List of 3 news stories.

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  Thirty-Eight Students Qualify for the Future Problem Solving State Bowl

  3/10/2023
  This year, 38 Birchwood 6th-8th grade students qualified for the Future Problem Solving (FPS) State Bowl. Each year Birchwood 6th-8th grade students apply a six-step model which teaches critical and creative thinking, and problem solving to qualify as individuals or teams composed of four students. 
  
  

  The following students, coached by Helene Debelak, Lorraine Tzeng, Diane Owen, Jennifer Seward, Rebecca Graham and Allison Noga will compete at the state level on April 11th:
  
  

  Junior Division Qualifiers

  Folashade Asalu, Samuel Chen, Nelson Kude, Jake Zhang, Kritika Chahar

  Caleb Alicea, Nathan Chilcote, Chrysanthi Constantinou, Andrew Khawam, Brian Milindi

   

  Intermediate Division Team Qualifiers

  Joshua Gordon, Ted Alten, Manya Raina

  Sabrina Syed, Sana Bahadur, Ayat Jaffar, Yara Salam, Aislinn Joyce

  Ishika Chand, Haadeya Salman, Caroline Lu, Joshua Chen, Stella Miyares

  Leen Salem, Joshua Thomas, Rhea Kumar, Sammy Nemr, Ayah Dinary

  Maliha Nadkarni, Olivia Kude, Kyle Vaziri, Reeve Vincent, Saanvi Chari

  Zain Daoud, Divyam Purohit, Alex Ticak, Nikhil Yalavarthy, Hussein Alzoubi
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  Birchwood Students Soar at National History Day Competition

  3/7/2023
  On Saturday, March 4, 2023, despite blustery winds, 51 sixth, seventh, and eighth graders ventured out to the Cleveland History Center in University Circle to compete in the regional level of the National History Day competition. Due to the pandemic, this was the first in-person History Day competition since 2020, and the students' excitement was palpable. With entries in every project category, they had high hopes for the outcome.  Birchwood had a total of 30 projects entered into the competition, and 14 of them qualified to advance to the state competition. This strong showing was the result of months of diligent research and preparation. Below are the students who will compete at Ohio Wesleyan University on April 22 and possibly earn an invitation to attend the national competition in June 2023.
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  Power of the Pen Regional Winners

  3/1/2023
  Congratulations to Birchwood School of Hawken’s seventh and eighth grade teams who won several team, individual, and special awards at the 2023 Power of the Pen Regional Tournament at Kent State University on February 25.
  
  The Birchwood teams are coached by Lorraine Tzeng, Jennifer Seward, and Allison Noga.
   
  Team Awards
  Eighth Grade – 1st Place
  Seventh Grade – 4th Place
  Regional Sweepstakes Award – 1st Place (third consecutive year)
      
  Individual and Special Awards
  Seventh Grade:   
  Rhea Kumar – 7th Place
  Reeve Vincent – 1st Place

  Eighth Grade:
  Haadeya Salman – 12th Place 
  Joshua Gordon – 7th Place
  Best of Round – Joshua Gordon 
  Best of Round – Ayat Jaffar 
  Platinum Pen – Joshua Gordon 
  Platinum Pen – Ayat Jaffar 
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