On December 1, two Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School seniors were presented with the New York State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Suffolk Zone Award. Emily Hall and Max Woelk were awarded certificates and gold medals recognizing their outstanding achievements as physical education students, scholars, and citizens. The ceremony was held at the Hyatt Regency Wind Watch in Hauppauge.
Determination and perseverance are qualities that define Emily Hall as an athlete, student and person. “She is never willing to settle for anything less than her very best performance in any arena of competition,” said Director of Physical Education and Athletics Peter Cesare. “She is very concerned about the world in which we live and plans to study environmental science in college.”
Maxwell Woelk is an accomplished student looking forward to a degree in environmental engineering after graduation. Max recently earned the College Boards’ “AP Scholar with Distinction Award” and completes his fourth year of both Cross-Country and Track this June. Max plays soccer in a men’s under-25 travel league on the weekends and has given up one month of his summer for the past two years, to attend the Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellowship Program at Stony Brook University, where he was invited first as a student, and later as a mentor. “Physical education class has always been one of Max’s favorite classes, where he gets to participate with his friends and forget the stresses of the school day,” stated Mr. Cesare.
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