More than 300 Mepham High School seniors looked back on their fondest memories over the past four years while looking forward to the future at their commencement last Sunday. The Bellmore-Merrick … more

When ticking off the many and varied phys. ed. programs that Saul Lerner has brought to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, you quickly realize what a profound and lasting impact he has had on the lives of thousands of students, his colleagues say. Among the programs are girls’ lacrosse, boys’ badminton, bicycling in gym classes, and first aid/cardiopulmonary resuscitation for all students, a program begun with the Merrick-based Robbie Levine Foundation, to name just a few. Lerner is the Central District’s director of physical education, health, athletics, driver’s education and adult education. After 19 years in the district and 35 years in education, Lerner, 58, will retire on June 30. “It’s been a great run,” he said during an interview last week, “and I loved every minute of it, and I love the community.” more

The 11th annual Bellmore-Merrick Challenge Day brought together special-education students from across Nassau County and seniors in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District for a day of fun and games at Calhoun High School on May 20. more

Calhoun High School teacher Alana Baard describes her classes as never-ending pajama parties. No kidding. Pajama parties. “Everyone is so eager to learn,” she says. more

The teenager, a student at Calhoun High School, had a “severe case of alcohol poisoning,” said Calhoun Principal Nicole Hollings in an email to parents on June 12. He drank at a “large gathering” of Calhoun seniors in the woods between Brookside School and the Meadowbrook State Parkway, Hollings wrote. more

The Lawrence School District has mandated uniforms for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, an idea that . . . more

Elementary school district officials across the Bellmores expressed gratitude to residents for passing their 2015-16 budget plans. School trustee candidates also said they were thrilled to win terms … more

Bellmore middle-schoolers now have a turf field to call their own. Residents, students, faculty members and administrators gathered on May 4 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Grand Avenue Middle … more

“All of us were shocked by how great it went,” said David Seinfeld, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s assistant superintendent for instruction. He was referring to Drug Take-Back Day, ... more

The crowd stood and cheered for one woman during the May 7, 2013 North Bellmore Board of Education meeting — Marie Testa, who had just been named the district’s superintendent. Randee Colter, … more