Members of the Mepham High School varsity kickline became teachers on Jan. 17 when they held an instructional clinic for elementary-age children interested in potentially performing with the dance …
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By Scott Brinton
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2/6/15
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Each year, the Society for Science & the Public awards Research Report and Initiative badges to recognize excellence in students’ submissions to the Intel Science Talent Search. Eleven of the 14 student researchers at Kennedy High School in Bellmore who submitted Intel entries in the 2015 competition received badges.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/4/15
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Merokean Steve “The Crusher” Weiner stood in awe and soaked in the sheer size of the theater where he would attempt to break the Guinness world record for curling metal frying pans with his bare hands.
“It was a huge, huge stage,” recalled the 6-foot-2 Weiner during a recent interview at his home in the Gables neighborhood.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/4/15
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I’m disappointed.
Very disappointed.
The Merrick Elementary School District’s superintendent, Dr. Dominick Palma, has proposed eliminating the district’s Spanish language program, which the district offered along with French in the 1970s before it cut foreign language because of budget pressures. Spanish was finally reinstated in 2006.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/3/15
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Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.”
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By Brian Racow
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1/28/15
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Bellmore-Merrick homeowners began appearing from their snow-covered homes and digging out as light broke over a virtually pure-white landscape on Tuesday.
A severe winter storm dumped 10 to 14 inches of snow on Bellmore-Merrick from the early morning on Jan. 26 to Jan. 27, with winds whipping across the community at 25 to 35 miles per hour and drifts reaching two to three feet.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/27/15
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A severe winter storm dumped 10 to 14 inches of snow on Bellmore-Merrick between Jan. 26 and 27, with winds that whipped across the community at 25 to 35 miles per hour.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/26/15
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Kennedy High School senior Samuel Epstein devoted more than a thousand hours of research to his submission for the Intel Science Talent Search. This week his hard work paid off when he was named one of 40 finalists in the national contest, considered among the country's most prestigious high school science competitions.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/21/15
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Bellmore sixth-graders recently shined on stage at the Shore Road School talent show, an annual event that students and parents alike love. The show was held at the school, which houses Bellmore …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/21/15
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Putting their knowledge of the English language to use, fourth-graders at Bellmore’s Winthrop Avenue School took part in the school’s annual spelling bee on Dec. 10. To qualify for the bee, …
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1/21/15
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