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Members of the Mepham High School Physics Olympiad team recently took home the first-place overall trophy at the Long Island Physics Olympics at SUNY Farmingdale. Above, team members, center, from left, Nicole Altomare, Corryn Chaimowitz, Connor Garet, Brian Keohane and Matthew Waldmann, were honored at the May Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting. They were joined by their coach, Mepham physics teacher William Leacock, left, and Central District Superintendent Dr. Henry Kiernan.

Mepham physics team grabs first place at SUNY Farmingdale

Mepham High School’s Physics Olympiad team, comprising Nicole Altomare, Corryn Chaimowitz, Connor Garet, Brian Keohane and Matthew Waldmann, captured the first-place overall trophy at the recent Physics Olympics sponsored by the Long Physics Teachers Association at SUNY Farmingdale. more

5/30/13

Merrick budgets pass, incumbents re-elected

In the Merrick School District, incumbent school board Trustees Gina Piskin and Sigal Negrin, who was recently appointed to the board, ran unopposed and were re-elected. Piskin received 943 votes, and Negrin garnered 832. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/21/13

North Bellmore trustee race ends in tie; budgets pass

The race for a seat on the North Bellmore Board of Education pitting incumbent JoAnn DeLauter against challenger Frank LaMagra ended in a tie, with 799 votes for each of the candidates. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/21/13

inBloom: corporatizing America's schools

The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark. more

5/16/13

Merrick, N. Merrick, Central school budgets on the ballot

School budgets are up for a vote in Merrick, North Merrick and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School districts on May 21. Here’s a breakdown of the budgets: more

By Brian Racow and Scott Brinton, bracow@liherald.com, sbrinton@liherald.com | 5/16/13

Vote 'yes' on the Bellmore-Merrick Central District budget

Voting for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s $139.5 million budget should be a no-brainer for local residents. Newsweek recently ranked all three of the Central District’s high schools –– Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham –– among the top 600 high schools in the nation –– out of more than 26,000 high schools. We can only say, Wow! more

5/16/13

Mepham High School parents said they worry that conditions on the football field have become so bad that it might be unsafe to play on. Above, the Mepham lacrosse team took on West Hempstead at Mepham in March.

Mepham parents raise field safety questions

A group of a half-dozen Mepham High School parents spoke out at the May 8 Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting, calling on the district to replace the old wooden visitors bleachers at the Mepham football field. A number of the seats have worn out or rotted through, and parents said they believe someone will eventually fall from the bleachers and get hurt unless they are fixed. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/15/13

Newsweek and The Daily Beast recently ranked Kennedy High School, which takes in Bellmore and Merrick students, as the 268th best high school in the nation –– out of more than 26,000 schools. Above, Kennedy’s recent Class Night.

Bellmore-Merrick high schools rank high on Newsweek list

Newsweek magazine and The Daily Beast, in its recently published “America’s Best High Schools” list, included 18 high schools from New York’s 4th Congressional District, which covers much of southwest Nassau County. All three of Bellmore-Merrick’s high schools –– Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham –– were on the list. more

By Howard Schwach, hschwach@liherald.com | 5/14/13

Fewer than 95 percent of students at Old Mill Road School in North Merrick took new English Language Arts tests that the state launched last month — a threshold that schools must meet for them to have made “Adequate Yearly Progress,” according to the New York State Department of Education.

Merrick parents testing the limits

First of two parts. School officials in the Merrick, North Merrick and Bellmore-Merrick Central High School districts say they do not yet fully know how certain parents’ refusal to allow their children to take new standardized tests will affect the students or their schools. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 5/10/13

Brain Trust and Justin Neugeboren entertained the crowd at the Community Wellness Council’s first battle of the bands fundraiser to support the substance-free Midnight Madness post-prom party.

Bellmore-Merrick musicians rock out to benefit Midnight Madness post-prom party

With a diverse lineup of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School district students, alumni and musicians from throughout Nassau County, more than a dozen bands battled it out at the Brookside School last week at a Bellmore-Merrick Community Wellness Council event that raised more than $2,500 for the council’s annual Midnight Madness drug- and alcohol-free post-prom party. more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/23/13

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