Back to school in the Bellmores

The Flynns –– kindergartner Colleen, second-grader Michael and kindergartner Caeley –– arrived at the Charles Reinhard Early Childhood Center in Bellmore on Tuesday.

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Bellmore Superintendent Dr. Joseph Famularo and Principal Patti Castine assisted children off the bus at the Reinhard center.

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Board of Education Trustee Maryanne Kelly walked youngsters into the building.

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Principal Patricia Castine gave welcoming hugs to arriving students.

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Staff members Lisa Esposito, Julie Hill and Gina Partland awaited the arrival of children on the first day of school.

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Continuing a yearly tradition, Famularo and Board of Education President Janet Goller, Kelly and Vice President Jay L.T. Breakstone joined Reinhard administrators and students on the first day of school

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It may have still felt like August on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 89 degrees and the heat index in the mid-90s, but September had arrived. Bellmore and North Bellmore children walked through school doorways again on Sept. 2, the first day of the 2014-15 school year.

Continuing a yearly tradition, Dr. Joseph S. Famularo, Bellmore's superintendent, and Board of Education President Janet Goller, Vice President Jay L.T. Breakstone and trustee Maryanne Kelly joined Charles A. Reinhard Early Childhood Center Principal Patricia Castine in welcoming the district’s youngest students on their first day. The Bellmore Herald Life was there to catch the action as children arrived at Reinhard, which is located on South St. Mark's Avenue in south Bellmore.