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East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School Honor Roll

High Honor Roll7th gradeAlvarez JoshuaAmbrosio JoannaArena NicholasBarto ChristianBennett SamuelCalabrese AbigailCalabrese KatharineCote KierstenCuttitta NataliaDeMartino JosephDeMartino … more

1/19/12

Six finalists competed in the National High School Oratorical Contest Nassau County Finals in Elmont on Dec. 17, including Jaclyn Schess, left, of Syosset High School; Sidhaant Wadhera, of Syosset High School; Alexa Serrano, of the St. Dominic High School; Joshua Sherman, of Division Avenue High School; Stephanie Pierre, of Holy Trinity High School; and Juliet Liu, of Syosset High School.

Elmont Post hosts 1033 nat'l oratorical contest finals

The Elmont American Legion Post 1033 hosted the American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest Nassau County Finals on Dec. 17. more

By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com | 1/18/12

The Titanic shipwreck is the subject of the Irish Cultural Society's annual high school writing contest this year.

Shipwreck the subject of Irish Society's essay contest

For the 28th year, the Irish Cultural Society will hold its annual writing contest this spring for high school students throughout Nassau County. The ninth through 12th graders entering the … more

1/18/12

Central District, Parent Center to host athletic recruiting seminar

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/17/12

The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, headed by Executive Director Wendy Tepfer, hosted a forum on Wednesday, “The Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet,” which looked at the prescription-drug abuse epidemic now plaguing New York, including Nassau County.

Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center confronts Nassau’s pill epidemic

They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/12/12

These Lynbrook High School musicians are among those who will be performing in the NYSSMA All-County Division V. VV]Concert.

Making beautiful music at All-County festival

A record total of 94 Lynbrook Public School students in grades four through 12 qualified to perform in the New York State School Music Association’s All-County Festival on the weekends of … more

1/12/12

The ten Lynbrook High School seniors who submitted research projects to the Intel Science Talent Search were, seated from left, Laura Zweifler, Alyssa Glanzer, Casey Frankel and Rachel Licciardi. Standing from left were Alex Marcus, Dylan Ander, Johanna Ben-Ami, Ilana Ajzenman, Alison Schwartz (who did not submit), Maggie Rouder and Harrison Ezratty.

Lynbrook students submit Intel research papers

Ten seniors in the Lynbrook High School Science Research program submitted research project reports to the Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s most prestigious science research competition … more

12/14/11

Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving

For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and … more

By Scott Brinton, Alex Costello and Jackie Nash | 12/14/11

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s director of health, athletics and driver’s education, served as a keynote speaker at a Long Island Youth Safety Coalition conference, “Drunk, Drugged, Drowsy and Distracted: Using School and Community to Create Comprehensive Solutions to Dangerous Driving.” He was joined here recently by Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center.

Hofstra conference takes on dangerous driving

For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and ordinances prohibiting smoking in public venues have been passed as a result. These efforts, officials say, have paid dividends. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 12/6/11

Tiffany Lozano; Liz Wilson; Karina Alvarado; Tahalia Lozano and Jennifer Elf.

East Rockaway HS Anti-Bias Club visits soup kitchen

On Tuesday, November 22, ten juniors from the East Rockaway High School Anti-Bias Club visited the soup kitchen in … more

By Mary Malloy | 12/1/11