THE FOUNDING YEARS

• Creation of the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District
• The Old School.. The New School
• History of the Mepham High School Building
• Students Sponsor Dedication Service
• The Pirate Theme - How it all started
• The History of Pirates on Long Island
• The School's Seal
• Mepham School Songs

PEOPLE

• Wellington C. Mepham
• The Principals of Mepham High, District Founder
• Sanford H. Calhoun, First Principal
• Joseph Goergen, Principal
• Kenneth Rutley, Principal
• Anthony Yeneralo, Teacher and Principal
• Ernest J. Schneider, Jr., Teacher and Counselor

EARLY RULES AND ACTIVITIES

• The District Philosophy of Education
• Corridor Discipline - A 1938 memo from the principal about corridor rules.
• Aids To Good Scholarship - A 1937 memo from the principal about attendance and studying
• The 1936 Halloween Party - What a low budget party!

LATER YEARS

• Coach Nick Sabetto - His memorabilia of years at Mepham.
• 1944 Junior Prom - Hula dancer is banned by administration.
• Adirondack Camping Trip - In the summer of 1939 three Mepham High School teachers took ten of their students on a camping trip to the Adirondack Mountains.
• Pirate-Cougar Football Game - The first time Mepham beat Kennedy
• The W.C. Mepham Alumnni Association

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