On a sunny but chilly morning that certainly felt like football weather, more than 30 students from the North Bellmore School District gathered to put their athletic skills to test. On Saw Mill Road Elementary School’s back field, the district held the final round of its annual Punt, Pass, Kick competition.

Preliminary rounds took place in physical education classes, with the fourth, fifth and sixth grade boys and girls winners from each school advancing to the championships. North Bellmore’s physical education teachers James Breslin, William Green, James Mulvey, Anthony Novello, Alyssa Parker and Michael Weiner coordinated the event.

With distance lines set up on the field, every participant got one turn throwing, punting and kicking off a tee. They were also allowed to try for a better score in one of the three challenges. After all of the scores were tabulated, grade level winners were announced and medals were handed out.

Punt, Pass, Kick is based on competition that was previously sponsored by the NFL and North Bellmore’s physical education department has kept it as an annual districtwide fitness activity.

Click here to view the All Fun and Football at Annual Skills Competition 2025 slideshow.

Date Added: 11/4/2025

The North Bellmore School District will be conducting its annual central registration process for incoming kindergarten students for the 2026-2027 school year. Eligible students must be 5 years old on or before Dec. 1, 2026, in order to register for kindergarten. 

Registration for the upcoming school year will commence on Nov. 17, 2025, and will run through Feb. 6, 2026. Registration is by appointment only at the North Bellmore’s District Office located at 2616 Martin Ave. in Bellmore (westside of the Martin Avenue School). Parents and guardians may access the district’s registration packet online at www.northbellmoreschools.org. under the Central Registration department. Please complete the registration packet and attach all required documentation prior to your registration appointment.

No child will be fully registered for kindergarten until all the required forms have been completed, received, and verified by the district. To schedule an appointment or for questions relating to registration you may contact the district registrar at 516-992-3000, ext. 3821.

Date Added: 10/31/2025

Just like each country has a flag, so does each class at Newbridge Road Elementary School. Students learned how a flag is a symbol that represents a group of people, so every class then created one as a community-building activity.  

Children brainstormed ideas for their class flag, and discussed how the words, colors and images they chose would reflect their shared values. After working together to make it, each class then got to present its flag at the October spirit assembly. The flags now adorn the hallways near each classroom.  

Principal Amanda Licci said that the project, which has become an annual tradition, is very meaningful for students as they take ownership of their flag’s creation. In addition to increasing their understanding of citizenship, it strengthens their ability to communicate and collaborate.

Date Added: 10/23/2025

A warm and sunny fall morning provided the perfect opportunity for students to walk or bike to school on Oct. 3. Newbridge Road Elementary School participated in National Walk to School Day, a nearly three-decade old initiative that encourages safe and active travel for children.

Newbridge Road partnered with the PTA for 29th annual Walk to School Day. The PTA provided all students with a scavenger hunt of items to look for with their families on the walk to school that morning, such as the American flag, bird, fire hydrants, squirrels and stop signs.

Parents and children arrived in droves, taking advantage of gorgeous weather for some quality family time on the walk to school. Many older students cruised in on their favorite form of transportation as the bicycle racks were filled up by the start of school.

As they arrived, the walkers and bikers were greeted by Newbridge Road’s mascot, Thunder the Tiger. Students were then given sidewalk chalk and encouraged to write their name, scroll a positive message or draw a happy picture.

Click here to view the Newbridge Families Stride Together on Walk to School day slideshow.

To support kids both locally and globally who have battled cancer, students and staff in the North Bellmore School District participated in Go Gold Day for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month on Sept. 26. It has been an annual tradition on the last Friday of September for more than a decade.  

At Newbridge Road Elementary School, the participation was very high, with students donning yellow and gold T-shirts, shorts, pants, shoelaces and hair accessories. Principal Amanda Licci said that although it is only one day a year, they intentionally wear gold, the mission is to spread awareness all the time in support of youngsters battling a terrible illness.  

The PTA Coordinating Council provide keychains for students and staff with messages like “Believe” and “No one fights alone,” along with symbols such as gold ribbons, hearts and wings. 

“For some of us, it hits close to home,” she said, as several children in the district have battled cancer in recent years. “Wearing gold is just a symbol that we’re all thinking of one another and all in this fight against childhood cancer together.”

Click here to view the Students Have Golden Hearts for Childhood Cancer Awareness 25-26 slideshow.

Date Added: 9/29/2025