Vukcevich Super Cup Lindsey Wang CRWU Youth Art Month Exhibition, Ohio Art Education Association

HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Sadie Alter 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Andrew Baker 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Nathan Burke 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Yadena Carmi 1st Place, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Shinjon Chakrabarti 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Mallory Chylla 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Lauren Clar 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Gabriel Colmenares Team Honorable Mention, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Cassidy Crosby 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Josh Danielpour 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Langston Gaines-Smith Team Honorable Mention, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Parker Gill 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament

Athena Grasso Alternate Winner, Buckeye Auditions, Piano, Elementary Division, OMTA NE District Joel Green 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Ben Greysukh 4th Place, 2012 Ohio Elementary School State Chess Championship Richard Han Tied 2nd Place, Ohio Grade Level Chess Championship Emily Isaacson 2nd Place, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Heather Johnson Selected, Health Careers Academy Arielle Keselman Superior Rating, Golden Cup Winner, Ohio Piano Competition June Hee Lee Superior Rating, Piano, National Federation of Music Clubs Lena Leland 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament Hannah Light 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Vivien Marmerstein Unanimous Superior Rating, National Federation of Music Clubs Elizabeth Metz 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Sanjana Murthy 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Nam Nguyen 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open


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Viet Nyguyen 2nd Place, Ohio Elementary Schools Chess Championship Liam Wasserman Team Honorable Mention, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Olivia Williams Team Honorable Mention, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Katie Park 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Amelia Port 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Zihao Qing 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Ria Raj 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Jared Shapiro 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Jing-Jing Shen 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Spencer Shroge 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Alex Shupp 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Brandi Simpson 1st Place (Winter) & 2nd Place (Spring) Teams in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open

Max Steiger 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament Gabe Stern 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament Tyler Stovsky Published, The Temple Tifereth Israel’s Lee and Dolores Hartzmark Library Bookmark Contest Jake Suh Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra Julia Woomer 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Stephanie Yen Cleveland Institute of Music Honors Recital; 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Linda Yu 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Jordyn Zawatsky 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament Jenny Zhang 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Chelsea Zheng 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Zihao Zing 1st Place Team, , Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament

BEACHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL Olivia Adelman 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Max Alter 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open, 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Sophie Alter 4th Place Team, Power of the Pen Bagatur Askaryan Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest; 2nd Place, Northeast Ohio Regional Science Fair Anielle Barden-Darcy Honorable Mention, National Spanish Exam Jireh Bevel OMEA Honors Band Chandler Bogolmony 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; Silver Medal, National Spanish Exam Abbey Brewer 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Claire Bruening Superior Rating, Solo & Ensemble Contest; OMEA Honors Band Aryeh Carmi Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Mikeyla Carno-Harf Invention Convention Andie Cohen 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination Imagination State Tournament


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Lance Cohen 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Heli Colmenares Honorable Mention & Special Awards, Regional Science Fair; Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair; 1st Place, Invention Convention Charles Colson Excellent Rating, Greater Solo & Ensemble Contest Ben Connor 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Paul Corty Excellent, Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest; Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Orchestra; Silver Medal, National Spanish Exam Macky Davis 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Clarissa Djohari CVC Art Forum Kevin Dong 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Bradford Douglas Silver Medal, National Spanish Exam Michael Farley OMEA Honors Choir Jessica Friedman CVC Art Forum Kathleen Fullerton Top 3 Medalist Team, Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics Math Competition Asha Gaines-Smith 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Reid Gobieski 1st Place, Northeast Ohio Regional Science Fair; Bronze Medal, National Spanish Exam

Madeline Gottfried Silver Medal, National Spanish Exam Maya Granot OMEA Honors Choir Henry Grasso Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus; Honorable Mention, National Spanish Exam Madeleine Grenert-Haas Bronze Medal, National Spanish Exam Mia Groedel OMEA Honors Choir Erica Gross 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Olivia Hahnemann-Gilbert Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest; Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Orchestra Ashley Harris U.S. Finals Championship Team Cameron Haynesworth 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Spencer Hendlin 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Darien Hersh 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Raya Holz 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Ofek Hyer 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Emily Jenks OMEA Honors Choir; Ohio Choral Directors Association Honor Choir; 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open

Thomas Jones 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Jackie Joo 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament; Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest; Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Orchestra Nir Kadosh Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland, Solo & Ensemble Contest Hannah Karl Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Danielle Kaufman 1st Place Equestrian, Chagrin Valley Farms Schooling Show Lin-Ye Kaye 2nd Place, Northeast Ohio Regional Science Fair Theresa Kazdin Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; OMEA Honors Band Pauline Keselman Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Orchestra; Grade I, solo performance, Great Lakes Music String Competition Rachelle Khrapunovich 3rd Place, Ohio Girls State Chess Championship Hyung Woo Kim 4th Place (2nd Place Team), Ohio Middle School Chess Championship Mia Knight OMEA Honors Choir Rachel Kurland 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; Ohio Choral Director Association Children's Honor Choir


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Karishma Lachhwani 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Neel Lachhwani 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Chae Hee Lee Unanimous Superior Piano Rating, National Federation Junior Festivals; Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Heesoo Lee Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Junyoung Lee Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest; Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Orchestra Hannah Leland Top 3 Medalist Team, Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics Math Competition; Power of the Pen; Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; Silver Medal, National Spanish Exam Hannah Lowenkamp Cleveland City Dance Troupe; CVC Art Forum Andrew Lubinger 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Sam Luria Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Mathilda Madfis Superior Piano Rating, National Federation of Music Clubs Summer McNeal OMEA Honors Choir Dinah Medovoy 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Emily Melzak Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo and Ensemble; OMEA Honors Band

Elaine Millas Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; Esther Millas 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament; Daniel Mishins 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Blair Mitchell 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Zachary Mitchell Superior Rating, Solo & Ensemble Contest Sarah Moritz Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Andrew Muliolis 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Jonathan Nash OMEA Honors Choir Tabitha Niederer 3rd Place Team, Power of the Pen Regional Tournament Daria Novikov 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; ; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament Meghan Opre 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Devan Peavy Superior Rating, Solo & Ensemble Contest Maria Perilla Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest

Simon Perilla Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; 2nd Place, Northeast Ohio Regional Science Fair Michael Pioro 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Katie Platt OMEA Honors Choir Anna Post CVC Art Forum; OMEA Honors Choir Christopher Reilly #1 Rating, Greater Cleveland Band Competition; Superior Rating, Solo & Ensemble Contest Alex Remer 2nd Place, Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering; 2nd Place Project, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Gaby Rodriguez 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Joey Rogoff 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Molly Rosen 1st Place, Power of the Pen Regional Competition Benjamin Roter Superior Rating, Solo & Ensemble Contest Leah Roter Superior Rating, Violon Solo & Strong Trio, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Ben Rowles Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; Grand Honors Award, John Hopkins University CTY


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Alexis Rudd CVC Art Forum; Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Veronica Ruiz-Petraitis Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; OMEA Honors Band; Baldwin Wallace College Youth Honors Wind Ensemble Jacob Sapell Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Jodi Shapiro Top 3 Medalist Team, Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics Math Competition Zoe Simon 3rd Place Science Fair, Broadcom Masters Award & ASM Award, Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair; Excellent Rating, Cello Duet, Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest Jack Spero Superior Rating, Solo & Ensemble Contest Swathi Srinivasan 1st Place, Beachwood Middle School Spelling Bee; Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; BEST Medicine and Engineering Fair Lily Steiger 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; Top scorer in MI-OH-PA area, National Bible Contest; 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Yu Young Suh Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Orchestra Marissa Thomas OMEA Honors Choir

Arielle Tindel 1-Rating, Piano Solo, OMEA Music competition; Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest; BEST Medicine and Engineering Fair; Morgan Tucker 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Angela Wang 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Julia Warner 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament Amanda Wasserman 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Sean Waxman-Lenz 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament; Top 3 Medalist Team, Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Math Competition Kyle Weisman 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Bryce Westrick 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open Jason Wu 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament Raquel Wu Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Jennifer Yen Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; Blue Ribbon, GCCTM Contest

Kevin Yu Excellent Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest; Invention Convention; 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Sami Zawatsky 4th Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Jack Zhang 2nd Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; 2nd Place, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament Kevin Zhang 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; Yuke Zheng Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair; Invention Convention; 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament; Top 3 Medalist Team, Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Math Competition Jinle Zhu 1st Place Team in Ohio, Knowledge Master Open; 1st Place Team, Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament; 2nd Place Team, Destination ImagiNation State Tournament


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BEACHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Maddie Adelman Commended Delegate, Virginia Model UN; 2nd Place, Congressional Debate, Bison Classic Speech & Debate Tournament Brooke Altman 1st Place DECA District Contest; 5th Place DECA State Contest; DECA International Qualifier Tigran Askaryan 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; 3rd Place, AMC 12 Math Contest; 4th Place, Fermi Questions, 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Blake Atherton Outstanding Delegate, Northwestern University Model UN Graham Atherton Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Honorable Mention, North American Invitational Model UN Max Balazs Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Choir Kiran Bangalore Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad; Contemporary Youth Orchestra Max Bleich Superior News Feature & Excellent Review Writing, Ohio Scholastic Media Association Elizabeth Bream 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; 2nd Place, Disease Detectives, Solon Science Olympiad Invitational; 4th Place, Northeast Ohio Regional Science Olympiad; 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad; 4th Place, Academic Challenge Olmsted Falls Kickoff Tournament; Centennial Strings

Andrew Bruening Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Josh Carno Harf Contemporary Youth Orchestra Arielle Cohen 1st Place, Congressional Art Competition; Honorable Mention, Oil on Canvas Portrait, National Scholastics; Editor, Introspect Kyle Cohen 1st Place Duo Interpretation, Laurel Speech & Debate Tournament Joshalyn Coleman Gold Medal Team, FCCLA Culinary Skill Event Emily Dann Excellent Rating, OMEA Zachary Davis 1st Place, AMC 10 Math Contest Ryan Dela Vega Silver Medal, Pastry, FCCLA Culinary Skill Event Jacob Douglass Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Band Susan Eiben 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open Amy Eisenberg DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award; 1st Place, DECA District Contest; 6th Place DECA State Contest Saige Eitman Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Choir Emily Evans Student of the Year, Excel TECC Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Academy

Marilyn Farley Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Choir Courtney Fishman Excellent Ratings, Opinion Page Design & Sports Feature, Ohio Scholastic Media Association Hannah Frayman Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Choir Jessica Friedman Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Choir Maya Gaines-Smith Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Nathan Gilbert Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Contemporary Youth Orchestra Jessica Gill 8th Place, National Tournament of Champions; OHSSL State Champion, Humorous Interpretation; District Champion, Humorous Interpretation; 1st Place, Dramatic Interpretation & 3rd Place, Humorous Interpretation, Laird Lewis Invitational; 3rd Place, Humorous Interpretation, Yale University Speech and Debate Tournament Graham Gobieski Grand Prize, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award & Rockwell Automation Special Award, Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair; Commended Delegate, Virginia University Model UN Sam Goldman Contemporary Youth Orchestra; 1 Rating, OMEA Trio; Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest


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Amiele Goldrich National Technical Honor Society, Mayfield Excel TECC Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Academy Shravya Govindgari 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Nick Greene Superior Rating, OMEA, Solo & Ensemble Contest Gabrielle Greer-Jones CVC Honors Band Cearia Gregg 5th Place Team, State Pro Start Culinary Competition Andrew Hartstein Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony I; CVC Honors Band, Cleveland Youth Orchestra Spencer Hendlin Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Kei Hitomi Superior Rating, OMEA solo & Ensemble Contest; Akron Youth Symphony Ashaunte Hoey 5th Place Team, State Pro Start Culinary Team Competition Jori Holloway Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Szarvas International Fellowship; The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation Fellowship; Contemporary Youth Orchestra Bing Hu Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Contemporary Youth Orchestra Christian Huff 5th Place Team, State Pro Start Culinary Competition Varun Jambunath 2nd Place, Congressional Debate, Olmsted Falls Speech & Debate Tournament

Shaneice James Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Choir Scott Janovitz DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award; 1st Place, DECA District Contest; 2nd Place, DECA State Contest; DECA International Qualifier; Excellent Ratings, Front Page Design & Opinion Page Design, Honorable Mention, Feature Story Page Layout, Ohio Scholastic Media Association Jacqueline Joo Superior Rating, Greater Cleveland Solo & Ensemble Contest Joon Kim DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award & 1st Place, DECA District Contest; 6th Place, DECA State Contest TaeKyu (Ted) Kim 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Rebecca Kuang Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Jasmine Lane 5th Place Team, State Pro Start Culinary Team Competition; Silver Medal, Pastry, FCCLA Culinary Skill Event Christopher Lardie 3rd Place, DECA District Contest Joshua Lauretig Principal Oboe, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra; Principal Oboe and Conductor's Chair, Contemporary Youth Orchestra; Concerto Competition Winner, Lakeland Civic Orchestra; CVC Honors Band Wooyong Lee Honorable Mention, Northwestern University Model UN; 2nd Place, Public Forum Debate, Bison Classic Speech & Debate Tournament

Anita LeKova 3rd Place, Original Oratory, Edison Speech & Debate Tournament Matthew Levine 3rd Place, DECA District Contest Zhonghan Li 2nd Place, AMC 10 Math Contest David Litwin 1 Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Contemporary Youth Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Crystal Looney Quarter-Finalist, Prose & Poetry Interpretation, OHSSL State Championships Rachel Lubinger Honorable Mention, General Feature Article, Kent State University School of Journalism & Mass Communication & Ohio Scholastic Media Association Alexander Machtay NFL Degree of Merit, Congressional Debate Haley Marblestone DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award & 1st Place, DECA District Contest; DECA State Qualifier Yumi Matsuyama 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Michaela Miller CVC Honors Choir Ian Mitchell Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Aliyah Montgomery 5th Place Team, Pro Start Culinary Competition Adam Moses CVC Honors Band


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Beth Moses 3rd Place, Congressional Debate, Myer's Park Laird Lewis Speech & Debate Tournament Jeffrey Murtaugh Excellent Ratings, Sports Features & Online Sports Reporting, Ohio Scholastic Media Association Eva Muschkin Superior Rating, National Federation of Music Clubs; Unanimous Superior Rating, Ohio Music Teachers Association Music Festival Taylor Nash Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; CVC Honors Choir Anshika Niraj 2nd Place, Congressional Debate, Solon Speech & Debate Tournament; 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open Abigail Ordillas Scholar, Blue Lake Fine Arts Michelle Ordillas Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Participant, CVC Honors Choir Daniel Padilla 5th Place, Congressional Debate, Edison Speech & Debate Tournament Aaron Paley 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Boyan Patev 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad; 6th Place, Congressional Debate, Edison Speech & Debate Tournament Catherine Perloff NFL Degree of Excellence, Public Forum Debate Christina Phelps Finalist, Maltz Museum Stop The Hate Essay Contest; Honorable Mention, Cleveland Jazz Heritage Piano Performance

Jay Rajan 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; 4th Place Congressional Debate, Bison Classic Speech & Debate Tournament Ryan Reilly NFL Degree of Honor, Congressional Debate; 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open Scott Remer Presidential Scholar; Plain Dealer 10 Senior Standouts; 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; 2nd Place, individual points Brush Invitational Academic Challenge Tournament; 4th Place, Fermi Questions; 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad; Discus Award Recipient, Discus Awards, Campus Direct and Recognition Media; Semifinalist, Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest 2011, Ayn Rand Institute; National Winner, National High School Poetry Contest; Finalist, 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program; Invitational Round Qualifier, North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad; 1st Place, Midwestern Region, Being An American Essay Contest, Bill of Rights Institute; 1st Place, Vesalius College Academic Competition, Vesalius College & the National Society of High School Scholars; 1st Place, VFW Voice of Democracy Audio Essay Competition; 2nd Place, Martin Luther King, Jr., Essay Contest, East View United Church of Christ; 1st Place, Performing Arts, Experience the Dream Contest, Cuyahoga County Public Library; Semifinalist, Stop the Hate Essay Contest, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage; 1st Place, George S. and Stella M. Knight Essay Contest, Northeast Ohio Chapter #12 of the Sons of the American Revolution; Beachwood High School Phi Beta Kappa Award, The Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa; Finalist, Hope & Stanley Adelstein Free Speech Essay Competition, City Club of Cleveland.

Jacqueline Reu 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Kyra Reu 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Duncan Rodriguez 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; 4th Place in Towers & Captain of 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Brenna Rosen NFL Degree of Excellence Public Forum Debate Louis Rosenbaum Best Delegate, North American Invitational Model UN Jaime Rotsky 1st Place, Duo Interpretation, Laurel Speech & Debate Tournament Maya Saab Honorable Mention, Watercolor Illustration, Deep Brain Stimulation, Cleveland Clinic Expressions Tony Sapell Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Ami Scherson Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Centennial Strings Carly Schlessinger DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award & 2nd Place, DECA District Contest, DECA State Qualifier Jared Seidel School Team, Bluc Robotics Jon Sender Excellent Rating, Commentary, Ohio Scholastic Media Association; Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Contemporary Youth Orchestra; Runner Up, City Club of Cleveland Free Speech Essay Competition


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Joseph Serowik 5th Place Team, State Pro Start Culinary Competition; Gold Medal, 1st Place, FCCLA Culinary Skill Event Jonathan Shapiro 1st Place. Congressional Debate, Horizon Speech & Debate Tournament Daniel Sherriff One of 5 Students Selected, Sports Journalist, OHSAA Boys State Basketball Championships; Junior Volunteer of the Year, Montefiore; Superior Rating, Sports News, Ohio Scholastic Media Association Aaron Shifrin Excellent Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Marizja Smedley 5th Place Team, State Pro Start Culinary Competition Ari Sobel DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award & 1st Place, DECA District, DECA State Qualifier Howard Sobel Honorable Mention, Northwestern University Model UN; DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award & 1st Place, DECA District Contest, DECA State Qualifier Halle Spero Excellence, Competitive Dance James Starkman 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open Erlein Tacastacas Excellent Rating, Editorial Cartoon, Ohio Scholastic Media Association; 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Barry Teich Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Charles Thomas CVC Honors Choir

Tyler Thomas Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Emily Topilow Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest; Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Orchestra Angela Torres CVC Honors Choir Tamarea Townes Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble; CVC Honors Choir Aliza Tresser Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Austin Vannoy Gold Medal Team, FCCLA Culinary Skill Event Eric Walker 4th Place, DECA District Contest; DECA State Qualifier Cameron Webster Gold Medal Team, FCCLA Culinary Skill Event Brandon Weisman 6th Place, Congressional Debate, Bison Classic Speech & Debate Tournament Julia Winkeler Commended Delegate, Virginia Model UN Shaina Wolinsky Superior Rating, OMEA Solo & Ensemble Contest Maxwell Yanowitz 2nd Place, Public Forum Debate, Bison Classic Speech & Debate Tournament; 2nd Place, AMC12 Math Contest Chenyu Zhang 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; Editor, Introspect; 6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad

Yuxi Zheng 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; 1st Place, AMC 12 Math Contest; Commended Delegate, Virginia Model UN; 4th Place, Towers & Captain6th Place Team, State Science Olympiad Rachel Zimmerman 1st Place Team in Ohio & Ranked 8th in Nation, Knowledge Master Open; Jeffrey Zuckerman Honorable Mention, Personality Profile, Ohio Scholastic Media Association The Beachwood Board of Education has made every effort at accuracy in recognizing all of our outstanding student achievements through April 30, 2012.

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