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District grants laptops for all of Education and the school community for getting this done,” Harrington said. “It will The Bellmore-Merrick Cen- truly enhance the academic tral High School District is in the experience of the students.” process of implementing a 1:1 Although all students in the Chromebook Initiative that will district will be given Chromeput laptops in the hands of all books this year, the rollout has st uden ts in g rade s s even started with g rades seven through 12. through 10. “Right Joseph Innaco, n o w, seventh the district’s director through 10th grade of administrative has a Chromebook,” and instructional Innaco said. “We are technology, told the in the process of givHerald that the iniing them out to tial plan was to give grades 11 and 12. Chromebooks to sev“We had to update enth- to ninth-gradthe infrastructure ers. But with addiover the summer,” tional state aid and he added. “We really ap p rova l by t h e c o n d e n s e d t h re e Board of Education, of network JosepH INNAco years the initiative was upgrades into one expanded to include Technology director, summer.” grades 10 through 12. BMCHSD With the stag“We didn’t have a gered rollout, the dis1:1 initiative prior to trict gave parents a this,” Innaco said. “But students time frame for when their kids had the opportunity to use would receive the new equipChromebook, laptop or iPad ment. According to a letter sent carts — as well as a bring-your- home to parents, the district is own-device policy.” assessing the stability of the netAs reported in the Herald in work upgrades in the younger June, Superintendent Mike Har- grades to make sure everything rington explained that the dis- is working smoothly. Once the trict realized over the course of network is proven stable, the the 2020-21 school year how cru- older grades will begin receiving cial technology had become in their laptops. helping students succeed. “We “So far, the rollout has been are truly grateful for the Board Continued on page 22
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can’t stop colt pride Varsity kickline members Missy Bello, Mia Williams and Sophia Crowley were ready to get the crowd moving at Sanford H. Calhoun High School’s Homecoming game last Saturday. More photos, Page 3.
Rabbi Klein says goodbye to Jewish Centre congregation by ANDreW GArcIA agarcia@liherald.com
It was a momentous and bittersweet night at the Merrick Jewish Centre last Sunday as Rabbi Charles A. Klein, its religious leader for 43 years, retired. It was a special event, attended by hundreds who share a connection with the rabbi. For many, including Klein himself, it was hard to say goodbye. And what better way to kick
off the event for the alwaysjovial Klein than with a crowd wave? While many throughout the night shared their fondest memories of their rabbi, eliciting smiles and laughter, the reminder that those days are now in the past made for choked words and held-back tears. Klein was selected as the Jewish Centre’s rabbi in 1978, and the decades since have “flashed by in an instant,” said his wife,
Betty. In addition to weekly Shabbat services and holiday events, Klein presided at countless marriages, funerals, births and bar mitzvahs, and offered guidance to many in their darkest times. He has worked side by side with several MJC presidents, many of whom spoke last Sunday. Current President Howard Tiegel, who is serving for the Continued on page 6
ou see students actively engaged — and it empowers students, too.