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Mepham kickline recognized as national champions

The Town of Hempstead presented Mepham High School’s varsity kickline team with a national championship sign on Aug. 17 to commemorate the girls’ stellar performance at the National Dance … more

8/25/20

North Merrick native Kevin Collins, far right, with his parents, Pat and Karen, on the football field at the University of Texas, where he serves as the director of development.

Mepham High School alumnus finds his niche at U.T.

Setting aside his aspirations to join the New York Mets’ broadcast team, North Merrick native Kevin Collins has found his niche as Director of Development at the University of … more

By Tony Bellissimo | 8/25/20

Mepham kickline recognized as national champions

The Town of Hempstead presented Mepham High School’s varsity kickline team with a national championship sign on Aug. 17 to commemorate the girls’ stellar performance at the National Dance … more

8/24/20

Mepham High School physics teacher William Leacock, who once led a lecture on Halloween wearing a beekeeper’s suit, retired at the end of the 2019-20 school year.

William Leacock looks back after 30 years as a physics teacher at Mepham High School

The unusual end of the 2019-20 school year also marked the final chapter of a storied 30-year career in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District for Mepham physics teacher William Leacock, … more

By Justin Dynia | 7/22/20

Graduates stood on the Mepham field as administrators called their names during diploma distribution.

Mepham High School graduates the class of 2020

The graduating class of 2020 was celebrated at 18 ceremonies on the Wellington C. Mepham, Sanford H. Calhoun and John F. Kennedy High School football fields, spread out across three days in order to … more

7/1/20

Ronald Reznik, a sophomore at Wellington C. Mepham High School, is heading to Washington, D.C., to advocate for gifted education in front of members of Congress.

Mepham student to speak for the 'gifted' on Capitol Hill

What if Christopher Columbus, before setting sail, decided not to take an uncharted route, and instead followed a known path to India, and never landed in America? Questions like this one, which warp … more

By Andrew Garcia | 3/12/20

Mepham High School teacher and Bellmore resident Josephine Parlagreco was recognized by the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores as the 2020 recipient of the Zagarino Outstanding Community Member of the Year Award.

Mepham High School's Josephine Parlagreco honored by Bellmore chamber

It wasn’t surprising to hear that Josephine Parlagreco, of Bellmore, was spending her winter break in Europe. She is a chemistry teacher at Mepham High School, the adviser of the school’s … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 2/27/20

Lorrie Dellacroce wears no. 10 on the Mepham Pirates girls’ varsity basketball team.

Mepham High School senior follows the road to recovery

A year ago, Mepham High School senior Lorrie Dellacroce, then a junior and the new starting point guard of the girls’ varsity basketball team, had a promising season cut short in devastating … more

By Rocco Law | 1/23/20

Mepham High School teacher Jason Vitale remembered

The Bellmore, Merrick and Baldwin communities are mourning the loss of a longtime community advocate and beloved teacher. Hundreds of people filled the pews of St. Christopher’s Church in … more

By Alyssa Seidman and Bridget Downes | 1/9/20

Mepham High School teacher dies following skiing accident

A Mepham High School science teacher died Saturday following a skiing accident in Killington, Vt., according to the Associated Press. Jason Vitale, 48, of Baldwin, was skiing at Vermont’s … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 1/2/20