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The Bellmore-Merrick Challenge –– the Central High School District’s annual field day for special-education students from across Nassau County, which took place on May 23 –– could be summed up in three words –– fun and friendship.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/30/12
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Big, blue canvas bags labeled “Little Anne” and “Baby Anne” sat at the entrance to the Merrick Avenue Middle School gymnasium last Thursday. Spread across the shiny wooden floor in neat rows were mannequins, a.k.a. dummies. And in a corner, physical-education teachers Art Canestro, Mallory Cogen and Jason Dove were showing a film that revealed the secrets to saving a life with only your hands and mouth to a class of eighth-graders.
Soon the students were kneeling before the mannequins, pumping the dummies’ chests with their locked hands and breathing into their plastic mouths.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/22/12
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Before Tuesday’s election, Bellmore-Merrick schools officials said they worried about whether their 2012-13 budgets would pass, knowing that they would have to keep spending the same as this school year if the budgets were to fail twice in public votes, potentially forcing them to cut millions of dollars in spending. Apparently they had nothing to fear.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/15/12
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The American Cancer Society’s 2012 Bellmore-Merrick Relay for Life will take place on Saturday, May 19, at 5 p.m. at Merrick Road Park in Merrick.
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5/15/12
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In any given year, crafting a school district budget that meets students’ needs while respecting the bottom line –– that is, residents’ property-tax bills –– is a headache. This year, you might say it’s a migraine headache.
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5/9/12
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It was announced at the May 2 Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District meeting that Richard Rozakis, the district’s assistant superintendent for instruction, is leaving his position, effective June 30, to become superintendent of the Babylon School District.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/9/12
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A group of Calhoun High School special-education parents are asking the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District administration to reinstate the “collaborative” special-education instructor who co-teaches the Living Environment laboratory with a mainstream biology teacher.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/3/12
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In March, a group of Mepham High School students embarked on a “1,000 Bracelet Campaign,” a fundraiser focusing on Ugandan children who have been kidnapped and killed by Ugandan militant Joseph Kony, who has led an open rebellion against the Ugandan government since 1987.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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4/26/12
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Finding the right summer experience for a middle school-age child is, no doubt, tough for parents. The Bellmore-Merrick Central School District and the Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center, with offices in Merrick and Oceanside, are teaming up this summer to provide a reasonably priced, fun-filled camp for children entering seventh and eighth grades in September.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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4/25/12
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program recently welcomed famed visual artist Jeffrey Schrier, founder of the Holocaust remembrance organization Wings of Witness.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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4/25/12
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