Beachwood City School DistrictBeachwood High SchoolCEEB Code 361193

25100 Fairmount BoulevardBeachwood, Ohio 44122Phone: 216.831.2080Fax: 216.292.4169Guidance Fax: 216.292.2377www.beachwoodschools.org

Beachwood High SchoolEdward T. Klein, Ph.D., PrincipalRyan W. Patti, Assistant PrincipalRyan M. Peters, Athletics DirectorMarcia Alperin, Guidance CounselorCarol Grooms, Guidance CounselorAshley Saferight, Guidance CounselorMeghann Sullivan, Guidance Counselor

Beachwood Board of EducationMitchel E. Luxenburg, PresidentDr. Brian Weiss, Vice PresidentJoshua Mintz, MemberSteve Rosen, MemberMichael Zawatsky, Member

Beachwood City School DistrictRichard A. Markwardt, Ph.D., SuperintendentMichele E. Mills, TreasurerRobert P. Hardis, Assistant SuperintendentLauren J. Broderick, Director of Pupil ServicesKen Veon, Director of Curriculum & TechnologyKathleen Stroski, Assistant Treasurer

2014 Class Statistics Class size: 132Ohio Honors Diploma: 503.5+ GPA: 593.00-3.49: 33

SAT Test Results (36 Students) Top Decile Middle 50% Score Range Score Range

Critical Reading 730-800 530-680 Math 770-800 570-710 Writing 730-800 530-670

ACT Test Results (116 Students) Top Decile Middle 50% Score Range Score Range

Composite 33-36 22-30

National Merit Scholarship ProgramClass of 20146 Finalists5 Commended Students1 National Hispanic Recognized

Student

Class of 20152 Semiinalists3 Commended Students

Advanced Placement21 AP Scholars17 AP Scholars with Honor39 AP Scholars with Distinction15 National AP Scholars

BEACHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year college preparatory high school with an enrollment of 509. The Class of 2014 had a 100-percent graduation rate.

Faculty is 100-percent licensed with an average 12.4 years experience in Beachwood; 85 percent hold Master’s or Doctoral degrees.

Beachwood High School offers an extensive college-preparatory curriculum:

25 Advanced Placement courses:

The Excel TECC program offers 18 selective and rigorous, college-level programs. Through articulation agreements, students can earn college credit while exploring interests and careers as they progress through high school.

Senior Search is an independent study project that allows seniors to work directly with outside advisors during the spring semester to explore careers of their choice.

The Beachwood High School Information Resource Center offers an extensive collection of print and electronic resources. The center was recognized as a Library of Distinction by the Ohio Educational Library Media Association and has also been honored for Excellence by Ohio Leadership for School Libraries and INFOhio, the information network for Ohio schools.

Beachwood High School fields 22 athletic teams:

• Algebra 2• Band• Biology• Chemistry

• Chinese 4• Choir• English 1/2• Geometry

• Hebrew 4/5/6/7• Orchestra• Physical Science• Pre-Calculus

• Robotics• Sign Language 4• Software Engineering• Spanish 4

20 Honors-level courses

• Accounting• Adobe Creative Suite• Art of Motion Picture• Asian Studies• Cleveland Economics

• Creative Writing• Debate & Public

Speaking• Engineering Drawing

Sequence

• Human Rights & Conflict

• Improvisational Comedy

• Intro to Business

• Journalism• Sociology• Speech• TV Production

Sequence

Elective courses include:

• Baseball• Boys Basketball• Girls Basketball• Cheerleading• Boys Cross Country• Girls Cross Country

• Football• Golf • Girls Lacrosse• Boys Soccer • Girls Soccer • Softball

• Boys Swimming & Diving• Girls Swimming & Diving• Boys Tennis • Girls Tennis

• Boys Track & Field (Indoor/Outdoor)• Girls Track & Field (Indoor/Outdoor)• Girls Volleyball• Wrestling

• 2D Art Studio• Biology• Calculus AB• Calculus BC• Chemistry• Chinese• Computer Science

• Comparative Government • English Language• English Literature• Environmental Science• European History

• Macroeconomics• Microeconomics• Music Theory• Physics 1• Physics 2• Physics C: Mechanics

• Physics C: E & M• Psychology• Spanish Language• Spanish Literature• Statistics• U.S. History• U.S. Government

Beachwood High SchoolClass of 2014 • Class size: 132• 100% graduation rate• 86% pursuing post-secondary

education■80% attending four-year colleges■6% attending two-year colleges■34% attending “selective colleges

and universities”• Earned $5,338,437 in scholarships

Diploma RequirementsFor the Class of 2015, 22 units are required to graduate, including requirements in the following areas:

4 English 4 Math 3 Science 3 Social Studies 1 Visual/Performing Arts .5 Computer Science .5 Health .5 Physical Education or a

PE WaiverIn addition, 50 hours of community service are required for graduation.

Grading ScalePercentage Grade94-100% A (4.0)90-93% A- (3.7)87-89% B+ (3.3)83-86% B (3.0)80-82% B- (2.7)77-79% C+ (2.3)73-76% C (2.0)70-72% C- (1.7)67-69% D+ (1.3)63-66% D (1.0)60-62% D- (0.7)Below 60% F

Honors courses are weighted .5 and AP courses are weighted 1.0 for grades A and B.

College Acceptances Beachwood High School 2011-2014Since 2011, Beachwood High School graduates have been accepted to these and many more colleges and universities.

The University of AkronAmerican UniversityThe University of ArizonaAshland UniversityBaldwin Wallace UniversityBarnard CollegeBoston UniversityBowling Green State UniversityBradley UniversityBucknell UniversityCapital UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityUniversity of CincinnatiCleveland Institute of ArtCleveland State UniversityUniversity of Colorado at BoulderColumbia CollegeColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityCuyahoga Community CollegeUniversity of DelawareDePaul UniversityDrake UniversityEastern Michigan UniversityElon UniversityEmerson CollegeEmory UniversityFlorida State UniversityUniversity of FloridaFordham UniversityThe George Washington UniversityGeorgetown UniversityHarvard UniversityHigh Point UniversityHoward UniversityUniversity of Illinois Indiana University Ithaca CollegeJohn Carroll UniversityKent State UniversityUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Massachusetts

Mercyhurst UniversityMiami University, OxfordUniversity of MichiganMuskingum UniversityNew York UniversityNortheastern Illinois UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwood UniversityNotre Dame College of OhioOberlin CollegeThe Ohio State UniversityOhio UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityOtterbein UniversityParsons, The New School for DesignPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of PittsburghPurdue UniversityQuinnipiac UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRice UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologyShawnee State UniversityStanford UniversitySwarthmore CollegeSyracuse UniversityTel Aviv UniversityUniversity of ToledoTulane UniversityUnited States Air Force AcademyUnited States Naval AcademyUniversity of Mount UnionThe University of the ArtsVanderbilt UniversityWashington University in St. LouisWellesley CollegeWest Virginia UniversityWittenberg UniversityUniversity of WisconsinThe College of WoosterXavier UniversityYale UniversityYoungstown State University