Keyword: Elementary
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As the leaves began to change color and the calendar flipped from August to September this past week, it could only mean one thing: School was back in session.
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9/9/10
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In an effort to make the learning experience in Merrick a little cooler, the co-president of the Birch School PTA, Segal Negrin, offered to purchase roughly 40 air-conditioning units as the PTA's "gift of school" during a Board of Education meeting last week.
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David Weingrad
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8/19/10
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The State Department of Education recently upped its "cut scores" for elementary-level English and math tests, making it harder for children to pass the exams, and the change became a topic of discussion at Tuesday night's Merrick Board of Education meeting.
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David Weingrad
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8/11/10
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Staying stylish and staying in touch may have more in common than you think. LOL Trends :), the fashion brainchild of Merrick mom Rebecca Braunstein, puts a sartorial slant on popular text message phrases.
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Sari Zeidler
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7/21/10
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See the Herald video of Crazy Hat Day.
Children hurried toward the entrance to Birch Elementary School in Merrick on a recent Monday, some in tow with their parents and others singularly focused on reaching the doors to wave goodbye to their moms or dads before starting their day. The excited expressions on their faces left little doubt that they were happy to be at school.
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Vikas Girdhar
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7/13/10
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Police report that Cars Unlimited on Merrick Avenue in Merrick was broken into on July 10, and cigarettes and lottery tickets were stolen.
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7/12/10
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The World Series Championship in the A Division of the Merrick-North Merrick Little League was played recently at Birch Elementary School in Merrick, and the Twins edged out the Yankees 2-1.
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7/12/10
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Alexa Fronte, a fourth-grader at Old Mill Road Elementary School in North Merrick, is among the winners in the 11th annual Child Abuse Prevention Services Bully Prevention Poster and Poetry Contest. More than 1,500 students from 57 Long Island schools submitted entries to the competition. The winning 12 posters and three poems will be featured in the 2010-11 CAPS School Year Calendar, to be distributed this fall.
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7/2/10
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At the June 29 South Merrick Community Civic Association meeting, Merrick School District Assistant Superintendent for Business and Technology Dr. Christine Grucci discussed a pesky problem plaguing schools after hours — teenagers.
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Sari Zeidler
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7/2/10
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Students at Birch Elementary School in Merrick raised $12,000 in quarters to donate to the Interfaith Nutrition Network, which donates food to those in need on Logn Island.
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Sari Zeidler
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7/1/10
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