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Nassau County police officer Ronald Curaba, left, and Christopher Lettieri saved North Bellmorite Denise Giammarino when she was trapped in her car by a fallen tree branch.
Police rescue woman trapped in car by branches, wires
Denise Giammarino, of North Bellmore, was driving on Martin Avenue in Bellmore when a large tree branch suddenly crashed through the electrical and power lines below it and onto her car on Feb. 16. more
Calhoun High Schools Josh Aberman is organizing the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s first Writers’ Festival, to be held Friday at Calhoun.
Bellmore-Merrick Central District to host first Writers' Festival
Calhoun High School senior Josh Aberman loves poetry, particularly the Beat Generation poetry produced by such luminaries as Allen Ginsberg. So, when Aberman was looking to do a fundraiser for the Economic Policy Institute as a senior project, he thought he might try an event aimed at writers. more
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Mepham High School students recently took part in a dress collection for young women from New York City who cannot afford everyday clothing, let alone prom dresses. Among the effort’s organizers were, back row, from left, Felisa Sternbach, Chris Campos, Dylan Morse and Theana Cheliotes; front row, Kayla Samala and Sydney Antener.
Mepham donates 100 dresses –– and loads of kindness
Black shopping bags overflowing with jeans and dresses filled the office of Theana Cheliotes, Mepham High School’s social worker for the past nine years, on a recent Thursday. Students were hurriedly preparing them to ship to Jamaica, Queens, for donation to the charitable organization 100 Suits for 100 Men. The nonprofit group normazlly collects business suits for men who cannot afford interview attire. A major roadblock that many low-income interviewees face is affording commonly accepted dress codes. more
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Five Kennedy High School seniors received Intel Science Talent Search Badges. They are, center, from left, Rachel Steinberg, Evan Rothchild, Rachel Mashal, Corey Epstein and Sarah Moussavi. They were joined by their Advanced Science Research advisers, Barbi Frank, left, and Barbara Franklin.
Five Kennedy seniors earn Intel badges
The Society for Science & The Public has awarded Intel Science Talent Search badges to five –– count ’em, five –– Kennedy High School students. Research Report … more
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Calhoun High School seniors Nicole Fegan, left and Paulina Fein, right, were recently awarded Intel Research Report Badges, which recognize the quality of the reports that they submitted to the Intel Science Talent Search last fall. They were joined by their Calhoun research adviser, Jennifer Pefanis.
Intel honors Calhoun seniors' reports
Each year the Society for Science & The Public awards Research Report Badges to students entering the Intel Science Talent Search whose reports demonstrate a high degree of research and are exceptionally well written. The reports, Bellmore-Merrick Central District science teachers say, could have been produced by graduate, rather than high school, science students. Two Calhoun High School seniors –– Nicole Fegan and Paulina Fein –– recently received word that they have been awarded Research Report Badges for their papers submitted to the Intel contest last fall. more
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Bellmore-Merrick Central District making big changes to Regents plan
In the past, only Advanced Placement English students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District took the English Regents in January of 11th grade. The feeling was that they should be ready at that point to pass the exam with a high mark, giving them greater time to concentrate on the A.P. exam in May. more
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The Long Island Power Authority is no longer paying taxes on properties that it owns throughout Nassau County. Instead, it’s making payments in lieu of taxes. The new payment plan, however, shortchanges school districts, officials say. Despite that, John DeTommaso, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District superintendent, above, said last week that he has no plans to exceed the state-mandated tax cap or cut services. What the future will hold, no one is certain.
Bellmore-Merrick dealing with new LIPA payment plan
Bellmore-Merrick homeowners could see their property-tax bills rise or services reduced in the future to make up for lost taxes that were, until recently, paid for by the Long Island Power Authority, and before that by the Long Island Lighting Company. more
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Austin McLoughlin, a senior at Calhoun High School in Merrick, saved a man’s life with the skills that he learned during a CPR unit he completed in phys. ed. class.
Calhoun senior saves hockey player with CPR
While attending an ice hockey tournament in upstate Lake Placid in late January, Calhoun High School senior Austin McLoughlin sprung into action to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation after a player was struck in the head and suffered a seizure on the ice. more
Kennedy seniors Sarah Moussavi and Steven Obadiah, front, recently had their science research papers accepted by the Long Island region of the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Joining them in one of Kennedy’s labs were their research advisers, Barbara Franklin, back left, and Barbi Frank.
Two Kennedy seniors headed to Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
Kennedy High School senior Sarah Moussavi, 17, took on one of neuroscience’s most perplexing, and intriguing, questions: How certain are humans in their own decision-making? To reach a … more
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Katherine Ratner and Brian Kishinevsky recently had papers accepted by the Long Island region of the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Joining them was their research adviser, Michael Hughes.
These researchers are no junior scientists
Katherine Ratner thought the measurement system used to categorize hurricanes –– called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale –– was inadequate. So the Calhoun High School senior, 17, set out to create a new system, one that better reflected the size and strength of these monster storms. more
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