Cheryl Gitlitz, a licensed social worker and the district-wide transition coordinator for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, recently received the Exceptional Parent Magazine’s Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award during Disability Awareness Night at Citi Field in Flushing.
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5/23/11
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All four Bellmore-Merrick elementary districts saw their budgets pass handily on Tuesday. The Bellmore-Merrick Central District budget passed as well.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/17/11
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The Bellmore, North Bellmore and Bellmore-Merrick Central High School Districts are all holding their annual budget and trustee votes today, May 17.
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Byy Scott Brinton
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5/17/11
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In early June, Calhoun High School senior Erin Zseller will head to the war-ravaged nation of Uganda as part of a two-week volunteer mission sponsored by the non-profit organization Invisible Children.
Zseller was chosen from a pool of 10 Calhoun applicants, and she will be the fourth student from the school to make the trip to Uganda in the past three years.
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By David Weingrad
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5/13/11
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Calhoun High School senior Emily Keller is one of 20 students selected from more than 200 nominees from across Long Island to receive the 2011 Long Island Arts Alliance Scholar-Artist Award.
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5/12/11
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In a good year, crafting a school district budget is an arduous, months-long process that challenges school administrators, boards of education, PTAs and budget advisory committees to come up with plans to keep property taxes as low as possible while preserving or even improving student programming.
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5/11/11
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One Board of Education seat is up for election in the Bellmore School District, and incumbent Jay Breakstone is running unopposed.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/11/11
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Both the Bellmore and North Bellmore school districts will hold their annual budget votes next week. Here’s what you need to know about the districts’ spending plans:
In Bellmore
The …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/11/11
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Kennedy High School junior Ross Shulman returned to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting last Wednesday to make his case that the district should eliminate substitute-teachers to save money and preserve full-time teaching positions. Instead of substitutes, Shulman advocated for a plan to use empty general-purpose rooms and cafeterias to house students under the direction of aides when their teachers are absent.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/11/11
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One Board of Education seat is up for election in the North Bellmore School District this year, and incumbent Nina Lanci is being challenged by newcomer John Ferrara.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/6/11
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