Putting their knowledge of the English language to use, fourth-graders at Bellmore’s Winthrop Avenue School took part in the school’s annual spelling bee on Dec. 10. To qualify for the bee, …
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1/21/15
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School-aged children can use someone to talk to. Someone they can share their thoughts, goals and fears with who genuinely cares and wants what’s best for them.
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1/15/15
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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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Johnson Mutibagirana was 9 years old when he watched his mother’s execution alongside 40 other Tutsi neighbors when Hutus began the politically driven slaughter of a fellow Rwandan ethnic group in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/14/15
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Coaches from Cirque Du Jour, a Florida-based circus school, visited Bellmore’s Charles A. Reinhard Early Childhood Center earlier in the school year to teach students some fun new tricks to add to …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/8/15
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Children attending two Merrick schools recently received two gifts from Mepham High School students: a buddy and a book. Students in Mepham’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/8/15
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Students from North Bellmore’s Martin Avenue Elementary School brought the gift of music to the new County Christmas Village in Baldwin.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/29/14
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Students at the North Bellmore School District’s Park Avenue School recently received a lesson in garden-to-table cooking. Youngsters at the school, which is in North Merrick…
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/17/14
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Christine MacLeod, the now retired nurse at Dinkelmeyer Elementary School in North Bellmore, was awarded the 2014 Excellence in School Nursing Award by the New York State Association of School …
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12/17/14
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Grand Avenue Middle School science teacher Kenneth Abbot was honored by the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education at its Dec. 3 meeting.Abbot was recently awarded the …
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12/17/14
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