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A newsletter for residents of the Bay Village City School District
Bay High among Final 8 in national competition
Chain Reaction Contraption contest calls for physics, engineering and team
management skills by Bay High Science Club
Inside:
• Students win
Scholastic Arts
honors
• PTA honors
volunteers, staff
• All Bay Village
Schools earn
National PTA
Parent Involvement
School of Excellence designation
• Students win PTA
Reflections awards
• Fields of Dreams
extends time to
donate a brick for
inclusion on the
Bay High Memorial
Walkway
Bay High’s Chain Reaction Contraption team, left-to-right: Front row - Tyler Cullinan, Ashley Stradtman,
Dani Absi, Vicky Gruber; Back row - Nate Brulport, T. J. Puntel, Tyler McWilliam, Will Rudge, Jason Jones,
Matt Brandt, Bart Brown, Jake Kestler, Rick Fuffield, Sam Ward, Dani Sheppa, Joe Guinter (mentor),
Tyler Elliot, Ann Mowery (advisor). Not pictured, Owen Dong.
The Bay High School Science Club team placed
in the Final 8 at the national Chain Reaction
Contraption Contest held at the Carnegie Science
Center in Pittsburgh. There were 32 participating
high schools.
The contest challenge was to create a mechanical device (no electrical power) with 20 or more
steps leading to the erasure of an X. Our students
selected a pirate theme and the crossing/uncrossing of two swords.
"The students worked two-and-a-half months,
accruing 400 hours, on the mechanical project,"
said physics instructor and Science Club
advisor, Ann Mowery. "In addition to
Winter
physics and engineering skills, they
learned about team management and the
2008
use of power tools. This project truly is a
culmination of their talents, skills and
… and much more!
abilities as fostered through their earlier years in the
Bay Village Schools."
Fifteen students attended the contest in Pittsburgh,
but many more contributed to the mechanical marvel.
The four lead team members were Bay High junior
Tyler Cullinan, senior Jason Jones, senior Ashley
Stradtman and junior Dani Sheppa.
Alumnus Joseph Guinter (Bay High School 1987),
a Bay Village Schools parent and mechanical engineer, acted as the team's engineering mentor. Rhonda
and Cletus Schneider from True Value Hardware
sponsored the team and provided supplies, hardware
and team shirts.
Because the Bay High project finished in the top
eight, it was selected to be displayed at the headquarters of one of the contest's main sponsors,
Westinghouse Electric Company in Monroeville,
Pennsylvania, during Engineer's Week in February.
2008 Scholastic Art and Writing Award regional winners
The regional Scholastics Art competition is now
more competitive than ever, with teachers in
Cuyahoga County each being allowed to submit only
15 student works.
The following Bay Village Schools students had
their work selected out of about 1700 submissions to
receive an award. Artwork was created during the
2006-2007 school year.
Gold Key awards went to Bay High School
seniors Matt Essi (digital imagery and photography
portfolio), Laura Guerin (art portfolio), Arthur
Henke (Photography), and Liz Meyer (art portfolio); Bay Middle School eighth-graders Kayla Eland
(photography), Ashley Licciardello (photo montage), and seventh-graders Matt Barnewall (drawing) and Haley Windahl (photo montage). Gold Key
winners will see their work move on to the nationallevel competition in New York City.
Silver Key awards went to Bay High seniors
McKaila Boarman (drawing) and Brittany Parks
(digital imagery), and freshman Matt McCrystal
Bay Middle School mourns
passing of beloved teacher
(ceramics created at Bay Middle School in eighth
grade); Bay Middle School eighth-graders Nathan
Notarberardino (photography), Emily White
(printmaking), and seventh-grader Emily Garrity
(digital imagery).
Honorable Mention went to Bay High senior
Meral Sayir (painting) and freshman Jennifer
Kowalski (ceramics created at Bay Middle School
in eighth grade); Bay Middle School eighth-graders
Kayla Eland (drawing), Jessica Johns (ceramics),
Brandon Michaud (monoprint), Hannah Norton
(drawing), Maureen Piccirilli (computer art) and
Kayleigh Sima (mixed media), and seventh-grader
Gail Foster (drawing).
Gold Key and Silver Key winners were
honored at an opening reception on Sunday, January 13, in the Aitken Auditorium in CIA's
Reinberger Galleries.
The Scholastic Arts competition is a national
competition and has recognized the work of middle
and high school students since 1923.
Those who would like to honor Sherri may
contribute to the Sherri Deal Memorial Fund at Charter
One Bank, 411 Dover Center Road in Bay Village.
Sherri Deal, a sixth-grade language arts
and social studies teacher at Bay Middle
School, passed away in February due to
complications of an extended illness.
She was 42 years old.
Sherri worked for the Bay Village
Schools since 2000. She is survived by
Sherri Deal
her husband, Bill, and daughter, Cara, a
fifth-grader, as well as a stepson, Nicholas Nix.
Counselors were on hand for students and staff to help
them deal with their loss.
Sherri was known as an extremely positive and
dedicated teacher who showed great compassion and
patience with her students.
“As a social studies and language arts teacher, her
knowledge of content was outstanding,” said Bay
Middle School principal, Sean McAndrews. “But more
important, she was able to reach kids on their level. As a
chess club advisor and through other activities, she
connected with our students. She made learning fun. She
will be greatly missed by us all.”
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BAY VILLAGE SCHOOLS PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST WINNERS
The following students received district awards for
their entries into the 2008 PTA Reflections fine arts
competition:. Winners were honored at a reception
on January 27. This year's theme was "I can make a
difference by . . ."
Some Bay High
Reflections winners
(left-to-right):
Danielle Sylvester,
Jeff Graham and
Laura Guerin.
BAY HIGH SCHOOL
Literature
First place – Laura Scheer (grade 12)
Second place – Danielle Sylvester (grade 10)
Photography
First place – Megan Matthews (grade 12)
Second place - Damien Berkheimer(grade 12)
Third place – Courtney Ward (grade 12)
Honorable Mention – Kati Corbitt (grade 10)
Visual Arts
First place – Laura Guerin (grade 12)
Musical Composition
First place – Jeff Graham (grade 11)
BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Literature
First place – Thomas Shelton (grade 6)
Second place – Andy Barbour(grade 7) and Kat
Missig (grade 7)
Third place – Steele Streza (grade 7)
Honorable Mention - Jacob Peters (grade 7)
Photography
First place – Kaley Killeen (grade 7)
Second place– Danny Huntley (grade 7)
Third place – Robert Bonett (grade 7)
Visual Arts
First place – Cameron Medkin (grade 7)
Second place – Betsy Weber (grade 6)
Third place – Elizabeth Veres (grade 6)
Honorable Mention – Stephanie Sheppa (grade 7)
Musical Composition
First place – Julie Mosier (grade 8)
Normandy first-grader,
Hope Beatty, was one of
many youngsters
honored for their
creativity in the fine arts
by our Bay Village
Schools PTA Council.
WESTERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Fifth-graders attend Bay Middle School, but they are
part of the elementary division in the Reflections
contest.)
Literature
First place – Timothy Garner (grade 5)
Second place – Bridget Hart (grade 3)
Third place – Maria Lally (grade 5)
Honorable Mention – Annie McArn (4)
Photography
First place - Adam Krueger (grade 3)
Second place - Adam Krueger (grade 3)
Third place – Brita Jelin (grade 5)
Visual Arts
First place - Gavin Price (grade 3)
Second place - Emily Jaster (grade 4)
Third place - Rhys Miller (grade 3)
Honorable Mention - Peter Kotowski (grade 5)
Musical Composiition
First place - Rachel Brumagin (grade 5)
NORMANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Literature
First place - Helen Priemer (grade 2)
Second place - Gabby Mastromatteo (grade 1)
Third place - Sara Sirignano (grade 2)
Photography
First place - Sean Burke (grade 1)
Second place - Matthew Smith (Kindergarten)
Visual Arts
First place - Morgan Shenk (grade 2)
Second place - Lauren Jensen (grade 1)
Third place - Deborah Garner (grade 2)
Honorable Mention – Gabby Mastromatteo (grade 1)
Video/Film
First place - Hope Beatty (grade 1)
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“Fields of Dreams” Needs Your Help!
Use the envelope enclosed in this newsletter to return your order form or donate to the campaign.
First-Fourth Key
Chain Company
will donate a brick
Dear Bay Village Residents,
The Fields of Dreams Campaign is an
aggressive campaign to raise $2.1 million for
the renovation of Bay High’s Memorial
Stadium with a state of the art micro filament
synthetic turf for our football, soccer and lacrosse teams, and marching band,
in addition to resurfaced and refurbished track facilities. Our project also includes
dramatic improvements to our north campus. The improvements involve a
complete renovation of our practice fields plus construction of new baseball and
softball fields. The goal is to bring desperately needed improvements to our
athletic facilities without a bond issue.
This year’s Normandy and Westerly
Elementary students involved in the
First-Fourth Key Chain Company
will use their profits to donate a
brick on the Memorial Walkway to
the renovated Bay High Memorial
Stadium.
“Our students will be able to look
at that brick with their company’s
name on it for all the years they go
to events at the stadium,” said
fourth-grade teacher Barb
Woodburn. Woodburn has taught the
program with first-grade teacher,
Nancy Glinka, for many years.
The annual project has first- and
fourth-grade buddies learn about
manufacturing and marketing, costs
of goods and labor, and many other
principles of economics as they form
a company, produce unique, beaded
key chains, and sell their product.
They traditionally donate a gift for a
school or the district.
The First-Fourth Key Chain
Company was presented with the
Samuel H. Elliott award for Leadership in Economic Education by the
Harvard Business School Club of
Northeast Ohio, as well as an
award from Key Bank, in 2004.
We are happy to share that we have raised nearly $700,000 to date and are
within $288,000 of paying for the Memorial Stadium Improvements (Artificial
Turf, New Beautiful Entrance, Memorial Walkway, Track and Field
Improvements). Our sincere thanks to those who have given so generously to
help us reach this point. We plan on completing our fundraising by summer of
2009 for the entire project. The additional improvements to the north campus will
hopefully be ready for the 2010 school year. With your help, we can reach our
goal and make this dream a reality!
How can you help? Please consider one or more of the following options.
DONATE A BRICK! Our brick campaign offers levels of giving at $250, $500
and $1,000. Leave a lasting memory of your business or family name. The brick
garden will be installed at the West Gate of the stadium in the summer of 2008.
The new May 1st deadline will insure a timely installation (to order, fill out the
form at the right and use the provided envelope). Please contact Laura Geuther at
899-9191 or [email protected] with questions concerning bricks!
Donate to Our Campaign! All donations are tax deductible. All money goes
directly to the “Fields of Dreams” Campaign and will be used for the renovation of
our fields! An envelope with a donation flap is enclosed! Checks should be made
out to the Bay Rockets Association (again, feel free to use the provided envelope).
Please contact Barb Harrell at 871-8988 or [email protected] with questions
concerning the entire campaign!
Participate in our Corporate Campaign! As an individual or as a corporation,
we ask you to consider a leadership donation. Please contact Robert Jackson at
250-6873 or [email protected] with questions concerning the corporate
campaign!
Thank you for considering this opportunity to make a lasting contribution
to the athletic future of the youth, adding further value and a sense of pride in
our beautiful city! The present and future students and families of Bay Village
thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
Barb Harrell, Chairman
Rockets Renovation Committee
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Bay Rockets Association, Inc. - Rockets Renovation Committee
c/o Bay Village City Schools, 377 Dover Center Road, Bay Village, OH 44140
www.rocketsrenovation.com
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PTA MAKES OUR DAY!
Bay Village PTA honors volunteers,
cafeteria staff and 20-year teachers
PTA Excellence award
for all district schools
The partnership of our students’ parents and school staff is a critical
factor in the quality of our schools. The Bay Village PTA Council
recognizes those important roles by honoring both parent volunteers
and staff members at their annual PTA Founder’s Day celebration.
PTA Council president, Lynn Linder, presented this year’s awards.
PTA volunteers: PTA Council – Pam Bonnett, Barbara Sanderson
(Apple Award recipient); Bay High School – Laura Geuther, Dana
Hastings; Bay Middle School – Gayatry Mosier; Westerly Elementary
– Amber Donovan, Sue O’Brien, Mindy Thomas; Normandy
Elementary – Laura Anderson, Andrea Schwartz; Early Childhood
PTA – Christina Rater, Laura Rankin.
Food Service staff: Jodi Higgins, Food Services Supervisor; Bay
High School – Judy Taranto (manager), Karen Datko, Diane
McGilvray, Karen Szabo, Gail Viancourt, Donna Willis; Bay Middle
School – Charis Clark (manager), Kathy Corona, Kathy McDonald,
Johnna Pettay, Bonnie Richardson, Linda Stasko; Westerly – Christine
Hauzer, Julie Novak; Normandy – Maureen Mensen, Mary Ann
Sindelar; Glenview – Kathy Streza.
Teachers with 20 years of service: Bay High School – Cherie
Bauer and Denise Knight; Bay Middle School – Gloria Bragg and
Christine Romes; Normandy Elementary – Hennie Hervol.
PTA volunteers honored this PTA Founders Day, left-to-right: (front row)
Christina Rater, Laura Geuther, Barbara Sanderson, Dana Hastings; (back
row) Andrea Schwartz, Laura Anderson, Laura Rankin, Pam Bonnett, Mindy
Thomas, Amber Donovan, Gayatry Mosier. (Not pictured is Sue O’Brien.)
For the second consecutive three-year
period, the National PTA has awarded
all four Bay Village City School
District schools its Parent Involvement
Schools of Excellence certification.
This designation is granted only after a
complex application process is
completed which measures schools
against the National Standards for
Parent/Family Involvement (standards
endorsed by almost 100 health and
education organizations). The
application process was coordinated
district-wide by Pam Bonnett. Other
individuals involved with individual
school applications follow:
Normandy School Action Team:
James McGlamery, Michelle Hyland,
Holly Risch, Cassia Schell, Jennifer
Pochatek, Brenda Donohue, Linda
Noble, Diane Poretsky, and Christine
Teutschbein.
Westerly School Action Team:
Sylvia Cooper, Kate Gluck, Mindy
Thomas, Nancy Steckel, Kathy
McClure, Rachel San Jose, Lynne
Tijanich, Diana Lee, and Cathy
McPhillips.
Middle School Action Team: Sean
McAndrews, Suzanne Hippler, Cynthia
White, Jillann Heath, Betsy Downing,
Karen Derby, Chris Mullarky, and Gary
Fitchpatrick. Students: Sarah White,
Alexis Heath, and Andrew O’Brien.
High School Action Team: James
Cahoon, Barbara Sanderson, Tracy
Brant, Laura Geuther, Peggy Joyce,
Ann Mowery, and Anita Bauknecht.
Students: Rachael Stone and Ian
Sanderson.
Additional people who helped with
proofreading and/or survey distribution:
Carol Stevens, Mary Lou Kolke,
Sue Stone and Beth Lally.
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HEARTS group spreads love at Bay Middle School
Bay Middle School
HEARTS members, left-toright: (seated) Amanda
DiDonna, Kat Missig,
Melanie Drews, Kelley
Hyland, Ashley DeYong;
(standing) Mary Urbansky
(advisor), Shelly Manos,
Ariana Ortiz, Abby Benko,
Diana Higgins, Kayleigh
Graskey, Maja Petras, Jan
Machcinski (advisor),
Caitlyn Murton, Hannah
Cziryak, Chelsea Davis
HEARTS is a Bay Middle School leadership group of seventh- and eighth-grade girls. The acronym stands for
Helping Each Achieve Responsibility to Succeed.
HEARTS created a number of Go Red activities to raise awareness about the number one killer of women, heart
disease. For National Wear Red for Women's Day, the girls researched and wrote daily heart health facts for
morning announcements, hung a large poster asking for support of the cause, and created packets of information
and heart healthy recipes for each Bay Middle School staff member. Family and Consumer Sciences instructor,
Denise Suba, prepared a heart healthy recipe for 6th graders to prepare and a heart healthy lunch for the 8th grade
students to prepare and share. Suba also made and donated a beautiful Vera Bradley style bag that was raffled to
raise funds for the Heart Association.
A Memorial Wall was also created for students and staff to honor loved ones who experienced heart disease.
HEARTS advisors are Bay Middle School Guidance Counselors Jan Machinski and Mary Urbansky.
The Village Foundation of Bay Village
donates scholarship plaque at Bay High
Village Foundation trustee Harry Huhndorff and his wife, Karen, recently donated
a beautifully-designed plaque to Bay High School to commemorate those students
honored with Village Foundation scholarships.
The Village Foundation also offers students experiences serving as voting
trustees. This year, those trustees are Carol Fox, Jeff Graham and Megan O’Brien.
The Foundation is currently accepting scholarship applications and grant
proposals (due April 1) for community projects. Also by April 1, individuals may
purchase an engraved bronze plaque to honor someone special. Plaques (which
cost $2,500) are installed on the footbridge in Cahoon Memorial Park.
For more information about The Village Foundation of Bay Village, or to find an Village Foundation student trustees
(left-to-right, front) Jeff Graham and
application for the above opportunities, visit www.thevillagefdn.org.
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Megan O’Brien with trustee Harry
Huhndorff and his wife, Karen.
Save the Date!
“Fields of Dreams”
Rockets Renovation
The Rockets Renovation project needs
your help and support. The Fields of
Dreams Campaign is an aggressive
campaign to raise $2.1 million for the
renovation of Bay High’s Memorial
Stadium and adjacent fields.
Tri Bay Golf
Outing
Friday, June 13, 2007
Sweetbriar Golf Course
For more information, call
Paul Hartranft (440-835-1743) or
Al Nelson (440-933-6402)
See the special, center section of this
newsletter to learn how you can help make
this dream come true!
Nikki Craft is new State Diving Champ
Bay High sophomore Nikki Craft won the Division II state title at the
Ohio High School Diving Championships on Thursday, February 21,
scoring 456.85 points over the second-place score of 417.90. Her
performance at Canton’s C. T. Natatorium capped an undefeated season.
Nikki broke a state record at districts this year with a score of 502.80
points. As a freshman last year, she finished in third place at state.
Nikki Craft
Bay Village City School District
377 Dover Center Road
Bay Village, Ohio 44140
Board of Education
Dan Sweeney, M.D., President
Michael Boeckman, Vice President
Amy Huntley
Carol Pancoast
Bill Selong
Clint Keener, Superintendent
Deborah Putnam, Treasurer
Editor: Karen Derby
440.617.7300
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