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Nicole Tschan, Gregg Zogby and Social-Studies Chairwoman Robyn Einbinder have worked to develop a personal finance program at Mepham High School that is now nationally ranked.

Mepham nationally ranked for finance education

Mepham High School has been recognized as one of the top 100 high schools in the nation for personal finance education by the Working in Support of Education (W!SE) Financial Literacy Certification Program, Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials said. more

5/15/14

Grand student takes first in language arts contest

A Grand Avenue Middle School seventh-grader recently won a Long Island writing competition, according to Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials. more

5/15/14

Members of the North Merrick Fire Department held flags at the plaque dedication, which Judy Mankita, Superintendent John DeTommaso, Mepham Principal Michael Harrington, Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, John Scalesi, Assemblyman Dave McDonough, Sheryl Perry and Legislator Michael Venditto attended.

Mepham Key Club dedicates plaque at Brookside 9/11 memorial

The Mepham High School Key Club and Bellmore Kiwanis Club recently dedicated a memorial plaque honoring the 24 Bellmore-Merrick victims who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/15/14

BELLMORE: Vote 'yes' on school budgets

Endorsing the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District budget is, for us, a no-brainer. The district’s 2014-15 budget is set to rise by 1.97 percent, from $136.5 million this year to a little more than $139 million next year. And, despite a lower-than-hoped-for state aid increase of $200,000, the district does not plan to cut services for students. In fact, it is restoring some services such as BOCES dance, which had been cut during the leanest years of the 2008-09 recession and its aftermath. more

5/15/14

Ed Grosskreuz took on the role of Caesar Flickerman from “The Hunger Games” while interviewing junior Laiba Qurashi during the contest.

Mepham hosts ‘Hunger Games’ poetry contest

Fifteen Mepham High School students hoped that the odds would be “ever in their favor” on April 24 at the first-ever Poetry Games. In honor of National Poetry Month, the school hosted a … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/7/14

Calhoun Glamour Gals members, from left, Jackie Chin, Alison McCutchan, Sarah Protan, Cameron Morales, Sarah Sandler and Claire Murphy visited with seniors at the Belair Nursing Home in North Bellmore in January.

A glamorous role for volunteers

Sarah Sandler founded a Glamour Gals chapter at Calhoun this year after being inspired by the charity’s mission to foster self-esteem and mutual respect between two generations. Twenty Calhoun students have visited local nursing homes, where they have developed relationships with older women through makeovers, manicures and conversation. more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/7/14

Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, left, tested goggles used to track eye movement. Failing the test could indicate a concussion. She was assisted by Omarys Herasme-Parker, a field manager with the Brain Trauma Foundation.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District joins in national concussion study

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is taking part in a national study, conducted by the nonprofit Brain Trauma Foundation, that aims to more precisely map the number of high school athletes who suffer concussions. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/29/14

Kennedy High School junior Mara Friedman sang Mozart’s “An Chloe” during the ceremony at her school.

Hundreds inducted into Bellmore-Merrick Central’s Honor Society

Hundreds of Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham students were inducted into their high schools’ chapters of the National Honor Society on April 9. The society recognizes students’ academic … more

4/23/14

Hundreds of high school runners participated in the Paul Limmer Invitational at Mepham High School this year.

Off to the races at Mepham High

Hundreds of runners gathered at the Mepham High School track last weekend for the eighth annual Paul Limmer Invitational on April 5. … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/10/14

Felicia Schneberg, director of education and training at the Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services, recently showed participants in a Central District seminar how to assemble intranasal inhalers used to administer Narcan, an opioid antidote.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District hosts ‘lifesaving’ seminar

A month ago, Calhoun High School Principal David Seinfeld reached out to Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials with a heavy heart. Saul Lerner, the district’s director of health and physical education, said Seinfeld called to say that he was worried because he had recently attended three funerals of former Calhoun students, all of whom had died of heroin overdoses. more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/9/14

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