In just one day, sixth-graders at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick assembled more than a thousand sandwiches and bagged 350 cookies for people in need of meals.
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2/13/15
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A red sedan slid off Merrick Road at 9:10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, as it traveled east between Babylon Road and Lindenmere Drive, clipping one tree and slamming into another in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/15
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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.
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By Brian Racow
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2/10/15
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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.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/3/15
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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.”
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By Brian Racow
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1/28/15
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Three women received awards from the North Merrick School District and State Assemblyman David McDonough at last week’s North Merrick Board of Education meeting for their actions on Sept. 11 this year, when a Camp Avenue Elementary School aide went into sudden cardiac arrest.
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By Brian Racow
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10/23/14
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Merrick American Legion Post No. 1282 will conduct its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the Merrricks’ Veterans Memorial Park starting at 10:30 a.m. Veterans Memorial Park is at the corner of Merrick and Lee avenues, which is across the street from the Camp Avenue Elementary School. The park’s address is 1580 Little Whaleneck Road, Merrick. All are invited to attend.
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10/17/14
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Three black men wearing hard hats, construction vests and dust masks robbed an Ellen Road home in south Bellmore on Friday morning, tying up the hands and feet of two homeowners...
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By Scott Brinton
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10/3/14
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Fayette School has joined the list of community schools outside which motorists must slow down or else risk a speeding ticket.
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By Brian Racow
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10/1/14
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Mari Titterton is a nurse by profession, and every year she goes through the same cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training to renew a certification. Her years of preparation proved crucial in a matter of moments last Thursday afternoon.
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By Brian Racow
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9/17/14
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