Merokean Tammy McLoughlin recently pulled a fast one on her father, Joseph Metzger III, and he couldn’t have been happier — or prouder.
McLoughlin told her dad that he had to –– he just had to –– come with her to watch the Jan. 29 Mepham-Calhoun junior-varsity girls’
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By Scott Brinton
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2/12/13
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Mepham High School librarian Shari Stack said she could not have predicted three events in the past three years of her life: that she would suffer a stroke at age 29, that she would have a second one 16 months later, and that she would tell a national television audience about the attacks on “The Dr. Oz Show” a year and a half after that.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/31/13
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Led by coaches Nicole Kyriacou DeBonis and Jayna Kyriacou Von Gerichten, the Mepham varsity cheerleadering squad took first place in the co-ed division of the Hudson Valley Cheer Championships on Jan. 19.
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1/24/13
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Winthrop-University Hospital’s Pediatric Department in Mineola overflowed with toys of all shapes and sizes, from dolls to board games, on Jan. 4 when New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. and his helpers from Mepham High School delivered a load of goodies collected before the holidays.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/16/13
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For her senior science thesis, Calhoun High School researcher Emma McNamara studied macaque monkeys to better understand the relationship between the morphology, or structure, of females’ canine teeth and their dominance in the social hierarchy of their troop. By studying teeth molds at New York University’s Anthropology Department and films of macaques in the wild, she found that females with bigger canine teeth equaled or surpassed the aggressiveness of males.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/15/13
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A Wellington C. Mepham High School alumnus was arrested last week and charged with threatening to shoot “everyone” at the school, police said.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/7/13
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New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. of Merrick recently visited Mepham High School in Bellmore to thank students for their continued support of his “Extend the Holidays” toy drive.
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12/20/12
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Wellington C. Mepham High School students made the auditorium stage their runway last week for a fashion show fundraiser.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/6/12
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Mepham High students and alumni showed their spirit last Saturday at the school’s Homecoming parade, which paid special tribute to Mepham’s 75th anniversary.
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By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com
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9/20/12
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Mepham High School’s Homecoming parade carried extra significance this year, as the school is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and to help mark the occasion, Mepham added a daylong carnival to its Homecoming festivities on Saturday.
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By David Weingrad
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9/19/12
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