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Bay High junior,
Nikki Craft, earned
her second state title
in diving (page 5).
Top national science prize goes to Bay High
Science Club project rated best at Carnegie Science Center competition
Mechanical marvel
incorporates
physics and
teamwork for
engineering
competition first
place prize.
Inside:
• PTA Reflections
contest winners
• Change of principal
at Westerly
Elementary next
year
• ProgressBook
open to parents
and students,
grades 5-12
It could be fun having the Bay High science club's
newest machine on hand at your next birthday
party. The first-place prize for a contraption that
can unwrap a present put the Bay High club in the
national spotlight after winning the Chain
Reaction Contraption Contest at the Carnegie
Science Center in Pittsburgh. In addition to
winning the first place overall prize, the team took
special awards for Best Mechanical and Best
Presentation.
• SEED program
accepting preschool students
• Glenview Summer
Program has
openings
• Watch these
athletic careers!
• Staff members
honored
• Students
honored for
work ethic
A newsletter for residents of the Bay Village City School District
The project task was to create a machine with
20 or more steps to unwrap or wrap a present. Bay
High science club advisor and physics instructor,
Ann Mowery, said that the Bay High project
consisted of 29 steps, including eight non-contact
steps involving air pumps and magnetic systems.
The theme of the Bay High machine was "Party
on Mars" in honor of NASA's 50th birthday.
Twenty-seven high schools from across the
nation competed in the contest. In addition to
principles of physics, the project teaches the
importance of teamwork, commitment,
creativity and practice.
Spring
2009
Twenty-four students participated on
the team. Team leaders were seniors Tyler
Cullinan, Mike Kuper and T.J. Puntel, and junior
Andrew Brant. Other students were Dani Absi, Matt
Brant, Nick and Nate Brulport, Rick Duffield, Tyler
Elliot, Josh Ferencik, David Galehouse, Vicky
Gruber, Jake Kestler, Sam Kolke, Curtis Lockhart,
Tyler McWilliam, Matt Notarbardino, Dave Perkins,
Matt Roman, Will Rudge, Hillary Stradtman, Luke
Sterle, and Chas Veres. In addition to club advisor
Ann Mowery, the team was mentored by Bay Village
resident and mechanical engineer Joe Guinter. Bay
Village residents Rhonda and Cletus Schneider of
True Value Hardware sponsored the team and
provided supplies, hardware and team shirts.
The competition is sponsored by the
Westinghouse Electric Company in cooperation with
the Carnegie Science Center and the Engineer's
Society of Western Pennsylvania to celebrate
National Engineers Week.
The mechanical marvel was displayed at
Westinghouse Electric Company's Monroeville,
Pennsylvania headquarters, and club members
received a free tour of the Carnegie Mellon
University Robotics Lab. They also displayed the
project at the Carnegie Science Center during
Engineer’s Week and toured the Powder products
Industries in Bridgeville, PA.
2009 Scholastic Art and Writing Award regional winners
The regional Scholastics Art competition is now
more competitive than ever, with art teachers in
Cuyahoga County each being allowed to submit only
15 student works.
The following Bay Village Schools students had
their work selected as some of only 249 pieces of
award winning art from the region (note that Bay
High freshmen completed their winning work while
attending eighth grade at Bay Middle School):
Gold Key awards went to Bay High School
seniors Chantelle Layton (charcoal drawing), Maddy
Wozniak (painting), freshman Marissa Andreano
(mixed media), and Bay Middle School seventhgrader Austin Douglas (painting). Gold Key winners
will see their work advance to the national Scholastics Art competition in New York City.
Silver Key winners are Bay High seniors Kerry
Werbiak (computer graphics) and Brian Wilkens
(sculpture), sophomore Briana Weir (photography and
another for digital photography), freshman Kaitlyn
McFeeley (apparel design), and Bay Middle School
eighth-graders Andrew Majercik (computer art),
Stephanie Sheppa (ceramics and glass), and Jack
Sullivan (mixed media).
Honorable Mentions went to Bay High seniors
Danielle Absi (sculpture), Chantelle Layton (charcoal
drawing), and Kyle Outcult (digital photography); and
to Bay Middle School eighth-graders Mary Ellen
Kaucheck (mixed media), Kaley Killeen
(printmaking), Sarah Melenick (computer art), and
Peter Traci (computer art).
Plan now for these wonderful programs at Glenview:
S.E.E.D. Program accepting
preschool students
Glenview Summer Program for
grades K-6
Peer models in special needs class enjoy benefits,
learn empathy and leadership skills
A great summer experience for your child entering K-6
All children aged 4 or 5 in the fall of 2009 can enroll in
S.E.E.D. (Special Early Education Development Program)
at the Glenview Center for Child Care and Learning.
This unique preschool experience is taught by certificated teachers and combines students having special needs
with their typically-developing peers.
Peer models enjoy the same types of activities found at
other preschools, with additional opportunities for leadership.
Classes are Monday through Thursday, 8:45-11:15 a.m.
or 12:15-2:45 p.m. The cost is currently $300 for the
school year; any increase in next year’s rates will be
announced in the spring.
For questions, more information, or to be added to the
waiting list, call Diane Williams at 440-617-7322. You can
also learn more by visiting:
www.bayvillageschools.com/SEED
• Qualified experienced staff
• Open 6:30 am to 6:30 pm
• Using the themes of Water, Stars and Weather to
explore Art, Science, Math and more
• Field Trips to reflect our themes: Cleveland Art
Gallery, Nature Center and more
• Regular library visits and Reading Buddies
• Clubs to reflect the students’ interest like cooking,
knitting, origami, sports
• Plus optional programs like KidzArt, Spanish
classes
• Swimming at the Bay pool
• Walking to Bay Recreation Activities
• Only $32 a day, lunch and snacks included
• Enroll for 2, 3, 4 or 5 days
• Two or more children enrolled full-time receive a
family discount
For more information, call 440-617-7330.
www.bayvillageschools.com/Glenview
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BAY VILLAGE SCHOOLS PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST WINNERS
WESTERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
First place in
visual arts at
Normandy
Elementary went
to this work
submitted by
second-grader,
Lauren Jensen.
The following students received district awards in the
2009 PTA Reflections fine arts competition.
BAY HIGH SCHOOL
Literature
First place – Rebecca Jacobson (grade 12) State
Honorable Mention!
Second place – Danielle Sylvester (grade 11)
Third place - A.J. Fisler (grade 10)
Honorable Mention - Danielle Sylvester (grade 11)
Photography
First place – Heather Lyons (grade 10)
Photography
First place - Sarah Brumagin (grade 4)
Second place - Olivia Risch (grade 4)
Third place – Meridin Oster (grade 4)
Honorable Mention – Phillip Lally (4)
Visual Arts
First place - Caroline Eifert (grade 5)
Second place - Alana Sopa (grade 3)
Third place - Connor Herbruck (grade 5)
Honorable Mention - Hannah Randall (grade 5)
Musical Composition
First place - Campbell Priemer (grade 4) State 3rd
Place!
NORMANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Literature
First place - Trevor Ifft (grade 1) State 1st place!
Second place - Grace Davenport (grade 2)
Third place - Owen Stickney (grade 2)
Honorable Mention - Erika White (grade 1)
Photography
First place - Owen Stickney (grade 2)
Second place - Sam Warren (grade 2)
Third place - Colton Miller (grade 2)
Honorable mention - Colton Miller (grade 2)
Visual Arts
First place - Lauren Jensen (grade 2)
Second place - Sarah Sutherland (grade 1)
Third place - Christopher Nagel (grade 1)
Honorable Mention – Lillian Craig (grade 1)
Dance
First place - Hope Beatty (grade 2)
BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Literature
First place – Olivia Schrantz (grade 7)
Second place – Madeline Britton (grade 7)
Third place – Tim Garner (grade 6)
Honorable Mention - Lili Reinhart (grade 7)
Photography
First place – Marci Walter (grade 8) State 2nd Place!
Second place– Lowry Wisner (grade 8)
Third place – Luke LaBuda (grade 8)
Honorable mention - Sara Bowditch (grade 8)
Visual Arts
First place – Zoey Heaton (grade 8)
Second place – Jenny Salim (grade 8)
Third place – Kaley Killeen (grade 8)
Honorable Mention – Megan Kiss (grade 8)
WESTERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Fifth-graders attend Bay Middle School, but are part of
the elementary division in Reflections.)
Literature
First place – Helen Priemer (grade 3)
Second place – Sama Manchandra (grade 5)
Third place – Bridget Hart (grade 4)
Honorable Mention – Mara Kinsey (3)
First place in visual arts at Bay Middle School went to this work
submitted by eighth-grader, Zoey Heaton.
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Principal changing at Westerly Elementary School
Josie Caputo will be
principal at Westerly
next year
Sylvia Cooper to retire after 36 years in
education, 8 years as Westerly principal
Josie
Caputo
Current Bay Middle School assistant principal, Josie Caputo, will replace retiring
Westerly Elementary principal, Sylvia
Cooper, in the fall.
Caputo has served as assistant principal at
Bay Middle School since 2001. She holds a
Master of Arts degree in Educational Administration from Cleveland State University
and a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Baldwin-Wallace
College, and she will complete her
Superintendent's license requirements in the
fall through Bowling Green State University.
Her teaching certification includes K-8 and
special education teaching for K-12.
"Having worked with children at Bay
Middle School, Josie brings a unique advantage in her new role to help youngsters make
the transition from elementary school to the
middle school," said Superintendent Clint
Keener. "Josie is an excellent administrator
and has a true dedication to helping children
achieve their potential both inside and outside the classroom. We are very lucky to be
the beneficiaries of this important move in
her career."
"It's the best of both worlds for me," said
Caputo. "I get to stay in this wonderful district and maintain my close relationships
with parents and colleagues, and I also get to
meet my career goal of being an elementary
school principal. I feel honored and privileged to become a part of the hard working
and talented Westerly family."
Westerly Elementary principal,
Sylvia Cooper, has announced she
will retire at the end of the 2008-09
school year.
Cooper’s career in education has
spanned 36 years, beginning with
her first teaching job as a grade 3
teacher in the Lorain City School
District.
Her proficiency in the Spanish
language led to a position as an English as a Second Language (ESL)
Sylvia Cooper
resource teacher and then as a curriculum supervisor for ESL.
Cooper’s role as an elementary school principal for 23 years began in
the Lorain City School District and included a nine-year stint at a
Montessori magnet school, six years at the Avon Lake City School District, and her last eight years at Bay Village’s Westerly Elementary.
Palm Elementary School in Lorain was nominated as a Blue Ribbon
School by the Ohio Department of Education while Cooper served as
principal. Westerly Elementary received accolades from Battelle For Kids
when the school showed the highest growth in student achievement in the
organization’s pilot study for Ohio’s value added assessment measure.
Cooper herself was nominated Teacher of the Year by the Lorain Jaycees
and is a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar.
Cooper has seen many changes in education over the course of her career. “There is much more use of data to drive decisions now,” she said.
“It helps us focus on specific needs for children. It is critical to identify
these needs and then to differentiate instruction for every child’s success
in school.” Cooper said that teachers today face ever-greater challenges in
teaching to a wide range of abilities in the classroom. “Instruction is becoming more prescriptive,” she said.
“But we can’t lose sight of the whole child,” Cooper stresses. “We need
to remember that children have a wide range of social and emotional
needs. They need to feel safe and secure, and to develop a real love of
learning. This is a vital role for schools to play.”
Cooper is looking forward to an active retirement, especially with her
first grandchild on the way. “But whether I’m doing volunteer work, pursuing personal interests or being a grandmother, you can’t take the teacher
out of me,” she said.
She will miss her wonderful colleagues, the children, and even the daily
challenges. “It’s been a constant learning experience, and I’ve loved every
minute,” she said. “It’s been a privilege and honor to work in Bay
Village. The community is great, and our staff is just exceptional.”
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Keep an eye on these athletic careers . . .
Nikki Craft is new State Diving
Champ, again!
Brian Taricska signs with Kent
State for baseball
Bay High junior, 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. NatatoNikki Craft
rium 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.
Brian Taricska signed a Letter of
Intent in November to accept a
scholarship and play baseball at
Kent State University next year.
He plans to major in Sports
Brian
Administration, with the career
goal to play baseball at the
Taricska
highest level possible.
Taricska led his Bay High varsity baseball team in pitching
and hitting and helped his team win both conference and
sectional championships. He was named to the 1st Team AllWest Shore Conference and 1st Team All-District. He set new
single season Bay High records with 15 strikeouts per game
against Fairview and a .825 Slugging Percentage.
In addition to baseball at Bay High, Taricska also played
golf for all four years and basketball as a freshman. He has
played baseball outside the high school, as well, starting with
Bay Recreation T-ball and moving on to various premier travel
teams.
When high school diving season is over, Nikki participates in the national USA and UUA diving training and
competition programs.
Bryan Boss will play football for Adkins and Hyland sign for
Valparaiso University
soccer scholarships
Aaron Adkins will play soccer for
Cleveland State University where he
plans to major in Engineering. In
addition to playing soccer for Bay High
since he was a freshman, Adkins ran
track for the school and served in the
school’s peer mediation program. Adkins
was voted MVP of the West Shore
Conference two consecutive seasons,
was a First Team All Ohio Member in
2007 and has been All Ohio Academic
Team and NSCAA Team Academic for
four years.
Brian Boss (third from left) with coach Mike Peregord (far
left) and parents Kathy and Geoff Boss at Brian’s signing
Bryan Boss has signed his letter of intent to join Valparaiso's
Crusader Football Program this fall. Boss intends to major in
civil engineering. In addition to playing football for all four
of his years at Bay High, Boss also served as the Rocket's
team captain. He also played basketball his freshman and
sophomore years, and he ran track during his junior and
senior years. Boss was named All Conference Honorable
Mention for West Shore conference. He also received the
Bay High offensive team player of the year and the special
teams player of the year awards.
Kyle Hyland will play soccer for Indiana
University-Purdue University in
Indianapolis and major in Sports
Medicine. He has played soccer for the
past four years for Bay High and also for
the Premier Soccer Club. He has served
as a volunteer in the Bay High Youth
Philanthropic Foundation and Bay
Village Relay for Life. In addition to
being team Captain, he has been All Ohio
Academic Team and NSCAA Team
Academic for four years.
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Aaron Adkins
Kyle Hyland
District offering students, parents more online records access
ProgressBook opens online grade book records to parents, students
Classroom resources: Teachers can use the program’s
Parent involvement in their children’s education has
web page feature to post documents, web links and
been touted as a key factor in student success, and Bay
other information they want to make available in an
Village Schools parents stay involved in many ways:
easy-to-retrieve, online format. Parents and students
volunteering, PTAs and booster groups and committee
can also check for upcoming posted test dates and see
participation, as well as by helping their children with
when posted homework is due through a convenient
school work at home.
monthly planner that combines all the student’s posted
Now it will be easier for parents to stay aware of
due dates for all his or her classes on one page.
how their children are doing by tracking their academic
progress online.
Security protocol in place:
Security is a top priority.
After exploring several online
“The potential for improved
Passwords are complex and mailed
products, the district learned that
communication between home and
through the U.S. Postal Service
its computer consortium would this
school
is
tremendous.
We
also
expect
directly to parents. Users can reset
year begin to support a very
passwords at any time. If lost,
popular online teacher grade book, to see a savings in the future due to a
passwords are reset and given in
ProgressBook. The cost is a little
reduced need to mail information to
person or mailed again; they will
over $2 per student, and the
students’ homes.”
not be given out over the telephone
potential benefits are significant.
Clint Keener, Superintendent without the previous password.
Current academic progress: The
A transition year: Parents and
primary benefit of this program is
students in grades 5-12 have been the first to have
that parents and students can monitor their grade in a
access to ProgressBook, as communication between
given class throughout the semester when teachers are
home and school becomes more complex once students
posting grades for assignments, homework and tests. It
reach middle school. Ongoing training and support is
is no longer necessary to rely on mailed reports or to
being offered to our teaching staff in using
contact teachers by phone every time parents or
ProgressBook. We will continue to assess parent,
students want to check their progress. Teachers can also
student and teacher use as we move forward.
post comments regarding student work or other issues.
BHS students honored for work ethic
Bay High's Holli Boeckman and Kent Killian have
the kind of work habits that employers value.
Bay High seniors Holli Boeckman and Kent Killian were
honored recently by the Lakewood Chamber of
Commerce with its 3rd Annual Work Ethic Award. The
students are part of the West Shore Career and Technical
District (managed by Lakewood Schools) where the
award was created to recognize students developing good
work ethics by demonstrating personal accountability,
being punctual, working productively with others,
balancing time and workload management. These skills
are highly sought after by employers in all career fields.
Holli Boeckman is completing West Shore's early
childhood/senior citizen program and plans to work in the
preschool and daycare field.
Kent Killian has studied electronic technology in the
program. He would like to work with electronics or cars.
The awards were presented at the Lakewood Chamber
of Commerce luncheon on February 20 at Winterhurst.
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New Director at Glenview Center for Child Care and Learning
Dorothy “Dody” Chadwick
Glenview welcomes Dorothy Chadwick as its new director.
Chadwick has served most recently as site manager for the West
Side Ecumenical Ministry, Youth and Family Learning Center
in Cleveland, where she was responsible for five infant and
toddler classrooms and four Preschool Head Start classrooms.
She has also served as director of the West Shore Child Care
Center in Rocky River, and she has worked at a variety of other
preschool centers as a teacher, including Glenview, in the past.
Chadwick holds a B.A. in American Studies, with a concentration in the history and sociology of the family, from Yale
University. She holds a Master's in Education, Curriculum and
Instruction, Specialization in Early Childhood, from Cleveland
State University.
"As a Bay Village resident, I am committed to continuing
the tradition of excellence already established at Glenview,"
Chadwick said. "I know that the commitment our district has
made to serving early childhood needs resonates through all the
grade levels. I am truly passionate about serving children in
these early years, and I look forward to making a contribution in
this role to their future success."
Glenview Center offers daycare and before- and after-school
care and is funded by parent fees. The building also houses the
federally required special needs preschool program.
Student photographers, artists capture
classic cars at Bay Middle School
Bay Middle School student photographers
in grades 7 and 8 snapped the beautiful
curves and angles of 16 classic cars while
learning about photo composition and
lighting, as well as learning the difference
between snap shots and photography as art.
Fifth-grade artists sketched the classic
lines. The cars were brought to the Bay
Middle School parking lot by their owners,
who had been contacted by the editor and
founder of Cruisin’ Times magazine and
Bay Village resident, John Shapiro. The
project drew attention from passersby who
also enjoyed the display.
Bay Middle School art teachers Ruth
Purdy-Leslie and Gloria Wilder created the
art lessons.
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Citizens Advisory
Committee wants you!
The Bay Village Board of Education’s Citizens
Advisory Committee is accepting applications for
five open positions. New terms are for three years
and begin in the fall of 2009.
The 12-member committee is selected to represent a diversity of opinion, expertise, gender, age
and geographic representation of Bay Village.
The Citizens Advisory Committee studies issues
and makes recommendations for improvement in a
wide variety of areas that will benefit our students’
educational experiences.
Applications, due by May 1, are available at our
central office (K. T. Allen Educational Service
Center, 377 Dover Center Road) or online at:
Bay High School
is one of
U.S. News
and World Report’s
Best High Schools
in America
The Silver designation puts
Bay High in the TOP 604
schools (out of 21,069) in
the country.
www.bayvillageschools.com
Congratulations to staff members honored:
Ann Mowery, who teaches physics
at Bay High, was nominated by one
of her students for the Plain Dealer’s
Crystal Apple award. Michael Kuper
cited her dedication to her subject
matter and to her students, as well as
the mutual respect with her students
and the love they have for her.
Dr. Jim McGlamery, principal of
Normandy Elementary School
(grades K-2) was honored for his
dedication to his students, to
parents and to the community. He
was named the Ohio PTA District
12 Educator of the Year. Dr.
McGlamery was nominated by the
Normandy Elementary PTA.
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