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Peter Holms, the owner of the Mobil station at 329 Merrick Ave. in Merrick, posed last week outside his business. Holms is donating a portion of his profits throughout March to Camp Avenue Elementary School in North Merrick.
Businessman raises money for Camp Avenue
This is the third consecutive year in which Peter Holms, proprietor of the Mobil station at 329 Merrick Ave. in Merrick, will donate a cent for every gallon of gasoline he sells in March to Camp Avenue Elementary School. He said that totals about $2,000 each year. more
The Fayette Elementary School boiler is well past its prime, according to school officials. Heating systems at Fayette, Camp Avenue and Old Mill Road schools show decades of wear and tear, as do many of the buildings and their grounds. The North Merrick School District Board of Education is asking the community to approve a $14.65 million bond sale to pay for a district-wide infrastructure overhaul. There will be a referendum as part of the May 19 school vote.
North Merrick puts $14.7M bond to vote
The North Merrick School District is seeking to borrow $14.65 million for infrastructure upgrades at Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road elementary schools, which administrators say are essential for the schools’ long-term use. Local residents will decide at the May 19 school vote whether to approve a bond sale to fund the buildings and grounds improvements. more
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Upgrading the standard IQ test
In 1983, famed Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner published his seminal book, “Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,” which laid out seven primary intelligences . . . more
The North Merrick School District held a “Parents University” forum about the Common Core State Standards English Language Arts curricula on Feb. 23 at Fayette Elementary School. From left were Marie Castle, a Camp Avenue Elementary School teacher; Kimberley Goltermann, an Old Mill Road Elementary School teacher; David Feller, the district superintendent; David Adler, a children’s books author; Beth Friedman, deputy superintendent; and Neil Brown, a Board of Education trustee.
N. Merrick encourages parents to read closely
The North Merrick School District aimed to educate parents about changes to the English Language Arts curricula under the new Common Core State Standards at a Feb. 23 forum at Fayette Elementary School called “Parents University.” more
Workers used heavy machinery to tear down a crumbling, abandoned Sunoco station at 150 Merrick Road in Merrick.
Summer opening planned for 7-Eleven
A demolition crew began clearing the property at 150 Merrick Road, diagonally across from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, to make way for a 7-Eleven store just hours after Merokeans who had protested the proposed store signaled their reluctant surrender. more
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Tracy Sforza’s third-grade class had fun getting into character at Camp Avenue Elementary School’s annual Biography Bonanza on Feb. 6.
It’s a Biography Bonanza at Camp Avenue
The frigid February weather did not stop the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from attending Camp Avenue Elementary School’s Biography Bonanza on Feb. 6. more
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Sixth-graders at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School piled cold cuts and cheese slices onto bread on Jan. 30, creating sandwiches that Lakeside staffers would later donate to homeless people.
Lakeside students prepare food for the hungry
In just one day, sixth-graders at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick assembled more than a thousand sandwiches and bagged 350 cookies for people in need of meals. more
The driver of this car suffered a “substantial” head injury when he crashed into a tree on Merrick Road in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School on Feb. 2, according to Ron Luparello, a Merrick Fire Department spokesman.
Man injured in crash by Lakeside
A red sedan slid off Merrick Road at 9:10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, as it traveled east between Babylon Road and Lindenmere Drive, clipping one tree and slamming into another in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick. more
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Merrick Spanish teachers Toni Allen, left, and Jacki Geltman posed outside Allen’s classroom door. A sign on the door reads, “¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!” Translation: “Welcome to Spanish class!”
Merrick board agrees to keep Spanish
The Merrick School District administration reversed course last Tuesday on a recent recommendation to cut Spanish from the curriculum, citing the importance of foreign language in the elementary school, or FLES, and pledging to keep and improve Merrick’s Spanish program. more
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Scott Brinton, who is senior editor of the Merrick Herald Life, is also a Merrick resident whose children attended Levy-Lakeside Elementary School.
Merrick should say, 'Yes to FLES!'
I’m disappointed. Very disappointed. The Merrick Elementary School District’s superintendent, Dr. Dominick Palma, has proposed eliminating the district’s Spanish language program, which the district offered along with French in the 1970s before it cut foreign language because of budget pressures. Spanish was finally reinstated in 2006. more
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