Beachwood Board of Education Approves High School, Middle School Principals for 2006-07 He Beachwood Board of Education Has Leadership Team Co-Chairperson
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YOU and YOUR Spring 2006 BULLETIN OF THE BEACHWOOD CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION Beachwood Board of Education Approves High School, Middle School Principals for 2006-07 he Beachwood Board of Education has leadership team co-chairperson. He coached approved the appointment of Robert P. basketball and track during this time. Before THardis as principal of Beachwood High teaching in New York, Mr. Hardis taught social School and Linda H.LoGalbo as principal of studies and served as student government advi- Beachwood Middle School, effective Aug. 1, 2006. sor in Montgomery County, Maryland. Mr. Hardis has served as assistant principal of Mr. Hardis holds a master’s of education in Robert P. Hardis , Principal Marlborough High School in Marlborough, school leadership from the Harvard Graduate Beachwood High School Mass., since 2003. He supervises over 500 stu- School of Education, as well as a master’s in dents, gathers and analyzes student assessment secondary social studies education from The data, serves on the school district’s instructional George Washington University. While complet- leadership team, organizes school events, and ing his degree at Harvard, he served as principal recruits, hires, and evaluates faculty, among his intern for The English High School in Boston many responsibilities. Public Schools. He helped facilitate the comple- Mr. Hardis taught in the New York City Pub- tion of the high school’s performance improve- lic Schools for three years, where he developed a ment map, a state-mandated process that two-year United States history curriculum and included multi-year assessment data analysis served as seventh grade team leader and school continued on page 5 Linda H. LoGalbo, Principal Beachwood Middle School Senior Kevin Lipp Wins Girls’Track Wins Two State Wrestling Division III Championships,Team Places State Championship Fourth at Indoor States Kevin Named Div.III MVP he Bison girls’ track team won two state eachwood High School senior championships and placed fourth overall Kevin Lipp is the 2005-06 Tat the Ohio Indoor Track State Champi- Bwrestling state champion (140) onship meet March 18. and MVP for Division III. Ava Haynes is the indoor state champion in Three additional wrestlers placed at the 60 meter hurdles and the first female Bison states: senior Matt Lerer (third place), continued on page 15 sophomore Greg Marmaros (sixth place) and sophomore Victor Puskas (eighth place). The team took fourth place overall. The performance at states caps an outstand- ing season for the Bison. The wrestling team captured first place in the Chagrin Valley Con- ference (CVC) Metro Division and fourth place overall, with wrestlers Matt Lerer and Kevin Lipp winning conference championships in their respective weight classes and Tom D’A- lessandro and Andrew Weiner taking second place. Other individual conference awards were continued on page 15 n envelope arrived in the mail at my take place in our buildings when our students home recently, notable in that it was return in August. As the wise philosopher Perspective Aaddressed by my son to himself. He Diogenes once noted,“Nothing endures but discovered a letter inside, an English class change.”Noted elsewhere in this edition of homework assignment that had been written You & Your Schools, we have identified out- A Message from David B. Ostro four years ago by an eighth grader, anxious standing people to take the helms at our to begin his freshman year at Beachwood High School and Middle School. While we High School, to an older version of himself say farewell and best wishes to Dwight Greer who would, only a few short weeks after and Ed Bernetich as they retire from Beach- reading the letter, don his cap and gown wood, and express our heartfelt thanks to and accept his diploma. It told the now- Roy Warren for capably steering the BHS graduating senior of what his expectations ship during his year as interim principal, we were for his academic, extracurricular and anxiously await the talent, enthusiasm and athletic accomplishments while at BHS, commitment that Bob Hardis and Linda who his closest friends would be, where he LoGalbo will bring to these buildings, and to would be applying to college, and speculated their staffs and students. We likewise are about what his thrilled to welcome high school expe- The greatest franchise in baseball history Tom Markovic, rience would be with his deep level like generally. The is head and shoulders above the rest of experience and content of the professional certifi- one-page letter because it believes that excellence and a cation, as the Dis- made for fascinat- desire to achieve the extraordinary trict’s new facilities ing reading for a manager, supervis- variety of reasons. are non-negotiable attributes as it ing the efficiency While some recognizes and plans for the changes and general condi- academic areas of tion of our build- interest have that impact any great organization. ings and grounds. waned in their If you know me allure, certain others have grown dramatically well, you know I have a passion for the sport in their intensity, and largely drove his deci- of baseball. While I yearn for the day our sion to attend The George Washington Uni- Indians can fly a world’s championship ban- versity in the fall. Some noted friendships ner over Jacobs Field, I have a keen respect have gone their separate ways, others contin- for the New York Yankee franchise. In its over ue mostly unchanged and new ones not even 100 year history, it has won championships cited then burn brightly today. I think it is approximately one out of every four years. Its fair to say the predictions surrounding athlet- name is synonymous with athletic excellence ics and extracurriculars were exceeded. and success. Yet in its history, it has had Regretfully, the penmanship remains as numerous owners, countless managers, a equally difficult to read today as it was then, plethora of great players, a few lean years and Beachwood something old friend Harry Selner lamented occasionally fickle fans. Board of Education as long ago as fifth grade! The greatest franchise in baseball history Why am I sharing something so personal is head and shoulders above the rest because David B. Ostro, President in this column? It’s easy, really. We each it believes that excellence and a desire to 464-0718 believe that we know with relative certainty achieve the extraordinary are non-negotiable Dr. Scott Peters, Vice President what the future holds as the prospect of attributes as it recognizes and plans for the 297-1792 known change is staring us right in the face. changes that impact any great organization. Beth Rosenbaum The reality is, it’s always a mixed bag. What is The Yankees continually compete for and 831-9246 most critical to long-term success are not the often achieve their ultimate goal of a champi- Dr. Brian Weiss particulars of any given set of circumstances onship because they embrace change rather 464-6678 at a given point in time, but the level of pas- than operate in fear of it. Dr. Alan Rosenthal sion and commitment to excellence that Your Board is excited to work with Dr. 291-1122 underscores what an individual or organiza- Markwardt and his team of talented adminis- tion sets out to accomplish when change is trators in managing the changes that we are Superintendent: anticipated and planned for. experiencing, and to plan for the next phase Richard A. Markwardt, Ph.D. As we share an ending to another success- of excellence that is synonymous with the 464-2600 ful school year, we are conscious of several Beachwood City Schools. high profile administrative changes that will 2 “Every Child Has a Unique Talent” Alan Rosenthal Speaks Out on Education, Community and Making the Most of Your School Years ifelong Beachwood resident Alan Rosenthal, M.D., elected to the Board Lof Education in November 2005, has spent his whole life with kids. Dr. Rosenthal is a pediatrician. “My entire professional training and career have been devoted to taking care of child- ren and families,”he explains. “These are similar to the demands of serving as a Board member – being sensitive to the individual needs and perspectives of every student and every family. “We owe it to each individual student to provide an outstanding and enriching edu- cational experience.” Dr. Rosenthal has always lived in Beach- wood. He studied in Beachwood Schools in grades K-12, graduating BHS in 1973. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Case Western Reserve Univ- ersity and trained at the Cleveland Clinic in pediatrics, adolescent and sports medicine. He has been in private pediatric practice since 1987. Dr. Rosenthal’s active lifelong involve- ment in sports (he was a four-year baseball starter and junior and senior captain, three- year basketball starter and senior captain) helped lead him to sports medicine as a spe- Newest Board member Dr. Alan Rosenthal is surrounded by kindergartners (back row, from left): cialty. He served as medical director of sports Maxwell Rackmill, Brennae Stinson, Christopher Reilly, Jamil Naser, (middle row) Raya Holz, Jada medicine at Ohio Physical Therapy and Richardson, Jayla Howard, Jakin Zhang, Ryan Cohen, Katherine Liu, (front row) Errick Sanders, George Saab, Esther Millas, and Claire Deng. Sports Medicine from 1987-90 and medical director of Mt. Sinai Hospital Sports Medi- cine from 1990-96. He also served as BHS for our schools and children. From the sitive and approachable, and make sure no team physician from 1987-2000. moment I declared myself a candidate, it one slips through the cracks, ever. His School Board membership follows a felt like family.” “In my practice, I have learned that every long history of volunteer service to Beach- Dr.