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State standardized tests have pitted parents against education officials for years, and this year, Bellmore-Merrick officials have again told parents they support their decision to opt their children out, while parents in the Merrick elementary district received a letter urging them to make sure their children take the tests.

Opt-out letters conflict riling school district parents

With state standardized tests in grades three to eight beginning this week, administrators in Bellmore and Merrick — the epicenter of the parent-led “opt-out” movement —have been reaching out to parents, who were feeling anxious since the State Education Department threatened last year to begin cracking down on districts with low test-participation rates. more

By Erik Hawkins | 4/4/19

Michael Harrington, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, pictured last year, said that his district is ahead of the curve when it comes to providing mental health education to students.

Bellmore, Merrick districts focus on mental health education

School officials in Bellmore and Merrick will step up their efforts to make mental health a fundamental part of students’ education in the 2018-19 school year. more

By Andrew Garcia | 8/16/18

North Merrick Schools Superintendent David Feller welcomed students and their families and thanked them for their participation in the Keep-A-Merrick Beautiful contest.

Contest brings out the beauty in Merrick

Children squirmed and wiggled in their seats as they waited to walk the stage at Harold D. Fayette School to receive their awards in the annual Keep A-Merrick-A Beautiful contest. more

By Stephany Reyes | 6/20/16

Liliana Hecker/Herald Life First day of school photos at Birch School on Sept. 1 showed children with smiles, despite the 80-degree temperatures. Above, kindergartners colored at their tables in the classroom of teachers Denise Kvint and Traci Dalessandro.

Board meeting heats up over air-conditioning

Air-conditioning –– or the lack of it –– became a heated topic at the Merrick School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The lack of air-conditioning in classrooms at Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside elementary schools has been discussed for several years, more so when temperatures hit the mid-to high-80s during the first week of school, as well as in June, when school is ending. more

By Stephany Reyes | 9/17/15

Butch Yamali, president of the Merrick School District Board of Education, left, listened as Dr. Dominick Palma, district superintendent, spoke at a board meeting this school year.

Merrick to vote on schools budget

The district would add one English as a new language teacher, who would rotate between Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside, and two special education teachers, who would work at Birch and Levy-Lakeside. more

5/13/15

Parents and teachers took part in a rally against New York educational policies on March 27 in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick.

Parents throw brake on state tests

Last week more than a thousand third- to eighth-grade students in the Merricks did not take state English Language Arts tests. more

By Brian Racow | 4/22/15

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

3/12/15

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

By Brian Racow | 3/5/15

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

By Brian Racow | 2/10/15

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

By Scott Brinton | 2/3/15

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