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Central District responds swiftly to racism claims
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occurred between 2019 and 2025. Among the incidents were white players calling Black of the Bellmore & Merrick Heralds players “monkeys,” taunting Parents in the Sewanhaka them by yelling “bananas,” Central High School District making gorilla sounds, whisare expressing concern for the pering racist comments during h u d d l e s, c a l l i n g treatment of student athletes, accusstudents the n-word ing students in the and refusing to Bellmore-Merrick shake hands with Central High School Black players. District of repeated Amaya Haley, a r a c i s t b e h av i o r Black student on against Black stuElmont High dents from Elmont School’s girls’ basduring sporting ketball team said events. d u r i n g a re c e n t The Elmont Pargame against Bellent Teacher Student more-Mer rick’s Association recentJohn F. Kennedy ly hosted a meeting High School, she at Elmont Memorial and a player on H i g h S c h o o l — MichAEl Kennedy were which is par t of hARRiNgtoN fighting for a loose Sewanhaka schools Superintendent of b a l l . H a l e y c o n— where it conduct- schools, Bellmoretrolled the ball, and ed a public forum to her opponent hit Merrick Central High discuss the experiher and pulled her School District ence of students hair, at which point who were subject to Haley fought back. racism from other students and Haley said she was immediparents during recent games. ately ejected from the game, but Lynette Battle, a Sewanhaka the player that attacked her was board trustee and former PTSA allowed back on the court and president, took to the lectern wasn’t told to get off until later and cited a long list of offenses, in the game. ranging from racial slurs to “It looked like I started it,” p hy s i c a l at t a ck s, wh i ch CoNtiNued oN paGe 13
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Rose Girone, who had resided at the Belair Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Bellmore and was the oldest known Holocaust survivor, died on Feb. 24 at age 113.
Rose Girone, Bellmore resident, oldest known Holocaust survivor, dies at 113 By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor and the oldest resident of New York state, died on Feb. 24. She was 113. Girone, who had resided in the Belair Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Bellmore since she was 109, was born on Jan. 13, 1912 in Poland. She celebrated her 113th birthday just a few weeks ago — making her the fifth oldest person living in the United States and the 28th oldest in the world. Her granddaughter, Gina Bennicasa, who lives in nearby Merrick, told the Herald that Girone’s secret to a long, healthy life was simple: Live every day with a purpose, have
amazing children, and eat lots of dark chocolate. During Girone’s early childhood, her family moved several times, finally settling in Vienna, Austria. In 1938, she married her first husband, Julius Mannheim, and they moved to Breslau, Germany, which is now Wroclaw, Poland — around the time Nazi aggression toward Jews became widespread. By 1939, the family knew they had to flee Germany, and they ended up in China — the only country that was still accepting immigrants. Girone and her family, including her young daughter, Reha, arrived in Shanghai’s international settlement after a month-long boat trek. As World War II raged on and the JapaCoNtiNued oN paGe 5
e have continued our efforts to foster discussion of these topics with our students and athletic staff.