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Before hearing a half-hour presentation on students’ many successes on New York State and Advanced Placement exams on Wednesday night, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education paused at its September meeting to honor Nina Lanci, who served on the Central board for seven years before losing in her re-election bid this past spring to newcomer John Ferrara.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/9/11
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Grades for the New York state English Language Arts and mathematics exams are in, and once again the Merrick and North Merrick school districts’ results surpassed the county average in nearly every grade.
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By David Weingrad
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8/19/11
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Five Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District seniors recently learned that they are finalists in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. They are: Benjamin Dickstein of Calhoun High School; Joshua Cohen, Gregory Manis and Darwin Shen of Kennedy High School; and Steven Tsai of Mepham High School
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By Scott Brinton
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3/3/11
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To graduate high school in New York, every student must pass a variety of Regents exams. In principle, the exams are a good thing. They ensure that graduates know enough of the basic concepts from each subject to pass a test. In practice, however, the Regents exams show nothing.
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Ross Shulman
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11/18/10
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District recognized its National Merit semifinalists at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting.
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10/8/10
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In a move that has confounded local school officials and is bound to confuse and upset many parents, State Education Department leaders recently announced that they were raising the raw scores that determine proficiency levels on the standardized tests taken by students in third through eighth grades.
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8/12/10
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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey unveiled the county's latest weapon to combat drunken driving this past w
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7/8/10
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When Kennedy High School senior Emily Mauser was younger, she watched helplessly as her mother suffered migraine headaches that were so debilitating that she had to shut herself in a pitch-black room with no noise to feel any sense of relief.
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Scott Brinton
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5/20/10
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Ah, spring! The weather warms. The robins return. People plant pansies. And the whir of lawnmowers can be heard for miles around. Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again to start caring for …
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4/3/10
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The Principal’s Office is taking a break from its usual lineup of heavy-hitting topics for one of the most popular features since the column’s inception –– the Writing Quiz (this time in the form of a spelling test).
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Steve Kussin
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12/23/09
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