Berea City School District

5/1 Bus Driver Appreciation Day & School Principals' Day

5/2 Titan Talks: Grindstone Elementary

5/6 May Market

5/8-5/12 Staff Appreciation Week

5/10 National School Nurse Day

5/10 Titan Talks: Berea-Midpark High School

5/13 Ten Years of Titans: School Showcase, District Art Show, & Tree of Knowledge Dedication

5/15 Board of Education Meeting

5/23 Shane Bartek Tree Dedication

5/26 Commencement Rain Date

5/27 Commencement

5/29 No School, Memorial Day

Berea City Schools is have a “Ten Years of Titans” school showcase event at Berea-Midpark High School on Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

This event will kick off a yearlong celebration marking ten years since officially becoming Titans back during the start of the 2013-14 school year. Superintendent Tracy Wheeler will discuss the district’s new strategic plan, Destination 2027, and provide an overall update on the district. The event will also include student performances and coincide with our annual district art show. It will shine the spotlight on our students, our schools, district programs and initiatives, and have some interactive activities for families. Families who complete their passport at the event will receive a giveaway!*

The event is open to the entire community. Attendees will be able to enjoy the open house format of the event around the Superintendent’s scheduled presentation and performances they wish to attend. It’s an exciting re-imagination of our traditional State of the Schools event that puts more of our students and staff in the spotlight and allows the community to experience what it means to “Be a Titan.”

Titans share a collective responsibility to celebrate our three communities by honoring the district’s unique heritage. At the conclusion of the showcase event, the community is invited to attend the rededication of the Tree of Knowledge outside the Performing Arts Center at noon. Alumni, art enthusiasts, and community members contributed to the restoration and reinstallation fund for the sculpture.

(*while supplies last)

To coincide with School Bus Driver Appreciation Day, School Principals' Day, National Teacher Appreciation Day, and National School Nurse Day this month, the Berea City School District is celebrating Staff Appreciation Week (May 8-12, 2023). We want to ensure that you have ways to give thanks, encourage, and celebrate a BCSD staff member who has made a difference in your life or the life of your child or family this school year. BCSD is fortunate to have an incredible team of staff members both inside and outside the classroom who have our students' academic and well-being at the heart of everything they do.

We have created a simple and fun way for you to reach out to someone special and send a word of thanks and encouragement. Simply fill out the short form linked below, select a postcard to send, write a special note, and your digital message will be delivered!

Left to right: Nathan Cherry, Barbara Younkin, Dolly Hemmer, Kathy Adams (representing Paul Adams Jr.), Judith Stull, Linda Lesny Moss, Kristin Ellis (representing Cynthia Mondak Peck), Adam Ross, Mindy Molnar and Eric Molnar (representing Béla Molnar)

The 29th Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame was held on April 20, 2023. The Annual Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame recognizes alumni who have made a mark in their career, positively contributed to society, or achieved success in a worthwhile endeavor. The following honorees were inducted:

Paul Adams, Jr., Berea High ‘65 (posthumous)
Nathan Cherry, Berea High ‘81
Dolly Hemmer, Staff
Linda Lesny Moss, Midpark High ‘84
Bèla Molnar, Staff (posthumous)
Cynthia Mondak Peck, Midpark High ‘78
Adam Ross, Midpark High ‘98
Judith Stull, Berea High ‘58
Barbara Younkin, Staff

Watch the program in its entirety below.

The Polaris Marketing & Entrepreneurship satellite program at Berea-Midpark High School is hosting its annual May Market event on Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Berea-Midpark High School. The event will feature hand-crafted items produced by 32 young entrepreneurs from the program, providing them with a platform to run their own small business and sell their wares.

Some of the items for sale will include the following: baked goods, crocheted items, beach glass jewelry, embroidered apparel, buttons/pins, paper flowers, sublimated tumblers, greeting cards, laser engraved bookmarks, jewelry, pepperoni rolls, plants, keychains, smoothies, stickers, bath bombs and much more!

The first 50 guests will receive a FREE tote bag. Berea-Midpark High School is located at 165 East Bagley Road in Berea. For additional information, call 216.898.8900 ext. 5307, email MBurchett@polaris.edu or follow the event on Instagram at @polarissignpro.

Join BCSD Superintendent Tracy Wheeler and BCSD administrators for a series of informal talks from 6-7 p.m. on the dates and schools listed below. Titan Talks is open to all community members. Let us know what topics, questions, ideas, or concerns you would like to hear more about by completing the form of the event you plan on attending.

May 2 - Grindstone Elementary School

May 10 - Berea-Midpark High School

On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, there will be a tree dedication service for fallen Cleveland Police Officer and former Middleburg Heights resident, Shane Bartek. This will take place at Big Creek Elementary School from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. After the inside assembly, weather permitting, there will be a short dedication ceremony outside and Mayor Castelli will give a short dedication speech.

The Berea City School District has once again been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 24th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.

To qualify for the Best Communities designation, the district answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were verified by school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.

Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015 and a stated emphasis on a well-rounded education, many school districts have re-committed to music and arts education programs. During the pandemic, music and arts programs were a vital component to keeping students engaged in school. ESSA provides designated funding for well-rounded educational opportunities through Title IV Part A Student Academic Success and Achievement grants. NAMM Foundation research has revealed that these grants are being widely used by school districts to address instructional gaps in access to music and arts education.

Research into music education continues to demonstrate educational/cognitive and social skill benefits for children who make music: After two years of music education, researchers found that participants showed more substantial improvements in how the brain processes speech and reading scores than their less-involved peers and that students who are involved in music are not only more likely to graduate high school but also to attend college as well. In addition, everyday listening skills are stronger in musically trained children than in those without music training. Significantly, listening skills are closely tied to the ability to: perceive speech in a noisy background, pay attention, and keep sounds in memory. Later in life, individuals who took music lessons as children show stronger neural processing of sound: young adults and even older adults who have not played an instrument for up to 50 years show enhanced neural processing compared to their peers. Not to mention, social benefits include conflict resolution, teamwork skills, and how to give and receive constructive criticism.

Several Berea-Midpark varsity programs will be hosting youth camps this summer to provide instruction, development and fun opportunities to children of the Berea City School District.

More information is available on the Titans Athletics website.

Please contact the city of the program you are interested in with any questions.

Berea

Session 1: June 5-9 – 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Session 2: June 5-9 – 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Download the registration form

Brook Park

Session 1: July 31 -August 4 – 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Session 2: August 7-11 – 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Register online

Middleburg Heights

Session 1: June 5-8 – 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Session 2: June 12-15 – 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Registration will open soon.

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HESK is our tech help desk for students and staff. Parents/Guardians can fill out a ticket for their child.

Please review HOW to clean your chromebook.

NOTE: All Kindergarten, 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students must return their chromebooks at the end of the school year. We will be cleaning, repairing, and checking them into the inventory system over the summer so they can used for loaners during repairs next year.

At the beginning of the 23-24 school year, 1st, 5th, and 9th grade students will get new or repaired chromebooks.

More information will be coming from your building principals.

BCSD uses Peachjar, an electronic flyer posting and distribution system to distribute school flyers and approved flyers from community groups and organizations that sponsor activities of an educational/enrichment nature for students and staff >> view current flyers

The Berea Board of Education holds regular community conversations to give the public access to board members outside of the formal public participation setting of a meeting. Residents will have the opportunity to meet and discuss any concerns they may have with two board members during a 30 minute time-slot set aside prior to each regular scheduled Board of Education meeting. The goal of this effort is to more effectively connect with the public and learn more about the community.

Additional district financial information such as our annual financial reports, forecasts, budget documents, etc., can be found on the district website under the Treasurer's Department page or by using the QR code.