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Each class at Wellington C. Mepham High School did battle for a cause last week, as an annual spirit event became a fundraiser for a cancer charity.
Battle of the Classes, which was organized by seniors in Chris Parren and Kerry Dennis’s Participation in Government class, was held in the Brookside School gymnasium on Nov. 14. The evening, filled with physical activity and Pirate pride, doubled as a fundraiser, with $3,815 collected for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/22/13
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Hundreds of local women gathered in Cedarhurst last week to support a Bellmore-Merrick breast cancer support center.
Circle of Hope, a project of the Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh Chabad Center for Jewish Life, hosted its second “Journey for a Purpose” benefit on Oct. 24. The event, which featured special guests and award presentations to local survivors and activists, attracted an estimated 400 women to the Sephardic Temple’s grand ballroom for what organizers described as an entertaining evening for a cause.
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/1/13
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For just the second time ever, female athletes at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore took to the school’s main field for a nighttime game last Thursday, Sept. 26. Like the following night’s Homecoming game between Kennedy and South Side High School’s football teams, relatives and friends of players stood cheering in the stands, music blared from loudspeakers, and the JFK Sports Boosters Club sold school clothing.
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By Brian Racow
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10/4/13
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Dozens gathered on May 18 at Merrick Road Park to take part in the Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event in which teams of people collect donations and then join together for nighttime walks and candlelight vigils.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/31/13
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Dean Brownworth was one of more than 200 students to have their heads shaved at Sanford H. Calhoun High School’s annual fundraiser to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation on March 19. But his …
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/29/13
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Lisa Scherer, a social studies teacher at John F. Kennedy High School, is a fan of 1940s musicals. She said she saw her chance to learn to move like Ginger Rogers and other stars of the era’s lavish productions at her school’s twist on a more modern show, “Dancing with the Stars.”
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/11/13
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When I heard that President Obama was playing golf with Tiger Woods two weekends ago, I wondered if the event might be interpreted as a kind of presidential pardon.
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2/28/13
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Students and teachers at Calhoun and Mepham high schools are hoping that as many people as possible shave their heads en masse next month.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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2/26/13
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The Pirettes weren’t the only ones forming a kickline at Mepham High School last week. Their male peers executed the choreography, in addition to showing their talents on stage, in an effort to be crowned the next “Mr. Mepham.”
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/25/13
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Sanford H. Calhoun students and faculty took the auditorium stage together on Dec. 18 to show the rest of the school community their talent for a cause.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/4/13
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