Copiague Honors Fall Sports
Continuing its tradition of honoring student-athletes three times a year, the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School held its Annual Varsity Sports Awards Dinner. The event, sponsored by the Booster...
View ArticleKey Club Hosts Food Drive
To give back to the community that supports its education, the Key Club at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School organized a food drive. To help local families in need during the holiday season,...
View ArticleIt’s a Feast
To celebrate Thanksgiving, the kindergarten students at Deauville Gardens Elementary School participated in their annual in-school feast. To prepare for the event, the students compared and contrasted...
View ArticleFood for Friends
Throughout the month of November, students and staff at Deauville Gardens Elementary School collected nonperishable food items that were donated to the Full Gospel Church in time for Thanksgiving.
View ArticleCopiague Student Gets Creative
Edwin S. Alvarenga, a Copiague student in Wilson Tech's Advertising/Graphic Design program, captured first place in Graphic Design for his original concept fof a logo, business card, letterhead, and...
View ArticleGood Sports
Congratulations to the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Girls Junior Varsity Field Hockey team and their coach Maria Stamatelatos, for receiving the Marilyn Cross Sportsmanship Award. The...
View ArticleCopiague Kids in Action
On December 3, students from Copiague Middle School traveled to Farmingdale State College to participate in the Tenth Annual Kids in Action Youth Conference, which honors students who raise money for...
View ArticleUnsung Heroes
During the November 24 the Copiague School District Staff Conference Day, Superintendent of Schools Charles A. Leunig continued a time-honored tradition of acknowledging individuals who strive to...
View ArticleSunrise Exhibit
Beginning this past November, the Copiague School District now has a permanent area to showcase a rotating display of artwork at the Westfield Sunrise Shopping Mall in Massapequa. To kick-off this...
View ArticleIn The Zone
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...
View ArticleA Whole New World Comes to Copiague
A tale as old as time lit up the stage at Copiague Middle School as the students presented Disney’s Aladdin Junior. The musical, which takes place in Agrabah, tells the love story between the street...
View ArticleWinter Wonderland
Continuing their yearly tradition of creating an indoor winter wonderland, physical education teachers Bill Bennett and Barbara Olsen at Great Neck Road Elementary School decorated the gymnasium and...
View ArticleFood for Local Families
Third graders in Diana Daniels’ and Linda Drenckhahn’s classes at Susan E. Wiley Elementary School in Copiague showcased their holiday spirit this December by organizing a schoolwide food drive. The...
View ArticleCopiague Seniors Host Local Senior Citizens at Senior-to-Senior Dinner
Seniors at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School celebrated the holidays by hosting more than 200 senior citizens from Copiague, Lindenhurst, and Amityville at their annual Senior-to-Senior Dinner....
View ArticlePen Pal Fun
Since the beginning of September, third-grade students in Ann Marie Byrnes’ and Jeanie Mullins’ classes at Deauville Gardens and Great Neck Road elementary schools, both in Copiague, have been pen pals...
View ArticleCopiague Students Sing for Board of Education
Continuing its yearly holiday tradition of inviting student-musicians to perform selections from their winter concert at the last Board meeting in December, the Copiague Board of Education welcomed the...
View ArticleDear Santa
As a way to give back, students at Copiague Middle School participated in Macy's Believe “Letter to Santa” Campaign. For each letter written by the students, Macy's donated $1 to the Make-A-Wish...
View ArticleFinance Made Fun
In an effort to teach its students how to be responsible about money, the dangers of credit card debt, the importance of saving, budgeting, and the difference between needs and wants, the Great Neck...
View ArticleBrighten The Holidays and Building Character
This school year, members of the Copiague Middle School Builders Club has worked hard to brighten the day for others. The Builders Club, which is a student organization sponsored by the Kiwanis Club,...
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