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Holocaust survivor Evelyn Pike Rubin, of Jericho, came to Calhoun High School recently to speak with students about her wartime experiences. Her family hid out in Shanghai to escape the Nazi Gestapo.

The train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin more than 75 years later. It was the winter of 1939. Pike Rubin, an only child who was 8½ at the time, was steaming from Breslau, in Nazi Germany, to Naples, Italy, where she was to board a cruise ship, the Hakusaki Maru, bound for Japanese-occupied Shanghai. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/26/14

Senior Danielle Losquadro and her classmates at Calhoun High School recently received training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of the automated external defibrillator. Every student in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will be trained in CPR/AED this year.

Central expands CPR/AED training to all schools

All 1,360 Calhoun High School students are now receiving potentially life-saving training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of the automated external defibrillator. By the end of the school year, all 5,562 students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District will be trained. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/18/14

Elias Platanias was the Nassau's top-finishing junior in the State Qualifier on Nov. 1 and was one of three Calhoun runners to compete last weekend in the state meet.

State qualifiers pace Calhoun

After repeating her championship finishes in the Nassau County Class I and Section VIII Class A State Qualifier cross-country races, Calhoun junior Grace Moore competed in New York State meet last Saturday at SUNY-Canton — not far from the Canadian border. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 11/11/14

Five Bellmore-Merrick Central District students were recently named to All-State musical groups, including, from left, Daniel Grange, Mara Friedman, Elijah Maduro, Lydia Librizzi and Alyssa Rabinowitz. They were honored recently by the Board of Educaiton.

Five Central students named to All-State music

The New York State School Music Association has selected five Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District students to perform with its All-State ensembles when the organization gathers for its … more

10/22/14

On Tour Company to host Halloween Funfest

The Calhoun High School On Tour Company, the school’s magnet drama program that takes in students from Merrick and Bellmore, will hold its second annual Halloween Family Funfest on Nov. 1 at the school. more

10/22/14

On Tour Company to host Halloween Funfest

The Calhoun High School On Tour Company, the school’s magnet drama program that takes in students from Merrick and Bellmore, will hold its second annual Halloween Family Funfest on Nov. 1 at the school. more

10/17/14

JoAnn DeLauter and George Haile, president and vice president of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education, did the honors at the Sept. 27 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Calhoun’s new turf field.

Calhoun and Kennedy play on home turf

Students, faculty members and public officials recently celebrated the grand unveiling of new synthetic turf fields at Calhoun and Kennedy high schools. more

10/9/14

Courtesy Island Photography, Inc. Lorraine Poppe, principal of Kennedy High School, presented John DeTommaso, superintendent of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, with a commemorative gift at the Sept. 20 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Kennedy’s new synthetic-turf field.

Calhoun and Kennedy play on home turf

Students, faculty members and public officials recently celebrated the grand unveiling of new synthetic turf fields at Calhoun and Kennedy high schools. more

10/1/14

Kennedy High School, which has a 99 percent graduation rate, was named one of the 25 "Best of the Northeast" by the Daily Beast

Central schools make Daily Beast best list

All three Bellmore-Merrick high schools were named to The Daily Beast’s “Top High Schools of 2014” national ranking, Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials said … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/17/14

Brad Michalakis and Taylor Weinberg performed in the 2013 production of “Twelfth Night.”

Calhoun alumni create theater group

There is debate among academics about the alternative title of William Shakespeare’s famed play “Twelfth Night” — “What You Will.” Chris Mackin, a 21-year-old Merokean, described the … more

By Julie Mansmann | 8/13/14