By: C.J. Destefani Her name is Melissa O’Hara. She is a senior at Bellbrook. On February 19-23, Ms. O’Hara, along with over 100 other skilled high school musicians from 49 states and 5 countries, played in the honor band at the Carnegie Hall in New York City. Sharon Lavery conducted the honor band. Melissa says that it is an honor to have been a part of … Continue reading BHS student plays Carnegie Hall

By Henry Wong The Bellbrook Key Club supports a myriad of organizations, one of them being The Caring Place in Xenia. It was first started 24 years ago by Pastor Tom Batterman and Barb Swinehart. Every Thursday from 6 to 7 pm, the organization serves anywhere between 100 to 200 free dinners to anyone who comes. Their goal is to provide a hot meal to … Continue reading 24 Years of Caring

  By: C.J. Destefani Bellbrook Percussion Students are at it again as the Indoor Percussion Ensemble (IPE) competition season began with a bang. IPE took first place with its original show titled “Delay” in the Scholastic A class at its first competition in Hamilton, on Sunday, Feb. 1. The members of IPE worked very hard for this first victory and will continue to “practice hard … Continue reading Indoor Percussion Ensemble Wins First Competition

By: C.J. Destefani The Bellbrook Mentor Choir is a great way for students to enjoy music. The program was first offered 3 years ago in the 2011-2012 school year and has taught students of BHS to sing and love music. Mentor Choir is not a class; it is an extracurricular activity that takes place in the choir room during mentor on Tuesdays and Fridays. It … Continue reading Mentor Choir Enjoys the Music

by Meghna Kumar The Ohio Department of Education recently declared that the PARCC examination is mandatory to graduate from a high school in the state of Ohio. PARCC, which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, is the most recent attempt by the state legislature to standardize education and ensure that all students who graduate from high school have acquired the … Continue reading PARCC Testing Begins in February

By Henry Wong With 5 snow days and a couple of delays since we’ve been back from Winter Break, it’s a good thing the Ohio Department of Education has changed the policy on calculating calamity days. In the 2013-14 school year, a majority of Ohio schools went over the state calamity day allowance of 5 days, forcing the Department to change the protocol of counting … Continue reading An Abundance of Snow Days

by Meghna Kumar On Thursday, February 5, the Bell Creek Intermediate gymnasium will be filled with zealous elementary students and posters adorned with graphs and abstracts. All of these students are on the same mission: to earn a score of excellent with distinction on their science fair projects. Various judges from the area will score the projects after interviewing the participants with a series of questions, … Continue reading Behind the Scenes of the Bell Creek Intermediate Science Fair