Honoring a Lost Friend
On Tuesday, Oct. 9, the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School girls varsity soccer team hosted the first Brittney Walsh Memorial soccer game against Amityville High School. Brittney was a...
View ArticleFire Safety
On Thursday, Oct. 11, members of the Copiague Fire Department visited the Deauville Gardens West Elementary School to teach the students about the importance of fire safety and prevention. During the...
View ArticleBee a Reader
Bugs were the buzzword, as students in kindergarten through second grade at Copiague’s Susan E. Wiley Elementary School attended the school’s Pajama Read Night. Dressed in their...
View ArticleRun Against Drugs
Keeping healthy and making good choices were the themes as students at Copiague’s Deauville Gardens East Elementary School participated in the school’s Run Against Drugs on Oct. 24....
View ArticleBuilding a Healthier Future
For the last 10 years, members of the Copiague Middle School Builders Club, along with their advisor Maria Ostrofsky, have volunteered one Sunday in October to participate in the American Cancer...
View ArticleRaising Awareness
To commemorate October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the girls varsity volleyball and field hockey teams at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School held separate fundraisers during their...
View ArticleCopiague Students Are Inspired
Fifth-graders at Copiague’s Susan E. Wiley Elementary School received a lesson in literacy from musician Taylor Swift as they participated in Scholastic’s Read Every Day free live...
View ArticleCopiague Board Recognized for Commitment
During the Oct. 22 Copiague Board of Education meeting, the volunteer members of the Board were recognized for their outstanding commitment and dedication to the students of the Copiague School...
View ArticleCelebrating Thanksgiving
Dressed as Pilgrims and Native Americans, kindergarten and first-grade students at Copiague’s Deauville Gardens East Elementary School celebrated Thanksgiving early with a joint feast. To...
View ArticleThankful Turkeys
Upon their return to school following Hurricane Sandy, Maureen Gaertner’s second-graders at Copiague’s Susan E. Wiley Elementary School created thankful turkey art projects....
View ArticleCasting a Ballot
As part of their study on current events, first-graders in Karen Hawkins’ class at Copiague’s Susan E. Wiley Elementary School held a mock presidential election in conjunction with...
View ArticleTop of Their Class
Copiague Announces Class of 2013 Top Ten Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School has announced the top 10 students of the Class of 2013. Leading their class are valedictorian Robert Gioia...
View ArticleCopiague Community Comes Together
When Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island, many residents of the Copiague community were left to contend with an array of devastation. In response to Superstorm Sandy’s aftermath, the Copiague...
View ArticleFall Writers
This fall, the fourth- and fifth-grade students in Kas Cerrone’s class at Copiague’s Susan E. Wiley Elementary School participated in a myriad of writing activities designed around...
View ArticleOur Site is Now Mobile!
Copiague School District has launched a mobile version of its website. Accessible from any web-enabled phone or Smartphone, the site connects students, parents, community members and teachers, wherever...
View ArticleLearning About the Electoral College
Fifth-graders in Jennifer Wolford’s class at Copiague’s Susan E. Wiley Elementary School studied past and present presidential election campaigns leading up to and following the...
View ArticleStudent-Athletes Honored
The annual Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Varsity Fall Sports Awards Dinner, hosted by the Booster Club, celebrated the more than 150 student-athletes who participated in the fall...
View ArticleSuffolk Zone Winners
On Dec. 5, 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....
View ArticleStudent-Athletes Honored
The annual Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Varsity Fall Sports Awards Dinner, hosted by the Booster Club, celebrated the more than 150 student-athletes who participated in the fall...
View ArticleOnce Upon a Mattress
Superstorm Sandy may have pushed back their performance date by a few weeks, but as they saying goes, “The show must go on!” and at Copiague Middle School, the show did just that....
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