Bee Informed

The Bee Informed is a newsletter for Medina City Schools' parents, students and community members in an effort to keep the District informed of important information and events.

Kindergarten and new student registration are now open for the 2022-2023 school year. For more information, please click here.

Congratulations to Claggett Middle School 8th grade student, Carson Henning, winner of the 2022 Medina City Schools Foundation Run.4.Fun T-shirt Contest.

Medina High School seniors Nicholas Manley and Madelyne Singer have been named Medina

High School February Students of the Month.

Nicholas is one of those special students who make Medina City Schools proud and will be remembered long after leaving Medina High School. His intellect, authenticity, discipline, kindness, and ambition have made him a highly admired and respected young man and leader. He is truly a memorable student, athlete, and future leader deserving of admiration and respect.

Nicholas’s class schedule consists of Advance Placement courses. He has earned the Medina High School Academic Distinction Award, Magna Cum Laude his freshman, sophomore, and junior years. Nicholas is a two-year member of HUDDLE, a Link Crew Commissioner, and a two-year member of Hope Squad. He is a 2022 Mr. Medina candidate and can always be found amidst the SWARM cheering on his peers. Nicholas was a 2021 captain for the Medina High School Football Team and has received letters in football and track and field.

In his spare time, Nicholas volunteers in the Joyce B. Ebner Tutoring Center as a peer tutor, is a youth group volunteer at his church and works at the Medina Recreation Center coaching Boys Basketball and leading summer camps.

Nicholas will be attending Brown University to play football and plans to study economics and applied mathematics. He is the son of Michael and Jill Manley.

Madelyne is very driven, values integrity above all other traits, and can prepare herself appropriately for any challenges she may face. She has a knack for distinguishing herself from the group with her personality and ability to articulate her thoughts effectively. She is exceptionally self-aware in academics, taking the time and initiative to ask for help, and of course, study.

Madelyne’s class schedule consists of Advance Placement, College Credit Plus, and Honors courses. She has earned the Medina High School Academic Distinction Award, Summa Cum Laude her freshman, sophomore, and junior years. She is a member of the National Honor Society and HUDDLE and plays fastpitch competitively and for Medina High School.

In her spare time, she has volunteered in the Joyce B. Ebner Tutoring Center as a peer tutor and works at Quickmed. She will be attending Ohio State University in the fall, majoring in nursing and continuing her education to become a nurse practitioner. Madelyne is the daughter of Brandon and Amanda Singer.

Over the weekend of Feb 4-5, the MHS Debate Team competed in the OSDA District championship tournament in an attempt to qualify for the team’s 20th consecutive trip to states. As a result of that and other qualifying opportunities, all 30 members of this year’s debate team will be competing at the state championship tournament in March. This has never happened before and sets a state record for the number of debaters from one team to go to states. This also pushes the total number of MHS state qualifiers in debate to over 300 since the team’s founding 29 years ago.

The Medina High School Athletic Department is pleased to announce the new Varsity boys soccer head coach. Doug Coreno will take the helm and lead the Bees beginning in the 2022 season. He will replace former head coach Simon Spelling.

Coreno was previously the head coach of Medina High School’s girl soccer program from 2008 to 2018. During his time, the team went 165-25-30 overall, they brought home the 2009 Division I State Championship, made an appearance in the 2015 Division I State Final Four and won the District Championship in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2018. To add to Coreno’s accolades, he was named Conference Coach of the Year in 2008, 2010, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Coreno currently coaches with the Cuyahoga Valley Soccer Academy and the Medina Rangers. From 2000 to 2013, he coached with the Cleveland Futbol Club achieving two State Cup Championships with the U11 and U18 girls, numerous OYSAN State Cup Championships, and Runner-up finishes with a variety of boys and girls age groups. Teams under his direction have been successful in top-level club competitions including USYSA Regionals, Midwest Regional League Premier Division, Raleigh CASL Shootout Showcase, WAGS, and Jefferson Cup.

Coaching has been a major part of Coreno’s life for the past 25 years with many contributions and success stories. “I'm very thankful for the opportunity to return to the Medina High School athletic program. Coach Spelling has done an amazing job taking this program to the next level. I plan to continue that tradition. I had a great run with the girls, but I’m 0-0 as head coach for the boys. I’ll work hard to prove my knowledge and passion for the game of soccer. I can’t wait to get started. ,” said Coreno.

The Medina City Schools Hall of Fame Ceremony will be held on March 19, 2022, at Weymouth Country Club at 6:00 PM. We will be honoring inductees to the Class of 2019 and Class of 2020.

Class of 2019

Bill Biegel-Academic/Career/Life Accomplishments

Lori (Koenig) Hawkins-Athletic Accomplishments

Donny Roys-Athletic Accomplishments

Roger Smalley-Academic/Career/Life Accomplishments

Class of 2020

Richard Doyle-Cultural/Performing Arts

Dr. J. Bradley Garner-Special Honorary Achievement

Mitch Lehman-Academic/Career/Life Accomplishments

Taylor Burke Gilman-Athletic Achievements

Dave Knight-Special Honorary Achievement

The purpose of the Medina City Schools Hall of Fame program is to recognize Medina High School graduates who have made important contributions and who have provided extraordinary service to their community and chosen field and to also recognize non-graduates who have served as positive role models to Medina City School District students and have significantly promoted and supported the District.

If you are interested in attending, please email debnars@medinabees.org or busbya@medinabees.org for more information.

Registration for Medina City Schools’ Helping Hands Preschool began on Monday, January 31, 2022. Helping Hands is a preschool program that is part of the Medina City Schools and housed at Northrop Elementary School, 950 East Reagan Parkway. This 5-Star rated program provides mandated preschool services to children three to five years of age with disabilities and offers a developmentally appropriate preschool experience for a select number of typical peers. Helping Hands provides high-quality programming that focuses on the Ohio Learning Content Standards in preparation for kindergarten.

There are two sessions offered with the morning session from 9:00 AM-11:40 AM Monday thru Thursday and an afternoon session from 12:40 PM-3:20 PM Monday through Thursday. The cost for typical peers is $160.00 per month and students with disabilities are at no cost to the parent.

To register typically developing peers, please call 330.636.4601 for directions to complete the online registration and screening information. To register students with suspected disabilities, please call 330.636.4606 for directions and screening information. For any additional questions, please contact Mrs. Amanda Dodez, supervisor, Helping Hands Preschool at 330.636.4660.

Medina City Schools has immediate openings for bus drivers, food service staff, and substitutes. For more information, please call 330.723.8831 or visit www.medinabees.org.

Senior and cellist in the Medina High School orchestra, Emma Lawrence, helped community member and cellist in her own right, Arline Westfahl celebrate her 100th birthday. The Medina High School orchestra is directed by Shelly Jansen. Click here to read the Gazette article about this monumental moment.

Monday, March 21, 2022

Board of Education Regular Meeting

6:00 PM-Medina High School-Professional Development Center (location subject to change)

The Board of Education meetings are open to the public. Location may be subject to change. Meetings may also be viewed live on Medina City Schools' YouTube channel, MedinaTV Facebook page, and Armstrong channel 201.

Replays of the meeting will also be available on Medina City Schools' YouTube Channel and Armstrong Channel 201.

Medina City Schools middle schools are pleased to announce that an after-school homework help program will be open to all middle school students in need of homework assistance. This new program will begin Tuesday, March 1.

If you would like your child to attend homework help session(s), or if your child’s teacher contacted you with a referral for homework help, please complete the sign-up form below.

Claggett Homework Help Sign-Up Form

Root Homework Help Sign-Up Form

Homework help is provided at both Claggett and Root middle schools every Tuesday-Thursday from 2:45-3:45. Transportation home is the responsibility of the parent/guardian. Students will need to be picked up promptly at 3:45 PM.

Homework Help Expectations:

Attendance:

• Students will be asked to sign in when they arrive.

• Attendance will be taken. Parents will be contacted if the student is absent.

Snacks:

• Students may bring their own drink/snack. These will not be provided.

Homework Plan:

• Students must come prepared with assignments to complete. If they finish their homework early, they should have a book ready and can read for the remainder of the session or can work on MobyMax.

Student Behavior:

• Students must be willing to work for the entire hour. If a student causes disruption or demonstrates inappropriate behavior, the student will receive a warning and parents will be contacted by the program coordinator. If the inappropriate behavior continues, the student will not be permitted to participate until the start of the next quarter. Then the process will start again.

If you have any questions, please contact the homework help coordinator, Connie Stopke, stopkec@medinabees.org.

As part of the Medina County District Library's One Community, Many Stories campaign, on Friday, April 22 at 7:00 pm at the Medina Performing Arts Center, they will be welcoming Robin Ha, graphic artist and author of Almost American Girl.

Almost American Girl is a graphic novel memoir for teens and adults about a Korean-born, non-English speaking girl who is abruptly transplanted from Seoul to Huntsville, Alabama, and struggles with extreme culture shock and isolation until she discovers her passion for comic arts. The book was an Association for Library Services to Children Honor Book. Robin will speak about her experience and the process of creating a graphic novel and comic arts.

The Medina City Schools Foundation has a jam-packed schedule for 2022. Please save the date and purchase tickets for Eat, Drink & Bee Giving fundraiser with entertainment by the Music Men on March 11, 2022, at 6:00 PM at Shale Creek Golf Club 5429 Wolff Road Medina. Tickets are available online through Event Brite. The proceeds from this event will help to support the many scholarships provided to Medina City Schools students as well as grants for District staff.

On Saturday, January 22, 2022, middle school students from both A.I. Root Middle School and Claggett Middle School competed virtually in the Power of the Pen Ashland District Tournament. Eight 7th and 8th-grade student writers from A.I. Root Middle School and seven 7th and 8th-grade student writers from Claggett Middle School participated.

Seventh grade A.I. Root students Lincoln Marks earned a 12th place medal, Megan Raklovits received a 5th place medal, and Farrah Holladay finished second out of over 90 writers in the 7th-grade division. Other writers included 7th graders Holland Roller, Kaylee Chalmers, and 8th-grade students Sylvia Parada, Rosalia White, and Mya Kennedy.

Claggett Middle School 7th-grader Mary McClintock and 8th graders Sophia Young and Jackson Condit scored Honors. 7th grade Claggett students Alysia Aldea and Stella Allen and 8th grade Claggett students Mason Cooper and Emily Mousourakis scored Superior. In the 7th grade division, Stella Allen placed 7th overall, Mason Cooper received third, and Emily Mousourakis placed 7th in the 8th-grade division. 8th-grader Sophia Young earned Best in Round for her short story Decimation.

These students competed in Regionals hosted by Kent State University on Saturday, February 26, 2022.

Help support the Claggett Middle School PTO with Dine to Donate at Chipotle on Wednesday, March 16th from 5-9 pm. Order online for pickup using code PCBPXWQ or show the flyer in the restaurant.

This March-May, Claggett Middle School PTO will be partnering with Savers Inc., a for-profit organization, where you can donate items to a non-profit, Claggett PTO, who will get paid per pound for donated goods. Attached is a list of items that can and cannot be donated. If you have items that you would like to donate, please hold on to them for us. Claggett will have scheduled drop-off times at the school coming soon. Please watch out for more info.

The Medina City Schools Foundation (MCSF) has launched its 2021-2022 Membership Drive. You can become a member of MCSF by donating here. Beginning at $25.00, your donation supports educational enrichment activities in the classrooms, the Joyce E. Ebner Medina High School Tutoring Center serving more than 150 students daily, HUDDLE/SHUDDLE mentoring programs, and other activities such as Link Crew.

For your contribution, MCSF will send you a thank you and a car magnet showing you are Supporting the Hive. If the Foundation "Thanker Bees" spots you with the magnet, we will give you a gift (e.g., a voucher, coupon, or merchandise) from one of our "Thanker Bee" corporate sponsors that are already supporting the Hive like A. I. Root Candle Company, Dairy Queen among others.

Your membership is important to helping the Foundation sustain valuable programming such as the Tutoring Center, scholarships, and staff grants. Won't you consider joining today?

To purchase tickets online to upcoming sporting events, please click on the link to Hometown Ticketing.

Akron Children's Hospital is offering its Nurturing Families Program. For detail, please click here. To complete the referral form, please click on this link.

Save the date for another exciting event hosted by the Medina City Schools Foundation, Magic Gives Back April 9, 2022, at the Medina Performing Arts Center 851 Weymouth Road Medina. To purchase tickets, click here or use the QR code below.

Kids First Medina is offering a decorative license plate with the slogan "Proud to be a Medina Bee". They are $10.00 each with the proceeds going to support this organization. To order yours, click on this link.

Kids First Medina is a group of volunteers that help to provide a voice to community members, families, and students of Medina City Schools to help shape educational opportunities for our students.

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Click the flyer to learn more about the babysitters training class through the Medina County ESC.

The Free Clinic of Medina County is offering FREE physicals through the free youth physical exam program. For more information, please see the flyer to the left.

Be sure to check Flyer Central to see what's happening around our community from youth sports programs to other community events.

The Medina Athletic Boosters work to help our student-athletes on and off the field of play, but they aren’t the only students the Boosters are helping. On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, Medina Athletic Boosters president Tom Delac, secretary Daniella Hensley, and concessions manager Autumn Giddens presented Medina High School Student Council members with a check for $20,000. This donation from the Boosters represents a portion of the proceeds from concession sales during the 2021 football season. “This is an ongoing partnership with the Boosters. Their generous support of the Student Council helps to partially fund prom and keep ticket prices to this event at an affordable cost for the students,” said Laura Calaiacovo, advisor of Student Council. Dr. Justin Brantner and the Junior Class Student Council representatives are already working hard on this year’s prom. Thanks to the most successful year in Medina's history, the Student Council and the Boosters were able to meet their goal this season.

The Boosters hosted the Positive Coaching Alliance for many of our senior and junior student-athlete leaders. In the third of this year’s four sessions, our Bees learned about Positive Initiation and the dangers of hazing. Special thanks to our sponsor of Medina’s PCA program, LLA Therapy.

Looking ahead to the spring, please send in your senior spring athlete’s pictures for the “Before They Were Bees” section for the next Athletic Program to boosters@medinabees.org. Please make sure to submit your pictures by March 18th to make sure they are in this spring’s publication.

Email: busbya@medinabees.org
Website: www.medinabees.org
Location: 739 Weymouth Road, Medina, OH, USA
Phone: 330.725.8831
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