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April 2007/Volume 4 Berea High Philharmonia Performs Berea City Schools at National Conference in Detroit Talk about achieving dreams you never imagined Once Again Ranked in possible! The Berea High Philharmonia orchestra, directed Top 100 in the Nation by Deb Wesoloski, achieved many of those dreams by being invited to perform at the American String Teachers’ for Music Education! National Conference in Detroit. The Philharmonia performed on stage at Max Fisher Music Hall, home of the Detroit The Berea City School District has again been chosen as Symphony, then had one of the “Best 100 Communities for Music Education” the privilege of serving in the nation, and it is one of only nine school systems as the “demonstration in the country to achieve this recognition seven or orchestra” for Mark Wood more years. Thousands of teachers, school and district of the TransSiberian administrators, school board members, parents, and Orchestra. At Mark’s community leaders, representing communities in all 50 session, they performed states, participated in the web-based survey sponsored several of his arrangements for an audience of more by a partnership of leading organizations in the fields of than 200 orchestra directors from across the United States. Mark Wood, who worked with our students last music and education. year, had high praise for the Berea High Philharmonia, As noted on the American Music Conference noting that they had received many compliments from website, studies have shown that active music-making the teachers who attended his session. correlates with: During the conference, students were able to take • Increased spatial-temporal reasoning and better advantage of many excellent learning opportunities. math scores; Highlights included their participation in master classes • Better reading ability; with well-known string clinicians Kathleen DeBerry • Lower incidence of drug use and antisocial Brungard, cellist Tanya Carey, and string bassist Milton behavior; and Masciadri. Berea High violinist Katherine Hodder • Increased wellness. performed the 3rd movement of the Bach A minor Violin According to research published in the July issue Concerto in Fritz Gearhart’s violin master class, while of Neuropsychology, published by the American BHS violist Claire Sayler played a Bach Suite for the Psychological Association, children with music training viola master class with Nancy had significantly better verbal memory than their Buck. David Balakrishnan and Mark Summer, members of counterparts without training. And the benefits are the Grammy Award-winning cumulative - the longer the training, the better the Turtle Island String Quartet, verbal memory. also led the Philharmonia in a “Arts are designated as core subjects within the workshop that featured them federal No Child Left Behind Act, and the districts . playing one of the quartet’s who are being recognized here today know that music Violinist Fritz Gearhart striking jazz string quartet education is connected to success in school and in demonstrates some compositions. And finally, the life,” said Mary Luehrsen, Director of Public Affairs and techniques to BHS students were inspired by a Government Relations to NAMM, the International Music student Katherine performance of the Detroit Products Association. Hodder in his master Civic Youth Orchestra, with For more information, visit www.amc-music.org class. renowned concert violinist and soloist, Midori. Artsonia Honors Big Creek Two District Students are Geographic Teacher and Student Bee Semifinalists Kathy Jadud, art teacher at Big Creek Elementary, Congratulations to has been recognized by Artsonia - the world’s largest Roehm student Christian online kids art museum - for outstanding leadership Cervantes (left) and Ford in the area of Arts Education. The school’s online art student Bryan Ciccarella, gallery (www.artsonia.com/schools/bigcreek1) ranks who both qualified to #1 in the state and #1 in the nation, according to represent their school Artsonia. The Leadership Award presented to Mrs. at the state level in the Jadud honors teachers who go beyond the classroom National Geographic Bee walls to encourage family and community involvement at Ohio State University’s in arts education. The award also recognizes Mansfield Campus. In significant achievement in the area of technology order to qualify, each integration within the school arts program. State and had to place first at their nationwide rankings are based on specific criteria, school’s Bee, then as one which demonstrate both aspects of the Leadership of the Top 100 scorers Award. in the state of Ohio on the Qualifying Test. Big Creek student One winner from each Mahnoor Anjum and art state will advance to the teacher Kathy Jadud national competition to display Mahnoor’s be held May 22 and 23 in artwork which will be Photograph by Dave Cornelius Washington, D.C. in a new art textbook. Photograph by Dave Cornelius District Adopts Congratulations to Big Creek kindergarten student Rapid Notification System Mahnoor Anjum whose picture was selected for inclusion in the new art textbook series, Exploration in Always looking for a way to improve communication, Art. Mahnoor’s picture was selected by the publisher the Berea City School District has adopted the from the Artsonia website where Mrs. Jadud posts her use of ALERTNOW Rapid Notification System. This students’ work. This site has over 1 million pieces of system enables the district or the individual schools artwork, and Mahnoor’s was one of approximately 20 to communicate a message to all parents with one pieces that were selected. Great work, Mahnoor! phone call. If there is a need to communicate a school emergency or school closure, the principal or superintendent can communicate the information directly to all parents, calling up to six numbers, in a matter of Alumni News minutes. This system also will enable the administrators to The Berea City School District salutes communicate routine information to parents regarding Midpark graduate and Navy corpsman Jason school activities, late buses, report cards, open Strejcek (Class of 1997), who was recently house and other events. featured in a news article on the United States Marine Initially, the school district will Corps Public Website News (http://www.iimefpublic. be gathering additional contact phone usmc.mil/forward). Jason, who is about to complete numbers and verifying information for his second deployment to Iraq, is part of a three-man emergency calling purposes. The system Military Transition Team living alongside Iraqi soldiers of will be tested toward the end of April Company 4, 3rd Battalion, 1st Iraqi Regiment, 7th Iraqi and during the month of May. Full Army Division. As of mid-March, Jason has treated more implementation of the system will occur than 25 wounded resulting from acts of terror. in the 2007-2008 school year. Midpark Students Qualify for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam Juniors Mark Matthews (left) and Mark Syvuk recently took the American Mathematics Contest (AMC), and had scores high enough to qualify for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). The purpose of the AMC is to identify students who possess true mathematical talent. Only the very best students qualify for the AIME. 2 Photograph by Dave Cornelius Photograph by Dave Cornelius Photograph by Dave Cornelius Members of the Berea High Robotics Team take a Midpark Robotics Team members prepare to “Rack break in the “pit” between match rounds. ‘n’ Roll” with their robot (bottom right) during the 2007 FIRST Buckeye Regional Robotics Competition at Cleveland State. Ford Girls’ Basketball Team Wins Southwest Conference Championship Photograph by Dave Cornelius Orchestra Festival Returns The Berea City School District’s Orchestra Festival was welcomed back this year, with the help of classical radio station WCLV and the Kiwanis Clubs of Berea, Brook Park, and Middleburg Heights. Although the program was rescheduled twice due to inclement weather, the final performance on February 20 was outstanding. The audience was treated to performances by the 5th and 6th grade All-City Orchestras, directed by Mrs. Debbie Wesoloski and Ms. Thelma Feith, accompanied by Mrs. Congratulations to the Ford Middle School 8th-grade Debbie Spink. They also enjoyed performances of the Girls’ Basketball Team for winning the 2007 Southwest combined Ford and Roehm Middle School String Orchestra Conference Championship. The team, coached by Danielle and the combined Berea and Midpark High School Krivak, compiled a 16-0 record, going undefeated during Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of this year’s guest conductor, Mr. Jeffrey Lindberg, from the College the regular season AND winning all three games of the of Wooster. Music included works by Bach, Pachelbel, Southwest Conference Tournament. Stravinsky, and Williams, and the students also performed a patriotic medley dedicated to all veterans in the audience and families of veterans and current members of the United States Armed Forces. 3 District to Induct Six Distinguished Hall of Fame Members The Alumni Associations of Berea and Midpark High Schools will induct four graduates and two former staff members into their Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame this year. The induction ceremony and dinner are open to the public and will take place on Thursday, April 26, at 5:30 p.m. in the Berea High School cafeteria. Tickets are $20 per person and reservations are required. Please call the Administration Building at 440-243-6000, ext. 6230, for reservations. The annual event, now in its fi�eenth year, honors graduates and retired staff members of the school system who have achieved distinction in their careers or fields of interest. You may have read about Dr. Paula Silverman, Berea High Class of 1973, since she has been a recipient of Cleveland Magazine’s “Top Docs” award for several consecutive years. Dr. Silverman currently serves in many capacities with the University Hospital System. Since 1988, she has been the Director of the Breast Cancer Program, as well as Director of Ambulatory Practice Sites for the Ireland Cancer Center of UHC.
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