One sister was studious, the other social. They used to tease each other about their differences. “You know, the way sisters do,” said Sarah Kay, granddaughter of Elizabeth “Libby” McKeever Ross and great-niece of Louise “Dede” McKeever McCulloch. There’s at least one thing the sisters had in common, though: both adored Bexley High School. Kay Read More
Bexley High School alumnus Elliott May (’02) spent nearly a decade after college raising funds for environmental and arts organizations, and he’s always remembered a key lesson from his senior project: supporting a great cause can involve much more than writing a check. When you bring a nonprofit organization and a donor to the same table, Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday voted to confirm Gayle E. Smith, a former national security aide to President Obama, to lead the United States Agency for International Development, the federal agency responsible for overseas humanitarian issues like feeding refugees, building clinics and distributing foreign aid. The vote was 79 to 7. Ms. Smith is Read More
Joel Goldman 52, Santa Monica, CA After testing positive for HIV in 1991, Joel embarked on a North American speaking tour to tell his story and to warn teens about the risks of mixing sex and alcohol. He kept at it for nearly 14 years, educating more than a million students at high schools, colleges Read More
If you are — or have ever had or been — a kid, if you like to read and you like to creep yourself out, then you probably know the name R.L. Stine. The prolific author has written hundreds of horror stories for kids, none more popular than his long-running series of frightfests, Goosebumps. Until Read More
Growing up in Bexley, Daniel. H. Pink said his childhood was filled with “team sports, public libraries, and sitcoms.” He graduated from Bexley City’s Bexley High School in 1982. “Working on our school newspaper, The Torch, I learned how to write for a real audience of readers rather than for just one teacher,” Pink said. Read More
Our July 3 alumni open house attracted alumni from classes as far back as 1954, as well as many members of the BHS reunion classes of ’65, ’75 and ’85. The event also marked the start of a new chapter for BEF: just one week earlier, documents were filed with the State of Ohio to merge Read More
Best-selling horror fiction writer and BHS Class of ’61 alumnus, Robert “R.L” Stine is in the spotlight once again but this time he is being portrayed on the big screen by comedic actor, Jack Black. The Goosebumps movie, that has creatures from Goosebumps books running wild, opened with a nationwide release on October 16. Stine Read More
Over 40 former Bexley Lions football players joined members of the current football team for pre and post-game festivities on Friday, September 25. The Varsity Football Lions won the game, beating West Jefferson 42-35. The Varsity Football Lions ended their season with an overall record of 9-3 and a conference record of 6-1, earning them Read More
The tradition of academic excellence in Bexley lives on and is exemplified by the recognition of eight members of the BHS Class of 2016 who have been were invited to participate in the National Merit Scholars Program. They are: Nathan Brownstein, Jonah Dolin, David Heym, Clara Hirsch, Aron Reman, Venkatesh Sivaraman, Jonah Stuber and Cassandra Read More
