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Bellmore’s youngest students recently learned how to use the emergency exit of a school bus.

The Bellmore School District’s youngest students recently learned how to keep themselves safe while riding the bus. more

10/9/14

Bellmore home invaders dressed as construction workers; one injured in attack

Three black men wearing hard hats, construction vests and dust masks robbed an Ellen Road home in south Bellmore on Friday morning, tying up the hands and feet of two homeowners... more

By Scott Brinton | 10/3/14

Courtesy Island Photography, Inc. Lorraine Poppe, principal of Kennedy High School, presented John DeTommaso, superintendent of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, with a commemorative gift at the Sept. 20 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Kennedy’s new synthetic-turf field.

Calhoun and Kennedy play on home turf

Students, faculty members and public officials recently celebrated the grand unveiling of new synthetic turf fields at Calhoun and Kennedy high schools. more

10/1/14

Among the volunteers collecting drugs were Allison Siegel, a Phoenix House social worker; Michael Reid, a Merrick Fire Department volunteer; and Dan Yngstrom, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg’s aide.

Getting pain pills off the street

A drug take-back event sponsored by the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, the Central High School District and the Heroin Task Force on Sept. 27 yielded more than 200 pounds of medications, representing hundreds, if not thousands, of the opioid prescription pain pills that a growing number of teenagers are abusing, according to Wendy Tepfer, the Parent Center’s executive director. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/1/14

Kennedy High School, which has a 99 percent graduation rate, was named one of the 25 "Best of the Northeast" by the Daily Beast

Central schools make Daily Beast best list

All three Bellmore-Merrick high schools were named to The Daily Beast’s “Top High Schools of 2014” national ranking, Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials said … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/17/14

The Mepham High football squad ran onto the school’s new synthetic-turf field for the first time last Saturday.

Mepham cuts the ribbon on turf field

Skies may have been gray, but the rainy weather couldn’t dampen the Pirates’ spirits last Saturday at the grand opening for Mepham High’s new synthetic-turf field. more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/17/14

Laser Industries worked throughout the summer to install artificial-turf fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Above, heavy machinery brought in earlier this summer at Calhoun High.

With school starting, turf fields are ready for play

With the summer winding down, so is work on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s three new artificial-turf athletic fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. The fields passed their final “bounce test” and were certified playable on Sept. 9, according to Saul Lerner, the Central District's athletics director. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/12/14

The chart shows the passing rates of North Bellmore students on state-mandated exams.

Fifth of N. Bellmore students opt out of exams

An average of 20 percent of North Bellmore School District students in grades three to six refused to take state-mandated English Language Arts and math exams last spring, according to district … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/10/14

The Flynns –– kindergartner Colleen, second-grader Michael and kindergartner Caeley –– arrived at the Charles Reinhard Early Childhood Center in Bellmore on Tuesday.

Back to school in the Bellmores

It may have still felt like August on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 89 degrees and the heat index in the mid-90s, but September had arrived. Bellmore and North Bellmore children walked through … more

9/4/14

David Seinfeld, formerly the principal of Calhoun High School, is now the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s assistant superintendent for instruction.

A familiar face is now the Central District's assistant superintendent

Of all the moments in a school year, David Seinfeld, former principal of Calhoun High School, now the Bellmore-Merrick Central District’s assistant superintendent for instruction, said he loves the half-hour after graduation most of all. He enjoys watching families snapping photos of and hugging their proud graduates. more

By Scott Brinton | 8/27/14

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