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According to David Seinfeld, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District assistant superintendent for instruction, roughly two-thirds of Central students opted out of last spring's battery of seventh- and eighth-grade state exams.

Two-thirds of Central District students opt out of state exams

A little under 50 percent of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District seventh-graders passed the New York State English Language Arts exam and just over 56 percent passed the math test, according to the State Education Department. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/2/15

Pictured, from left, are Principal Dr. Richard Faccio, Italian teacher Gina Deo, Aisha Abdelhamid, John Stampfli, junior Millena Skugor and teacher Anna Maria Maniscalchi.

Sewanhaka students excel in Italian exam

New Hyde Park Memorial High School’s Italian language students participated in the annual Italian National Examination. More than 5,500 students from 140 schools in the nation participated … more

8/6/15

Exam refusal rates soar in the Bellmores

With tens of thousands of New York students refusing to take state assessments this year, Bellmore and North Bellmore administrators are now waiting to see how the spike in what some call … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/20/15

Hundreds opt-out of math exams

Rockville Centre students joined the second round of opt-outs last week, with 59 percent of students declining the state math exam. more

By Alex Costello | 4/29/15

Diabetes and Your Eyesight

Q: My primary care Doctor told me that my diabetes can affect my eye sight. How does diabetes affect the eyes? A: Millions of Americans suffer from diabetes every … more

By Dr. Fikret Kajoshaj | 4/22/15

The state budget: some good, some bad

For weeks New Yorkers heard rumors that when the state’s budget battles finally ended, teacher performance would be measured more effectively, elected officials would be held to higher ethical standards . . . more

4/9/15

Marla Kilfoyle, a leader of the activist organization Badass Teachers Association, spoke at a forum on state education policies on March 31 at Brookside School in North Merrick.

Parents, educators decry testing at forum

On March 31, a crowd of roughly 150 people, mostly parents and teachers in Bellmore and Merrick, packed the auditorium at Brookside School in North Merrick for a forum on the state’s education policies. more

By Brian Racow | 4/9/15

The chart shows the passing rates of North Bellmore students on state-mandated exams.

Fifth of N. Bellmore students opt out of exams

An average of 20 percent of North Bellmore School District students in grades three to six refused to take state-mandated English Language Arts and math exams last spring, according to district … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/10/14

Spanish students did extremely well on the exam, earning a total of 17 medals and 21 honorable mentions.

South Side Middle School students score well on language exams

Several World Language students from South Side Middle School attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2014 National Spanish and French examinations. The students at South … more

6/4/14

North Merrick students worked on their math during a recent lesson.

‘Opt-outs’ in Merricks increase during math exams

Sometime between when third- to eighth-grade students took state English Language Arts tests at the beginning of April and when they took state math tests four weeks later, some Merrick and North Merrick parents decided that enough was enough. more

By Brian Racow | 5/23/14

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