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They were ‘Merry in Merrick’ Once the participant list was finalized, a map of the households was drawn so tree walkers Braving cold and rainy weath- could stop at all the houses. er, Merokeans gathered last SatThough the event was a big urday night for the second annu- success last year, this year Casaal Merry in Merrick Tree Walk. no, Martone and their neighbor Organized for the first time last and fellow organizer, Sharon year by sisters-in-law Loscalzo decided to Je n C a s a n o a n d make it more about Andrea Mar tone, the community, and Merrick residents giving back. with children in “This year, we local schools, the said, ‘Let’s do it event was back on as again, but a little bigfamilies gathered to ger,’” Casano told the enjoy the neighborHerald. “The walk is hood displays. also a food drive — Families involved there are about four in the tree walk — or five locations takwhich started as an ing food for the Bellidea to boost morale more-Merrick Comduring the pandemic munity Cupboard. — vo l u n t e e r t o ANDREA It’s still the same “host” a tree. With MARtoNE idea of raising holiday lights and morale, but also other decoration, Organizer, Merry in about keeping the their homes are Merrick Tree Walk community strong.” transformed into fun The food drive displays focusing on was arranged with the trees, usually with a theme. the assistance of Chatterton EleThis year, 21 households took mentary School’s student counpart, and the themes included cil, which helped spread the “Tis the Sea-Sun-Summertime word. Christmas,” “A Festivus for the Although fewer households Rest of Us” and “Holiday Fir for took part this year, that made the our Furry Friends,” among others. Continued on page 9
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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 are so thankful to be in a community like this, with all these friendly faces.