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Bay Village City School District 377 Dover Center Road Bay Village, Ohio 44140
Board of Education Amy Huntley, President Gayatry Jacob-Mosier, Vice President Michael Boeckman Michael Caputo Bill Selong
Clint Keener, Superintendent Deborah Putnam, Treasurer Editor: Karen Derby-Lovell
440.617.7300 www.bayvillageschools.com
ECRWSS 44140
POSTAL CUSTOMER SS A report on our schools’ activities and people for Bay Village residents
Education Foundation has banner 25th year Bay Village Education Foundation awards $25,000 for classroom grants in 2010-11
Laura Petto and Allison Fischer are National Merit Finalists
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Bay High senior Michael Brajdic is Division II state running champ for the second year in a row.
In addition, he became one of the few high school runners to break the 15-minute barrier for 5,000 meters this past fall.
Michael plans to attend The Ohio State University and continue his running career at the college level.
Michael Brajdik is two-time state running champ
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Cathy Bogart and Anne Hurtuk (N) • received $3,500 for Norman Bees on the Net Joy May (BHS) received $500 for an • embroidery machine Tim O’Brien and Gary Fitchpatrick • (BMS) received $3,605 for a project, iPod touch for teaching Martha Fisher (W) received $420 for • harvesting rainwater Lindsay Rinehart (N) received $300 • for making compost from snack waste Eileen Meehan (N) received $174.99 • for flip cameras Carla Farrington and Sue Simpson • (GV) received $219.35 for an Accucut project Carla Farrington, Sue Satow and • Nicholl Karmansky (GV/N) received $1,734 for iPads Phillip Slanina received $398 for the • BHS Literary Magazine Ann Mowery (BHS) received $1,421 • for the S.T.E.M. project
In partnership with the Bay Village Kiwanis: Jason Martin (BHS) received $1,000 • for the Wings program Michelle Safarz (BHS) received $450 • for the Ronald McDonald House Rick Manderine (BHS) received $800 • for PAL project
Again! . . . since 2003
Extremely successful fundraisers this year have led the Bay Village Education Foundation (BVEF) to accept a second round of classroom grant applications in one school year – for the first time ever.
The BVEF “10” campaign and the January “Creat- ing Opportunities” dinner and auction event made the 25th-year celebration possible.
“We really have had a banner year in every way,” said Scott Best, president. “We successfully launched the Maynard Bauer Leadership Fund in the fall and already hit our initial goal of raising $25,000 (25th year significance again). Also, we have had the long- term goal to reach $250,000 in our permanent fund by this year, and we successfully surpassed that goal.”
Past president and Trustee, Rhonda Schneider, is thrilled with the Foundation’s success. “It’s taken a lot of hard work by our Trustees and wonderful support from many donors to reach this kind of financial foun- dation,” she said. “The projects are wonderful, and
our students will greatly benefit. It’s a truly satisfying effort for us all.” For more about BVEF, visit www.bayedfoundation.org.
LEGO Team brings • home trophies
First-graders learn • Japanese and raise funds to help
Jason Martin to be • next high school principal
Students excel in art • competitions
Our National Merit • scholars
Joe Melenick a top • Ohio youth volunteer
Westerly students • promote rain barrels
Lawrence Kuh is Bay • Village Citizen of the Year
More!•
Spring 2011 grants:
Marty Patton and Clint Keener re-• ceived $6,500 for iPads for special needs classrooms/students Brian Hill received $3,078 for BMS • S.T.E.M. Equipment Darren Allen (BHS/BMS) received • $1,800 given for Smart Music Assess- ment Tools Gary Fitchpatrick (BMS) received • $1,050 for Geocaching GPS equipment
Scott Best, BVEF president (back row left) with some grant winners, left-to-right: Carla Farrington, Joy May, Phillip Slanina, Martha Fisher, Cathy Bogart, Ann Mowery (BHS teacher and BVEF trustee); front row – Sue Simpson, Sue Satow, Anne Hurtuk.
(N)-Normandy; (W)-Westerly; (BMS)-Bay Middle School; (BHS)-Bay High; (GV)-Glenview
First-graders learn Japanese, then step up to help
Students in Hennie Hervol’s first-grade class have been studying Japanese with Lorelei Suehrstedt, mother of their classmate, Amara, and an expert in Japanese language and culture.
The students have learned the names of colors and num- bers, and they can speak various greetings and phrases. They sing the childhood song of “heads, shoulders, knees and toes,” in Japanese. Show and tell has included a Geisha doll and other Japanese articles used as discussion points about dress and culture. The children made origami (folded paper) sculptures and Japanese Kokeshi dolls, the little wooden dolls that Japanese farmers often made for their daughters. They learned about Japanese folklore, geography, and many other things about Japan.
Then, when the recent disasters occurred in Japan, the class mobilized to help those whose homeland and people, with whom they were now so familiar, suffered terrible devasta- tion.
“We sent home notes to all the parents,” said Amara. “We collected money from the whole school, not just our class.” Lorelei arranged for her family’s church, First Congregational United Church of Christ in Berea, to handle the donations and also to contribute matching funds. Every child in Mrs. Hervol’s class made a card to go with the
monetary donation, and in just one week the students collected $478.
First-graders in Hennie Hervol’s class at Normandy Elementary School raised funds to help disaster victims in Japan. Back row, left- to-right is student Amara Suehrstedt, her mom Lorelei (who taught the students Japanese) and first-grade teacher Hennie Hervol.
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Jason Martin to lead Bay High Current assistant will be new high school principal
Bay High assistant principal, Jason Martin, will become Bay High’s principal, effective July 1, replacing retiring prin- cipal Jim Cahoon. Martin, who has served as Bay High’s assistant principal since 2005, said that his first priority will be to develop a shared vision with Bay High’s staff for the next one-to-five years.
“I’m fortunate to have worked with Jim Cahoon, who has been a phenomenal mentor and a transformational leader,” he said. “We need to continue our tradition of excellence, and we need to continue looking for ways to continually improve. Where are we? What needs finishing? What new things do we want to do?”
As assistant principal, Martin took a teaching approach to discipline. “I was not looking for temporary compliance,” he said. “I want to change the behavior and the mind set when there is a discipline problem. I want students to understand the ‘why’ of the rules.”
He has spent a good deal of time working with families and law enforcement agencies to gain ground in dealing with substance abuse. Working with the West Shore Young Leaders Network, Bay Family Services, and developing pro- grams to prevent risky behaviors have all been as important to Martin as passing out detentions and other consequences for choices he wants his students to avoid.
“We have to have high expectations for our students,” he said. Every year, he reviews practices to see if they are effective and producing the desired results. “Using the Breathalyzers at our dances, for example, that was the right decision,” he said, noting that students know what is expect- ed of them and seem to have more confidence when they are certain about what is expected.
He has been instrumental in growing the annual Bike to School event, a positive challenge for students to ride their bicycles to school during the month of May instead of us- ing their cars to drive. He also advanced the high school’s accreditation process, and he served on quality assurance teams for two other districts undergoing the five-year ac- creditation review.
Martin, who holds a superintendent’s license, consid- ers himself very technically oriented. He played a key role in the school’s adoption of an online grade book, and he automated standard letters informing parents of routine discipline matters. “An important goal of mine is to increase our staff’s knowledge of technology and increase access for students,” he said.
Board president Amy Huntley remembers being impressed with Martin’s professionalism and maturity six years ago
when she inter- viewed him for the assistant position. “I thought even back then, when he was just 28 years old,” she said. “I could see him as the high school principal one day.”
Martin began his career as a high school English instructor and liter- ary magazine advisor, and he served as assistant principal of student services at Marion Harding High School before coming to Bay Village. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from John Carroll University and a Master’s in Education from the University of Dayton.
“When we came to Bay Village six years ago, my wife and I just fell in love with the community,” he said, noting that he and his wife, Laurie, were then expecting their sec- ond daughter, who will be entering Normandy Elementary kindergarten next year.
“As a community member, I value the high-quality edu- cation we offer,” he said. “And as a father, I want to insure that high quality continues for all students, as well as for my own children.”
Jason Martin
BMS LEGO team brings home three trophies Bay Middle School students competed against about 170 teams in the 21st LEGO Olympiad, held at Lorain County Community College. The BMS teams brought home three trophies. The 1st Place Theme 7th-8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Squishy, Squishy, Squiggle, Squiggle” Team consisting of Ben Finicle, Ennio Gallucci, Owen Humphrey, Eric McDonald and David Russell. The 2nd Place Theme 7th – 8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Re- turn of the Carnivorous Caterpil- lar” Team consisting of Gabriel Deutschman, Kenton Jarvis, Eddie Rychel and Jack Reiss. The 2nd Place Theme 6th grade
trophy went to BMS’s “Hiccups” Team consisting of Aurora Fleming, Susan Gallagher, Jacob Kerber, Hannah McCoy and Lydia Strickler. Rounding out the BMS Club were Team Ghost Buster – Sam Dockrill, Conner Houchin, Robert Shaw, Alex Suehrstedt and
A.J. Trigalet and Team Foxtrot – Mandy Hoskins, Meagan McCoy, Moria Meehan and J.W. Parker. The BMS LEGO Club was generously supported by its club members’ parents/guardians and by Bricks4Kids, who gave the
club T-shirts and a pizza party. Mrs. Bonnie Nagel is the Club’s Mentor.
Bay High named a National Blue Ribbon School by the
U.S. Department of Education
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Students in Martha Fisher’s third-grade class have been studying the cycle of water as part of their science curriculum this year. As a real application of their studies, they have taken on a water conservation project that promotes the use of rain barrels throughout the City of Bay Village.
Thirteen colorful rain barrels, all with water themes, were designed and paint- ed by the third-graders. They hold about 55 gallons each and come with a spigot and a down spout overflow kit for the user to install. They sell for $100 each, with proceeds going to the Bay Village Education Foundation (which provided the seed money for the project through an education grant).
“Businesses in town became partners with our students in this project,” said Mrs. Fisher. “Students wrote letters to the businesses, visited them, signed contracts with them, and got them to display the rain barrels and the information posters.”
Businesses displaying the barrels (until Memorial Day weekend) are Hunting- ton Bank, PNC Bank, Key Bank, Java Bay, True Value Hardware, Bayarts, Bay Village Library, Bay Village City Hall, Dairy Queen, and the Nature Center, as well as the Bay Village Board of Education. More businesses displayed posters.
Student Audrey Ray wrote a series of news articles for the Westlake/Bay Village Observer to promote the project. “All the barrels were carefully painted with garden and aquarium details,” she wrote. “There are animals, plants and flowers on the barrels. I really think peo- ple are going to like them because they
are beautiful and earth-friendly.”
Joseph Melenick, 17, a senior at Bay High School, was recognized as one of two top Ohio youth volunteers with the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Joe has hosted an annual bowling party and other events that raised nearly $50,000 over the past five years to help find a cure for Crohn’s disease and edu- cate others about the condition, which has afflicted him since 2005.
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Westerly Elementary students reenact Underground Railroad Ohio’s unique role took compassion and courage, students learn
Third-graders promote rain barrels Mission is to learn – and conserve water
Joe Melenick is a top Ohio youth volunteer
The fourth-graders in Kelli McMaugh’s and Dawn Robin- son’s classes seemed very far from Westerly Elementary School in Bay Village as they were ordered not to look their masters in the eye and to keep their heads down and against a wall. They waited to take their turns on the slave auction block, saying goodbye to loved ones as their families were torn apart.
The experience was part of a historical reenactment of what it was like to be a slave in the Deep South before the Civil War. It is part of the Lorain County Metroparks French Creek Nature Center’s educational outreach. Students study Ohio history in the fourth grade, and Ohio was an important part of the Underground Railroad.
Maggie Allan said the April experience made her feel great compassion for the slaves. “I knew it was a re-enact- ment,” she said. “But we were actually in that position. I had to say goodbye to my sister who was being sold.”
“It was amazing,” said Barrett Kawa of the experience. “It felt real.”
The program participants were given one opportunity to escape and, with the help of the brave men and women who ran the Underground Railroad, they began the harrowing experience of fleeing the South, being hunted by bounty hunters with dogs, and finally reaching safe harbor in Ohio and Canada.
“It wasn’t a real railroad,” explained Max Showalter. “But the railroads were just starting to come into being at the time, and when Tice Davids escaped from Kentucky into Ohio, his master followed him but couldn’t find him. He made a comment about an underground railroad, and the saying just stuck.”
The students escaped the slave auction with the help of a conductor. “A conductor, like Harriet Tubman, accompanied the former slaves and helped them avoid the bounty hunt- ers,” said Maddie Edgerly. “They would run through forests and cross rivers to throw off the bloodhounds. We went to a church and learned code words. A bounty hunter tried to trick us into following him, but he didn’t use the code words, so we knew what he was doing. He was trying to get us to go south.”
The students admired the bravery of the individuals who ran the Underground Railroad and the safe houses along the way. “We were hiding in the a house when a neighbor came over and discovered us,” said Maggie. “The owner had to convince the neighbor not to tell.” She added that many of the freed slaves went back to the South to help their
friends and families escape. “The slave masters told their slaves terrible stories about the North and Canada, but the freed slaves told them how wonderful freedom really was.”
Barrett said the safe house owners were white, and they would provide not only a place to sleep and to hide, but also food. “They were called abolitionists, the people against slav- ery,” he said. “They were very brave.” Today’s Underground Railroad
Bravery is in no small supply even today as individuals risk their own freedom to help others escape oppression. The students are drawing parallels between the Underground Railroad history from the 1800s and what is happening today in North Korea.
“The border between North Korea and South Korea is the most heavily guarded border in the world today,” said Hope Beatty. She noted that those who run safe houses in China and neighboring countries can be fined and put in jail or labor camps for years.
Amelia Robinson said the students are researching the Korean Underground Railroad through books and online, original source materials. “We are learning about the demili- tarized zone and how that makes it difficult for the U.S. to help,” she said. “We all admire those who are helping rather than just watching it on TV.”
Lauren Jensen said she too is happy people are trying to help those who are denied freedom under North Korea’s ruler, Kim Jong-il. “It just makes you angry that people are treated that way,” she said.
“This has been a great project to integrate social studies and history, language arts and technology, through Internet research and Power Point presentations” said teacher Kelli McMaugh. “In teaming up with Dawn Robinson’s class, we can make all these subjects truly relevant for our students
while teaching them new skills and knowledge.”
Westerly fourth-graders demonstrate what a slave auction was like.
Westerly third-graders with Superintendent Clint Keener (back left) and their teacher, Martha Fisher (back right).
Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition winners Congratulations to these Bay High students whose artwork earned distinction in the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition:
State Finalists: Lauren Barbour - Painting Cameron Meakin - Painting Marissa Radick - Painting Regional Winners: Cameron Meakin - Painting-2, TOP 25 Marissa Radick - Painting-2 Eliz Fulop - Digital Photography-2 Lauren Barbour - Painting Bridget Doughty - Painting Josh Ferencik - Photography Marek Mutch - Digital Photography Shannon O’Brien - Mixed Media Shauna Spiesz - Painting
More information about this program available at http://www.govart.org.-6-
Bay High’s National Merit Scholars Laura Petto and Allison Fischer are National Merit Finalists
Bay has state-level PTA Reflections winners
Bay Village schools had six state-level winners in this year’s Ohio PTA Reflections fine arts competition. Approximately 16,000 students participated from schools across Ohio. The Ohio PTA awarded state winners a certificate and ribbon. and
first, second and third place winners will enjoy a Reflections Celebra- tion at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. Bay High School Photography - Award of Excellence (1st place): Kay- tee Szente Photography - Honorable Mention: Kathryn Tokar Visual Arts - Award of Merit (3rd place): Katherine Allen
Bay Middle School Photography - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Maria Lally
Normandy Elementary Literature - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Kendall Thomas
Literature - Honorable Mention: Mireya Ruppe
Left-to-right: above top – Katherine Allen, Kathryn Tokar, Kaytee Szente; above left – Kendall Thomas, Mireya Ruppe; above right – Maria Lally-4-
National Silver Keys in Scholastic Arts
Bay High National Merit Commended Students, left-to-right: front row - Kathryn Tokar, Emily Kukura, Lauren Barbour; back row - Connor O’Doherty, Matthew Brant, David Perkins, Gregory Naegele
bayvillageschools.com/ScholasticArt
After winning Gold Key awards at the 2011 Cuyahoga County Regional Scholastic Arts competition, two students won National Silver Key Awards. Alexandra Lacure (top left), grade 12, and Mallory Fahey, grade 8, were honored at a special ceremony at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on May 31. That evening, the Empire State Building will be lit in gold in honor of the students’ achievements.
Other students who had worked judged in New York were Regional Gold Key winners Jordyn Durk (grade 12), Emma Mahall (grade 9), Hannah Daugherty (grade 8), Man- non Dorantes (grade 8), and Thomas Leamon (grade 7).
View all 32 of the Regional Award winners at the following link:
The Bay Village Community Coun- cil named Lawrence Kuh the Bay Village 2011 Citizen of the Year.
Kuh, a fifth-grade teacher at Bay Middle School and the married father of three, was selected for his leadership of the Bay Skate and Bike Park Foundation, which for six years worked to substantially fund, design and construct a skateboard and bicycle park in the city.
Lawrence Kuh, Bay Middle School teacher, Citizen of the Year
Lawrence Kuh
Laura Petto (left) and Allison Fischer
Two Bay High National Merit Finalists, Laura Petto and Allison Fischer, are among the top one-half percent of U.S. graduating seniors qualifying for the distinction based on scores of the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) college entrance exam taken during their junior year.
In addition, Bay High seniors Lauren Barbour, Matthew Brant, Emily Kukura, Gregory Naegele, Connor O’Doherty, David Perkins and Kathryn Tokar have been named National Merit Commended Stu- dents. These students are among top three percent of scorers on the PSAT (out of approximately 1.5 million total entrants). “This is a significant academic
achievement for these students,” said Clint Keener, superintendent. “It is apparent that their consistent effort and dedication toward their studies have earned them this elite honor. We are very proud of them.”
Mady Chang performs with Ohio All- State Orchestra
Madeleine Chang, a junior at Bay High School, per- formed with the Ohio All-State Orchestra the weekend of January 28, at the Ohio Music Educators’ Associa- tion (OMEA) Convention in Cincinnati. Participants were selected through a highly competitive audition process.
“I really enjoyed it,” said Mady of the experience. “It was fun rehearsing with a lot of other musicians who had not played together before.”
Mady is one of only a handful of high school cel- lists selected from across the state. She is the prin- cipal/assistant principal cel- list of the Bay High School Orchestra.
“We are very proud of Mady,” said her Bay High instructor and orchestra director, Carrie Singler. “Being selected to play with this orchestra is truly an honor.”
Mady Chang -5-
Sue Denham is new Transportation Supervisor Suzanne Denham was named as the Bay Village City School District’s Transportation Su- pervisor. She has worked for the Bay Village City School District as a bus driver since
August, 1990. She has served as interim Trans- portation Supervisor since January, 2011. Her new position becomes effective July 1.
Sue Denham
Bay High’s National Merit Scholars Laura Petto and Allison Fischer are National Merit Finalists
Bay has state-level PTA Reflections winners
Bay Village schools had six state-level winners in this year’s Ohio PTA Reflections fine arts competition. Approximately 16,000 students participated from schools across Ohio. The Ohio PTA awarded state winners a certificate and ribbon. and
first, second and third place winners will enjoy a Reflections Celebra- tion at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. Bay High School Photography - Award of Excellence (1st place): Kay- tee Szente Photography - Honorable Mention: Kathryn Tokar Visual Arts - Award of Merit (3rd place): Katherine Allen
Bay Middle School Photography - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Maria Lally
Normandy Elementary Literature - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Kendall Thomas
Literature - Honorable Mention: Mireya Ruppe
Left-to-right: above top – Katherine Allen, Kathryn Tokar, Kaytee Szente; above left – Kendall Thomas, Mireya Ruppe; above right – Maria Lally-4-
National Silver Keys in Scholastic Arts
Bay High National Merit Commended Students, left-to-right: front row - Kathryn Tokar, Emily Kukura, Lauren Barbour; back row - Connor O’Doherty, Matthew Brant, David Perkins, Gregory Naegele
bayvillageschools.com/ScholasticArt
After winning Gold Key awards at the 2011 Cuyahoga County Regional Scholastic Arts competition, two students won National Silver Key Awards. Alexandra Lacure (top left), grade 12, and Mallory Fahey, grade 8, were honored at a special ceremony at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on May 31. That evening, the Empire State Building will be lit in gold in honor of the students’ achievements.
Other students who had worked judged in New York were Regional Gold Key winners Jordyn Durk (grade 12), Emma Mahall (grade 9), Hannah Daugherty (grade 8), Man- non Dorantes (grade 8), and Thomas Leamon (grade 7).
View all 32 of the Regional Award winners at the following link:
The Bay Village Community Coun- cil named Lawrence Kuh the Bay Village 2011 Citizen of the Year.
Kuh, a fifth-grade teacher at Bay Middle School and the married father of three, was selected for his leadership of the Bay Skate and Bike Park Foundation, which for six years worked to substantially fund, design and construct a skateboard and bicycle park in the city.
Lawrence Kuh, Bay Middle School teacher, Citizen of the Year
Lawrence Kuh
Laura Petto (left) and Allison Fischer
Two Bay High National Merit Finalists, Laura Petto and Allison Fischer, are among the top one-half percent of U.S. graduating seniors qualifying for the distinction based on scores of the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) college entrance exam taken during their junior year.
In addition, Bay High seniors Lauren Barbour, Matthew Brant, Emily Kukura, Gregory Naegele, Connor O’Doherty, David Perkins and Kathryn Tokar have been named National Merit Commended Stu- dents. These students are among top three percent of scorers on the PSAT (out of approximately 1.5 million total entrants). “This is a significant academic
achievement for these students,” said Clint Keener, superintendent. “It is apparent that their consistent effort and dedication toward their studies have earned them this elite honor. We are very proud of them.”
Mady Chang performs with Ohio All- State Orchestra
Madeleine Chang, a junior at Bay High School, per- formed with the Ohio All-State Orchestra the weekend of January 28, at the Ohio Music Educators’ Associa- tion (OMEA) Convention in Cincinnati. Participants were selected through a highly competitive audition process.
“I really enjoyed it,” said Mady of the experience. “It was fun rehearsing with a lot of other musicians who had not played together before.”
Mady is one of only a handful of high school cel- lists selected from across the state. She is the prin- cipal/assistant principal cel- list of the Bay High School Orchestra.
“We are very proud of Mady,” said her Bay High instructor and orchestra director, Carrie Singler. “Being selected to play with this orchestra is truly an honor.”
Mady Chang -5-
Sue Denham is new Transportation Supervisor Suzanne Denham was named as the Bay Village City School District’s Transportation Su- pervisor. She has worked for the Bay Village City School District as a bus driver since
August, 1990. She has served as interim Trans- portation Supervisor since January, 2011. Her new position becomes effective July 1.
Sue Denham
Students in Martha Fisher’s third-grade class have been studying the cycle of water as part of their science curriculum this year. As a real application of their studies, they have taken on a water conservation project that promotes the use of rain barrels throughout the City of Bay Village.
Thirteen colorful rain barrels, all with water themes, were designed and paint- ed by the third-graders. They hold about 55 gallons each and come with a spigot and a down spout overflow kit for the user to install. They sell for $100 each, with proceeds going to the Bay Village Education Foundation (which provided the seed money for the project through an education grant).
“Businesses in town became partners with our students in this project,” said Mrs. Fisher. “Students wrote letters to the businesses, visited them, signed contracts with them, and got them to display the rain barrels and the information posters.”
Businesses displaying the barrels (until Memorial Day weekend) are Hunting- ton Bank, PNC Bank, Key Bank, Java Bay, True Value Hardware, Bayarts, Bay Village Library, Bay Village City Hall, Dairy Queen, and the Nature Center, as well as the Bay Village Board of Education. More businesses displayed posters.
Student Audrey Ray wrote a series of news articles for the Westlake/Bay Village Observer to promote the project. “All the barrels were carefully painted with garden and aquarium details,” she wrote. “There are animals, plants and flowers on the barrels. I really think peo- ple are going to like them because they
are beautiful and earth-friendly.”
Joseph Melenick, 17, a senior at Bay High School, was recognized as one of two top Ohio youth volunteers with the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Joe has hosted an annual bowling party and other events that raised nearly $50,000 over the past five years to help find a cure for Crohn’s disease and edu- cate others about the condition, which has afflicted him since 2005.
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Westerly Elementary students reenact Underground Railroad Ohio’s unique role took compassion and courage, students learn
Third-graders promote rain barrels Mission is to learn – and conserve water
Joe Melenick is a top Ohio youth volunteer
The fourth-graders in Kelli McMaugh’s and Dawn Robin- son’s classes seemed very far from Westerly Elementary School in Bay Village as they were ordered not to look their masters in the eye and to keep their heads down and against a wall. They waited to take their turns on the slave auction block, saying goodbye to loved ones as their families were torn apart.
The experience was part of a historical reenactment of what it was like to be a slave in the Deep South before the Civil War. It is part of the Lorain County Metroparks French Creek Nature Center’s educational outreach. Students study Ohio history in the fourth grade, and Ohio was an important part of the Underground Railroad.
Maggie Allan said the April experience made her feel great compassion for the slaves. “I knew it was a re-enact- ment,” she said. “But we were actually in that position. I had to say goodbye to my sister who was being sold.”
“It was amazing,” said Barrett Kawa of the experience. “It felt real.”
The program participants were given one opportunity to escape and, with the help of the brave men and women who ran the Underground Railroad, they began the harrowing experience of fleeing the South, being hunted by bounty hunters with dogs, and finally reaching safe harbor in Ohio and Canada.
“It wasn’t a real railroad,” explained Max Showalter. “But the railroads were just starting to come into being at the time, and when Tice Davids escaped from Kentucky into Ohio, his master followed him but couldn’t find him. He made a comment about an underground railroad, and the saying just stuck.”
The students escaped the slave auction with the help of a conductor. “A conductor, like Harriet Tubman, accompanied the former slaves and helped them avoid the bounty hunt- ers,” said Maddie Edgerly. “They would run through forests and cross rivers to throw off the bloodhounds. We went to a church and learned code words. A bounty hunter tried to trick us into following him, but he didn’t use the code words, so we knew what he was doing. He was trying to get us to go south.”
The students admired the bravery of the individuals who ran the Underground Railroad and the safe houses along the way. “We were hiding in the a house when a neighbor came over and discovered us,” said Maggie. “The owner had to convince the neighbor not to tell.” She added that many of the freed slaves went back to the South to help their
friends and families escape. “The slave masters told their slaves terrible stories about the North and Canada, but the freed slaves told them how wonderful freedom really was.”
Barrett said the safe house owners were white, and they would provide not only a place to sleep and to hide, but also food. “They were called abolitionists, the people against slav- ery,” he said. “They were very brave.” Today’s Underground Railroad
Bravery is in no small supply even today as individuals risk their own freedom to help others escape oppression. The students are drawing parallels between the Underground Railroad history from the 1800s and what is happening today in North Korea.
“The border between North Korea and South Korea is the most heavily guarded border in the world today,” said Hope Beatty. She noted that those who run safe houses in China and neighboring countries can be fined and put in jail or labor camps for years.
Amelia Robinson said the students are researching the Korean Underground Railroad through books and online, original source materials. “We are learning about the demili- tarized zone and how that makes it difficult for the U.S. to help,” she said. “We all admire those who are helping rather than just watching it on TV.”
Lauren Jensen said she too is happy people are trying to help those who are denied freedom under North Korea’s ruler, Kim Jong-il. “It just makes you angry that people are treated that way,” she said.
“This has been a great project to integrate social studies and history, language arts and technology, through Internet research and Power Point presentations” said teacher Kelli McMaugh. “In teaming up with Dawn Robinson’s class, we can make all these subjects truly relevant for our students
while teaching them new skills and knowledge.”
Westerly fourth-graders demonstrate what a slave auction was like.
Westerly third-graders with Superintendent Clint Keener (back left) and their teacher, Martha Fisher (back right).
Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition winners Congratulations to these Bay High students whose artwork earned distinction in the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition:
State Finalists: Lauren Barbour - Painting Cameron Meakin - Painting Marissa Radick - Painting Regional Winners: Cameron Meakin - Painting-2, TOP 25 Marissa Radick - Painting-2 Eliz Fulop - Digital Photography-2 Lauren Barbour - Painting Bridget Doughty - Painting Josh Ferencik - Photography Marek Mutch - Digital Photography Shannon O’Brien - Mixed Media Shauna Spiesz - Painting
More information about this program available at http://www.govart.org.-6-
First-graders learn Japanese, then step up to help
Students in Hennie Hervol’s first-grade class have been studying Japanese with Lorelei Suehrstedt, mother of their classmate, Amara, and an expert in Japanese language and culture.
The students have learned the names of colors and num- bers, and they can speak various greetings and phrases. They sing the childhood song of “heads, shoulders, knees and toes,” in Japanese. Show and tell has included a Geisha doll and other Japanese articles used as discussion points about dress and culture. The children made origami (folded paper) sculptures and Japanese Kokeshi dolls, the little wooden dolls that Japanese farmers often made for their daughters. They learned about Japanese folklore, geography, and many other things about Japan.
Then, when the recent disasters occurred in Japan, the class mobilized to help those whose homeland and people, with whom they were now so familiar, suffered terrible devasta- tion.
“We sent home notes to all the parents,” said Amara. “We collected money from the whole school, not just our class.” Lorelei arranged for her family’s church, First Congregational United Church of Christ in Berea, to handle the donations and also to contribute matching funds. Every child in Mrs. Hervol’s class made a card to go with the
monetary donation, and in just one week the students collected $478.
First-graders in Hennie Hervol’s class at Normandy Elementary School raised funds to help disaster victims in Japan. Back row, left- to-right is student Amara Suehrstedt, her mom Lorelei (who taught the students Japanese) and first-grade teacher Hennie Hervol.
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Jason Martin to lead Bay High Current assistant will be new high school principal
Bay High assistant principal, Jason Martin, will become Bay High’s principal, effective July 1, replacing retiring prin- cipal Jim Cahoon. Martin, who has served as Bay High’s assistant principal since 2005, said that his first priority will be to develop a shared vision with Bay High’s staff for the next one-to-five years.
“I’m fortunate to have worked with Jim Cahoon, who has been a phenomenal mentor and a transformational leader,” he said. “We need to continue our tradition of excellence, and we need to continue looking for ways to continually improve. Where are we? What needs finishing? What new things do we want to do?”
As assistant principal, Martin took a teaching approach to discipline. “I was not looking for temporary compliance,” he said. “I want to change the behavior and the mind set when there is a discipline problem. I want students to understand the ‘why’ of the rules.”
He has spent a good deal of time working with families and law enforcement agencies to gain ground in dealing with substance abuse. Working with the West Shore Young Leaders Network, Bay Family Services, and developing pro- grams to prevent risky behaviors have all been as important to Martin as passing out detentions and other consequences for choices he wants his students to avoid.
“We have to have high expectations for our students,” he said. Every year, he reviews practices to see if they are effective and producing the desired results. “Using the Breathalyzers at our dances, for example, that was the right decision,” he said, noting that students know what is expect- ed of them and seem to have more confidence when they are certain about what is expected.
He has been instrumental in growing the annual Bike to School event, a positive challenge for students to ride their bicycles to school during the month of May instead of us- ing their cars to drive. He also advanced the high school’s accreditation process, and he served on quality assurance teams for two other districts undergoing the five-year ac- creditation review.
Martin, who holds a superintendent’s license, consid- ers himself very technically oriented. He played a key role in the school’s adoption of an online grade book, and he automated standard letters informing parents of routine discipline matters. “An important goal of mine is to increase our staff’s knowledge of technology and increase access for students,” he said.
Board president Amy Huntley remembers being impressed with Martin’s professionalism and maturity six years ago
when she inter- viewed him for the assistant position. “I thought even back then, when he was just 28 years old,” she said. “I could see him as the high school principal one day.”
Martin began his career as a high school English instructor and liter- ary magazine advisor, and he served as assistant principal of student services at Marion Harding High School before coming to Bay Village. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from John Carroll University and a Master’s in Education from the University of Dayton.
“When we came to Bay Village six years ago, my wife and I just fell in love with the community,” he said, noting that he and his wife, Laurie, were then expecting their sec- ond daughter, who will be entering Normandy Elementary kindergarten next year.
“As a community member, I value the high-quality edu- cation we offer,” he said. “And as a father, I want to insure that high quality continues for all students, as well as for my own children.”
Jason Martin
BMS LEGO team brings home three trophies Bay Middle School students competed against about 170 teams in the 21st LEGO Olympiad, held at Lorain County Community College. The BMS teams brought home three trophies. The 1st Place Theme 7th-8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Squishy, Squishy, Squiggle, Squiggle” Team consisting of Ben Finicle, Ennio Gallucci, Owen Humphrey, Eric McDonald and David Russell. The 2nd Place Theme 7th – 8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Re- turn of the Carnivorous Caterpil- lar” Team consisting of Gabriel Deutschman, Kenton Jarvis, Eddie Rychel and Jack Reiss. The 2nd Place Theme 6th grade
trophy went to BMS’s “Hiccups” Team consisting of Aurora Fleming, Susan Gallagher, Jacob Kerber, Hannah McCoy and Lydia Strickler. Rounding out the BMS Club were Team Ghost Buster – Sam Dockrill, Conner Houchin, Robert Shaw, Alex Suehrstedt and
A.J. Trigalet and Team Foxtrot – Mandy Hoskins, Meagan McCoy, Moria Meehan and J.W. Parker. The BMS LEGO Club was generously supported by its club members’ parents/guardians and by Bricks4Kids, who gave the
club T-shirts and a pizza party. Mrs. Bonnie Nagel is the Club’s Mentor.
Bay High named a National Blue Ribbon School by the
U.S. Department of Education
Cleveland, OH
Bay Village City School District 377 Dover Center Road Bay Village, Ohio 44140
Board of Education Amy Huntley, President Gayatry Jacob-Mosier, Vice President Michael Boeckman Michael Caputo Bill Selong
Clint Keener, Superintendent Deborah Putnam, Treasurer Editor: Karen Derby-Lovell
440.617.7300 www.bayvillageschools.com
ECRWSS 44140
POSTAL CUSTOMER SS A report on our schools’ activities and people for Bay Village residents
Education Foundation has banner 25th year Bay Village Education Foundation awards $25,000 for classroom grants in 2010-11
Laura Petto and Allison Fischer are National Merit Finalists
Inside:
Bay High senior Michael Brajdic is Division II state running champ for the second year in a row.
In addition, he became one of the few high school runners to break the 15-minute barrier for 5,000 meters this past fall.
Michael plans to attend The Ohio State University and continue his running career at the college level.
Michael Brajdik is two-time state running champ
Get more school news more often:
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Get daily updates at: Visit school web pages at: www.bayvillageschools.com/BayHigh www.bayvillageschools.com/BayMiddle www.bayvillageschools.com/Westerly www.bayvillageschools.com/Normandy www.bayvillageschools.com/Glenview
News, facts, video, slide shows . . .
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of our schools,
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Cathy Bogart and Anne Hurtuk (N) • received $3,500 for Norman Bees on the Net Joy May (BHS) received $500 for an • embroidery machine Tim O’Brien and Gary Fitchpatrick • (BMS) received $3,605 for a project, iPod touch for teaching Martha Fisher (W) received $420 for • harvesting rainwater Lindsay Rinehart (N) received $300 • for making compost from snack waste Eileen Meehan (N) received $174.99 • for flip cameras Carla Farrington and Sue Simpson • (GV) received $219.35 for an Accucut project Carla Farrington, Sue Satow and • Nicholl Karmansky (GV/N) received $1,734 for iPads Phillip Slanina received $398 for the • BHS Literary Magazine Ann Mowery (BHS) received $1,421 • for the S.T.E.M. project
In partnership with the Bay Village Kiwanis: Jason Martin (BHS) received $1,000 • for the Wings program Michelle Safarz (BHS) received $450 • for the Ronald McDonald House Rick Manderine (BHS) received $800 • for PAL project
Again! . . . since 2003
Extremely successful fundraisers this year have led the Bay Village Education Foundation (BVEF) to accept a second round of classroom grant applications in one school year – for the first time ever.
The BVEF “10” campaign and the January “Creat- ing Opportunities” dinner and auction event made the 25th-year celebration possible.
“We really have had a banner year in every way,” said Scott Best, president. “We successfully launched the Maynard Bauer Leadership Fund in the fall and already hit our initial goal of raising $25,000 (25th year significance again). Also, we have had the long- term goal to reach $250,000 in our permanent fund by this year, and we successfully surpassed that goal.”
Past president and Trustee, Rhonda Schneider, is thrilled with the Foundation’s success. “It’s taken a lot of hard work by our Trustees and wonderful support from many donors to reach this kind of financial foun- dation,” she said. “The projects are wonderful, and
our students will greatly benefit. It’s a truly satisfying effort for us all.” For more about BVEF, visit www.bayedfoundation.org.
LEGO Team brings • home trophies
First-graders learn • Japanese and raise funds to help
Jason Martin to be • next high school principal
Students excel in art • competitions
Our National Merit • scholars
Joe Melenick a top • Ohio youth volunteer
Westerly students • promote rain barrels
Lawrence Kuh is Bay • Village Citizen of the Year
More!•
Spring 2011 grants:
Marty Patton and Clint Keener re-• ceived $6,500 for iPads for special needs classrooms/students Brian Hill received $3,078 for BMS • S.T.E.M. Equipment Darren Allen (BHS/BMS) received • $1,800 given for Smart Music Assess- ment Tools Gary Fitchpatrick (BMS) received • $1,050 for Geocaching GPS equipment
Scott Best, BVEF president (back row left) with some grant winners, left-to-right: Carla Farrington, Joy May, Phillip Slanina, Martha Fisher, Cathy Bogart, Ann Mowery (BHS teacher and BVEF trustee); front row – Sue Simpson, Sue Satow, Anne Hurtuk.
(N)-Normandy; (W)-Westerly; (BMS)-Bay Middle School; (BHS)-Bay High; (GV)-Glenview
Bay Village City School District 377 Dover Center Road Bay Village, Ohio 44140
Board of Education Amy Huntley, President Gayatry Jacob-Mosier, Vice President Michael Boeckman Michael Caputo Bill Selong
Clint Keener, Superintendent Deborah Putnam, Treasurer Editor: Karen Derby-Lovell
440.617.7300 www.bayvillageschools.com
ECRWSS 44140
POSTAL CUSTOMER SS A report on our schools’ activities and people for Bay Village residents
Education Foundation has banner 25th year Bay Village Education Foundation awards $25,000 for classroom grants in 2010-11
Laura Petto and Allison Fischer are National Merit Finalists
Inside:
Bay High senior Michael Brajdic is Division II state running champ for the second year in a row.
In addition, he became one of the few high school runners to break the 15-minute barrier for 5,000 meters this past fall.
Michael plans to attend The Ohio State University and continue his running career at the college level.
Michael Brajdik is two-time state running champ
Get more school news more often:
@BaySchoolsOH
@BayAthletics
Get daily updates at: Visit school web pages at: www.bayvillageschools.com/BayHigh www.bayvillageschools.com/BayMiddle www.bayvillageschools.com/Westerly www.bayvillageschools.com/Normandy www.bayvillageschools.com/Glenview
News, facts, video, slide shows . . .
Watch for our
the business side
of our schools,
coming in June.
Cathy Bogart and Anne Hurtuk (N) • received $3,500 for Norman Bees on the Net Joy May (BHS) received $500 for an • embroidery machine Tim O’Brien and Gary Fitchpatrick • (BMS) received $3,605 for a project, iPod touch for teaching Martha Fisher (W) received $420 for • harvesting rainwater Lindsay Rinehart (N) received $300 • for making compost from snack waste Eileen Meehan (N) received $174.99 • for flip cameras Carla Farrington and Sue Simpson • (GV) received $219.35 for an Accucut project Carla Farrington, Sue Satow and • Nicholl Karmansky (GV/N) received $1,734 for iPads Phillip Slanina received $398 for the • BHS Literary Magazine Ann Mowery (BHS) received $1,421 • for the S.T.E.M. project
In partnership with the Bay Village Kiwanis: Jason Martin (BHS) received $1,000 • for the Wings program Michelle Safarz (BHS) received $450 • for the Ronald McDonald House Rick Manderine (BHS) received $800 • for PAL project
Again! . . . since 2003
Extremely successful fundraisers this year have led the Bay Village Education Foundation (BVEF) to accept a second round of classroom grant applications in one school year – for the first time ever.
The BVEF “10” campaign and the January “Creat- ing Opportunities” dinner and auction event made the 25th-year celebration possible.
“We really have had a banner year in every way,” said Scott Best, president. “We successfully launched the Maynard Bauer Leadership Fund in the fall and already hit our initial goal of raising $25,000 (25th year significance again). Also, we have had the long- term goal to reach $250,000 in our permanent fund by this year, and we successfully surpassed that goal.”
Past president and Trustee, Rhonda Schneider, is thrilled with the Foundation’s success. “It’s taken a lot of hard work by our Trustees and wonderful support from many donors to reach this kind of financial foun- dation,” she said. “The projects are wonderful, and
our students will greatly benefit. It’s a truly satisfying effort for us all.” For more about BVEF, visit www.bayedfoundation.org.
LEGO Team brings • home trophies
First-graders learn • Japanese and raise funds to help
Jason Martin to be • next high school principal
Students excel in art • competitions
Our National Merit • scholars
Joe Melenick a top • Ohio youth volunteer
Westerly students • promote rain barrels
Lawrence Kuh is Bay • Village Citizen of the Year
More!•
Spring 2011 grants:
Marty Patton and Clint Keener re-• ceived $6,500 for iPads for special needs classrooms/students Brian Hill received $3,078 for BMS • S.T.E.M. Equipment Darren Allen (BHS/BMS) received • $1,800 given for Smart Music Assess- ment Tools Gary Fitchpatrick (BMS) received • $1,050 for Geocaching GPS equipment
Scott Best, BVEF president (back row left) with some grant winners, left-to-right: Carla Farrington, Joy May, Phillip Slanina, Martha Fisher, Cathy Bogart, Ann Mowery (BHS teacher and BVEF trustee); front row – Sue Simpson, Sue Satow, Anne Hurtuk.
(N)-Normandy; (W)-Westerly; (BMS)-Bay Middle School; (BHS)-Bay High; (GV)-Glenview
First-graders learn Japanese, then step up to help
Students in Hennie Hervol’s first-grade class have been studying Japanese with Lorelei Suehrstedt, mother of their classmate, Amara, and an expert in Japanese language and culture.
The students have learned the names of colors and num- bers, and they can speak various greetings and phrases. They sing the childhood song of “heads, shoulders, knees and toes,” in Japanese. Show and tell has included a Geisha doll and other Japanese articles used as discussion points about dress and culture. The children made origami (folded paper) sculptures and Japanese Kokeshi dolls, the little wooden dolls that Japanese farmers often made for their daughters. They learned about Japanese folklore, geography, and many other things about Japan.
Then, when the recent disasters occurred in Japan, the class mobilized to help those whose homeland and people, with whom they were now so familiar, suffered terrible devasta- tion.
“We sent home notes to all the parents,” said Amara. “We collected money from the whole school, not just our class.” Lorelei arranged for her family’s church, First Congregational United Church of Christ in Berea, to handle the donations and also to contribute matching funds. Every child in Mrs. Hervol’s class made a card to go with the
monetary donation, and in just one week the students collected $478.
First-graders in Hennie Hervol’s class at Normandy Elementary School raised funds to help disaster victims in Japan. Back row, left- to-right is student Amara Suehrstedt, her mom Lorelei (who taught the students Japanese) and first-grade teacher Hennie Hervol.
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Jason Martin to lead Bay High Current assistant will be new high school principal
Bay High assistant principal, Jason Martin, will become Bay High’s principal, effective July 1, replacing retiring prin- cipal Jim Cahoon. Martin, who has served as Bay High’s assistant principal since 2005, said that his first priority will be to develop a shared vision with Bay High’s staff for the next one-to-five years.
“I’m fortunate to have worked with Jim Cahoon, who has been a phenomenal mentor and a transformational leader,” he said. “We need to continue our tradition of excellence, and we need to continue looking for ways to continually improve. Where are we? What needs finishing? What new things do we want to do?”
As assistant principal, Martin took a teaching approach to discipline. “I was not looking for temporary compliance,” he said. “I want to change the behavior and the mind set when there is a discipline problem. I want students to understand the ‘why’ of the rules.”
He has spent a good deal of time working with families and law enforcement agencies to gain ground in dealing with substance abuse. Working with the West Shore Young Leaders Network, Bay Family Services, and developing pro- grams to prevent risky behaviors have all been as important to Martin as passing out detentions and other consequences for choices he wants his students to avoid.
“We have to have high expectations for our students,” he said. Every year, he reviews practices to see if they are effective and producing the desired results. “Using the Breathalyzers at our dances, for example, that was the right decision,” he said, noting that students know what is expect- ed of them and seem to have more confidence when they are certain about what is expected.
He has been instrumental in growing the annual Bike to School event, a positive challenge for students to ride their bicycles to school during the month of May instead of us- ing their cars to drive. He also advanced the high school’s accreditation process, and he served on quality assurance teams for two other districts undergoing the five-year ac- creditation review.
Martin, who holds a superintendent’s license, consid- ers himself very technically oriented. He played a key role in the school’s adoption of an online grade book, and he automated standard letters informing parents of routine discipline matters. “An important goal of mine is to increase our staff’s knowledge of technology and increase access for students,” he said.
Board president Amy Huntley remembers being impressed with Martin’s professionalism and maturity six years ago
when she inter- viewed him for the assistant position. “I thought even back then, when he was just 28 years old,” she said. “I could see him as the high school principal one day.”
Martin began his career as a high school English instructor and liter- ary magazine advisor, and he served as assistant principal of student services at Marion Harding High School before coming to Bay Village. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from John Carroll University and a Master’s in Education from the University of Dayton.
“When we came to Bay Village six years ago, my wife and I just fell in love with the community,” he said, noting that he and his wife, Laurie, were then expecting their sec- ond daughter, who will be entering Normandy Elementary kindergarten next year.
“As a community member, I value the high-quality edu- cation we offer,” he said. “And as a father, I want to insure that high quality continues for all students, as well as for my own children.”
Jason Martin
BMS LEGO team brings home three trophies Bay Middle School students competed against about 170 teams in the 21st LEGO Olympiad, held at Lorain County Community College. The BMS teams brought home three trophies. The 1st Place Theme 7th-8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Squishy, Squishy, Squiggle, Squiggle” Team consisting of Ben Finicle, Ennio Gallucci, Owen Humphrey, Eric McDonald and David Russell. The 2nd Place Theme 7th – 8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Re- turn of the Carnivorous Caterpil- lar” Team consisting of Gabriel Deutschman, Kenton Jarvis, Eddie Rychel and Jack Reiss. The 2nd Place Theme 6th grade
trophy went to BMS’s “Hiccups” Team consisting of Aurora Fleming, Susan Gallagher, Jacob Kerber, Hannah McCoy and Lydia Strickler. Rounding out the BMS Club were Team Ghost Buster – Sam Dockrill, Conner Houchin, Robert Shaw, Alex Suehrstedt and
A.J. Trigalet and Team Foxtrot – Mandy Hoskins, Meagan McCoy, Moria Meehan and J.W. Parker. The BMS LEGO Club was generously supported by its club members’ parents/guardians and by Bricks4Kids, who gave the
club T-shirts and a pizza party. Mrs. Bonnie Nagel is the Club’s Mentor.
Bay High named a National Blue Ribbon School by the
U.S. Department of Education
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Students in Martha Fisher’s third-grade class have been studying the cycle of water as part of their science curriculum this year. As a real application of their studies, they have taken on a water conservation project that promotes the use of rain barrels throughout the City of Bay Village.
Thirteen colorful rain barrels, all with water themes, were designed and paint- ed by the third-graders. They hold about 55 gallons each and come with a spigot and a down spout overflow kit for the user to install. They sell for $100 each, with proceeds going to the Bay Village Education Foundation (which provided the seed money for the project through an education grant).
“Businesses in town became partners with our students in this project,” said Mrs. Fisher. “Students wrote letters to the businesses, visited them, signed contracts with them, and got them to display the rain barrels and the information posters.”
Businesses displaying the barrels (until Memorial Day weekend) are Hunting- ton Bank, PNC Bank, Key Bank, Java Bay, True Value Hardware, Bayarts, Bay Village Library, Bay Village City Hall, Dairy Queen, and the Nature Center, as well as the Bay Village Board of Education. More businesses displayed posters.
Student Audrey Ray wrote a series of news articles for the Westlake/Bay Village Observer to promote the project. “All the barrels were carefully painted with garden and aquarium details,” she wrote. “There are animals, plants and flowers on the barrels. I really think peo- ple are going to like them because they
are beautiful and earth-friendly.”
Joseph Melenick, 17, a senior at Bay High School, was recognized as one of two top Ohio youth volunteers with the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Joe has hosted an annual bowling party and other events that raised nearly $50,000 over the past five years to help find a cure for Crohn’s disease and edu- cate others about the condition, which has afflicted him since 2005.
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Westerly Elementary students reenact Underground Railroad Ohio’s unique role took compassion and courage, students learn
Third-graders promote rain barrels Mission is to learn – and conserve water
Joe Melenick is a top Ohio youth volunteer
The fourth-graders in Kelli McMaugh’s and Dawn Robin- son’s classes seemed very far from Westerly Elementary School in Bay Village as they were ordered not to look their masters in the eye and to keep their heads down and against a wall. They waited to take their turns on the slave auction block, saying goodbye to loved ones as their families were torn apart.
The experience was part of a historical reenactment of what it was like to be a slave in the Deep South before the Civil War. It is part of the Lorain County Metroparks French Creek Nature Center’s educational outreach. Students study Ohio history in the fourth grade, and Ohio was an important part of the Underground Railroad.
Maggie Allan said the April experience made her feel great compassion for the slaves. “I knew it was a re-enact- ment,” she said. “But we were actually in that position. I had to say goodbye to my sister who was being sold.”
“It was amazing,” said Barrett Kawa of the experience. “It felt real.”
The program participants were given one opportunity to escape and, with the help of the brave men and women who ran the Underground Railroad, they began the harrowing experience of fleeing the South, being hunted by bounty hunters with dogs, and finally reaching safe harbor in Ohio and Canada.
“It wasn’t a real railroad,” explained Max Showalter. “But the railroads were just starting to come into being at the time, and when Tice Davids escaped from Kentucky into Ohio, his master followed him but couldn’t find him. He made a comment about an underground railroad, and the saying just stuck.”
The students escaped the slave auction with the help of a conductor. “A conductor, like Harriet Tubman, accompanied the former slaves and helped them avoid the bounty hunt- ers,” said Maddie Edgerly. “They would run through forests and cross rivers to throw off the bloodhounds. We went to a church and learned code words. A bounty hunter tried to trick us into following him, but he didn’t use the code words, so we knew what he was doing. He was trying to get us to go south.”
The students admired the bravery of the individuals who ran the Underground Railroad and the safe houses along the way. “We were hiding in the a house when a neighbor came over and discovered us,” said Maggie. “The owner had to convince the neighbor not to tell.” She added that many of the freed slaves went back to the South to help their
friends and families escape. “The slave masters told their slaves terrible stories about the North and Canada, but the freed slaves told them how wonderful freedom really was.”
Barrett said the safe house owners were white, and they would provide not only a place to sleep and to hide, but also food. “They were called abolitionists, the people against slav- ery,” he said. “They were very brave.” Today’s Underground Railroad
Bravery is in no small supply even today as individuals risk their own freedom to help others escape oppression. The students are drawing parallels between the Underground Railroad history from the 1800s and what is happening today in North Korea.
“The border between North Korea and South Korea is the most heavily guarded border in the world today,” said Hope Beatty. She noted that those who run safe houses in China and neighboring countries can be fined and put in jail or labor camps for years.
Amelia Robinson said the students are researching the Korean Underground Railroad through books and online, original source materials. “We are learning about the demili- tarized zone and how that makes it difficult for the U.S. to help,” she said. “We all admire those who are helping rather than just watching it on TV.”
Lauren Jensen said she too is happy people are trying to help those who are denied freedom under North Korea’s ruler, Kim Jong-il. “It just makes you angry that people are treated that way,” she said.
“This has been a great project to integrate social studies and history, language arts and technology, through Internet research and Power Point presentations” said teacher Kelli McMaugh. “In teaming up with Dawn Robinson’s class, we can make all these subjects truly relevant for our students
while teaching them new skills and knowledge.”
Westerly fourth-graders demonstrate what a slave auction was like.
Westerly third-graders with Superintendent Clint Keener (back left) and their teacher, Martha Fisher (back right).
Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition winners Congratulations to these Bay High students whose artwork earned distinction in the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition:
State Finalists: Lauren Barbour - Painting Cameron Meakin - Painting Marissa Radick - Painting Regional Winners: Cameron Meakin - Painting-2, TOP 25 Marissa Radick - Painting-2 Eliz Fulop - Digital Photography-2 Lauren Barbour - Painting Bridget Doughty - Painting Josh Ferencik - Photography Marek Mutch - Digital Photography Shannon O’Brien - Mixed Media Shauna Spiesz - Painting
More information about this program available at http://www.govart.org.-6-
Bay High’s National Merit Scholars Laura Petto and Allison Fischer are National Merit Finalists
Bay has state-level PTA Reflections winners
Bay Village schools had six state-level winners in this year’s Ohio PTA Reflections fine arts competition. Approximately 16,000 students participated from schools across Ohio. The Ohio PTA awarded state winners a certificate and ribbon. and
first, second and third place winners will enjoy a Reflections Celebra- tion at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. Bay High School Photography - Award of Excellence (1st place): Kay- tee Szente Photography - Honorable Mention: Kathryn Tokar Visual Arts - Award of Merit (3rd place): Katherine Allen
Bay Middle School Photography - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Maria Lally
Normandy Elementary Literature - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Kendall Thomas
Literature - Honorable Mention: Mireya Ruppe
Left-to-right: above top – Katherine Allen, Kathryn Tokar, Kaytee Szente; above left – Kendall Thomas, Mireya Ruppe; above right – Maria Lally-4-
National Silver Keys in Scholastic Arts
Bay High National Merit Commended Students, left-to-right: front row - Kathryn Tokar, Emily Kukura, Lauren Barbour; back row - Connor O’Doherty, Matthew Brant, David Perkins, Gregory Naegele
bayvillageschools.com/ScholasticArt
After winning Gold Key awards at the 2011 Cuyahoga County Regional Scholastic Arts competition, two students won National Silver Key Awards. Alexandra Lacure (top left), grade 12, and Mallory Fahey, grade 8, were honored at a special ceremony at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on May 31. That evening, the Empire State Building will be lit in gold in honor of the students’ achievements.
Other students who had worked judged in New York were Regional Gold Key winners Jordyn Durk (grade 12), Emma Mahall (grade 9), Hannah Daugherty (grade 8), Man- non Dorantes (grade 8), and Thomas Leamon (grade 7).
View all 32 of the Regional Award winners at the following link:
The Bay Village Community Coun- cil named Lawrence Kuh the Bay Village 2011 Citizen of the Year.
Kuh, a fifth-grade teacher at Bay Middle School and the married father of three, was selected for his leadership of the Bay Skate and Bike Park Foundation, which for six years worked to substantially fund, design and construct a skateboard and bicycle park in the city.
Lawrence Kuh, Bay Middle School teacher, Citizen of the Year
Lawrence Kuh
Laura Petto (left) and Allison Fischer
Two Bay High National Merit Finalists, Laura Petto and Allison Fischer, are among the top one-half percent of U.S. graduating seniors qualifying for the distinction based on scores of the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) college entrance exam taken during their junior year.
In addition, Bay High seniors Lauren Barbour, Matthew Brant, Emily Kukura, Gregory Naegele, Connor O’Doherty, David Perkins and Kathryn Tokar have been named National Merit Commended Stu- dents. These students are among top three percent of scorers on the PSAT (out of approximately 1.5 million total entrants). “This is a significant academic
achievement for these students,” said Clint Keener, superintendent. “It is apparent that their consistent effort and dedication toward their studies have earned them this elite honor. We are very proud of them.”
Mady Chang performs with Ohio All- State Orchestra
Madeleine Chang, a junior at Bay High School, per- formed with the Ohio All-State Orchestra the weekend of January 28, at the Ohio Music Educators’ Associa- tion (OMEA) Convention in Cincinnati. Participants were selected through a highly competitive audition process.
“I really enjoyed it,” said Mady of the experience. “It was fun rehearsing with a lot of other musicians who had not played together before.”
Mady is one of only a handful of high school cel- lists selected from across the state. She is the prin- cipal/assistant principal cel- list of the Bay High School Orchestra.
“We are very proud of Mady,” said her Bay High instructor and orchestra director, Carrie Singler. “Being selected to play with this orchestra is truly an honor.”
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Sue Denham is new Transportation Supervisor Suzanne Denham was named as the Bay Village City School District’s Transportation Su- pervisor. She has worked for the Bay Village City School District as a bus driver since
August, 1990. She has served as interim Trans- portation Supervisor since January, 2011. Her new position becomes effective July 1.
Sue Denham
Bay High’s National Merit Scholars Laura Petto and Allison Fischer are National Merit Finalists
Bay has state-level PTA Reflections winners
Bay Village schools had six state-level winners in this year’s Ohio PTA Reflections fine arts competition. Approximately 16,000 students participated from schools across Ohio. The Ohio PTA awarded state winners a certificate and ribbon. and
first, second and third place winners will enjoy a Reflections Celebra- tion at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. Bay High School Photography - Award of Excellence (1st place): Kay- tee Szente Photography - Honorable Mention: Kathryn Tokar Visual Arts - Award of Merit (3rd place): Katherine Allen
Bay Middle School Photography - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Maria Lally
Normandy Elementary Literature - Award of Outstanding Achievement (2nd place): Kendall Thomas
Literature - Honorable Mention: Mireya Ruppe
Left-to-right: above top – Katherine Allen, Kathryn Tokar, Kaytee Szente; above left – Kendall Thomas, Mireya Ruppe; above right – Maria Lally-4-
National Silver Keys in Scholastic Arts
Bay High National Merit Commended Students, left-to-right: front row - Kathryn Tokar, Emily Kukura, Lauren Barbour; back row - Connor O’Doherty, Matthew Brant, David Perkins, Gregory Naegele
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After winning Gold Key awards at the 2011 Cuyahoga County Regional Scholastic Arts competition, two students won National Silver Key Awards. Alexandra Lacure (top left), grade 12, and Mallory Fahey, grade 8, were honored at a special ceremony at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on May 31. That evening, the Empire State Building will be lit in gold in honor of the students’ achievements.
Other students who had worked judged in New York were Regional Gold Key winners Jordyn Durk (grade 12), Emma Mahall (grade 9), Hannah Daugherty (grade 8), Man- non Dorantes (grade 8), and Thomas Leamon (grade 7).
View all 32 of the Regional Award winners at the following link:
The Bay Village Community Coun- cil named Lawrence Kuh the Bay Village 2011 Citizen of the Year.
Kuh, a fifth-grade teacher at Bay Middle School and the married father of three, was selected for his leadership of the Bay Skate and Bike Park Foundation, which for six years worked to substantially fund, design and construct a skateboard and bicycle park in the city.
Lawrence Kuh, Bay Middle School teacher, Citizen of the Year
Lawrence Kuh
Laura Petto (left) and Allison Fischer
Two Bay High National Merit Finalists, Laura Petto and Allison Fischer, are among the top one-half percent of U.S. graduating seniors qualifying for the distinction based on scores of the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) college entrance exam taken during their junior year.
In addition, Bay High seniors Lauren Barbour, Matthew Brant, Emily Kukura, Gregory Naegele, Connor O’Doherty, David Perkins and Kathryn Tokar have been named National Merit Commended Stu- dents. These students are among top three percent of scorers on the PSAT (out of approximately 1.5 million total entrants). “This is a significant academic
achievement for these students,” said Clint Keener, superintendent. “It is apparent that their consistent effort and dedication toward their studies have earned them this elite honor. We are very proud of them.”
Mady Chang performs with Ohio All- State Orchestra
Madeleine Chang, a junior at Bay High School, per- formed with the Ohio All-State Orchestra the weekend of January 28, at the Ohio Music Educators’ Associa- tion (OMEA) Convention in Cincinnati. Participants were selected through a highly competitive audition process.
“I really enjoyed it,” said Mady of the experience. “It was fun rehearsing with a lot of other musicians who had not played together before.”
Mady is one of only a handful of high school cel- lists selected from across the state. She is the prin- cipal/assistant principal cel- list of the Bay High School Orchestra.
“We are very proud of Mady,” said her Bay High instructor and orchestra director, Carrie Singler. “Being selected to play with this orchestra is truly an honor.”
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Sue Denham is new Transportation Supervisor Suzanne Denham was named as the Bay Village City School District’s Transportation Su- pervisor. She has worked for the Bay Village City School District as a bus driver since
August, 1990. She has served as interim Trans- portation Supervisor since January, 2011. Her new position becomes effective July 1.
Sue Denham
Students in Martha Fisher’s third-grade class have been studying the cycle of water as part of their science curriculum this year. As a real application of their studies, they have taken on a water conservation project that promotes the use of rain barrels throughout the City of Bay Village.
Thirteen colorful rain barrels, all with water themes, were designed and paint- ed by the third-graders. They hold about 55 gallons each and come with a spigot and a down spout overflow kit for the user to install. They sell for $100 each, with proceeds going to the Bay Village Education Foundation (which provided the seed money for the project through an education grant).
“Businesses in town became partners with our students in this project,” said Mrs. Fisher. “Students wrote letters to the businesses, visited them, signed contracts with them, and got them to display the rain barrels and the information posters.”
Businesses displaying the barrels (until Memorial Day weekend) are Hunting- ton Bank, PNC Bank, Key Bank, Java Bay, True Value Hardware, Bayarts, Bay Village Library, Bay Village City Hall, Dairy Queen, and the Nature Center, as well as the Bay Village Board of Education. More businesses displayed posters.
Student Audrey Ray wrote a series of news articles for the Westlake/Bay Village Observer to promote the project. “All the barrels were carefully painted with garden and aquarium details,” she wrote. “There are animals, plants and flowers on the barrels. I really think peo- ple are going to like them because they
are beautiful and earth-friendly.”
Joseph Melenick, 17, a senior at Bay High School, was recognized as one of two top Ohio youth volunteers with the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Joe has hosted an annual bowling party and other events that raised nearly $50,000 over the past five years to help find a cure for Crohn’s disease and edu- cate others about the condition, which has afflicted him since 2005.
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Westerly Elementary students reenact Underground Railroad Ohio’s unique role took compassion and courage, students learn
Third-graders promote rain barrels Mission is to learn – and conserve water
Joe Melenick is a top Ohio youth volunteer
The fourth-graders in Kelli McMaugh’s and Dawn Robin- son’s classes seemed very far from Westerly Elementary School in Bay Village as they were ordered not to look their masters in the eye and to keep their heads down and against a wall. They waited to take their turns on the slave auction block, saying goodbye to loved ones as their families were torn apart.
The experience was part of a historical reenactment of what it was like to be a slave in the Deep South before the Civil War. It is part of the Lorain County Metroparks French Creek Nature Center’s educational outreach. Students study Ohio history in the fourth grade, and Ohio was an important part of the Underground Railroad.
Maggie Allan said the April experience made her feel great compassion for the slaves. “I knew it was a re-enact- ment,” she said. “But we were actually in that position. I had to say goodbye to my sister who was being sold.”
“It was amazing,” said Barrett Kawa of the experience. “It felt real.”
The program participants were given one opportunity to escape and, with the help of the brave men and women who ran the Underground Railroad, they began the harrowing experience of fleeing the South, being hunted by bounty hunters with dogs, and finally reaching safe harbor in Ohio and Canada.
“It wasn’t a real railroad,” explained Max Showalter. “But the railroads were just starting to come into being at the time, and when Tice Davids escaped from Kentucky into Ohio, his master followed him but couldn’t find him. He made a comment about an underground railroad, and the saying just stuck.”
The students escaped the slave auction with the help of a conductor. “A conductor, like Harriet Tubman, accompanied the former slaves and helped them avoid the bounty hunt- ers,” said Maddie Edgerly. “They would run through forests and cross rivers to throw off the bloodhounds. We went to a church and learned code words. A bounty hunter tried to trick us into following him, but he didn’t use the code words, so we knew what he was doing. He was trying to get us to go south.”
The students admired the bravery of the individuals who ran the Underground Railroad and the safe houses along the way. “We were hiding in the a house when a neighbor came over and discovered us,” said Maggie. “The owner had to convince the neighbor not to tell.” She added that many of the freed slaves went back to the South to help their
friends and families escape. “The slave masters told their slaves terrible stories about the North and Canada, but the freed slaves told them how wonderful freedom really was.”
Barrett said the safe house owners were white, and they would provide not only a place to sleep and to hide, but also food. “They were called abolitionists, the people against slav- ery,” he said. “They were very brave.” Today’s Underground Railroad
Bravery is in no small supply even today as individuals risk their own freedom to help others escape oppression. The students are drawing parallels between the Underground Railroad history from the 1800s and what is happening today in North Korea.
“The border between North Korea and South Korea is the most heavily guarded border in the world today,” said Hope Beatty. She noted that those who run safe houses in China and neighboring countries can be fined and put in jail or labor camps for years.
Amelia Robinson said the students are researching the Korean Underground Railroad through books and online, original source materials. “We are learning about the demili- tarized zone and how that makes it difficult for the U.S. to help,” she said. “We all admire those who are helping rather than just watching it on TV.”
Lauren Jensen said she too is happy people are trying to help those who are denied freedom under North Korea’s ruler, Kim Jong-il. “It just makes you angry that people are treated that way,” she said.
“This has been a great project to integrate social studies and history, language arts and technology, through Internet research and Power Point presentations” said teacher Kelli McMaugh. “In teaming up with Dawn Robinson’s class, we can make all these subjects truly relevant for our students
while teaching them new skills and knowledge.”
Westerly fourth-graders demonstrate what a slave auction was like.
Westerly third-graders with Superintendent Clint Keener (back left) and their teacher, Martha Fisher (back right).
Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition winners Congratulations to these Bay High students whose artwork earned distinction in the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition:
State Finalists: Lauren Barbour - Painting Cameron Meakin - Painting Marissa Radick - Painting Regional Winners: Cameron Meakin - Painting-2, TOP 25 Marissa Radick - Painting-2 Eliz Fulop - Digital Photography-2 Lauren Barbour - Painting Bridget Doughty - Painting Josh Ferencik - Photography Marek Mutch - Digital Photography Shannon O’Brien - Mixed Media Shauna Spiesz - Painting
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First-graders learn Japanese, then step up to help
Students in Hennie Hervol’s first-grade class have been studying Japanese with Lorelei Suehrstedt, mother of their classmate, Amara, and an expert in Japanese language and culture.
The students have learned the names of colors and num- bers, and they can speak various greetings and phrases. They sing the childhood song of “heads, shoulders, knees and toes,” in Japanese. Show and tell has included a Geisha doll and other Japanese articles used as discussion points about dress and culture. The children made origami (folded paper) sculptures and Japanese Kokeshi dolls, the little wooden dolls that Japanese farmers often made for their daughters. They learned about Japanese folklore, geography, and many other things about Japan.
Then, when the recent disasters occurred in Japan, the class mobilized to help those whose homeland and people, with whom they were now so familiar, suffered terrible devasta- tion.
“We sent home notes to all the parents,” said Amara. “We collected money from the whole school, not just our class.” Lorelei arranged for her family’s church, First Congregational United Church of Christ in Berea, to handle the donations and also to contribute matching funds. Every child in Mrs. Hervol’s class made a card to go with the
monetary donation, and in just one week the students collected $478.
First-graders in Hennie Hervol’s class at Normandy Elementary School raised funds to help disaster victims in Japan. Back row, left- to-right is student Amara Suehrstedt, her mom Lorelei (who taught the students Japanese) and first-grade teacher Hennie Hervol.
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Jason Martin to lead Bay High Current assistant will be new high school principal
Bay High assistant principal, Jason Martin, will become Bay High’s principal, effective July 1, replacing retiring prin- cipal Jim Cahoon. Martin, who has served as Bay High’s assistant principal since 2005, said that his first priority will be to develop a shared vision with Bay High’s staff for the next one-to-five years.
“I’m fortunate to have worked with Jim Cahoon, who has been a phenomenal mentor and a transformational leader,” he said. “We need to continue our tradition of excellence, and we need to continue looking for ways to continually improve. Where are we? What needs finishing? What new things do we want to do?”
As assistant principal, Martin took a teaching approach to discipline. “I was not looking for temporary compliance,” he said. “I want to change the behavior and the mind set when there is a discipline problem. I want students to understand the ‘why’ of the rules.”
He has spent a good deal of time working with families and law enforcement agencies to gain ground in dealing with substance abuse. Working with the West Shore Young Leaders Network, Bay Family Services, and developing pro- grams to prevent risky behaviors have all been as important to Martin as passing out detentions and other consequences for choices he wants his students to avoid.
“We have to have high expectations for our students,” he said. Every year, he reviews practices to see if they are effective and producing the desired results. “Using the Breathalyzers at our dances, for example, that was the right decision,” he said, noting that students know what is expect- ed of them and seem to have more confidence when they are certain about what is expected.
He has been instrumental in growing the annual Bike to School event, a positive challenge for students to ride their bicycles to school during the month of May instead of us- ing their cars to drive. He also advanced the high school’s accreditation process, and he served on quality assurance teams for two other districts undergoing the five-year ac- creditation review.
Martin, who holds a superintendent’s license, consid- ers himself very technically oriented. He played a key role in the school’s adoption of an online grade book, and he automated standard letters informing parents of routine discipline matters. “An important goal of mine is to increase our staff’s knowledge of technology and increase access for students,” he said.
Board president Amy Huntley remembers being impressed with Martin’s professionalism and maturity six years ago
when she inter- viewed him for the assistant position. “I thought even back then, when he was just 28 years old,” she said. “I could see him as the high school principal one day.”
Martin began his career as a high school English instructor and liter- ary magazine advisor, and he served as assistant principal of student services at Marion Harding High School before coming to Bay Village. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from John Carroll University and a Master’s in Education from the University of Dayton.
“When we came to Bay Village six years ago, my wife and I just fell in love with the community,” he said, noting that he and his wife, Laurie, were then expecting their sec- ond daughter, who will be entering Normandy Elementary kindergarten next year.
“As a community member, I value the high-quality edu- cation we offer,” he said. “And as a father, I want to insure that high quality continues for all students, as well as for my own children.”
Jason Martin
BMS LEGO team brings home three trophies Bay Middle School students competed against about 170 teams in the 21st LEGO Olympiad, held at Lorain County Community College. The BMS teams brought home three trophies. The 1st Place Theme 7th-8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Squishy, Squishy, Squiggle, Squiggle” Team consisting of Ben Finicle, Ennio Gallucci, Owen Humphrey, Eric McDonald and David Russell. The 2nd Place Theme 7th – 8th
grade trophy went to BMS’s “Re- turn of the Carnivorous Caterpil- lar” Team consisting of Gabriel Deutschman, Kenton Jarvis, Eddie Rychel and Jack Reiss. The 2nd Place Theme 6th grade
trophy went to BMS’s “Hiccups” Team consisting of Aurora Fleming, Susan Gallagher, Jacob Kerber, Hannah McCoy and Lydia Strickler. Rounding out the BMS Club were Team Ghost Buster – Sam Dockrill, Conner Houchin, Robert Shaw, Alex Suehrstedt and
A.J. Trigalet and Team Foxtrot – Mandy Hoskins, Meagan McCoy, Moria Meehan and J.W. Parker. The BMS LEGO Club was generously supported by its club members’ parents/guardians and by Bricks4Kids, who gave the
club T-shirts and a pizza party. Mrs. Bonnie Nagel is the Club’s Mentor.
Bay High named a National Blue Ribbon School by the
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Bay High senior Michael Brajdic is Division II state running champ for the second year in a row.
In addition, he became one of the few high school runners to break the 15-minute barrier for 5,000 meters this past fall.
Michael plans to attend The Ohio State University and continue his running career at the college level.
Michael Brajdik is two-time state running champ
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Cathy Bogart and Anne Hurtuk (N) • received $3,500 for Norman Bees on the Net Joy May (BHS) received $500 for an • embroidery machine Tim O’Brien and Gary Fitchpatrick • (BMS) received $3,605 for a project, iPod touch for teaching Martha Fisher (W) received $420 for • harvesting rainwater Lindsay Rinehart (N) received $300 • for making compost from snack waste Eileen Meehan (N) received $174.99 • for flip cameras Carla Farrington and Sue Simpson • (GV) received $219.35 for an Accucut project Carla Farrington, Sue Satow and • Nicholl Karmansky (GV/N) received $1,734 for iPads Phillip Slanina received $398 for the • BHS Literary Magazine Ann Mowery (BHS) received $1,421 • for the S.T.E.M. project
In partnership with the Bay Village Kiwanis: Jason Martin (BHS) received $1,000 • for the Wings program Michelle Safarz (BHS) received $450 • for the Ronald McDonald House Rick Manderine (BHS) received $800 • for PAL project
Again! . . . since 2003
Extremely successful fundraisers this year have led the Bay Village Education Foundation (BVEF) to accept a second round of classroom grant applications in one school year – for the first time ever.
The BVEF “10” campaign and the January “Creat- ing Opportunities” dinner and auction event made the 25th-year celebration possible.
“We really have had a banner year in every way,” said Scott Best, president. “We successfully launched the Maynard Bauer Leadership Fund in the fall and already hit our initial goal of raising $25,000 (25th year significance again). Also, we have had the long- term goal to reach $250,000 in our permanent fund by this year, and we successfully surpassed that goal.”
Past president and Trustee, Rhonda Schneider, is thrilled with the Foundation’s success. “It’s taken a lot of hard work by our Trustees and wonderful support from many donors to reach this kind of financial foun- dation,” she said. “The projects are wonderful, and
our students will greatly benefit. It’s a truly satisfying effort for us all.” For more about BVEF, visit www.bayedfoundation.org.
LEGO Team brings • home trophies
First-graders learn • Japanese and raise funds to help
Jason Martin to be • next high school principal
Students excel in art • competitions
Our National Merit • scholars
Joe Melenick a top • Ohio youth volunteer
Westerly students • promote rain barrels
Lawrence Kuh is Bay • Village Citizen of the Year
More!•
Spring 2011 grants:
Marty Patton and Clint Keener re-• ceived $6,500 for iPads for special needs classrooms/students Brian Hill received $3,078 for BMS • S.T.E.M. Equipment Darren Allen (BHS/BMS) received • $1,800 given for Smart Music Assess- ment Tools Gary Fitchpatrick (BMS) received • $1,050 for Geocaching GPS equipment
Scott Best, BVEF president (back row left) with some grant winners, left-to-right: Carla Farrington, Joy May, Phillip Slanina, Martha Fisher, Cathy Bogart, Ann Mowery (BHS teacher and BVEF trustee); front row – Sue Simpson, Sue Satow, Anne Hurtuk.
(N)-Normandy; (W)-Westerly; (BMS)-Bay Middle School; (BHS)-Bay High; (GV)-Glenview