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Students in Christine O’Neill’s Spanish class at Mepham High School in North Bellmore used virtual-reality technology to tour Machu Picchu, in Peru, on Dec. 7.
Traveling to Machu Picchu — from desks in a classroom
Part 6 of the “Educating the 21st Century Child” series. Students held the Google Cardboard virtual-reality glasses to their faces on a recent Thursday. “Let’s get ready to … more
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Students in the BMBroadcasting program at Mepham High School in North Bellmore were busy on a recent Thursday preparing for an important show featuring an interview with the school principal, Eric Gomez. Among them were, clockwise from top left, sophomores Colleen Hefferen, of Bellmore, and Aidan Carolan, of North Merrick; senior Jason Spiller, of Bellmore; and junior Michael Daniels, of North Merrick. Simulating authentic workaday situations is at the heart of experiential learning, educators say.
Experiential learning, vocational education making a comeback
Part five in the series “Educating the 21st Century Child.”Mepham High School broadcast teacher Stu Stein often holds class in the dark, and with virtually every surface in his … more
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Rich Wojcieski, a Bellmore-Merrick health teacher, administered a test in his health class on Dec. 1 after speaking with the Herald about changes in the ways educators tackle human sexuality with the proliferation of social media.
When sex education meets technology
When educators and experts talk about the state of sex education in 2017, they return again and again to the concept of responsibility. The responsibility they speak of, however, has nothing to do with “safe sex,” the catchphrase so many adults remember from their middle and high school health classes. more
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Voters approved the sale of the Jerusalem Avenue school building to Nassau BOCES on Tuesday.
Bellmore-Merrick voters approve Jerusalem Avenue school building sale
Bellmore-Merrick voters on Tuesday approved the Central High School District’s referendum to sell the Jerusalem Avenue school building to Nassau BOCES for $12 million. The referendum passed with roughly 75 percent of the vote in a Dec. 5 special election, in which 759 voted in favor and 278 voted against. more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will begin its humanities initiative with an integrated English and social studies lesson on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Central district expands horizon this school year
The Bellmore-Merrick High School District is creating new academic opportunities for students this year, said Michael Harrington, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. more
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Vote for your Central and local school budgets
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials this year kept the budget not only within the state-mandated tax-levy cap, but well under it, at 2.98 percent. more
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District gets bump in state aid
The governor’s recently passed 2017-2018 budget includes a healthy increase in state aid for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. more
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After 19 years of leasing the building to Nassau BOCES, officials in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District are looking for voter approval this year to sell the building to the educational organization.
Bellmore-Merrick District looks to sell Jerusalem Ave. school
Officials in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District are looking for the public's OK to sell the Jerusalem Avenue school building to the Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services. more
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Sanford H. Calhoun High School
Three Central District schools make NY's top public schools list
John F. Kennedy, Sanford H. Calhoun and Wellington C. Mepham High Schools have all been named to Niche.com’s list of the 100 best public schools in New York. more
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Have a heart — become an organ donor this Valentine’s Day
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than 119,000 men, women and children on the national waiting list for organ donations. Even more sobering . . . more
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