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North Merrick students worked on their math during a recent lesson.

‘Opt-outs’ in Merricks increase during math exams

Sometime between when third- to eighth-grade students took state English Language Arts tests at the beginning of April and when they took state math tests four weeks later, some Merrick and North Merrick parents decided that enough was enough. more

By Brian Racow | 5/23/14

Camp Avenue Elementary School sixth-graders played hostesses and hosts at a Western-themed banquet for senior citizens from East Meadow’s The Bristal Assisted Living on May 15. Top row. from left, were Brianna Liossatos, Melanie Fiore, Haley Yegidis and Francesca Ward; bottom row, Bill and Caroline Rose, Gianna Smash and Michele Landro.

Camp Avenue students connect with seniors

The cowgirls and cowboys of North Merrick’s Camp Avenue Elementary School threw a hoedown for local senior citizens on May 15. more

5/22/14

A group of veterans attended the Merrick Board of Education’s meeting on April 8. Several spoke out in favor of school tax exemptions for veterans.

School board pledges Aug. vote on vets’ tax breaks

The Merrick Board of Education will vote in three months whether to grant community veterans school tax breaks, board members told a group of veterans, including leaders of Merrick’s American Legion Post 1282, at the board’s May 13 meeting. more

By Brian Racow | 5/21/14

Incumbent, newcomer run for North Merrick school board seats

Information about the candidates. more

5/16/14

Two familiar names in Merrick running for school board seats

The Herald Life profiles the candidates. more

5/16/14

N. Merrick schools finish budget, community to vote

The North Merrick School District Board of Education this month adopted a budget for next school year that will, if approved by the community in the school vote on May 20, sustain level funding for most of the district’s functions and programs, according to Superintendent David Feller. more

By Brian Racow | 5/15/14

MERRICK: Vote 'yes' on school budgets

Endorsing the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District budget is, for us, a no-brainer. The district’s 2014-15 budget is set to rise by 1.97 percent, from $136.5 million this year to a little more than $139 million next year. And, despite a lower-than-hoped-for state aid increase of $200,000, the district does not plan to cut services for students. In fact, it is restoring some services such as BOCES dance, which had been cut during the leanest years of the 2008-09 recession and its aftermath. more

5/15/14

There will likely be one less sixth grade classroom teacher at Chatterton School come the fall. Merrick Superintendent Dominick Palma said this is due to declining student enrollment. He described a budget for next school year that would “continue to maintain a high quality education for the children” and would be cost-neutral to Merrick property taxpayers after they receive a rebate check from the state.

Community to vote on Merrick School District budget

The Merrick School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for next school year that will, if approved by the community in the school vote on May 20, sustain level funding for most of the district’s functions and programs, according to Superintendent Dominick Palma. more

By Brian Racow | 5/14/14

At Birch Elementary School were National Foreign Language Week honorees with school officials, including Maya Spottiswood, Sophia Chen, Jordyn Fuller, Bella Joslin, Alina Noreika and Kaitlyn Medina; second row, Spanish teacher Jackie Geltman, Gabby Ostroff, Joshua Forstadt, Eric Shindel, Lara Indich, Brandon Lin and Principal Kerri Schlissel.

Birch, Chatterton elementary schools celebrate languages

Birch and Chatterton elementary schools in the Merrick School District recently celebrated National Foreign Language Week with a poster and literary contest, for which all participating students received certificates. The students’ projects interpreted this year’s theme, “Don’t Let Learning a Language Slip Through Your Fingers!” more

5/8/14

Students’ test scores qualify North Merrick School District for $225,000

The North Merrick School District announced in March that each of its schools — Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road — had qualified for a $75,000 “Reward School Dissemination Grant” from the state Education Department due to their students’ high performance on state assessment tests in 2011 and 2012. more

By Brian Racow | 4/17/14

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