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John DeTommaso, the current assistant superintendent for instruction in the Bethpage School District, will take over as superintendent of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District on July 1.

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education has appointed John DeTommaso, the current assistant superintendent for instruction in the Bethpage School District, as superintendent of the Central School District, effective July 1. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/4/13

Dr. Henry Kiernan, far right, superintendent of the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District, will retire in June, after eight years in the district. Above, he met with students from the Meadowbrook Alternative Program and its director, Susan Ellinghouse, far left. Getting MAP off the ground, Kiernan said, was his proudest accomplishment.

Retiring Central District super looks back

When Dr. Henry Kiernan arrived in the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District in July 2005, newly hired as superintendent of schools, he found a district with a 1 percent dropout rate. Seventy-five percent of seniors from the district’s three high schools –– Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham –– went on to four-year colleges, and another 22 percent to two-year colleges. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/22/13

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District ninth-graders are studying 13.7 billion years of history this year, thanks to Bill Gates’s Big History Project. Above, Calhoun students hard at work recently, studying the Earth-centric and sun-centric views of the solar system. At rear was Andrew Cook of bgC3, which is overseeing the Big History Project for Gates.

Central District takes long view of history

As founder and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest computer software company, Bill Gates thinks big, but when it comes to history, he thinks really, really big. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/10/12

Bellmore-Merrick Superintendent Dr. Henry Kiernan, left, and Board of Education President Dr. Matthew Kuschner presented the Central District’s three valedictorians and three salutatorians at the June 6 board meeting. The honorees are, from left, Danielle Wolin, Kurt Brown, Bilal Siddiqui, Luke Massaro, Ross Iscowitz and Werda Alam.

Honors all around at Bellmore-Merrick Central District board meeting

The June 6 Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting was an evening for awards and accolades. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/13/12

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and the Friedberg JCC are teaming up to offer a summer camp for students entering seventh and eighth grades in September. At left were, from left, Alice Markinson, the JCC’s assistant director of early childhood education; Saul Lerner, the Central District’s director of health, physical education and athletics; Carlo Conte, the incoming Grand Avenue Middle School principal; Caryn Blum, the Merrick Avenue Middle School principal; and Joni Center, the JCC’s senior vice president for program services.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District, JCC offering summer camp

Finding the right summer experience for a middle school-age child is, no doubt, tough for parents. The Bellmore-Merrick Central School District and the Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center, with offices in Merrick and Oceanside, are teaming up this summer to provide a reasonably priced, fun-filled camp for children entering seventh and eighth grades in September. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 4/25/12

Central’s three high schools rank among Newsweek’s top 300

The hard work of Bellmore-Merrick students, teachers and administrators has garnered national recognition as all three Central District high schools –– Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham –– ranked in the top 300 of Newsweek’s America’s Best High Schools of 2011. more

By Alex Krinsky | 6/30/11

Bellmore-Merrick school leaders reflect on tax cap

No one is sure precisely what the 2 percent tax-levy cap passed by the state last week will mean for Bellmore-Merrick’s four elementary districts and one high school district, but it could force the districts to cut student programming and lay off teachers in order to stay under the legal limit. more

By Scott Brinton, David Weingrad and Deirdre Krasula | 6/30/11

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

Bellmore-Merrick district recognizes National Merit semifinalists

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District recognized its National Merit semifinalists at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting. more

10/8/10

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is erecting a 9/11 memorial with ‘sacred remains’ from the World Trade Center. A group of Central District officials and students went to Hangar 17 at Kennedy Airport last week to inspect the rusted girder that will form the centerpiece of the monument. Above are, from left, Dan Christoffel, a retired Calhoun High School art teacher; Peter Gat, an art conservator with the Port Authority; John Scalisi, the Central District’s facilities director; Peter Miller, a Port Authority financial analyst; Dr. Henry Kiernan, the Central District superintendent; students Julie Schnaars and Patrick Lugauer; and John Boyle, a Central District English teacher.

Central District erecting memorial with girder from the WTC

A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more

Scott Brinton | 5/17/10