Business Professionals of America, Ohio Association, is a career-technical student organization consisting of 19 regions located throughout Ohio.  The Ohio Association has over 8,700 secondary members.  Nationally, BPA has 43,000+ members in over 2,300 chapters in 23 states.  Congratulations to our students who competed in the BPA Region 9 Workplace Skills Assessment Program competitions.  See results here.   A number of students will be going on to compete at the state level, good luck!

CONGRATULATIONS!  Five Project Lead the Way Biomedical students participated in a Regional Medical Academic Competition.  Sophomore, Mia Ashriem, placed second in Medical Terminology. Seniors, Jasmin Ashriem and Cynthia Crichlow, took second and third places respectively in Medical Math.  Congratulations and Good Luck at State Competition in April.

Congratulations to the 2018-2019 Cleveland Clinic eXpressions winners from Berea-Midpark High School!  Ninth grader Ethan Barker earned a White Ribbon for his math project submission Aiding Infants in Withdrawal.  Juniors Abigail Wilson and Tressa Valukievic both earned Honorable Mentions for their art submissions.  Abigail’s submission is entitled There is Always a Way Out, and Tressa’s is Into the Min  All of the above projects will be displayed in the 2019 eXpressions eXhibition at the Great Lakes Science Center.

The National Honor Society is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students.  The Berea-Midpark High School Chapter of the National Honor Society will hold their annual induction of past and new members on Thursday, January 31, 2019, at 7:00 P.M. in the BMHS Auditorium.  This induction will include all of the members from last year, along with all of the approximately seventy newly nominated students for this school year.  All students have completed a rigorous application process and are truly deserving of this honor.  Here is a list of the new inductees.  Congratulations!

Congratulations to Trevor Bycznski Division I All-Ohio Offensive Play of the Year!.  Quarterback Trevor Byczsnki put up big numbers in his high school career and his senior season ended with the reward of being chosen top offensive player in Division I for the state.

Congratulations to Staff Members Jane Darrow and Susan Malone: for being selected as Education Foundation Payroll Deduction Grant recipients.  Their student-centered, worthwhile Realizing Your Potential project and Memory Garden project contribute significantly to enriching and validating the scholastic experiences of our students.  Thank you to the members of the Education Foundation for your continued support of our students and staff

Congratulations to Bryce Agnew for winning HS Football Player of the Week

Congratulations to Rachel Hall on being a National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist.  She scored among the top 1% of over 1.6 million PSAT/SMSQT participating students.  Congratulations to Douglas Poole and Rose Son on being National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students.  These students scored among the top 3% of over 1.6 million PSAT/NMSQT participating students.  Click here to see all of our 2018 National Academically Recognized students.

OCALICON is a national special education conference being held in Columbus, November 15-17, 2018.   We are very excited to announce that BMHS Transition Coordinator Mrs. Melissa Haskins-Berger was accepted as a speaker for the conference and will be presenting on the topic Transition Planning, Not Just for High School.  It is a great honor to be selected as a speaker.

BMHS senior and Realizing Your Potential (RYP) member Journee Carnegie is shown here with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson at the graduation ceremony for the Cleveland Police Foundation’s Public Safety Career Pipeline.  Journee completed six weeks of hands-on exposure to careers in law enforcement, fire, and EMS.  Great job, Journee!

Congratulations to Berea-Midpark High School Advanced Choir members, Kydon Elam (senior) and Ryan Kudlaty (junior), for being selected into the 2019 All-State Honors Choir!  Bravo to Alyse Hancock Phillips (senior) who was selected as an Alternate!  The very competitive, state-wide selection process included 900 All-State Choir applicants.  The All-State Choir will perform at the OMEA Convention January 31st - Feb. 2nd here in Cleveland, Ohio.

2018 BMHS Titans graduate, Katherine Valencic, was honored this past June with the Girl Scouts national honor of The Gold Award.  It represents a girl’s time, leadership, creativity, and contribution to making the world a better place. We are proud of you Katherine!