Editor's Note: This article was written by representatives of the Bellmore School District.
During the 2011-2012 school year, Tyler Bissoondial, currently a second-grader at Charles A. Reinhard Early Childhood Center in Bellmore, entered the Samsung Superhero competition.
For the contest, students in grades K-12 must submit a video no longer than three minutes portraying their favorite historical character. Judging criteria is based on presentation performance, character, and content accuracy and quality.
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As a first-grader, Bissoondial achieved his top 10 finalist status in the winter of 2012, in character as Carolus Linnaeas (known as the father of modern taxonomy and considered one of the fathers of modern ecology).
Encouraged by his top 10 finish, he entered the spring 2012 contest as Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (the father of microbiology), and out of hundreds of entries from across the country, he was the grand prize winner! According to the contest website, Bissoondial’s “performance of Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was inspiring, creative and a joy to watch.”
Due to his win, the Reinhard School received a SAMCAM 760 camera and Bissoondial was awarded $500, which he graciously donated to the school.
At the Feb. 12 Board of Education meeting, Bissoondial was honored with a certificate of achievement for his win in the competition and for his donation to the school. According to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph S. Famularo, the school used the funds to purchase books for its library.
Reinhard Contest Winner Donates Money Back to School
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Greg Bashaw May 21, 2013 at 09:32 pm
As for the mandate, maybe YOU should run for the Board, we need a change and thats WHY I am…Read More running... Thanks for the info though!
Greg Bashaw May 21, 2013 at 09:30 pm
FYI- Rosemary Corliss, mentioned it 2times as something are are planning to loo at....at Meet the…Read More Candidates Night......
Pat Boyle Egland May 20, 2013 at 04:06 pm
The NBUFSD BOE has not mentioned cutting bussing in over a year, it is not a part of the 2013-2014…Read More budget.
The pensions and benefits are not regulated by the BOE it is a state mandate.
Pat Boyle Egland May 22, 2013 at 02:48 pm
Eliminating the CHSD is a great idea but it needs to be voted on by the citizens of all 4 districts…Read More . In BM we have 5 set of administration - North Bellmore, Bellmore, North Merrick, Merrick and CHSD . Pensions are a are a state and national battle NOT local
Greg Bashaw May 20, 2013 at 12:50 am
Well for starters, why not give candidates 401K's and only pay a proportion of their benefits...Hire…Read More teachers and adm that actually live in our district...... Has anybody proposed dismantling the high school district......From the way I understand they have tried unsuccessfully to combine, well then how about saving moneu and splitting up the 3 high schools...This was we wont need 2 administrations...... I will try and I will think out of the box!
Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meeting…Read More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....its…Read More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).