Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Need your high school sports fix? We have it right here.
Want to know what happened in this year's winter sports? Check out this sports report courtesy of Calhoun Sports Boosters Club. Boys indoor track: On Jan. 19, the Calhoun boys indoor track team won the Conference Championship in a meet held at St. Anthony's. Some of the boys posted personal bests and they all showed team camaraderie. Calhoun and East Meadow were neck and neck throughout the competition, with Calhoun edging East Meadow in the 4 X 800 and 4 X 400 relays to tie the meet going into the final relay event (4 X 200 meters). The Calhoun 4 X 200 relay team proceeded to finish one place ahead of East Meadow to clinch the championship. Girls varsity basketball: The Colts varsity girls team continued an up and down season by dropping…
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Kayla Babbush, 17, of Kennedy High School was recognized by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
A Kennedy High School senior was named a distinguished finalist by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for volunteerism, according to a report on MarketWatch. Kayla Babbush, 17, of Merrick, was recognized for establishing Teens for Life, an organization through which she has coordinated CPR and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) training for more than 1,200 students. Babbush has also lobbied New York legislators to one day have CPR training mandated for high school students. The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is a nationwide program honoring young people for exemplary acts of volunteerism. The awards program, now in its 17th year, is conducted by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of …
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Mark your calendar with these important Februrary dates.
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District has a list of dates for you to keep on your calendar. Here are some of the important dates to keep in mind: Feb. 8: Calhoun Art Honor Society inductions Feb. 8: Mepham Tri-M Honor Society inductions Feb. 9: Middle school parent orientations for parents of sixth-grade students Feb. 9: Mepham Art Honor Society inductions Feb. 10: Calhoun On-Tour evening of improv Feb. 15: Budget lay committee meeting Feb. 16: Calhoun LOTE at night Feb. 20 to Feb. 24: No school/Winter recess Feb. 27: Spring adult ed classes begin Feb. 29: Budget workshop Feb. 29: March Board of Education regular meeting
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See the recipients of the C.A.R.M.A. awards.
Kennedy High School’s Student Government recently announced the recipients of its Cougars as Role Model Americans (C.A.R.M.A.) awards. In September, Kennedy seniors Samantha Finkel, Jordan, Horowitz, and Ross Iscowitz were recognized for their service. These three students are the founders of an organization known as Tutors for a Cure. Read more about their organization here. For October, the award was granted to Shaun Cohen. As part of his science research project, Cohen examined the acceleration of learning skills by autistic kids. His project focused on the differences between those working with a psychologist and those working with a teenager of a similar age with no therapeutic experience. Although Cohen's research for this project …
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Highlighting kids that inspire the community.
This week, Stanley Ramdhany has been named the Merrick Whiz Kid! Name: Stanley Ramdhany School: Kennedy High School Grade: Senior Key Accomplishment: Ramdhany has qualified as a semifinalist in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. Key to Awesomeness: Ramdhany is an AP Scholar and a member of the French Honor Society. He has also been a member of the math club, computer club and cross country. He enjoys creative writing and is actively involved in Kennedy’s newspaper, The Cougar Crier, and the literary magazine, Magnum Opus. In addition, he also likes studying foreign languages and playing the saxophone. Ramdhany will be attending college to pursue his interest in the language arts. He plans on majoring in linguistics, comparative …
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Friday, February 3, 2012
The CHSD must make about $2 million in cuts to the 2012-13 budget.
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (CHSD) is faced with taking a scalpel to their proposed 2012-13 budget, removing $2 million in order to make the tax levy. According to the tax levy, school budgets cannot be more than 2 percent of the prior year's budget. Although it is possible to put out a budget that is higher than 2 percent, but that if the board does go higher, it will need 60 percent of the vote to pass the budget. if But, if the budget is voted down twice, the board will have to use the budget of the previous year, creating increased cuts. Cynthia Strait Regal, deputy superintendent, said that for the 2012-13 school year, the CHSD will be getting approximately $16.76 million in state aid – a 4.8 percent decrease …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Continued improvement has lead to more college picks from the district.
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (CHSD) sports program has a long-standing tradition of drive and dedication and this attitude has not only given them an impressive past, but an even brighter future leading into 2012 and beyond. “We run a wide range programs for boys and girls sports, ranging from seventh grade to twelfth,” Saul Lerner, director of athletics for the CHSD, said. “We’ve always had success, but we’ve had more success recently. We’ve had County championships in badminton, track, baseball and volleyball.” While it would be easy to take full credit for the CHSD’s increased sporting prowess, Lerner not only heaped praise upon his coaching staff, but on the people who shaped his young athletes’ early, formative years …
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Baldauf is Calhoun's female athlete of the month.
Samantha Baldauf, a senior at Calhoun, has been a distance runner on Calhoun's winter and spring track team for the past four years. During this time, she has earned All-Conference and All-Division honors, as well as helping the team to Division Championships. She is a dedicated team member and a great competitor. As a captain, Baldauf provides a wonderful example to the younger team members, both on the track and in the classroom. In addition to participating in winter and spring track, she is a four-year member of Calhoun's volleyball team, of which she has spent three years on varsity, and actively involved with the school's Athlete Helping Athletes program. Baldauf is also a member of National Honor Society, LOTE, math and science …
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The community came out to discuss what they would like to see in a new superintendent of schools.
After current Merrick superintendent, Rainer Melucci, announced his retirement at the December school board meeting, the hunt began to find his successor. The community recently met with representatives from to talk about what they would like to see in a district leader. Communication, enthusiasm and a firm grasp on budgets were top of mind for those community members that came out to meet with Dr. Charles Fowler, president of School Leadership, the company that will be heading the search. One parent explained that the current administration does not release a lot of information to the public and school board meetings tend to be hard to follow. "We get a list, but we don't know what they are talking about because there is no information on…
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Highlighting kids that inspire the community.
This week, Merrick Patch has named Natalia Wilkins as the Whiz Kid! Do you know a great kid? Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to Emily.Cappiello@patch.com. Be sure to include all of the following information:
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SSteacher
4:11 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Mary, those things your child did were not covered in school. There is no guitar instrument taught, to my knowledge anyway, nor is there an ice-skating team. While I completely agree that academics is first and the most important part of school, sports is also part of our modern school system. To change it would mean changing the entire school system completely. I just do not see that happening. … more ›