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Calhoun’s Logan Schaeffler Nabs Second 1600M State Title

LIMG April 5, 2024

Photo courtesy the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Logan Schaeffler, a senior at Bellmore-Merrick’s Sanford H. Calhoun High School on the track team, was recently named the two-time New York State champion for the 1600-meter run. His journey to establishing himself as one of the

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Color Run Set For May 18th

LIMG April 4, 2024

Pictured: The Color Run was last held in 2022. It was canceled in 2023 due to inclement weather. Photo courtesy the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Student ambassadors from across the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District have organized a Color Run to be hosted at John F. Kennedy High School on Saturday, May 18. Proceeds […]

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Bellmore-Merrick eSports Students Compete At Districtwide Tournament

LIMG March 28, 2024

Pictured: A group of students from all different schools compete during the eSports tournament. Photos courtesy the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Forty-two students across six schools met up at John F. Kennedy on March 22 to compete in a districtwide Super Smash Bros. tournament. After winning their school level tournament earned them a bid […]

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Scholastic Magazine Editors Visit Merrick Avenue MS English Class

LIMG March 21, 2024

Pictured: Samantha Buglione read her part as narrator of the play, “The Legend of Robin Hood.” Photos courtesy the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Editors from Scholastic’s Action magazine visited Brett Schwartz’s reading lab class at Merrick Avenue Middle School on March 15. The trio participated in a reading of the play, “The Legend of […]

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Teachers Honored With Harvard Club Distinguished Award

LIMG March 13, 2024

Pictured: Bellmore-Merrick Superintendent of schools Mike Harrington, Board trustee Gina Piskin, Rosemarie Zannino of Merrick Avenue Middle School, Helmut Schleith of Mepham High School and Board President Janet Goller. Photo courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Two teachers in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District received the

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Calhoun’s Fiona Wang Nabs First In Science Symposium

LIMG February 27, 2024

Photo courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Fiona Wong, Calhoun High School’s class of 2024 valedictorian, placed first in the chemistry category of the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held on Feb. 11. Her project, Computer-Aided Drug Design of Sterylglucosidase A Inhibitors to Treat Aspergillosis, focuses on creating new drugs to inhibit

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Merrick Avenue MS Student Wins American History Essay Contest

LIMG January 8, 2024

Pictured: From left, Merrick Avenue Middle School social studies teacher Joe Amador, Avianna Rao, Mara Rosenstock, Jenna Hughes and Social Studies chairperson Christina Cone. Photo courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Students in Joe Amador’s social studies classes at Merrick Avenue Middle School in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School

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Calhoun Football Wins Community Service Challenge

LIMG December 22, 2023

Pictured: The Sanford H. Calhoun High School football team. Photo courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Sanford H. Calhoun High School’s football team was one of two programs to win the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Fall 2023 Community Service Challenge. The team spent their season evolving into community advocates […]

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Polar Express Event To Distribute 1,000+ Gifts To Children

LIMG December 4, 2023

Pictured: The 2022 Polar Express Event. Photo courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District For the ninth year in a row, Santa’s sled will back up to the Brookside School, in Merrick on Dec. 9 filled to the brim with gifts for children of all ages. More than 1,000 toys and gifts are waiting […]

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Bellmore-Merrick School District Hosts Multi-Faith Forums

LIMG November 20, 2023

Pictured: Anu Bindra discussed Sikhism at Calhoun on Nov. 16. Photos courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Students in social studies classes across John F. Kennedy, Wellington C. Mepham and Sanford H. Calhoun high schools participated in multi-faith forums throughout the month of November. As part of the Global History and Geography curriculum,