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Who needs beauty school? High School District showcases future stars of the industry took over the program when teacher Alana Baard retired. “We are working really hard On Dec. 17, the Bellmore-Mer- to revamp the program,” Pendl rick Central High School District said. “We are trying to really get hosted the first Bellmore-Mer- good, professional kids who are rick Cosmetology Showcase at business minded and want to be Sanford H. Calhoun High School, in the beauty industry. attracting teachers, administra“This is a g reat event, tors and students because we have a who came to see dozbunch of salons here ens of their talented that are able to hire peers in action. some of the kids that The cosmetology are ready for jobs,” program, something she added. “We have of a hidden gem in the sophomores here the district, offers that are seeing the students a 1,000-hour juniors and seniors program in their in action to see if junior and senior they want to be part years, and prepares of [the program], so them for the state JAMiE PENDl it’s kind of working board exam they out for everyone.” must take in order to Cosmetology Cosmetology become licensed. teacher, Bellmoretraining is a relative They learn every- Merrick Central High luxury for a school thing beauty related, district. Students School District i n c l u d i n g h a i r, who are interested in makeup and nail the profession usualcare. ly have to attend a “The cosmetology program beauty school or a Nassau Counhas been here just about as long ty BOCES program, during or as the school district has,” said after high school. “It’s great here district cosmetology teacher — they never have to go to beauJamie Pendl, a licensed cosme- ty school and waste any additologist who has taught at pri- tional time after graduation,” vate beauty schools. She is in her second year in the district, and Continued on page 10
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JASMiNE lowMAtAN, CHRiS Peterkin and Maxine Zalewiski prepared their presentation on human resources for Bellmore-Merrick’s second annual Business Challenge, which took place last Friday at the Brookside School.
Future business leaders show their stuff in challenge By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
On Dec. 16, students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District gathered at the Brookside School, in Merrick, for the district’s second annual Business Challenge. Nearly 60 students from the district’s three high schools took part in competition in five categories: human resources, retail marketing, tourism, entrepreneurship and sports marketing.
Randomly chosen teams of two or three student participants — one from each school — were given a category, a related business scenario and 20 minutes to prepare a presentation for a panel of judges comprising school administrators, elected officials, college representatives and local business leaders. At the end, one winning group was selected in each category. The scenarios students were given included the retail marketing for a fictitious “cat
café,” tourism on Long Island and a human-resources campaign for an architectural firm. “It’s really great,” Mark Melkonian, assistant principal of Sanford H. Calhoun High School, said of the challenge. “It’s really about critical thinking. It’s about being professional and working together with kids they don’t even know — and that’s business, right?” The nearly full-day event featured a keynote speech by Continued on page 14
e have a lot of really good things coming for the program.