Students from the Grand Avenue Middle School Science Research Program recently earned top honors at the Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge Science & Engineering Fair.

The Grand Grizzlies Robotics Team from Grand Avenue Middle School earned a spot in the 2026 Southern New York VEX IQ State Championships, held March 15 at Adelphi University.

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District entered a new partnership with Umps Care to bring an innovative Umpire Training and Leadership Program to students.  

The Central High School District’s STEAM Career Fair has been recognized as a Champions of Change program by the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA).

Bellmore-Merrick Sharks boys’ swim program delivered an outstanding performance at the NYSPHSAA Boys Varsity Swimming and Diving Championships

Students from the Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting (BMB) program recently traveled to Tampa, FL to participate in the annual convention hosted by the Student Television Network, the largest student broadcasting and film conference in the world.

Five educators from Bellmore-Merrick have been recognized by the Harvard Club of Long Island.

The Varsity Kickline teams from Sanford H. Calhoun, John F. Kennedy, and Wellington C. Mepham High Schools proudly represented the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District at the NDA High School National Championship in Orlando, Florida from Feb. 14-16.

Calhoun High School unveiled its long-anticipated “You Are Not Alone” mural, a meaningful project organized and supported by the schools’ PTSA designed to promote mental health awareness and reinforce the message of connection and support within the school community on Feb. 13.

Participation in Government students at Mepham High School will host the 16th annual Chop Your Locks for Charity event on behalf of the Central High School District. on Wednesday, March 18, from 6-8 p.m. in the South Gym.

The Bellmore-Merrick Bulldogs Varsity Hockey Team has secured its first New York State High School Hockey Championship in program history, finishing atop Conference 1 of the New York Islanders High School Hockey League and clinching its spot among the state’s elite.

Students and staff across the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District came together in powerful and uplifting ways to celebrate P.S. I Love You Day throughout the week ending Feb. 13.

Two standout wrestlers from Bellmore-Merrick - one from Mepham High School and one from Kennedy High School - captured Nassau County Championships in their respective weight classes, earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors, and qualified for the New York State Championships.

Two standout wrestlers from Bellmore-Merrick - one from Mepham High School and one from Kennedy High School - captured Nassau County Championships in their respective weight classes, earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors, and qualified for the New York State Championships.

Calhoun senior Reese Adams, who was crowned Nassau County Girls Wrestling Champion in the 126-pound weight class on Feb. 1. Reese also earned the Marcia Gould Most Outstanding Wrestler Award, a special honor named after a Calhoun alum.

Two groups of student-athletes recently earned Nassau County Championship achievements.

Fragments, the Mepham High School student literary magazine, has been recognized as “Superior” in the 2025 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) program.