Art Comes to Life
Recognizing that not all learning occurs in the classroom, students in Lorraine Ciccotto’s Drawing and Painting and Graphic Arts classes at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School...
View ArticleLetters to Vets
Students in Stacey Barrett and Lori Beloff’s third-grade class at Deauville Gardens Elementary School in Copiague participated in classroom activities leading up to Veterans Day as a way to...
View ArticleLearning Knowledge Firsthand
In commemoration of Veterans Day, Matt Pellettier, a second-year Math teacher at Copiague Middle School, spoke to the history classes about his personal experiences as an Iraqi War veteran and the...
View ArticleHonoring Our Veterans
In honor of Veterans Day, the students and staff at Great Neck Road Elementary School in the Copiague School District hosted a Veterans Day Breakfast Celebration. Invited to attend the celebration were...
View ArticleDear Sir, Thank You.
The first-grade students in Ashley Price’s class at Deauville Gardens Elementary School in Copiague spent an afternoon expressing their appreciation for our nation’s soldiers, two...
View ArticleVeterans Visit
Fourth graders in Peggy Murphy’s and Roseann Libretto’s classes at Susan E. Wiley hosted a visit for residents of the Dominican Village in Amityville who are veterans of the United...
View ArticleField of Honor
On Sunday, November 1, the Copiague School District joined with the Kiwanis of Copiague to participate in the Kiwanis Club’s Field of Honor program. Students from Boy Scout Troop 284, Walter...
View ArticleL.A.S.E.R. Light Spectacular
As a special treat for the students, the Great Neck Road Elementary School PTA sponsored a winter-themed L.A.S.E.R. Light Show. Jamie Gammon of Prismatic Magic brought his “Winter...
View ArticleHurray, It’s Thanksgiving!
On Monday, November 23, the Kindergarten students at Great Neck Road School in Copiague held the annual Thanksgiving Feast. At the feast students were treated to a meal with all the fixings –...
View ArticleCelebrating Winter Sports in Copiague
On Friday, December 4, the gymnasium at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School barely contained the roar of the crowd as students from grades nine through twelve gathered together to...
View ArticleFood Collection
Members of the Copiague Middle School Builders Club hosted a food drive this past Thanksgiving. The hundreds of boxes and cans of nonperishable items were donated to families at the Great Neck Road...
View ArticleThe Art of Pantomime
Following months of studying the techniques and history of pantomime, as well as learning about the life of Marcel Marceau, the students in Sylvia Walsh’s Advanced Drama class put their newly...
View ArticleSuffolk Zone
On December 2nd, 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...
View ArticleCopiague Honors Fall Athletes
Hard work, determination, and athletic talent were honored at the annual Booster Club-sponsored Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Fall Sports Awards Dinner. This season the district...
View ArticleCopiague Students Compete in the “The Challenge”
On Thursday November 19th, the Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School Quiz Bowl team – consisting of captain Jacob Ohrnberger, Sam Cirola, James Nevola, Dan Handy and alternate Che...
View ArticleThese Eagles are Golden
The Copiague School District takes great pride in its students and all of their achievements in the classroom and on the playing field. To award its athletically and academically inclined students, the...
View ArticleOvercoming Odds
Veronica Zieba, a student at Copiague Middle School, was the Grand Prize Winner in the Kids in Action Youth Conference essay contest. To enter this contest, students chose from a variety of themes...
View ArticleCopiague Schools Announces Class of 2010 Top Ten
Marta and Monika Sulima, seniors at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School, made district history by becoming the first twins to ever earn the recognition of valedictorian and salutatorian,...
View ArticleCheerleaders Compete, Win First Place
Competing in their first-ever competition, the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Competition Cheerleading Squad won first place. The 16-member squad, along with their coaches, Jean-Ann...
View ArticleIt’s a Winter Wonderland in Copiague
For the second year in a row, the students at Great Neck Road Elementary School in Copiague participated in a series of winter-related indoor activities coordinated by their physical education...
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