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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.

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

The Merrick School District administration has proposed eliminating the district’s Foreign Language in the Elementary School, or FLES, program. Above, Levy-Lakeside Elementary School students who won the National Foreign Languages Week essay and poster contest in 2012.

Merrick proposes cutting Spanish

Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.” more

By Brian Racow | 1/28/15

Students from MephaM High School’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman J. Levy-Lakeside elementary schools in Merrick to become ‘reading buddies’ to first-graders.

Mepham seniors spread love of literacy

Children attending two Merrick schools recently received two gifts from Mepham High School students: a buddy and a book. Students in Mepham’s Senior Experience program visited Birch and Norman … more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/8/15

Levy-Lakeside School’s Veterans Day ceremony was personal for some students whose father or grandfather served in America’s armed forces and joined them at the event. From left were veterans Al Belbol Sr., Alvin Turk, Michael Garrone, Robert Peckham, Alvin Schecter, Gary Blair and James Montera. Joining them was, at right, David McDonough, a state assemblyman from North Merrick and an Air Force and Coast Guard veteran.

Lakeside students salute veterans

Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick brought together veterans with their children or grandchildren on Nov. 10, the day before Veterans Day, for a ceremony that honored the men and women who serve the country ... more

11/12/14

Top row: Alex Zavelson, Zach Arzt, Nicole Rosen, Madeline Hyman, Hailey Weiss and Sam Pollack. Bottom row: Emma Dorfman and Ben Hyman.

Lakeside students turn business into charity

An afternoon of coloring and drawing morphed into a business, and then into a charity to aid young adults with cancer, for a group of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School fourth-graders this year. more

6/19/14

After being its assistant principal for five years, Dana Bermas will become the Chatterton Elementary School principal on July 1. Above, second-grader Donovan Matthews shared his Father’s Day project with Bermas.

Chatterton's Dana Bermas to take school's reins

Dressed in a navy blue blazer and a flowered shirt, Dana Bermas gently knocked on the door of Melissa O’Donnell’s second-grade class at Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick on a recent Tuesday … more

By Casey Pinner | 6/19/14

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

By Brian Racow | 6/12/14

Isabella Mra and Patrick Sanchez, fifth-graders at Fayette, left, and Rhiannon Bradley and Jessica Mark, fifth-graders at Levy-Lakeside School, right, flashed smiles.

Scrabble tourney a blast for Merrick, North Merrick students

Elementary school students from the Progressive School of Long Island and Camp Avenue, Chatterton, Fayette, Levy-Lakeside, and Old Mill Road schools recently participated in a Scrabble tournament on May 27 at the Merrick Library. more

6/12/14

Chatterton Principal Cindy Davidowitz, who is retiring on June 30, recently visited Lori Marr’s fifth-grade class.

Leading, now leaving, Chatterton School

The halls of Roland A. Chatterton Elementary School in Merrick are adorned with student artwork: bulletin boards full of construction paper projects, crayon drawings and wobbly handwriting. On a recent Friday, children clad in flannel pants and superhero shirts for Pajama Day skipped down the hall in neat lines. more

By Casey Pinner | 6/4/14

In recent weeks, reports have surfaced that a 7-Eleven might move into 150 Merrick Road in Merrick, across from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, raising concerns among some residents.

Another 7-Eleven for Merrick?

Who or what will move into the former Sunoco station property at the intersection of Merrick Road and Babylon Turnpike? more

By Brian Racow | 5/8/14

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