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WINGS program teacher Wendy Leavin with WINGS students Nicholas Mamay, Ava Bayat, Isabella Heo, Rebecca Sirof, James Edom, Katie Costello, Samuel Small, Andrew Hanlon, T.J. Rogers, Jasper Seabold and Brian Campanelli.

WINGS students learn justice system’s ropes

Wendy Leavin, who teaches fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders in the North Merrick School District’s gifted program, WINGS, says she likes her lessons to be pertinent to the real world ... more

By Brian Racow | 6/25/14

Isabella Mra and Patrick Sanchez, fifth-graders at Fayette, left, and Rhiannon Bradley and Jessica Mark, fifth-graders at Levy-Lakeside School, right, flashed smiles.

Scrabble tourney a blast for Merrick, North Merrick students

Elementary school students from the Progressive School of Long Island and Camp Avenue, Chatterton, Fayette, Levy-Lakeside, and Old Mill Road schools recently participated in a Scrabble tournament on May 27 at the Merrick Library. more

6/12/14

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

The cast from the North Merrick School District’s production of “Oliver!” which will play Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22 at Brookside School, assembled onstage during a rehearsal on March 10.

Students thrive inside N. Merrick’s actors studio

The guiding philosophy of the North Merrick School District’s theatre arts program is, in a word, “inclusiveness,” according to Joyce Kelley, a sixth-grade teacher at Fayette School and the program’s director, choreographer and co-founder. more

By Brian Racow | 3/19/14

Bellmore-Merrick schools closed Wednesday due to snow

Schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22 due to the snowstorm moving through the area. The Merrick, North Merrick and North Bellmore school districts will also be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22. more

By Brian Racow | 1/21/14

Michele Meehan, a special-education aide at Old Mill Road School, received a hug from John McDaid, the Old Mill Road principal, at the May 14 North Merrick Board of Education meeting as he presented her with a certificate of recognition and appreciation for using the Heimlich maneuver to save a student from choking.

Old Mill Road aide saves choking student

Michele Meehan, a 19-year special-education aide at Old Mill Road Elementary School in North Merrick, heard a “funny cough” behind her earlier this month in the classroom in which she works. When she turned around, Meehan saw a fifth-grade girl clearly in distress — the girl had begun choking while eating an apple during snack time. “She was in trouble,” Meehan later recalled. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 5/30/13

North Merrick Board of Education trustees, district administrators and parents discussed the merits of more than a dozen proposals to increase school security at a special meeting at Fayette Elementary School on March 12.

North Merrick district weighs security choices

Like many school districts across the nation, North Merrick is considering a range of measures to increase security in its three elementary schools — Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road — in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 3/20/13

Old Mill Road School fights cockroach infestation

A cockroach infestation that has been ongoing at Old Mill Road School since the spring has seen improvements over the past few weeks, said North Merrick Superintendent David Feller, but parents remain concerned about potential health issues. more

By David Weingrad | 10/10/12

State rewards Bellmore-Merrick schools

Eight Bellmore and Merrick schools were commended for academic excellence recently, receiving Reward School status from the New York State Department of Education, district officials said. more

By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com | 9/28/12

Olympic figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi read her latest children's book, "It's a Big World, Little Pig," at Old MIll Road Elementary School in North Merrick on Wednesday afternoon.

Olympic champion stops by Old Mill Road

Third-graders at Old Mill Road Elementary School in North Merrick gathered at the front entrance of the school, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Olympic figure skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi on Wednesday afternoon. When Yamaguchi, 40, entered the school minutes later, she was met by an exuberant greeting from the students to welcome her. more

By David Weingrad | 3/7/12

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