The district has a strong commitment to fostering teachers' professional growth. All nontenured teachers participate in the program. Ninety-three percent of our students go on to college, and the Central High School district gives them strong academic preparation, based on a firm foundation of basic skills. The District's high school offerings include Advanced Placement courses in every academic area. Our students regularly earn honors through a variety of competitions and symposiums sponsored by local colleges and universities.
Students can select from a wide range of electives in music and the fine arts.
The Central High School District's art program enjoys an especially outstanding reputation, and members of the art faculty have distinguished themselves as both artists and teachers. The CHSD, through a partnership with Adelphi University, offers a special life drawing class at Adelphi that is unique in Nassau County. The district's homework and attendance policies focus on accountability for students, teachers and parents. In addition, students are held accountable to high expectations intended to stretch them to perform to their maximum capabilities. Bellmore-Merrick's Regents exam results and Regents Diploma percentages exceed those of most New York State and Nassau County school districts.