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Mia McElwee made her way up the Newbridge Road Park hill with her sled.
School's out –– sledding's in at Newbridge Road Park
The temperature's in the mid-30s. There's a foot of snow on the ground. There's no school. What to do? For Bellmore-Merrick kids, the answer is obvious: Go sledding at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore. more
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Terri Schlissel, right, was named Birch Elementary School principal on Tuesday.
Merrick names Birch School principal
At the Merrick Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, school officials announced that Birch School will soon have a new principal with a familiar face -- Vice Principal Kerri Schlissel. more
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Kennedy keeper going Division I
Katie Marcy, seated, a Kennedy High School senior, signed a letter of intent on Tuesday to play soccer for Wagner College on Staten Island, a Division I school. more
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Bellmore-Merrick districts cancel school on Wednesday
Owing to possible blizzard-like conditions, all classes and activities in all five Bellmore-Merrick area school districts have been canceled on Wednesday, Feb. 10. On Tuesday evening, weather prognosticators were predicting more than a half-foot of snow, prompting the cancellations. more
Fourth-grade students in the North Merrick School District wrote letters to fictional pen pals explaining what it was like to be a victim of the devastating earthquake in Haiti last month as part of a districtwide Superintendent's Challenge.
Merrick schools show support for Haiti
All around, Merrick and North Merrick students and school staff members are pulling together to help earthquake victims in Haiti. Below, find out what is being done to help. more
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Central officials consider nixing summer school
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials are weighing whether to eliminate summer school in 2010 owing to $2.2million in potential cuts to the district’s state aid package. The cuts, if approved by the state Legislature, would reduce Bellmore-Merrick’s total aid by nearly 12 percent. more
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Our children don’t deserve to be sold out
Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions. more
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School officials: State spent stimulus early
Federal stimulus money allowed Bellmore-Merrick school districts to patch holes in their budgets caused by state aid cuts last spring, but that may not be the case entirely this year. In December, the cash-strapped state used part of its 2010-11 federal stimulus money to prevent midyear reductions in state aid for education in the current school year, said Matt Anderson, a state Budget Office spokesman. more
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A good deed indeed for Sacred Heart seventh-graders
Seventh-graders at Sacred Heart School in North Merrick recently collected gently used blankets and coats for the homeless. The coats and blankets were donated to the Mary Brennan Inn for distribution to those in need. more
The Calhoun High School kickline ran through a routine at the fourth annual Calhoun High School Health Fair.
Calhoun Health Fair shows teens how to get fit
In the center of the Calhoun High School gymnasium, Heather West, executive chef at Monterey in Long Beach and season two winner of "Hell’s Kitchen," was grilling lightly seasoned turkey burgers with senior Katie Smith. more
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