The EACHCOMBER 25100 Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio June 2009 Vol. 51 No. 05 B www.bcomber.org Photo by Jared Skoff Ohio wellness guidelines suggest that schools “provide an environment that offers and promotes healthy food and drink Healthy Choices in the Cafeteria? choices.” by Ben Ducoff With additional reporting by the journalism class Staff Writer Smith continued, “We don’t add any When asked whether the BHS week AVI serves Bosco Pizza brand sugar or salt to any of our meals, and cafeteria meets federal and state breadsticks, two per order. During the 2006-07 school we try to serve what the kids will like. nutritional guidelines, Hardis “Bosco sticks are definitely not year, the Beachwood City Schools We also get a lot of our food from explained, “I’m not an expert on the meant to be served every day, and implemented a wellness policy local sources. And we cook it fresh federal and state guidelines, but my I personally can only eat one at recognizing the relationship between every day.” understanding is that they do. In my a time,” said head of Customer health and the ability to learn. The USDA guidelines prohibit the sale opinion, federal and state guidelines Service/Product Inquiries of Bosco policy states, “Beginning with 2006 of food that is “of minimal nutritional are a minimal bar to live by.” Pizza Dawn Flynn in response to the - 07 school year, all foods available value” through the federally Hardis demanded that soda nutritional value of one bosco cheese to students on campus during the subsidized lunch program. Wellness stopped being sold to students in the stick, which has 210 calories and school day and outside school food guidelines put forth by the Ohio cafeteria during the beginning of first 20% of a student’s daily saturated fat service hours shall comply with the Department of Education require that semester. intake. current USDA Dietary Guidelines for “Schools provide an environment Hollingsworth said, “AVI is trying “We recommend switching to Americans, including foods available that offers and promotes healthy and to make a profit… students don’t want reduced fat bosco sticks,” said Vice to students as classroom snacks, from appealing food and drink choices.” to buy celery sticks, they want to buy President of Sales and Marketing at vending machines for fund raisers, Health teacher Margaret pop-tarts. It’s basic economics.” Bosco Pizza Craig Mulhinich. for classroom parties, or at holiday Hollingsworth is not impressed with While Smith acknowledges that Recently, AVI put up a fairly celebrations.” the healthy options available in the AVI is a for-profit company, she large poster advertising their new Some students feel that the spirit of cafeteria. “They have a salad bar. also said that school cafeterias are cotton candy Ice Cream Sundae that policy, as originally implemented, But it’s mostly iceberg lettuce, which not highly profitable businesses. She from Hershey’s Ice Cream. The dish is no longer being followed in the has basically no nutritional value explained that any school cafeteria contains 230 calories (110 from fat), school cafeteria, which is offering a whatsoever. It’s just…green. And, is somewhat limited by cost, as they and 37% of a student’s daily saturated variety of high-calorie items including they have breaded chicken. Why need to provide affordable options to fat intake. slushies, ice cream, and bosco sticks. not have grilled chicken? And, they students. “The cotton candy sundaes are Junior Ananya Marathe commented, have extremely fattening dressings Smith explained that the pricing amazing,” said junior Cole Hersch “Slushies? Hostess products? How come in industrial size containers for of cafeteria items is designed to Hershey’s Ice Cream also supplies does that fit with a healthy lifestyle?” the students to smother all over their encourage healthy eating habits. AVI with ice cream sandwiches Senior Allison Diamond described the meals. It defeats the whole purpose Healthier items are more affordable. which will allow a student to consume food as “Unhealthy and expensive.” of having a salad,” she said. It is therefore more expensive for 400 calories (170 of which are from Junior Solly Poprish brings her BHS Principal Robert Hardis students to buy items with high fat) and 50% of their daily saturated lunch because she feels that, “heating explained that, in his view, the BHS calorie content and low nutrition. fat intake. up a Lean Cuisine every day is a cafeteria does offer healthy options Regarding the slushies, Smith The new apple pies had no nutritional lot cheaper than buying from AVI, to students, and that some of these explained that they contain more information on the packaging. and besides the low cost, it’s a lot options fit the spirit of the wellness nutritional value than some people Smith explained that AVI is trying healthier.” policy. He said, “A lot depends on realize, including “30% vitamin A, to offer students options that they will Jill Smith, Associate Director of AVI the students’ decisions.” According 120% vitamin C, 4% calcium, and enjoy. “I want them to look forward Food Services at BHS explained that to Hardis, the wellness committee 30% vitamin D.” to lunch time,” she said. they follow district, state, and federal does not formally audit the nutritional Bosco sticks are a very popular guidelines for school lunches. offerings in the school cafeteria. option for students. Three days a Senior Pranks? Battle of the Subs Inside the pg. 2 pg. 5 Beachcomber Reflections on the Class of 2010 pg. 8 NEWS 2 Breathalyzers at Dances? Senior Pranks?by Scott Janovitz by Ena Jones Staff Writer Staff Writer student aside and question them. As For most, the mischievousness of was “in the works,” Fletcher was not of now, there has been no need to April Fool’s Day comes only once a hesitant to reveal why he believes Last year, when Solon High School go beyond questioning because the year. For seniors, however, it comes there are not many senior pranks. administrators made the decision to students tend to admit to what they twice. At least, it comes twice at “For me,” Fletcher revealed, “The begin breathalizing every student who have done, but if they did not then most schools. While Beachwood worst thing that could happen would came to their dances, they found that the final step would be to give them is known for many great things, be to not be able to walk across the ticket sales to their winter semiformal a Breathalyzer test. one thing it is not known for is its stage at graduation. I think many dropped dramatically, causing the If a student is thought to have senior pranks. people worry about it.” dance to be cancelled. BHS, on the been smoking before the dance rather When prompted to recall some Senior Megan Murray feels that other hand, was able to purchase a than drinking, the Breathalyzer is not fun senior pranks at Beachwood the administration plays a large Breathalyzer to use at school dances effective. from the past, history teacher John part in the lack of comfort students without causing too much alarm. The Breathalyzer used by school Perse couldn’t recall “any that feel when planning senior pranks. Since the purchase of the administrators is much different stick.” Why are senior pranks such According to Murray, some seniors Breathalyzer, the administration from one that a Beachwood an anomaly at BHS? fear the consequences of participating has caught some students drinking, Policeman would carry around. Math teacher Don Green has a few in senior “traditions” such as senior but have yet to actually use the BHS’s Breathalyzer cost the school ideas. “Everybody is afraid,” Green skip day and senior pranks. They Breathalyzer. “Students usually around 400 dollars. The test given theorizes. “It’s kind of gotten to the do not know how the administration admit to drinking before we need to to students is more complicated than point in education where [people] would react. use it,” said Assistant Principal Paul one might think. In order to use the are so worried about something Senior Gabe Firestone does not Chase. small, simple-looking machine there bad happening that some fun is feel the administration plays such At this year’s prom, the is an approximately three hour-long being taken out of it. ” a large role, chalking up the lack of administration did not even have instructional film. The job of the Student Activities Director senior pranks simply to the fact that to threaten to use the Breathalyzer. student during the test, however, is Craig Alexander attributes the lack “People in our grade really just don’t According to Chase, prom would be not too complicated. All the student of senior pranks to the number care enough.” the worst time to come to a school has to do is talk over the Breathalyzer of cameras located in the school, If someone were bold enough to event drunk because all the teachers until it beeps, signifying that it has explaining, “It is impossible to get plan a senior prank, however, what are very alert and any students arriving collected enough breath to analyze. in and out [of the school] without would constitute a safe, fun prank? late are watched more closely. The Although the Breathalyzer has not being seen.” English teacher Todd Butler feels a students were all well behaved and been needed thus far, Chase feels it While Assistant Principal good senior prank “doesn’t harm,” and almost every student arrived at after- was money well spent. He explained Paul Chase admits he is “not where students and teachers alike can prom right on time.