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Central looking to increase course options

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is working on a plan that would allow most students to take algebra and earth science in eighth grade, if they wish, according to Superintendent John DeTommaso. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/21/15

The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will host a Drug Take-Back Day on May 30. Bellmore-Merrick’s first-ever drug take-back event yielded 10 33-gallon bags –– or more than 200 pounds –– of medications last fall. Above were, from left, David Seinfeld, the Central District assistant superintendent for instruction; Wendy Tepfer, Community Parent Center executive director; and Saul Lerner, the Central District director of health, phys. ed. and athletics.

Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center to hold Drug Take-Back Day

The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will host a Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mepham High School, 2401 Camp Ave., Bellmore. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/20/15

Cory Epstein, a junior and student ambassador at Kennedy High School, came up with the idea for the Ties for Ties initiative.

The ties that bind Bellmore-Merrick

Students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s five schools are working to tie the community together — literally and figuratively. Thanks to the brainstorming of a Kennedy … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/15/15

The Mepham and Kennedy baseball teams recently squared off at the SUNY Farmingdale Baseball Complex in a special charity game to honor military personnel and their families.

Kennedy, Mepham go to bat for vets

Kennedy and Mepham high schools recently went to bat for veterans. Students played in a baseball game on April 10 that doubled as a charity fund-raiser for a nonprofit organization that supports … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/17/15

Mepham High School junior Kristen Corless, left, posed with her first-place certificate at the American Association of Teachers of Italian poetry recitation contest

Mepham student wins Italian poetry contest

A Mepham High School student recently won a Long Island-wide Italian poetry contest. Junior Kristen Corless earned first place in Level IV of an Italian poetry recitation contest sponsored by the … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/17/15

On March 26, State Farm Agents Suzanne Aral-Boutros and Scott Hermann, right, presented a $25,000 check to the Community Parent Center for its “Drive in the Safe Lane” program at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. On hand were, from left, Tom Volpe, director of transportation for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; John DeTommaso, the district’s superintendent; Cynthia Strait Régal, deputy superintendent for business; Dr. Mara Bollettieri, assistant superintendent for personnel; Wendy Tepfer, director of the Parent Center; and Marge Lee, president of Dedicatedd, a DWI victim advocacy group.

State Farm gives $25K to Community Parent Center

State Farm donated $25,000 on March 26 to the Community Parent Center, a Bellmore-Merrick nonprofit organization that supports parents and families with children in kindergarten to 12th grade, for its “Drive in the Safe Lane” program at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. more

4/16/15

Marla Kilfoyle, a leader of the activist organization Badass Teachers Association, spoke at a forum on state education policies on March 31 at Brookside School in North Merrick.

Parents, educators decry testing at forum

On March 31, a crowd of roughly 150 people, mostly parents and teachers in Bellmore and Merrick, packed the auditorium at Brookside School in North Merrick for a forum on the state’s education policies. more

By Brian Racow | 4/9/15

Hundreds of participants turned out for the One Voice, One Message 5K, despite the weather.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District 5K off and running

For a while on the morning of March 21, organizers of the first One Voice, One Message 5K Run/Walk, hosted by the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, wondered whether anyone would show. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/25/15

Kennedy High School sent a team of 15 competitors, with two alternates, to the New York State Science Olympiad in Syracuse March 13-14. The team’s advisers are Alexis Vandergoot, far left, and Helmut Schleith and Daniel Jantzen, second and third from right.

Kennedy squad qualifies for State Science Olympiad

On March 12, Kennedy High School senior Sara Harris was sticking colored pins into black and yellow tubes that wrapped in a tangle around a long, metal dowel, supported by a square, black base. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/25/15

Bellmore-Merrick Central District super decries state aid fight

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School’s superintendent railed during a March 11 Board of Education meeting against the inability of Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature to reach a compromise over education aid. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/18/15

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