Each year, the Society for Science & the Public awards Research Report and Initiative badges to recognize excellence in students’ submissions to the Intel Science Talent Search, considered among the country’s most competitive and prestigious science contests.
Two student researchers at Calhoun High School in Merrick, David Braunstein and Simon Goldstein, received badges.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/4/15
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Students in Calhoun High School’s Breakfast Club and its Prep for Life program recently joined together to create Valentine’s Day cards for veterans.
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2/18/15
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Poetry went from the printed word to dramatic performance when students at schools across the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District recently took part in Poetry Out Loud recitation …
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2/18/15
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Eight Calhoun High School seniors recently signed letters of intent to play sports in college, and Calhoun held a ceremony on Jan. 16, emceed by Assistant Principal Neil Testa, to celebrate the athletes’ accomplishments.
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2/4/15
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On weekdays, Adam Lefkowitz spent his time at South Shore Country Day School and Camp on Newbridge Road. Eager for new projects, he excitedly waited to learn crafts alongside his “little …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/14/15
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Santa Claus ditched his sled for a ride on a Merrick Fire Department truck on Dec. 6.
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12/23/14
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The Merrick Kiwanis Club brought holiday cheer –– and loads of food and toys –– to 43 families in need last Saturday.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/17/14
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“How are you doing so far?” Hempstead Town Councilman Gary Hudes bellowed, addressing Peter Palazzo’s class at Calhoun High School on a recent Thursday.
“Outstanding!” senior Spencer Kaufman replied.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/26/14
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The train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin more than 75 years later. It was the winter of 1939. Pike Rubin, an only child who was 8½ at the time, was steaming from Breslau, in Nazi Germany, to Naples, Italy, where she was to board a cruise ship, the Hakusaki Maru, bound for Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/26/14
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Local choral groups will herald the start of the holiday season during the Merrick Brotherhood Council’s Thanksgiving Festival of Music on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Calhoun High School.
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11/20/14
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