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Meredith Gulfman and Don Donneruno, who have joined the team at North Bellmore’s A Taste of Home, will appear on the fourth season of “Next Great Baker” on TLC.
Sweet success at North Bellmore bakery
Meredith Gulfman has been a teaching assistant at Merrick’s Birch Elementary School for six years, but she’s also been baking all her life. Still, she said she was unsure whether … more
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The Merrick Board of Education unanimously decided on May 13 that school administrators were not to distribute field tests in math and English to classrooms at Birch, Chatterton and Levy Lakeside schools.
Central, Merrick districts refuse field tests
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and Merrick School District recently received shipments of multiple-choice tests, sealed in plastic wrap, from NCS Pearson, Inc., the company that creates and grades New York’s standardized tests for third to eighth graders. Both districts sent the test books back, unopened. more
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At Birch Elementary School were National Foreign Language Week honorees with school officials, including Maya Spottiswood, Sophia Chen, Jordyn Fuller, Bella Joslin, Alina Noreika and Kaitlyn Medina; second row, Spanish teacher Jackie Geltman, Gabby Ostroff, Joshua Forstadt, Eric Shindel, Lara Indich, Brandon Lin and Principal Kerri Schlissel.
Birch, Chatterton elementary schools celebrate languages
Birch and Chatterton elementary schools in the Merrick School District recently celebrated National Foreign Language Week with a poster and literary contest, for which all participating students received certificates. The students’ projects interpreted this year’s theme, “Don’t Let Learning a Language Slip Through Your Fingers!” more
APEX students Samantha Loew, left, and Kendall Satcowitz, both sixth-graders at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, watched and waited nervously as APEX teacher Sherry Ma added weights to their bridge in APEX’s annual Strongest Bridge competition.
Merrick APEX students test the limits of bridge design in annual contest
The 13 sixth-graders in the Merrick School District’s Alternative Program for Enriching Experiences recently spent more than four months drawing blueprints for and meticulously crafting toothpick bridges. They even visited the Center for Architecture in Manhattan to study bridge construction, from beam to cantilever, truss and arch bridges, before undertaking their projects. Then the students destroyed their creations. more
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Bellmore-Merrick schools closed Wednesday due to snow
Schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22 due to the snowstorm moving through the area. The Merrick, North Merrick and North Bellmore school districts will also be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22. more
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Tom Merkle, center, headed a baseball clinic during the Merrick School District’s Summer Recreational Program. He is pictured with campers and counselors involved in the clinic.
Merrick campers learn baseball from a pro
On a recent Friday morning at Birch Elementary School, many eager campers arrived at the Merrick School District’s Summer Recreation Program equipped with baseball gloves, bats, balls and even batting helmets. more
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Reading is 'fun'-damental at Birch
Birch Elementary School in Merrick celebrated the written word on Friday with its annual Community Read-Aloud, at which elected and community leaders are invited in to read to classes. more
Chatterton Elementary School honorees in the Merrick School District’s “You’re connected…Now communicate!” poster contest were, back row, from left, Olivia Murphy, Amanda Gruskin, Genevieve Tripoli, Jack Mitchell, Armand Ramnarine, Courtney Lange, Bridgit Carroll, Hannah Wade, Steven Manolios, Matt Schramm, Gabe Wagner; third row, Jessica B., Tara C., Diana DelRosario, Cathy Lahood, Teresa Lahood, Mia Maldari, Brianna Ottofaro, Jenny Abrams, Maria Fazio, Ayana Oancea, Brittany Munson and Sydney McGinely; second row, Summer Rebmann, Julia Schleider, Noelle Fuggio, Dawn Luparello, Marc Schramm, Victoria Eisenberg, Lauren Chin, Ben Gott, Nick D., Nicole Luparello, Dylan Wade and Julie Gardner; front row, Allison Trabold, Maddy Lahood, Brianna Diele, Sabrina Tartakoff, Deanna Greenblatt, Nicole Devlin, Alexa Munson, Sadie Marine, Averi Walton, Emily Kilman, Erin Fortin, Daniel Schiavo They were joined by Principal Cindy Davidowitz, upper-left corner, Dana Chimento, second from right, back row, and Spanish teacher Jackie Ram, upper-left corner.
Birch, Chatterton celebrate foreign languages
Students at Birch and Chatterton elementary schools in Merrick recently took part in a poster contest in honor of National Foreign Languages Week from March 5 to 11, sponsored by the Association of Foreign Language Teachers. more
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Levy-Lakeside Principal Libby Trencheny, at left, kneeling, greeted children on their way into school on the first day of class, Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Merrick School District celebrates start of 2011-12 year
Students in the Merrick School District piled out of school buses and their parents’ cars during a short break in a persistent rainstorm for the start of the new academic year on Tuesday, Sept. 6, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of children eager to begin their studies. more
Birch Elementary School celebrates reading
Birch Elementary School in Merrick celebrated the written word at its annual Community Read-Aloud on Friday. School officials, elected leaders and community activists were invited to read to children … more
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