Caps Off to the Class of 2009!
Mother nature could not dampen the spirits of the 368 graduates of the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School or their family members during the 50th Commencement Exercises. Gathered in the...
View ArticleMoving Up and Moving Forward
The Copiague School District’s fifth and eighth-grade students, parents, and staff were filled with pride during the recent moving-up ceremonies held at the three District elementary schools...
View ArticleExploration Space
Copiague Middle School mathematics teacher Melody Cesare was the recipient of a scholarship to attend the Space Academy for Educators at the United States Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama...
View ArticleCopiague’s Newest Staff Welcomed at Orientation
While students were still enjoying their last days of summer, the Copiague School District held its annual New Staff Orientation for all new members of the District staff, in preparation for the first...
View ArticleCopiague Staff Prepares for New School Year
Staff members in the Copiague School District gathered the day before school officially started in order to renew acquaintances, celebrate the successes of the previous year, and focus on the...
View ArticleCopiague Staff Honored for Service
During the Copiague School District’s Annual Superintendent’s Conference Day, held prior to the start of the new school year, the District recognized the professionalism,...
View ArticleBack to the Melodies
Copiague Marching Band Prepares for New Season School started early for the more than 100 members of the Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School Marching Band and Color Guard. Their last week of...
View ArticleOrientations Welcome Incoming Students
Continuing with tradition, the Copiague Middle School and the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School, with assistance from their PTA and PTSA, hosted the annual Sixth-Grade and Freshman...
View ArticleCelebrating Unity
In honor of Suffolk County Unity Day, members of the Copiague Middle School Builders Club traveled to Suffolk Community College for a day of celebration. The program, which was themed “Human...
View ArticleCopiague Students Read for the Record
On October 8, 2009, students from Great Neck Road Elementary School in Copiague joined children across the globe in reading Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, in order to break a world...
View ArticleArtistic Creation
Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School senior Anyelo Marte won second place, in the 2nd District of New York under the auspices of Congressman Steve Israel, in the 28th Annual Congressional...
View ArticleStop, Drop, and Roll
Elementary students from the Copiague School District recently received a lesson in Fire Safety from the Copiague Fire Department during fire safety month. Kindergarten students were given the...
View ArticleRecognized for Achievement
Jhante Collins, a senior at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School, was recently recognized by the Suffolk County Youth Bureau with the Suffolk County Executive’s 2009 Youth...
View ArticleBelieve, Achieve, Succeed
For the second consecutive year, Great Neck Road Elementary School in Copiague held an Educational Pep Rally. Each day, students and staff participated in activities that commemorated education,...
View ArticleCelebrating Achievement
Every year during Homecoming weekend the Copiague School District honors past graduates of the Copiague Public Schools who have succeeded in their careers and lives, or have distinguished themselves by...
View ArticleEagles Fly at Copiague Homecoming
Eagle pride soared through the hallways of Walter G. O’Connell in the week leading up to Homecoming on October 3. Throughout the week, students showed their school spirit by participating in...
View ArticleFood for Friends
On Friday, November 6, the Deauville Gardens Elementary School in Copiague hosted a one-day food drive. Students and staff donated nonperishable foods during the PTA-sponsored event. All of the food...
View ArticlePeople’s Court
Students in Louise Curci’s Business Law class at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School recently took a field trip to view real-life court cases. The students attended a taping of...
View ArticleGiving the Gift of Life
On Friday, October 30, 2009, the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Key Club, along with its advisors, JoAnn Erwin and Jennifer Phillips, sponsored its biannual student Blood Drive. A...
View ArticleTaking a Stand
Copiague Middle School students took a stand against substance abuse by participating in National Red Ribbon Week. From October 26 to October 30, members of Students Against Destructive Decisions...
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