Friday, May 20, 2011
The district highlights the art achievements of the students.
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District recently celebrated the arts with a show and display at Brookside School. Students showed off their most innovative pieces of art, ranging from a drawings and paintings to a recycleable room. Performances by the Calhoun crescendo and Kennedy choir rounded out the event. Patch was there to cover the action. See what we saw through the view finder.
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1260 Meadowbrook Rd, Merrick, NY
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
More than 6,500 people came out to vote.
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District budget passed with 3,922 residents voting yes and 2,675 voting no to the 2011-2012 budget on Tuesday. The budget stands at $131,355,672, a 5.8-percent tax lexy increase from the 2010-2011 budget. Proposition two, the capital reserve budget, also passed on Tuesday with 4,203 voters choosing yes and 2,344 voters saying no. Michelle Gagnon, administrative assistant and coordinator of funded programs, grants and public/community relations for the CHSD supplied the information. Check back tomorrow for more details on the budget.
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1260 Meadowbrook Rd, Merrick, NY
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Michelle Lulic talks about how influential teachers are to the development of kids.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Everyday, students make their way to school for a day of learning. Here, they face teachers. Teachers are essential to any student’s educational experience and future. Whether it’s through the work sheets and notes they make up, or the after school extra help sessions, a teacher’s job is vital for a society and for the future of the generations to come. However, a teacher can be so much more than just someone who teaches lessons to a group of students. They can be guides, role models, or just someone to talk to. Teachers that form strong bonds with their students end up teaching them so much more about life and growing up than what’s originally intended. Students can find trust in a teacher. A teacher could be the person they can turn to …
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Jonathan Butler is gearing up for another N. Merrick School Board run.
A trustee of the North Merrick School Board and member of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, 28-year North Merrick resident, Jonathan Butler, is running for an additional school board term. Butler is a trained and practicing educator. His degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, a Master’s Degree in Special Education, and a professional diploma in Educational Administration and Supervision. He has been employed by the New York City Department of Education for the past thirty one years, having taught elementary as well as special education classes. Butler became a board trustee in 1996 and has served on many committees since then, including the special education, school/community relations, and finance …
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1057 Merrick Ave, N Merrick, NY
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Dr. Matthew Kuschner is running for another term on the N. Merrick School Board.
Dr. Matthew Kuschner, a member of the North Merrick School Board and six-year member and current vice president of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, is running for another term on the board. Kuschner is a 38-year resident of North Merrick and joined the school board 14 years ago. “My involvement on the board enables me to stay current with the latest educational trends. Having three children attend schools in the district, I have a vested interest in ensuring quality education for all of our children," Kuschner said. Kuschner serves on the board of directors of the Bellmore-Merrick Wellness Council, the Policy Board of the North Merrick Teachers Center, and is an active member of the Camp Avenue PTA. He is a football …
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1260 Meadowbrook Rd, Merrick, NY
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Board honors student and teacher milestones.
There was hardly talk of the budget as the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District honored students from Kennedy, Calhoun and Mepham and also celebrated the tenure of 27 teachers and administrators at Wednesday’s meeting. The night started with Calhoun’s Emily Keller being honored by the board as a Long Island Arts Alliance scholar artist. Intel International Science and Engineering fair finalists – Elise Meade from Calhoun, Kennedy’s Greg Manis and Bilal Siddiqui from Mepham – were also called out by the board for their achievements at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. The finalists will go on to compete in the National competition in May. In addition, Mepham’s physics Olympics team took home first place overall at the …
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Budget laid out at CHSD joint PTA meeting.
Sweets? Good. An increased district-wide budget? Not so good. The two were combined at Brookside School on Monday for an informational PTA meeting on the 2011-2012 budget for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. As parents and school administrators munched on cookies, fruit and coffee, Deputy Superintendent Cynthia Strait-Regal gave a presentation on the $4.2 million total budget increase via Smart Board. “We had a really nice bump off back in 2007-2008, but … we are anticipating just about $16 and a quarter million,” Strait-Regal said. “Last time we got that amount was in 2006-2007, but that was when our budget was $24 million less than it is now.” Down 12.35 percent in coverage by state aid this year, unfortunate cuts had…
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Friday, April 8, 2011
Students and teachers were showered with appreciation for their endeavors.
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education spent the evening recognizing the talented students and teachers that it has in the district. It was standing room only at the board meeting as both students and teachers from all three high schools – Mepham, Kennedy and Calhoun – were honored by the Board for their many accomplishments. An award to Mepham teacher Betsy Siegelaub started the night off. She was given the 2011 Distinguished Teacher Award from the Harvard Club of Long Island. Steven Tsai, a student from Mepham, was named the New York State Poetry Out Loud champion. The board allowed Tsai to treat the crowd to a rendition of one of his poems, as well as reading some of his major accomplishments during his …
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Both unions declined contractual pay raises for 2011-2012 school year.
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District board of education opened Wednesday’s budget meeting with the news that teachers and administrators voted to decline their contracted raises for the 2011-2012 school year. According to Superintendent Dr. Henry Kiernan, this will save the district about $840,000. “We are very proud of what [the teachers] are doing in order to help with this budget,” Kiernan said. Nina Lanci, president of the board, echoed the superintendent's sentiment. “The board of education would like to thank everyone for their selflessness in these tough economic times,” she said. Mike Dolber, president, BMUST, also stood up to acknowledge how meaningful it is to the community that board and the teachers were able to …
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1260 Meadowbrook Rd, Merrick, NY
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Board fields questions on how budget will affect everything from sports to teachers.
In a budget season that is looking to be tight, parents and students turned out to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting Wednesday to ask the board to use discretion when making cuts. On the eve of the hockey state championships, a multitude of Bellmore-Merrick Bulldogs hockey parents came to tell the board how much the children enjoy the team and when making cuts, please consider keeping the team a school-sanctioned sport. “Please keep hockey as a school-recognized sport,” one mother said while addressing the board. “Let the junior varsity boys have the dream of qualifying for a school sport." Mitchell Barber, father of player Jake Barber, spoke out about how much good the Bulldogs have done for the …
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Charlie Allnut
11:00 am on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Only a 5.8-percent tax levy increase from the 2010-2011budget? Congratulations! more ›