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Chris Memoli, center, with Meadowbrook Alternative Program students last week.

“Are you indestructible? I thought I was,” an electronic voice asked students at the Meadowbrook Alternative Program at the Brookside School in North Merrick last week. The voice detailed the … more

By Deirdre Krasula | 4/14/11

Mepham High School junior Bilal Siddiqui recently earned first place in the Microbiology category at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. Joining him to celebrate his win were, from left, Mepham Principal Michael Harrington, science research adviser Dr. David Kommor and Science Department Chairman Dr. Patrick Mannion.

Mepham junior is a rising star in science research

Bilal Siddiqui, who is all of 17, began work on a research project aimed at understanding how cancer cells hijack the body’s own enzymes in order to metastasize, or spread, when he was still a sophomore at Mepham High School last year. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/13/11

Mepham High School senior Steven Tsai, center, recently won New York’s Poetry Out Loud competition. Now he is headed to national finals of the contest in Washington, D.C. He was honored during last week’s Bellmore-Merrick Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting. He was joined by Central Superintendent Dr. Henry Kiernan and board President Nina Lanci.

Mepham senior crowned NY’s poetry king

Mepham High School senior Steven Tsai was recently crowned New York state champion in the Poetry Out Loud competition, a national contest that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance and competition. more

By David Weingrad | 4/11/11

Put teachers before substitutes

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is planning to cut 13 teaching positions next school year. Before the district cuts these teachers, though, it must do everything in its power to save them. They are the people who give your children an education, not SMART Boards, not artificial-turf fields and not substitute-teachers. more

By Ross Shulman | 4/7/11

Mepham takes first at Physics Olympiad

A team of five Mepham High School students recently took first place at the Physics Olympiad at SUNY Farmingdale. The winning physicists were, from left, Werda Alam, Tara Panzarino, Mollie Bienstock, Josh Haimson and Bilal Siddiqui. They were joined by their teacher and coach William Leacock. more

4/7/11

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Trustee Jonathan Butler.

Bel-Mer Central teachers, administrators OK salary freeze

Teachers and administrators in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District have agreed to voluntarily freeze their salaries for the 2011-12 academic year in order to avoid further budget cuts and preserve student programs. In all, the wage freeze will save the district $840,000, according to Central officials. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/25/11

The Bellmore-Merrick Bulldogs ice hockey team recently finished second in the state championships in Buffalo.

Central hockey squad skates to second at states

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s ice hockey team, the Bulldogs, finished second in the state championships in Buffalo last week. more

By David Weingrad | 3/14/11

Opposes synthetic football fields

To the Editor: At a time when school taxes are high, the state is cutting school aid and everyone is trying to reduce spending, two Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District trustees have proposed placing a $3.5 million to $4.5 million bond on the May ballot to fund construction of three synthetic-turf football fields. more

3/11/11

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s 2011 National Merit finalists are, from left, Benjamin Dickstein, Steven Tsai, Gregory Manis, Darwin Shen and Joshua Cohen. They were joined here at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting by Superintendent Dr. Henry Kiernan and Board of Education President Nina Lanci.

Five Central students named National Merit finalists

Five Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District seniors recently learned that they are finalists in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. They are: Benjamin Dickstein of Calhoun High School; Joshua Cohen, Gregory Manis and Darwin Shen of Kennedy High School; and Steven Tsai of Mepham High School more

By Scott Brinton | 3/3/11

Parents await figures on artificial-turf fields

As he has at recent Board of Education meetings, Calhoun High School parent Eric Strezenec called on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education on Feb. 3 to release figures … more

By Scott Brinton | 2/8/11

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