A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world. more

At age 14, Noah Rubin can honestly say that he has one-upped Roger Federer's record at that age. Noah, who will be a freshman at Kennedy High School in Bellmore in the fall, just finished a stint on the national tennis circuit. He was one of three boys to represent the U.S. in the qualifying round of the World Junior Tennis Competition in Boca Raton, Fla. more

With guinea fowl scampering through the underbrush and Nigerian dwarf goats bleating in the background nearby, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray welcomed Ilene Robinson's third-grade class from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School to the Levy Preserve in Merrick on Wednesday, one day before Earth Day. more

Ninety of Long Island's top science and mathematics students recently convened at SUNY Stony Brook's Charles B. Wang Center to compete in the prestigious Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and in the crowd were five -- count 'em, five -- young Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District researchers, all seniors -- four from Kennedy High School and one from Calhoun. more

A chilly spring morning couldn't deter more than 50 teams from across Long Island from attending Mepham High School's Fourth Annual Paul Limmer Pirate Track and Field Invitational recently. The event, which was initially started to showcase Mepham's then new track, has become an annual friendly meet to raise money for Mepham's track and field team at the beginning of the season. more

The Bellmore-Merrick Basketball League held its championship games at Kennedy High School on March 21. Above are the fourth-grade champions. Coaches are, from left, Steve Weiner, Dean Krauss and Glenn Greenberg. Players are Ian Kranis, Mitchell Mass, Chris Moussavi, Jason Beris, Austin Weiner, Dylan Krauss, Andrew Greenberg, Matthew Kaufman and Jonathan Lloyd. more

Following their first-round victory, the academic team from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore is moving on to round two of The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students’ knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format. more

Editor's note: Fleischer is a Herald student columnist at Kennedy High School, which has students from Bellmore and Merrick. Senioritis is a word heard often in the halls of Kennedy High at this time of year. Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines senioritis as the "ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences and lower grades." more

Kennedy High School's annual Class Night, in which the four grades compete in good-natured, camp-like games, had a twist to it this year. more

Kennedy High School senior Eugenio Ciniglio, a linebacker and tight end on the up-and-coming Cougars football squad, signed a letter of intent to play for the Marist College Red Foxes, a Division I team, next fall. Ciniglio is the first Kennedy football player in more than two decades to earn a football scholarship. Ciniglio scored the winning touchdown in the Nassau-Suffolk Exceptional Seniors Game this past fall. On Wednesday, he was joined by his coach, Frank Sansanelli, Kennedy Athletic Coordinator Craig Papach, Principal Lorraine Poppe, his guidance counselors, family and friends for the signing ceremony. more