Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is the school district of the Long Island hamlets of Bellmore and Merrick, New York. More than 5000 students, grades 7-12, attend the Bellmore-Merrick secondary schools. There are three high schools (grades 9-12) and two (previously four) middle schools (grades 7-8) in the district.

District History

The district was officially established November 1, 1934 by the State Commissioner of Education. Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District was known as C.H.S.D. 3 until May, 1973 when is adopted the name reflecting its geographic location. This change was required of all districts by the state education department.150 freshman students entering high school in September 1935, studied with five faculty members in a renovated six-room school house on Bedford Avenue. The principal was Sanford H. Calhoun. Wellington C. Mepham High School opened in 1937 with 741 students.Jerusalem Avenue Junior High School and Merrick Avenue Junior High School were opened in 1954. In 1958, the Sanford H. Calhoun High School and the Grand Avenue Junior High School were opened. In 1963, an addition was placed on the Mepham High School. Brookside Junior High School opened in September 1964. The John F. Kennedy High School opened in September 1966. By then, there were over 10,900 students in the district. Today, there are approximately 6,100 students in the district.

List of Schools

*High School (Grades 9-12):
**John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore)
**Sanford H. Calhoun High School (Merrick)
**Wellington C. Mepham High School (Bellmore)

*Middle Schools (Grades 7-8):
**Grand Avenue Middle School (Bellmore)
**Merrick Avenue Middle School (Merrick)

Closed Schools

The following junior high schools were closed in a consolidation effort in 1986:

*Brookside Junior High School (now used for the district offices and partially rented to other tenants). Brookside also houses the district's alternate learning program, one of the few in the country. Fact|date=August 2008
*Jerusalem Avenue Junior High School (now a center for Nassau BOCES)

The rental of Jerusalem Avenue to Nassau BOCES, and the rental of space in Brookside that the district doesn't use generates additional income for the district. In addition, the schools' sports programs require the use of more than one gym for practice, as there are usually two sports requiring a gym in a given season. Therefore, students from Grand Avenue will sometimes practice at Jerusalem Avenue and students at Merrick Avenue will sometime practice at Brookside.

References

* [http://www.schoolmatch.com/search/system.cfm?lea=3619020 School System Information Search - BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT] , Public Priority Systems, Inc. Retrieved March 10, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/schools.html Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Web Site]

Other Information

Secondary school can also be called middle school, or junior high school.

ee also

* List of school districts in New York


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