Keyword: Merrick School District
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In an effort to protect students with food allergies, the Merrick School District introduced a new health policy regulating the food students bring into the classroom.
Merrick schools’ new snack policy sparks debate
Just days before the start of the 2017-18 school year, the Merrick School District introduced a new health policy regulating the food students can bring into the classrooms. more
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The North Merrick School District elections were held this year at the public library, rather than the school. A debate is ongoing about electioneering on school grounds.
Electioneering dispute in North Merrick district soon to be resolved
A dust-up over school district electioneering in North Merrick that has caused acrimony in the community may have been resolved amicably, although district officials are still not commenting. more
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Camp Avenue Elementary, part of the North Merrick School District.
Newcomers step up to the plate in North Merrick School District
Two newcomers were voted onto the North Merrick Board of Education on Tuesday night. more
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Vote for Corona, Katz in North Merrick district
Four candidates are vying for two seats this year on the North Merrick Board of Education — two longtime incumbents and two newcomers. Trustee Jonathan Butler and Vice President Lisa Katz are seeking new terms against their challengers, Ed Corona and Tracey Miller, respectively. more
Cynthia Seniuk was recently appointed as the North Merrick School District superintendent.
N. Merrick district welcomes new superintendent
As current North Merrick Superintendent David Feller has been preparing to retire in recent months, the Board of Education searched for a new superintendent, finally appointing one at its last meeting. The board named Dr. Cynthia Seniuk to the post. more
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North Merrick Schools Superintendent David Feller welcomed students and their families and thanked them for their participation in the Keep-A-Merrick Beautiful contest.
Contest brings out the beauty in Merrick
Children squirmed and wiggled in their seats as they waited to walk the stage at Harold D. Fayette School to receive their awards in the annual Keep A-Merrick-A Beautiful contest. more
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Representatives of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and Community Parent Center, State Sen. Michael Venditto, County Legislator Steve Rhoads, and officials of the Nassau County Police Department and Bellmore, North Bellmore, Merrick and North Merrick elementary school districts were on hand to collect prescription pain medications at the third annual Drug Take-back Day.
Officials: 3rd drug take-back a success
With gloves on their hands, volunteers collected hundreds of medicine bottles from residents who had come to dispose of unused prescription medications at the third annual Drug Take-back Day at Merrick Avenue Middle School on May 21. more
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Kalimah Geter, from the New York State Education Department, watched as students from Lisa Drewes’s sixth-grade class brainstormed ideas in small groups.
State Education Department visits North Merrick
Children, teachers and staff members at Harold D. Fayette and Old Mill Road elementary schools welcomed special guests from the New York State Education Department on Sept. 29 after they achieved Reward School status. more
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Liliana Hecker/Herald Life First day of school photos at Birch School on Sept. 1 showed children with smiles, despite the 80-degree temperatures. Above, kindergartners colored at their tables in the classroom of teachers Denise Kvint and Traci Dalessandro.
Board meeting heats up over air-conditioning
Air-conditioning –– or the lack of it –– became a heated topic at the Merrick School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The lack of air-conditioning in classrooms at Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside elementary schools has been discussed for several years, more so when temperatures hit the mid-to high-80s during the first week of school, as well as in June, when school is ending. more
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Barbara Byrne received a proclamation from Assemblyman Dave McDonough with husband, John Byrne, at the Sept. 8 North Merrick School District Board of Education meeting upon her retirement.
N. Merrick School District honors retiree, veteran
Before Barbara Byrne even reached the North Merrick Board of Education room, she accepted congratulatory hugs from supporters and life-long friends on her retirement. Once she settled in her seat, with her husband, John Byrne, by her side, she quietly waited for the meeting to begin on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Byrne worked for the North Merrick School District for 31 years as a lunch monitor and special-education aide at Old Mill Road Elementary School. Working with children was always a fun, exciting experience, she said. more
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